



The Present
Act fee £1600 - £1995
Are you seeking a function party band who have:
* 4 amazing lead vocalists? * outstanding world class musicianship? * different packages to suit every event, client & budget? * a 500 song repertoire of modern classics and old time favourites? * A un-rivalled sound & stage show? * performed with the biggest acts around the u.k.?
and ultimately, guarantee you a night you will never forget?
Look no further than The Present!
The Plan The original idea was simple. Create a hugely entertaining function party band that performs classic party music and is ultimately a lot of fun. 15 years after first conception and The Present has the same core team of seasoned professionals, developed an unrivalled sound, performed with some of the biggest names in the music business and fundamentally still have an absolute love for what they do.
Who are The Present? The Present is not just another boring old function band, they have an energy on-stage second to none, an ever increasing repertoire (500 songs & growing), 4 amazing lead vocalists and the bands focus on entertaining make for a live performance of truly world class proportions. Many events are from recommendations and The Present pride themselves on being one of the busiest bands in the country. The band regularly perform 3-4 nights a week all over the U.K. & Europe supporting named artists or entertaining clients at many prestigious private & corporate events including functions for Barclays Bank, London Stock Exchange, Sky, Tescos PLC, BP, Abbey National, World Scout Association & the BBC.
Famous Names... Along the way The Present has performed Flying Without Wings with Westlife, Let Me Entertain You with Robbie Williams, The Look Of Love with ABC and played Boogie Woogie with Jools Holland to name but a few. They have also performed at many of Europe's top venues including Earls Court, Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham N.E.C. and the world famous Wembley Arena. The Present's reputation recently enabled them to perform in front of Prince William & 48,000 Scouts rom over 120 different countries at the 21st World Scout Jamboree. This CV means The Present can guarantee you a night you will never forget and your guests will be talking about for years to come. Don't just take our word for it check out our testimonials now...
Decision time... The Present share lead & backing vocals during any event giving them the ability to choose the right singer for the right song, ultimately re-creating the original versions closer than any other act around. The Present is available with different size line ups to suit you, your function and your budget and they work as an 8 piece right down to 3 piece party band. The most popular line up is the 4 piece band consisting of 4 lead vocalists, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards although for that extra WOW factor why not augment the band by female vocals & a 3 piece brass section including Trombone, Trumpet & Saxophone. Our Line-ups are very flexible so If the line up you require isn't listed then please contact us to discuss your requirements.
* 3 piece band (guitar, bass, and drums) * 4 piece band (guitar, bass, drums, keys/sax) * 5 piece band (guitar, bass, drums, keys/sax, female vocals) * 6 piece band (guitar, bass, drums, keys/sax, female vocals, and 1 brass) * 7 piece band (guitar, bass, drums, keys/sax, female vocals, 2 brass) * 8 piece band (guitar, bass, drums, keys/sax, female vocals, 3 piece brass)
What we offer Apart from the fact The Present are incredibly talented and experienced musicians they also offer the following:-
* No two sets are ever the same; every set is based upon audience reaction or decided with the client in advance. * The Present an be increased in size by adding a female vocalist, saxophone, percussion and anything up to a three piece brass section. * The Present an supply you with a Jazz/Swing set during dinner or drinks. * Professionally mixed recorded music is available throughout the breaks or why not hire an additional DJ and benefit from 30,000 classic and current hits. * Varied & extensive experience of all types of corporate & private functions all over the world. * Become the star for the night and augment your evening with a set of bandeoke (karaoke with a live band) * You can leave us to make any technical or logical arrangements with your venue. * The Present can provide everything you need for your evening entertainment and use a state of the art PA system delivering a crisp clear sound at a level to suit you & your guests. * The Present's intelligent moving light system creates a fantastic atmosphere on stage and on the dance floor with additional lighting available , we've got it covered.
The Present can supply an electronic drum kit upon request so if your venue has noise restrictions then The Present can comply.
