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"Saturday night saw the highly anticipated and another eagerly awaited return to ‘The Crown’ Family Pub and Live Music Venue, 749 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, PE1 3HD, of Top Cambridge Party Band ‘Under The Covers!’ They are ‘Simply The Best’ 3 Piece band that sound like a 4 piece we have had playing from outside of Peterborough! ?? Fronted by the charismatic Lead Singer and Bass player ‘Thomas Pollyn’ ??who literally fanned the audience from start to finish with his legendary ‘Long Necked Bass!’ making no need for our air conditioning!, the band started the 1st set the way they meant to go on with with ‘Summer of 69’ featuring brilliant Lead and backing vocal harmonies from ‘Thom’ and Lead guitarist’ ‘Christian Jones’ ??and it was ‘Party Time’ once again as we were quickly taken back through the decades!??? We then got 3 absolute classics in a row, ‘ Shake rattle and roll’ by Bill Haley and His Comets ? ☄️ from 1955 and ‘Build me up buttercup’ by The Foundations ‘Twist and shout’ by The Beatles, which featured great drumming by ‘Lewis Dunmore’ ? There was some really ‘refreshing’ song choices again from this band! In particular ‘Escape’ (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes from 1979!? Great humour in the band! Thom: “This is about a man called Johnny!” Christian: “Where does he go?” Thom: “He just goes!” Lol ?? A great version of ‘Johnny B Goode’ followed with excellent Lead Guitar from ‘Christian! ? ‘Play That Funky Music’ with ‘Thom’s’ bass playing giving ‘Mark King from ‘Funk Band’ Level 42 a run for his money!, ‘I want to break Free’ and ‘The Best’ by Tina Turner took us to one of the definite highlights of the 1st Set! ‘A Message to you Rudy’ by The Specials which was worth the ‘Free Admission Price ‘Alone! ????? ‘Sweet Home Alabama’?? and then ‘500 Miles’ by The Proclaimers closed the 1st set in style and demonstrated again the great diversity in this great band! Set 2 started strongly with ‘Let Me Entertain You’ and ‘Chelsea Dagger’ It was then ABBA time with ‘Does your mother know’ and ‘Mama Mia’?‍???‍♀️?‍?? Next up was the highly anticipated and eagerly awaited Ska 2-Tone section of: ‘Lip up Fatty’ ? by Bad Manners ‘Monkey man’? by The Specials and ‘Baggy Trousers’? by Madness which was awesome! ??? ‘I bet you look good on the Dancefloor’, ‘Sex on Fire’? ‘Teenage Dirtbag’, Mr Brightside’ and ‘Sweet Caroline’ took us to set closer ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ by Oasis. A well deserved Encore saw the band play the anthemic ‘Living On A Prayer’ by ‘Bon Jovi’ with again incredible Lead and backing vocals from the band! ???? BIG Thank you to ‘Under The Covers’ who we look forward to bringing back next year! ?"

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"Hi Davie and the band, Now that the wedding is over and we are back from our honeymoon?, I just wanted to send you a massive thank you for the awesome night of dancing we had last weekend at our wedding at Lands of Loyal Hotel in Alyth. You have got to be the best ceilidh band I have ever heard!! The rocky and fast-paced sets were just unreal to dance to and all our Irish guests loved learning how to ceilidh dance. Such an amazing night and we really cannot thank you enough! I have dropped Chloe at Freak Music a wee email to say how fantastic you were and asked if she can put the review up on their website. Thanks again guys, keep shoogling!!! "

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"From the first communication with them until the end, they were very professional and friendly. Nothing was too much trouble. On the actual night, their performance was outstanding, so many of my guests commented on how good they were. My whole experience with the band was amazing and I would definitely use them again. Thanks W!RED for making my night, I will remember forever 😊"

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"Hi Ben, They were fantastic! Everyone loved the music and it was just the right vibe for the party. Thanks very much for your help. Clara."

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"Wonderful evening; and gotta say the band were amazing! We saw W4s at an event in Clifton last year and so glad I took a business card and booked them for our party. We and the guests absolutely loved the atmosphere they provided. Thanks again to Tony and the band! "

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"It's No' Reel Ceilidh Band provided great entertainment at our wedding in Glasgow. They are great musicians who were brilliant to deal with in the lead up to the day and gave an excellent performance on the night. Thanks Tom."

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"Brilliant saxophone player! Would recommend to anyone! Leonie is just a beautiful soul! Got the party all up on dance floor. "

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"We booked Evelyn and the band for our wedding and we are so glad we did, they are a unique and highly entertaining band. Their contemporary mix of jazz, swing and modern pop rock is wonderful to listen to and it really got our guests up and dancing. Alba has a beautiful voice and the whole band is made up of highly professional and talented musicians. The addition of the saxophone was well worth it and added a further dimension to the already great sound and feel of the music. The band offered to learn a first dance song for us and their cover of Home was fantastic! All in all Evelyn and band made what was already an incredible weekend even better, we would wholeheartedly recommend them for any occasion and wish them all the success for the future."

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"The Line Up were absolutely awesome... everyone was up and dancing - thanks a lot! "

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"After Dark were fantastic - and they had a wide range of music to choose from. I pretty much selected the whole play list - which is probably why I remained on the dance floor all night! I would recommend these guys to anyone. "

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"Hi Matt, just wanted to thank you guys for a fantastic night on Friday. Everyone enjoyed the evening and the great music. Keli had a brilliant 50th birthday. Once again, thank you for being a great band. Paul & Keli."

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"Thank you so much for your amazing performance, you definitely made it extra special. Everyone was amazed with your voice."

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"The guys were absolutely fantastic, my parents were delighted with the surprise and everyone has commented on how the steel band added to the party atmosphere of the occasion. My only regret is that I didn't think before hand to get some lessons from the band before the day to play a tune for our family and friends.... that would have been an amazing surprise for everyone!! I'll have to do that next time! It was also a pleasure to deal with you, you were very helpful with the booking. If you ever need a reference for you or the guys I'd be happy to provide one for future clients."

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"Thanks so much for your amazing set at the wedding - we were properly blown away by you and the band and couldn't have asked for a better wedding band - so many rocking song choices and performances. In a day of great moments and talking points you were definitely one of the highlights!"

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"They were phenomenal at the Synagogue and also so much fun during the reception and dinner. They were conscientious, enjoyed themselves and looked after the guests so well!"

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