The Starts are a professional award-winning band for weddings, parties & corporate events.

Founded in 2011, the band was set up to bring world-class live entertainment to the people of Britain and beyond! Since their formation the band have established themselves as one of the country’s leading 4-piece pop/rock cover bands, wowing countless audiences throughout the UK and beyond.

With literally 1000’s of performances and several overseas tours under their belt, as well as working with some of the industry’s most prestigious wedding & party planners, the band are able to use their invaluable experience, adaptability and expertise to deliver the perfect live entertainment package for your event!

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Consisting of 4 core full-time members, you can book entirely at ease knowing that when you hire The Benedicts for your event you will be hiring a highly experienced professional act that performs and rehearses with each other week-in, week-out, right throughout the year, and they have been doing exactly that since the band came in to existence.

Each member is totally dedicated to their craft and bring their exceptionally high standards to every event that they are invited to perform. Individually they have performed for and alongside many household names and artists, some of which include Justin Hawkins (The Darkness), Funeral For A Friend, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), and have even appeared as musicians on The X-Factor and Pop-Idol!

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Performance options

Acoustic Duo

Duo for live lounge style set

Set list / Repertoire

Bill Haley & His Comets – Rock Around The Clock
Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues
Elvis Presley – Hound Dog
Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
Frankie Valli /Muse – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Herman’s Hermit’s – I’m Into Something Good
Jackie Wilson – Higher & Higher
James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls Of Fire
Los Lobos – La Bamba
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman
Sam & Dave – Soul Man
The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice
The Beatles – Come Together
The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles – Hey Jude
The Beatles – Twist and Shout
The Contours – Do You Love Me?
The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
The Kinks/Van Halen – You Really Got Me
The Monkees – I’m A Believer
The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction
The Swinging Blue Jeans – Hippy Hippy Shake
The Temptations – My Girl
The Who – My Generation
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Wilson Pickett – Land Of 1000 Dances

Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
Bill Withers – Lovely Day
Blondie/One Direction – One Way Or Another
Boston – More Than A Feeling
Chic – Good Times
Chic – Le Freak
Daryl Hall & John Oates – You Make My Dreams
Don McLean – American Pie
Earth, Wind & Fire – September
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December 1963
Free – All Right Now
Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing
James Brown – Get Up (Sex Machine)
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
Queen – We Will Rock You
Redbone – Come & Get Your Love
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Status Quo – Rockin’ All Over The World
Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You
Steve Harley – Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)
Stevie Wonder – I Wish
Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
T Rex – 20th Century Boy
T Rex – Get It On
The Commodores – Easy
The Eagles – Hotel California
The Knack – My Sharona
The Police – Everything Little Thing She Does
The Police – Roxanne
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music

A-ha – Take On Me
AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
Aerosmith/Run DMC – Walk This Way
Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right to Party
Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
Bryan Adams – Summer of ’69
Culture Club – Karma Chameleon
David Bowie – Lets Dance
David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Dancing In The Street
George Michael – Faith
Guns N Roses – Paradise City
Guns N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Huey Lewis & The News – Power Of Love
Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To ..
Joan Jett & The Black Hearts – I Love Rock N Roll
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
KC & The Sunshine Band – Give It Up
Kool & The Gang – Celebration
Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It
Kenny Loggins – Footloose
Lionel Ritchie – Dancing On The Ceiling
Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Michael Jackson – Beat It
Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love
Phil Collins & Philip Bailey – Easy Lover
Prince – Kiss
Prince – Purple Rain
Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen – Under Pressure
Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters
Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
Starship – We Built This City
Steve Winwood – Higher Love
Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger
The B52’s – Love Shack
The Jam – A Town Called Malice
The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Toto – Africa
Van Halen – Jump
Wham – Club Tropicana
Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Backstreet Boys – Backstreet’s Back
Blink 182 – All the Small Things
Blur – Park Life
Blur – Song 2
Chesney Hawkes – The One & Only
Electric 6 – Gay Bar
Fatboy Slim – Praise You
Feeder – Buck Rogers
Five – Everybody Get Up
Five – Keep On Movin’
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
Hanson – Mmbop
Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity
Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
Michael Jackson – Black Or White
New Radicals – You Get What You Give
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger
Oasis – Wonderwall
Pulp – Common People
Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name Of
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away
Reef – Place Your Hands
Robbie Williams – Angels
Robbie Williams – Let Me Entertain You
Santana – Smooth
Smash Mouth – All Star
Supergrass – Alright
Take That – Back For Good
The Cure – Friday I’m In Love
The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You
The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight
Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag

Alien Ant Farm/M Jackson – Smooth Criminal
Arctic Monkeys – Look Good On The Dancefloor
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Bon Jovi – It’s My Life
Busted – Year 3000
Cee Loo Green – Forget You
Coldplay – Yellow
Foo Fighters – Best of You
Fountains Of Wayne – Stacey’s Mum
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
GreenDay – American Idiot
GreenDay – Basket Case
James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
John Mayer – Your Body’s A Wonderland
Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body
Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict a Riot
Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
Maroon 5 – This Love
Muse – Feeling Good
Orson – No Tomorrow
Outkast – Hey Ya
Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
Stereophonics – Dakota
The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
The Darkness – I Believe In a Thing Called Love
The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger
The Killers – Mr Brightside
The Killers – Somebody Told Me
The Kooks – Naïve
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
The Strokes – Last Night
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
The Zutons – Valerie
Train – Hey, Soul Sister
U2 – Beautiful Day

Avicii – Hey Brother
Avicii – Wake Me Up
Bruno Mars – 24k Magic
Bruno Mars – Locked Out Of Heaven
Bruno Mars – Runaway Baby
Bruno Mars – Treasure
Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
DNCE – Cake By The Ocean
Ed Sheeran – Perfect
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Fun. ft Janelle Monae – We Are Young
George Ezra – Budapest
George Ezra – Shotgun
Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop That Feeling
Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
Maroon 5 – Sugar
Olly Murs – Wrapped Up
One Direction – Best Song Ever
One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Portugal, The Man – Feel It Still
Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
The 1975 – Chocolate
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
Walk The Moon – Shut Up & Dance

Adam Lambert – Believe
Aerosmith – Dream On
Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
Bastille – Pompeii
Bill Withers – Lean On Me
Bill Withers – Lovely Day
Billy Joel – Piano Man
Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
Bob Marley – Three Little Birds
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
Bruno Mars – Locked Out Of Heaven
Bruno Mars – Treasure
Bryan Adams – Heaven
Bryan Adams – Summer Of ‘69
Callum Scott – Dancing On My Own
Calvin Harris/Rihanna – We Found Love
Carole King – You’ve Got A Friend
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
Coldplay – Sky Full Of Stars
Coldplay – Yellow
Commodores – Easy
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
Damien Rice – Cannonball
Daniel Powter – Bad Day
David Gray – This Year’s Love
Don Henley – Boys Of Summer
Don McLean – American Pie
Ed Sheeran – Perfect
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
Elton John – Your Song
Elvis Costello – She
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love
Erasure – A Little Respect
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Foo Fighters – Best Of You
Foo Fighters – Everlong
George Ezra – Budapest
George Michael – Faith
Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
Guns ‘N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Herman’s Hermits – I’m In To Something Good
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Jackie Wilson – Higher & Higher
James Bay – Hold Back The River
James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
Jodie Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
Joe Cocker – You Are So Beautiful
John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Legend – All Of Me
John Lennon – Imagine
John Mayer – Your Body’s A Wonderland
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
Katy Perry – Firework
Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody
Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper – Shallow
Led Zepplin – Stairway To Heaven
Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
Lou Reed – Perfect Day
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
Marvin Gaye – Heard It Through The Grapevine
Michael Buble – Home
Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
Muse – Feeling Good
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
New Radicals – You Get What You Give
Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
Oasis – Wonderwall
One Republic – Counting Stars
Otis Redding – Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen – Somebody To Love
Robbie Williams – Angels
Rod Stewert – Have I Told You Lately
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Rihanna – Diamonds
Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman
Sam Smith – Stay With Me
Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
Snow Patrol – Chasing Girls
Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You
Stereophonics – Dakota
Steve Harley – Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)
Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Supertramp – Give A Little Bit
Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
Take That – Back For Good
The Beatles – Hey Jude
The Beatles – Let It Be
The Calling – Wherever You Will Go
The Cure – Friday, I’m In Love
The Eagles – Hotel California
The Police – Roxanne
The Proclaimers – 500 Miles (I’m Gonna Be)
The Temptations – My Girl
The Zutons – Valerie
Tom Odell – True Colours
Tom Petty – Free Fallin’
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Train – Hey, Soul Sister
U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison – Crazy Love
Walk The Moon – Shut Up & Dance