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  • Wake Me Up -Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Little Lion Man - Aviici - Jet - Mumford & Sons
  • Kids - Long Train Runnin' - Sweet Like Chocolate - MGMT - Doobie Brothers - Shanks & Bigfoot
  • Hold On, Were Going Home - Ain't Nobody (Acoustic Duo) - Drake - Chaka Khan
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Overview

  • All round rock and pop act
  • Superbly wide repertoire of classics from acts as diverse as Pulp, The Doobie Brothers, The Lemonheads and Madness
  • Perform as a quartet
  • Acoustic duo available for background music

Location

The band are based in Cambridge and frequently play throughout East Anglia and South England.

Standard Set Times

  • Two 1 hour sets with 20 minute break as standard

About this Act

The Upper Hand are a band of gifted multi-instrumentalists offering a cool and contemporary style of performance for all events. Free from backing tracks and clichés, expect a blend of folk, rock, indie, pop and party classics.

Perfect choice for those who want the party without the cheese. Expect Bastille, Mumford & Sons, The Weeknd, MGMT, Drake, Pulp, Bruno Mars, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Swedish House Mafia, Doobie Brothers, Blackstreet & Cee Lo Green.

They can also perform as a duo with vocals, guitar, piano and saxophone - suitable for smaller and more intimate events.

Set List

Disco 2000 - Pulp
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Alright - Supergrass
Dreaming Of You - The Coral
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake
Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
Forget You - Cee Lo Green
Feel It Still - Portugal The Man
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Change - The Lightning Seeds
I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses
Careless Whisper - George Michael
Mrs Robinson - The Lemonheads
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
One Step Beyond - Madness
Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell/Counting Crows
Jerk It Out - Caesars
Panic - The Smiths
Wake Up Boo! - The Boo Radleys
Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd
We Are Young - fun.
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Kids - MGMT
When You Were Young - The Killers
Sit Down - James
Parklife - Blur
Dakota - Stereophonics

Lineup

  • 4 piece band consisting of guitar, vocals, keys, saxophone, bass and drums
  • Acoustic duo option

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  • 2 piece / duo
  • 4 piece

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