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  • 2. Helen
  • 3. Paul
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Overview

  • 5 piece festival band
  • 2, 3, 4 and 6 piece line-ups options also available
  • Mixed repertoire of modern folk and pop, classic songs from the 50's to the 90's
  • Can learn and rework songs from any era on request
  • Live streaming performances available

The band is based in Manchester and perform regularly throughout the city and the North West of England but are willing to travel further for events.


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  1. You Got The Love - Candi Staton
  2. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
  3. Bohemian Like You (Quintet) - The Dandy Warhols
  4. Africa - Toto
  5. Crocodile Rock - Elton John
  6. Pretty Woman (Quintet) - Roy Orbison
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    About this Act

    The Retrosettes are a fun, festival band ideal for many events. The 5 piece have played all over the world with their quirky, and slightly retro set up. The band has 5 instrumentalists, with lead singers, Helen and Paul playing accordion and guitar, giving the band a folky vibe. The group play a great mixture of songs, from Vampire Weekend to Johnny Cash, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

    With this more acoustic festival set up, the Retrosettes are fit to play whatever size stage your event may have, whether it be a large castle, a tipee in a famers field, to your back garden, they have it covered. The band have played together for nearly a decade and have worked with the likes of Italian Film director Paolo Sorrentino, French Film composer Vladimir Cosma, Simply Red, Lindsey Stirling, and have entertained companies such as Volkswagen, Mercedes, Hilton, A J Bell etc.

    No event is too big or too small for The Retrosettes, so if you’re looking for a fun, festival band that will be remembered and enjoyed by your guests, get in touch with The Retrosettes.

