Tribute Bands for hire (C to I)

Carpenters – Carpenters Magic

Carpenters band, "Carpenters Magic" comprises of Jenny Sinclair and Even Stevens. A superb tribute band to The Carpenters, with excellent lead and harmony vocals. Jenny Sinclair has carefully recreated the same magical sound and atmosphere that encompasses all that was The Carpenters. Jenny's voice has an eerie and uncanny resemblance to that of Karen Carpenter. Let Jenny take you on a journey through all your favourite songs like Close to You, Top of the World, Jambalaya and the haunting Goodbye to Love. This show is a dedication, and tribute, to the life and music of two of the foremost influences of popular music of the last century - Richard and Karen Carpenter.

Carpenters - Karpenters

The Karpenters is much more than just a Carpenters band. A great effort has been made to fully retain the integrity of the Carpenters music. Every note from the smallest percussion part to richness of the huge backing vocal sound have been meticulously transcribed, recreating the unique sounds of The Carpenters to perfection. The tribute show incorporates all the wonderful hits of the Carpenters as this 6-piece live band take you on a nostalgic journey through the life and times of the Carpenters, performing all the hits including "Close to you", "Masquerade", "Top of the World", "Sing", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Superstar" and "Please Mr. Postman" to name but a few. The unmistakable sound and costumes make this a most authentic and accurate tribute band.

Coldplay – Coldplayer

Little can be said about Coldplay that isn't already understood by the people who follow and idolize the band worldwide. They are currently one of the biggest and best selling bands on the planet, and have won countless awards to date. Their deep, powerful live performances leave audiences spellbound. You can now experience their music as close as it gets, being performed totally live by a totally professional Coldplay tribute band - Coldplayer. Regularly booked for a corporate event and theme party.

Coldplay – Coolplay

Coolplay are one of the top UK Tribute Bands for hire. They perform over 90 minutes of live music from 'Parachutes' 'A Rush of Blood to The Head' and 'X&Y'. The music is all performed live and sounds just like the real thing. Founded in 2002, Coolplay are the original Coldplay tribute band. As Coldplay gigs sell out within hours and are a rare event, watching Coolplay perform is a great way to let people appreciate the music, who might otherwise not be able to get to a real Coldplay gig.

Commitments – Dave Finnegan’s Commitments

Dave Finnegan is the original man from the blockbuster film 'The Commitments'. For the last 12 years he has been the voice of The Commitments, and tours with his superb band spreading the gospel of soul worldwide! Dave has appeared in countries such as Brazil, USA, Canada, all over Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa, The Middle East, India, Japan, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand – the last guess is that he’s performed to an excess of a couple of million people! He has performed along side such legendary artists as James Brown, Wilson Picket, Edwin Starr, Steve ‘The Colonel’ Cropper, Dennis Edwards (The Temptations), BB King, Sam Moore, Dan Ackroyd and many, many more. It was Sam Moore who questioned, ‘how can a little white guy have a soul and a voice that’s so black!’

Commitments - Kommitments

The Kommitments is a live 10-piece tribute to the hugely popular movie, "The Commitments". All musicians in The Kommitments band are experienced performers and strive to make their corporate show as exciting and energetic as possible. The band provides full PA and lighting hire where necessary. The soul band show is dynamic and visual with well loved music from the movie including great hits such as Mustang Sally and Take Me To The River. The Kommitments deliver one of the best Commitments shows around. Brilliant to hire for a corporate event or a company function.

Corrs – Spirit Of The Corrs

The Spirit Of The Corrs is the UK’s number one Corrs tribute for hire, and consists of some of the UK’s finest professional musicians who between them have played with such artists as Westlife, Stephen Gately, Suggs & Roy Wood and have played in many hit London West End musicals. This authentic look-a-like and sound-a-like band perfectly re-create the Celtic charm and beauty of one of the most successful bands in the world. The Spirit Of The Corrs is the most flexible band. From a small acoustic "MTV" type set, to a full concert, using your facilities or taking advantage of their own state of the art sound and lighting equipment, The Spirit Of The Corrs can adapt to suit your individual requirements.

Corrs – The Corrz

The stunning Celtic sounds of one of the most famous and talented Irish families recreated to perfection. Tracy and Lisa McAlpine front the band, as Andrea and Sharon Corr along with sister Caroline as Caroline Corr. Joining the three girls as Jim Corr is Martin Ledger completing the famous Corrs line-up. A further addition to the group are two backing musicians, forming an amazing and authentic live show. The Corrz started a 50-date UK and European tour in late January 2001, which continues to the present day due to popular demand. The Corrz were delighted to perform for one of the most important Formula 1 racing teams. The band performed a condensed version of their theatre show in the beautiful setting of Team Renault Head Quarters.

