“You’ve got to book them!” Berkshire wedding band HARD TO HANDLE WEDDING BAND Cantley House Wokingham
“Absolutely banging, top notch!” It’s always nice to see a groom who is au fait with current street patois, and as all denizens of Wokingham (the location of the lovely Cantley House where we performed for Corinna and Tony) will tell you, handsome new husband Tony is full conversant. Just in case you were wondering, he was describing the music played by us – HARD TO HANDLE BAND – an insanely entertaining, professional and in-demand wedding, party and function band performing over 2 hours of live music at wedding receptions, business events, birthday parties and more UK wide. Berkshire wedding bands don’t get any better than HARD TO HANDLE.
Each year, over 200 brides, grooms and other event planners trust HARD TO HANDLE to create full dance floors, entertaining their guests with an eclectic, genre-busting mix of indie, rock, pop, folk and soul + more. All the music we play is dance floor friendly and instantly recognisable and we also provide a live, manned DJ-service as standard free of charge! We’re happy to take on board song requests (including learning your first dance and other songs) because we know that playing songs chosen by guests = happy bride and groom, and that’s what it’s all about – making happy memories for you and your loved ones.
To that end, you’ll see us bringing our “A-game” (another example of Wokingham lingo) when you hire us as your Berkshire wedding band, you’ll see us jumping around like lunatics, interacting with your guests, throwing shapes and playing bangers all night. We’re also happy for you to personalise the entertainment you want to hear. Corinna and Tonys curated band and DJ sets to include:
CHARTS 2010 – 2025
Beautiful things – Benson Boone
Blinding lights – The Weeknd
Watermelon sugar – Harry Styles
Don’t start now – Dua Lipa
Pompeii – Bastille
Green Green Grass – George Ezra
Breathin’ – Arianna Grande
Old Town Road – Billy Ray Cyrus
Shotgun – George Ezra
Happy – Pharrell Williams
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
Shut Up & Dance – Walk The moon
The Greatest show – Panic at the disco
I will wait – Mumford & Sons
Rise – Jonas Blue
Blame It On Me – George Ezra
These days – Take That
Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake
Shake it off – Taylor Swift
Treasure – Bruno Mars
Price Tag – Jessie J
Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Rolling in the deep – Adele
Cake by the ocean – DNCE
Dance with me – Ollie Murs
INDIE ANTHEMS
Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
Teenage dirtbag – Wheatus
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
All The Small Things – Blink 182
Chelsea Dagger – The Fratellis
17 going under – Sam Fender
Sugar, we’re going down – Fall Out Boy
Fire – Kasabian
I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Chiefs
Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
Seven Nation Army – The White Stipes
Bet You Look Good – Arctic Monkeys
Use somebody – Kings of Leon
She moves in her own way – The Kooks
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Somebody told me – The Killers
Smells like teen spirit – Nirvana
You got the love – Florence and the machine
Dance dance – Fall Out Boy
Teenagers – My Chemical Romance
Times like these – The foo Fighters
1990s / 2000s BEST OF
5ive – Everybody get up
Dancing in the moonlight – Toploader
Give it away – Red hot chilli peppers
You oughta know – Alanis Morrisette
Breathless – The Corrs
Mardy bum – Arctic Monkeys
All star – Smash mouth
I’m yours – Jason Mraz
La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
I’ll be there for you – The Rembrandts
Angels – Robbie Williams
Praise you – Fatboy Slim
Year 3000 – Busted
Black or white – Michael Jackson
Vertigo – U2
Rock your body – Justin Timberlake
Can’t get you out of my head – Kylie Minogue
Pokerface – Lady Gaga
First date – Blink 182
Get the party started – Pink
Rockstar – Nickelback
Greatest day – Take That
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
Perfect 10 – Beautiful South
BRITPOP
Wonderwall – Oasis
Place Your Hands – Reef
Common People – Pulp
Park Life – Blur
I’ve got you – McFly
Girls and boys – Blur
Don’t look back into the sun – The Libertines
1970s HITS
Ever Fallen In Love – The Buzzocks
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
My Sharona – The Knack
Teenage Kicks – The Undertones
Alright Now – Free
Le Freak – Chic
Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
Highway To Hell – AC/DC
The boys are back in town – Thin Lizzy
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
One way or another – Blondie
Go your own way – Fleetwood Mac
Stuck in the middle – Stealers’ wheel
Don’t stop – Fleetwood Mac
Don’t stop me now – Queen
Rebel rebel – David Bowie
Come and get your love – Redbone
ROCK CLASSICS
Living On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
Summer Of 69 – Bryan Adams
I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
Another one bites the dust – Queen
Satisfaction – The Rolling stones
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Wild thing – The Troggs
Free falling – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Basket case – Green day
Hound dog – Elvis Presley
Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
All Day And All Of The Night – The Kinks
Gimme some lovin’ – The Spencer Davis group
Ace of Spades – Motorhead
Hotel California – Eagles
1980s MIX
Town Called Malice – The Jam
Girls just wanna have fun – Cyndi Lauper
We built this city – Starship
The power of love – Huey Lewis and the news
I love rock ‘n’ roll – Joan Jett
You make my dreams come true – Hall and Oates
Got my mind set on you – George Harrison
Sweet Child Of Mine – Guns N Roses
Dancing in the dark – Bruce Springsteen
Message In A Bottle – The Police
Fight for your right to party – Beastie Boys
I’m your man – Wham
Hungry like the wolf – Duran Duran
Easy lover – Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
Don’t you want me – Human league
Word up – Cameo
Never gonna give you up – Rick Astley
Friday I’m in love – The Cure
Addicted to love – Robert Palmer
Land down under – Men at work
Tainted love – Soft cell
Hey Mickey – Toni Basil
I’m still standing – Elton John
POP AND PARTY
She’s So Lovely – Scouting for girls
I Gotta Feelin – Black Eyed Peas
A little respect – Erasure
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Walking on sunshine – Katrina and the waves
Love machine – Girls aloud
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Angel – Shaggy
I’m A Believer – The Monkees
Faith – George Michael
Rock your body – Justin Timberlake
All night long – Lionel Richie
Dancing in the moonlight – Toploader
On top of the world – Imagine Dragons
500 Miles – The Proclaimers
Dancing on the ceiling – Lionel Richie
Brown eyed girl – Van Morrison
Suspicious minds – Elvis Presley
Country Roads – John Denver
Does your mother know – ABBA
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli
Crashed the wedding – Busted
SOUL / REGGAE
Proud Mary (Rolling on the river) – Tina Turner
You can’t hurry love – Phil Collins
Respect – Aretha Frankin
Soul man – Sam and Dave
Signed, sealed, delivered – Stevie Wonder
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
My girl – The Temptations
Red red wine – UB40
Everybody – Blues brothers
Baggy trousers – Madness
FIRST DANCES
Just you and I – Tom Walker
IRISH
Galway girl – Steve Earl
Wild rover – The Dubliners
I’ll tell me ma – Shamrock
Fields of Athenry – traditional
Irish Rover – The Dubliners
Dirty old town – The pogues
AUSSIE / KIWI
Black Betty – Spiderbait
Back in black – AC/DC
I should be so lucky – Kylie Minogue
…and the played them! It’s a simple concept, but playing your song requests is at the heart of what we do, which why Tony tells us “you’ve got to book them!”
Hard to handle wedding band – 2 hours of killer indie, rock, pop and more +live DJ!
www.hardtohandleband.co.uk
E: info@hardtohandleband.co.uk Tel: 0796 433 5657
https://hardtohandleband.co.uk/berkshire-wedding-bands/