Line-up
The Present share any lead & backing vocals during a function giving them to ability to choose the right singer for the right song, ultimately re-creating the original versions closer than any other act around. The Present is available with different size line ups to suit you, your function and your budget. Our most popular line up is the 4 piece band consisting of 4 lead vocalists, Guitar, Bass, Drums and Keyboards/Saxophone (as featured on our free demo cd). Please find a list of our current
Extra Line-up(s)
3 piece band (Guitar, Bass, and Drums)
4 piece band (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys/Sax)
5 piece band (Guitar. Bass, Drums, Keys/Sax, Female Vocals)
6 piece band (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys/Sax, Female Vocals, and 1 Brass)
7 piece band (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys/Sax, Female Vocals, and 2 Brass)
8 piece band (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys/Sax, Female Vocals, and 3 Brass)
9 piece band (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys/Sax, Female Vocals, 3 Brass & percussion
10 piece band - 9 piece plus dancer/vocalist
11 piece band - 9 piece plus 2 dancers/vocalists
12 piece band - 11 piece plus baritone Sax
13 piece band - 11 piece plus bariton Sax and Tenor Sax
Also included
A full QSC powered 6k pa system, with an intelligent lighting system, kam power bars x 2, led par cans x 6. 4 x martin scanners. This is also includes all the usual leads and stands and three mackie sm450 as monitors.
Location
South East based and will travel to these areas: South East, South West, Midlands.
Previous Clients
Abbey National, World Scout Foundation, Tescos PLC, Greene King, Avondale Coaches, Butlins Holiday Camp, Chicago Rock Cafe, Bistro Live, Australia House, London Stock Exchange, Burj Al Arab Many private events etc...
10's |
All About that Bass - Meghan Trainor |
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke |
Born This Way - Lady Ga Ga |
Domino - Jessie J |
Earthquake - Labrinth |
Get Lucky - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams |
Forget You - Cee Lo Green |
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars |
Lego House - Ed Sheeran |
Locked out of Heaven - Bruno Mars |
Moves like Jagger - Maroon 5 & Christina Aquilera |
Party Rock - LMFAO |
Please Don't Stop the Music - Rhianna |
Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO |
Treasure - Bruno Mars |
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars |
Wake Me Up - Avicii |
Your Song - Ellie Golding |
00's |
All Summer Long - Kid Rock |
Amazed - Lonestar |
American Idiot - Green Day |
Beautiful - James Blunt |
Beat It - Micheal Jackson / Fall Out Boy |
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol |
Chelsea Dagger - The Frattellis |
Crazy Chick - Charlotte Church |
Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader |
Don't Stop Believing - Glee |
Everything - Micheal Buble |
Fallin - Alicia Keys |
Filthy Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters |
Grace Kelly - Mika |
Greatest Day - Take That |
Hey Ya - Outkast |
Hysteria - Muse |
Holiday - Green Day |
I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness |
I Predict A Riot - The Kaiser Chiefs |
I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters |
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith |
I Gotta Feelin' - Black Eyed Peas |
I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry |
Jump Around - House of Pain |
Just Dance - Lady Ga Ga |
Last Nite - The Strokes |
Let's Get it Started - Black Eyed Peas |
Mercy - Duffy |
Mr Brightside - The Killers |
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas |
Price Tag - Jessie J |
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams |
Rolling in the Deep - Adele |
Rule The World - Take That |
Ruby - The Kaisers Chiefs |
She Said - Plan B |
Shine - Take That |
Somebody Told Me - The Killers |
Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon |
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand |
Take Your Mama Out - Scissor Sisters |
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus |
This Love - Maroon Five |
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon |
Valerie - Amy Winehouse |
You've got the Love - Florence & the Machine |
90's |
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley |
A Little Respect - Wheatus |
Angels - Robbie Williams |
All the Small Things - Blink 182 |
Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz |
Buck Rogers - Feeder |
Basket Case - Green Day |
Can't Get You Outta My Head - Kylie Minoque |
Creep - Radiohead |
Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai |
Dance The Night Away - The Mavericks |
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis |
Hit Me Baby One More Time - Britney Spears |
Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams |
