| 7 piece (up to 2 hours): £1615 Female lead singer and backing singer, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, sax. |
Ready For Action are a 7-piece band with a brass section which formed in 2016 to play authentic arrangements of original Motown, Soul, Northern Soul and Ska songs. The band of highly-experienced musicians and a backing vocalist are fronted by a girl singer with a dynamic on-stage presence and a voice and looks to die for.
Based in Leyburn, North Yorkshire
= areas covered (up to 400 miles)
= free travel (up to 20 miles)
25 Miles (Edwin Starr)
A Lovers' Concerto (The Toys)
A Message To You Rudy (The Specials)
Band Of Gold (Freda Payne)
Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy (The Tams)
Cool Jerk (The Capitols)
Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) (Frank Wilson)
Getting Mighty Crowded (Betty Everett)
Gone With The Wind Is My Love (Rita & The Tiaras)
Heaven Must Have Sent You (The Elgins)
If It's All The Same To You Babe (Luther Ingram)
I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Tami Lynn)
I'm On My Way (Dean Parrish)
Just A Little Misunderstanding (The Contours)
Let's Wade In The Water (Marlena Shaw)
Lip Up Fatty (Bad Manners)
Long After Tonight Is All Over (Jimmy Radcliffe)
Monkey Man (The Specials)
Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield)
My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)
My Man Is A Sweet Man (Millie Small)
On My Radio (The Selecter)
Open The Door To Your Heart (Darrell Banks)
Out On The Floor (Dobie Gray)
Red Light Spells Danger (Billy Ocean)
Shoorah Shoorah (Betty Wright)
Soul Time (Shirley Ellis)
Stick By Me Baby (The Salvadors)
Tainted Love (Gloria Jones)
The Night (Frankie Valli)
There's A Ghost In My House (R. Dean Taylor)
The Snake (Al Wilson)
Time (Edwin Starr)
Turning My Heartbeat Up (The MVPs)
What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Jimmy Ruffin)
When You’re Young And In Love (The Marvelettes)
You Didn't Say A Word (Yvonne Baker)
You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) (Dawn Penn)
You've Been Gone Too Long (Ann Sexton)
Power, dressing room.
Yes, if not provided.
We’re happy to play recorded music before, after and between our sets.
Arrival 2 ½ before performance (2 hours for setup and sound check). Extra charge after midnight. One hour to pack down.
We’re happy to play outside but we ask for a cover on case of rain, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area.
Feve Festival, Knaresborough
Stanwix Park Retro Music Weekend
Masham Town Hall
Otley Social Club
Thorpe Perrow Open Air Concert
Entertainment at the Spa, Boston Spa
Ripley Town Hall
Richmond Live Festival
VW Festival, Leeds
Leeds University
Oakengates Theatre (Telford x5)
Retro Music Weekend at Stanwix Park (x3),
The Avenue (Chesterfield),
Skegness Scooter Rally
Dumfries Soul Club (x5)
Mansfield Stagfest,
Stone Valley Festival North (x2)
Durham Brass Festival (x2)
Girvan Scooter Club
Queens Hotel (Leeds)
Glen Pavilion Dunfermline (x2)
The Dome (London)
Boston Scooter Rally
Messy In Moortown
North Ormesby Institute
Maida Vale (Liverpool)
Middleton Lodge
Otley Social Club
Silloth Music Festival
Haven Thorpe Park (Cleethorpes)
Skalloween Festival (Dumfries)
Lucarlys (Grimsby)
Venue 73 (Brighouse)
Cockerton Insititute (Darlington)
Longridge Civic Hall (Preston)
Rochdale Cricket Club,
Gainsborough Blues Club
Grassington Town Hall (x2),
Maida Vale (Sheffield)
Ilkley Tennis Club Members' Ball
Vintage for Victory Festival (Cardiff)
Railfest (Harrogate)
Longbeach Leisure Park (Hornsea)
Penicuik Town Hall
Bradford City Football Club
Leeds East Airport,
The Goodfellowship (Hull),
Boston Spa Village Hall
Milton Rooms (Malton),
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Covers
Funk
Motown
Soul
Ska
PAT tested
Lighting system included
Instrumental
Female vocalist
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
Will travel internationally
PA / sound system included