    Set List

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    2020 repertoire:
    90s - Present Day
    A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
    American Boy - Estelle
    Back Streets Back - Back Street Boys
    Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols
    Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
    Disco 2000 - Pulp
    Dreaming Of You - The Coral
    Dreamer - Livin’ Joy
    Finally - CC Peniston
    Get Lucky - Daft Punk
    Gold On The Ceiling - The Black Keys
    Home - The Magnetic Zeros
    I Need A Dollar - Aloe Blacc
    Independent Women - Destiny’s Child
    Mama Do - Pixie Lott
    No Scrubs - TLC
    Rolling In The Deep - Adele
    Say You’ll Be There - Spice Girls
    Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
    The Next Episode - Dr DRE
    The You And Me Song - The Wannadies
    Valerie - The Zutons/Amy Winehouse
    You Know I’m No Good - Amy Winehouse
    70s - 80s
    Africa - Toto
    Baggy Trousers - Madness
    Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
    Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure
    Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
    Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
    Crocodile Rock - Elton John
    Don’t Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
    Express Yourself - Charles Wright And The 5th Avenue Band
    Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
    Faith - George Michael
    Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
    Grease - Frankie Valli
    I Feel Love - Donna Summer
    I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
    Let’s Dance - David Bowie
    Maggie May - Rod Stewart
    Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
    Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
    Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics
    Tainted Love - Gloria Jones
    Take On Me - Ah-Ha
    The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzie
    Town Called Malice - The Jam
    Woo Hoo - The 5.6.7.8s (Kill Bill)
    You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
    You Got It - Roy Orbison
    You Got The Love - Candi Statton
    60s Pop and Soul
    Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Be My Baby - The Ronettes
    California Soul - Marlena Shaw
    Cecelia - Simon And Garfunkel
    Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals
    Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
    Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
    Heatwave - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
    I Get Around - The Beach Boys
    I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield
    I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
    It Ain’t Me Babe - Bob Dylan
    Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
    Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection (Reservoir Dogs OST)
    Money (That’s What I Want) - Barrett Strong
    Mr Blue Sky - ELO
    My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
    Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
    The Letter - The Box Tops
    There’s Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
    Time Of The Season - The Zombies
    Venus - Shocking Blue
    We Gotta Get Outta This Place - The Animals
    50s Rock n Roll and Country
    At The Hop - Danny And The Juniors
    Be Bop A Lula - Gene Vincent
    Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley
    Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
    Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
    Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
    Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans
    I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
    I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash and June Carter
    Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter
    Johnny Be Goode - Chuck Berry
    Lightning Bolt - Jake Bugg
    Miserlou - Dick Dale
    Mrs Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
    Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
    Return To Sender - Elvis Presley
    Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And The Comets
    Runaway - Del Shannon
    Shakin’ All Over - Johnny Kid And The Pirates
    That’s Alright Mama - Elvis Presley
    That’ll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
    Twistin’ The Night Away - Sam Cooke
    Yakety Yak - The Coasters
    You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
    Wake Up Little Suzie - The Everly Brothers
    You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
    Previous first Dance Songs
    (not in the regular repertoire so would only play 1 or 2 of these in a night max)
    All Of Me - John Legend
    All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
    And I Love Her - The Beatles
    Are You Ready For Love - Elton John
    As - Stevie Wonder
    Baby I Love You - The Ramones
    Baby I Love Your Way
    Better Together - Jack Johnson
    Best Day Of Our Lives - American Authors
    Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
    Candy Paolo Nutini
    Come And Get Your Love - Redbone (Guardians Of The Galaxy)
    Coming Home - Leon Bridges
    Constellations - Jack Johnson
    Don’t Let Me Down - The Beatles
    Fast Car - Tracey Chapman
    Fields Of Gold - Sting/Eva Cassidy
    For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder version
    Friday I’m In Love - The Cure
    Give Me Strength - Snow Patrol
    Grow Old With Me - Tom Odell
    Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
    Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
    Ho! Hey! - The Lumineers
    How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
    I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King
    I Just Wanna Make Love To You - Etta James
    I Like The Way This Is Going - The Eels
    I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys
    I Was Made For Loving You - Kiss
    I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
    In My Life - The Beatles
    Is This Love - Bob Marley
    It Must Be Love - Madness
    Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
    Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
    Light My Fire - The Doors
    L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
    My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone
    My Cherie Amore - Stevie Wonder
    My Girl - The Temptations
    Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
    Only Love - Ben Howard
    Only You - Yazoo
    One Day Like This - Elbow
    Ordinary People - John Legend
    Paradise - Coldplay
    Perfect Day - Lou Reed
    Rather Be - Clean Bandit
    Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits
    Rule The World - Take That
    She Loves You - The Beatles
    Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
    (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
    Something - The Beatles
    Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - The Four Tops
    Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson
    Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran
    The Blowers Daughter - Damien Rice
    The Girl - City & Colour
    The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
    The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis And The News
    The You And Me Song - The Wanda's
    Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
    This Must Be True Love - Toots & The Maytals
    We Have All The Time In The World - Louis Armstrong
    Yellow - Coldplay
    You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller
    You Make My Dreams Come True - Hall And Oates
    You’re All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell
    You’re The Best Thing - Style Council
    Your Song - Elton John

    Lineup

    • 5 piece band consisting of female vocals/accordion, male vocals/guitar, double bass, piano/organ and drums
      6 piece band consisting of female vocals, male vocals/guitar, second guitar, piano/organ and drums/backing vocals
      4 piece band consisting of female vocals/simple piano, male vocals/guitar, double bass and drums
      3 piece band consisting of female vocals/piano, male vocals/guitar and double bass
      2 piece band consisting of female vocals/piano and male vocals/guitar

    This act's standard set times are as follows:

    • 2 x 60 minute sets

    Tags

    • 2 piece / duo
    • 3 piece / trio
    • 4 piece
    • 5 piece
    • 6+ piece
    • accordion
    • acoustic
    • backing vocals
    • christmas music set
    • costumes
    • dj option
    • double bass
    • female vocals
    • harmonies
    • male vocals
    • percussion

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