Kids - Robbie Williams |
Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin |
Like I Love You - Justin Timberlake |
Mama Told Me Not to Come - Tom Jones |
More Than Words - Extreme |
Place Your Hands - Reef |
She's Electric - Oasis |
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana |
Still The One - Shania Twain |
This Is How You Remind Me - Nickleback |
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden |
When you Say Nothing at All - Ronan Keating |
Wonderwall - Oasis |
80's |
9-5 - Dolly Parton |
Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer |
Ain't Nobody - Chaka Kahn |
Beat It - Micheal Jackson / Fall Out Boy |
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson |
Come Up & See Me - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel |
Don't Dream it's Over - Crowded House |
Easy - The Commodores |
Every Breath you Take - The Police |
Footloose - Kenny Loggins |
Have I Told you Lately - Van Morrison |
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer |
I'll Be There For You - Rembrants |
Jump - Van Halen |
Kiss - Tom Jones/Prince |
Lets Stick Together - Roxy Music |
Lets Dance - David Bowie |
Leave Your Hat On - Tom Jones |
Like a Virgin - Madonna |
Livin On A Prayer - Bon Jovi |
Love Shack - B52'S |
Message in a Bottle - The Police |
My Sharona - The Knack |
Need you Tonight - INXS |
One & Only - Chesney Hawkes |
One Step Beyond - Madness |
One Vision - Queen |
Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News |
Hip to be Square - Huey Lewis & The News |
Rio - Duran Duran |
Rocking All Over the World - Status Quo |
Rosanna - Toto |
Simply The Best - Tina Turner |
Something got me Started - Simply Red |
Street Life - Randy Crawford |
Stuck In The Middle With You - Steelers Wheel |
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams |
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard |
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics |
Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns & Roses |
Time of my Life - Dirty Dancing |
Wake me Up - Wham |
Walking in Memphis - Marc Cohn |
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves |
Walking on The Moon - The Police |
Walk This Way - Aerosmith |
Weather With You - Crowded House |
Welcome To The Jungle - Guns & Roses |
With Or Without You - U2 |
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton |
70's |
Ain't no Stopping is Now - Mcfadden & Whitehead |
Alright Now - Free |
Blame it on the Boogie - Michael Jackson |
Brick House - Commodores |
Bohemium Rhapsody - Queen |
Car Wash - Rose Royce |
Celebration - Kool & The Gang |
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen |
Dancing Queen - ABBA |
December 63 (Oh What a Night) - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons |
Disco Inferno - The Trammps |
Does Your Mother Know - Abba |
Don't Stop Believing - Journey |
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen |
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen |
Highway to Hell - ACDC |
Its Not Unusual - Tom Jones |
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor |
Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang |
Lady Marmalade - Patti La Belle |
Le Freak - Le Chic |
Live & Let Die - Paul McCartney |
Mamma Mia - Abba |
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry |
Proud Mary - Tina Turner |
She - Elvis Costello |
Staying Alive - Bee Gees |
Stand By Me - Ben E King |
Superstition - Stevie Wonder |
Waterloo - ABBA |
We are the Champions - Queen |
Your Song - Elton John |
Y.M.C.A. - Village People |
50's & 60's |
Burning Love - Elvis Presley |
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison |
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones |
Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles |
Can't Take My Eyes Of You - Andy Williams |
Come Together - The Beatles |
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - The Blues Brothers |
Gimme Some Lovin - The Blues Brothers |
Hey Jude - The Beatles |
Hotel California - The Eagles |
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix |
I Feel Good - James Brown |
I'm A Believer - The Monkees |
ailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley |
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry |
Knock on Wood - Blues Brothers |
La Bamba - Los Lobos |
Land of Thousand Dances - Wilson Pickett (Naaaa Na Na Naaa) |
Lovely Day - Bill Withers |
Layla - Derek & The Dominos |
Midnight Hour - The Commitments |
Mustang Sally - The Commitments |
My Generation - The Who |
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix |
Rescue Me - Aretha Franklin |
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley |
Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles |
Sex Machine - James Brown |
Stand by Me - Ben E King |
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream |
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones |
Suspicous Minds - Elvis Presley |
Think - Aretha Franklin |
Twist & Shout - The Beatles |
Why Do You Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations |
Wild Thing - The Troggs |
Walking By Myself - Gary Moore |
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who |
You Really Got Me - The Kinks |
Classic Ballads |
Angels - Robbie Williams |
Amazed - Lonestar |
Beautiful - James Blunt |
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol |
Don't Dream Its Over - Crowded House |
Don't Stop Believin - Journey / Glee |
Every Breath You Take - The Police |
Everything - Micheal Buble |
Falling - Alicia Keys |
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison |
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith |
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars |
More Than Words - Extreme |
She - Elvis Costello |
Still The One - Shania Twain |
Stand By Me - Ben E King |
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden |
Weather With You - Crowded House |
When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating |
Your Song - Elton John |
We are the Champions - Queen |
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton |
With Or Without You - U2 |
Isreali Dancing |
Hora Medley including... |
Siman Tov Moshiach Hevenu Shalom |
Alecheim Mazel Tov |
Dodi Li Hava Nagila Erev Shel Shoshanim |
Oseh Shalom |
Christmas |
All I Want For Christmas - Maria Carey |
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday |
Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade |
Sample of Jazz & Swing |
A Night In Tunisia |
All Blues |
All By Myself |
All Of Me |
All The Things You Are |
Anthropology |
April In Paris |
Autumn Leaves |
Beyond the Sea |
Blue Bossa |
Blue In Green |
Blue Monk |
Call Me |
Irresponsible |
Come Fly With Me |
Dancing On The Ceiling |
Dolphin Dance |
Don't Get Around Much Anymore |
Dream A Little Dream Of Me |
Freddie Freeloader |
Fly Me To the Moon |
God Bless' The Child |
Have You Met Miss Jones? |
Here's That Rainy Day |
How High The Moon |
I Love You |
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free |
In A Sentimental Mood |
Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) |
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) |
Limehouse Blues |
Lullaby Of Birdland |
Mack The Knife |
Maiden Voyage |
Misty Mood |
Indigo |
Mr Bojangles |
Mr. P.C. |
My Funny Valentine |
My Way |
Night Train |
Oleo |
One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) |
Ornithology |
Out Of Nowhere |
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) |
Satin Doll |
Sidewinder |
So What |
Song For My Father |
Stella By Starlight |
Straight No |
Chaser |
Take Five |
Take The âA' Train |
That's Amore |
The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) |
Well You Needn't (It's Over Now) |
When I Fall In Love |
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life |
The price brackets above should be used as a guide only as all quotes are bespoke.Performance times for most acts except Tributes and some other Unique performers are usually 2 x 60 minute sets or 3 x 40 min sets. (If you require the act to perform longer than these times you may incur extra costs.)
Travel costs vary depending on the act and will be included to the quote given to you by our agents.
Our acts would usually expect to arrive around 6pm and to be finished around midnight.
(If you need the act to arrive earlier or finish later there may be extra costs but these can be negotiated.)
The Present
I just wanted to say a massive thank you to the Band. They were absolutely brilliant and everyone has been raving about them, they got the crowd on the dancefloor from their first beat and it was full all night. Please pass on our thanks to them, the venue told us they were the best band they had ever had!
The Present
They were absolutely fantastic at our wedding. Very flexible with timing when we overran on dinner and then had the dancefloor packed with people of all ages all night. Would highly recommend them to anyone.
The Present
Rick, thanks so much - just submitted fulsome scores and comments on the competition page, which I hope you get to see. You were wonderfully helpful in taking the time to talk through the options and as a result The Present were such a perfect fit for us that it was a complete joy to have them there, from start to finish. They read the crowd beautifully and were so generous in their approach. And of course, they were all simply fantastic musicians. There were a lot of musically inclined guests, including many of us who've been in bands over the years, and everyone was blown away by their talent. Many people asked me how I'd found them and I told them about you and how helpful you'd been compared with other agencies. So I hope you do well in the awards - you deserve to!