Darkness – Likeness

The Darkness tribute band, The Likeness has a passion for hammering out fine and classic rock complete with the poses, pouts, bare chests and a irreverent sense of the ridiculous. The Likeness has toured the four corners of the UK and Ireland, had excessive local radio air time and national TV appearances on CD:UK, MTV and winning through the televised heats to perform "I believe in a thing called love" in front of millions on the Grand Final of "Stars in Their Eyes" 2005. They have met the Darkness themselves and received really enthusiastic support with Justin Hawkins happy to scrawl "The Likeness Rock" on their guitars. When talking with The Darkness live on national TV, Frankie Poullain paraphrased Oscar Wilde and said "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery... So thank you”.

Deep Purple – Deepest Purple

The legend lives on! The Deepest Purple tribute band brings you the very best of this legendary band, performing all the classics from both line-ups on the same night. Set 1 covers the best of Gillan/Glover era, and Set 2 features the best of Coverdale/Hughes - a unique combination, never previously attempted. Not only is Deepest Purple faithful to the music, sounds and looks, but they also recapture the atmosphere of the time with authentic instruments and stage costumes that closely resemble the early 70's. Deepest Purple is a unique experience for all Deep Purple fans. For those who may never have experienced Deep Purple the first time round, this is a great opportunity to understand the true talent in an often underrated band.

Dire Straits – Money For Nothing

Money for nothing was formed in 2000 as a tribute to one of the world's premier rock bands - Dire Straits. Their performance makes this Dire Straits band a "must see" for any rock enthusiast or Dire Straits Fan. Fronting the band is the brilliant guitarist and Mark Knopfler sound-alike Aled Williams. Behind him the line-up features top-class and experienced musicians making a worthy band to Dire Straits. Flexible enough for any venue, it has been put on at outdoor music festivals, theatres, nightclubs, marquees and hotels. With a set consisting of such classics as Sultans of Swing, Romeo and Juliet, Walk of Life, Brothers in Arms, So Far Away, Tunnel of Love and Money for Nothing, they recall the songs of a great band sadly no longer performing together.

Duran Duran/Wham – Wham Duran

The Duran Duran & Wham party function band, Wham Duran formed in 1993 to meet the growing demand for 1980s bands on the college and university circuit. In this time, Wham Duran has toured extensively over the whole of the UK and also into Europe and the Middle East. This band is always on a mission to achieve the next best thing to a Wham or Duran Duran gig, - a Wham Duran! gig. The current 70 minute show plays through a great selection that includes Planet Earth, Notorious, Hungry Like The Wolf, Girls on Film, Rio, Edge of Heaven, Young Guns, Club Tropicana, Freedom, Bad Boys, Wham Rap! Everything She Wants, I'm Your Man and Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. Wham Duran look forward to the next decade, and keeping the music of Wham and Duran Duran very much alive and fresh. One of the top tribute bands for hire.

Eagles – B’Eagles

The B'EAGLES, is a Yorkshire-based Eagles tribute band. They formed in 1998 with a prestigious group of musicians who have performed and recorded music for ITV's mega-popular "Heartbeat” & have appeared on television on many occasions including BBC's Children In Need and on regional TV shows including Calendar, Tyne Tees and Meridian, & in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Scandinavia and Ireland. They play the whole spectrum of Eagles music from classic country-style ballads to all-out rock songs and everything in between. A new added dimension to their show is the option of a more laid-back, acoustic "unplugged" performance, suitable for the smaller intimate venue.

Eagles – Illegal Eagles

The Complete Greatest Hits' - Live - The definitive history of The Eagles in one amazing evening. From West Coast anthems like Take It Easy and Desperado to all-time rock classics like Hotel California, New Kid in Town and dozens more, the Illegal Eagles band sum up wind-in-your hair freedom and Pacific sunshine like LA's masters of multi-layered guitar and vocal harmony. The Illegal Eagles are one of the best tribute bands on the circuit and, although don't claim to look like their American supergroup heroes, they've certainly got their sound down to a T.

Eric Clapton - Claptonite

Claptonite is a four-piece band who covers the music of Eric Clapton from the Cream days to the present time. Claptonite play all around the UK and beyond. Gigs can be anything from a one hour spot of selected highlights to a full theatre concert with a support act. The band is also available for private functions. Highlights of their gigs are the Cream rock tracks Sunshine of Your Love, Badge and White Room. The original Layla from Derek and the Dominoes is included, as is the acoustic version in the unplugged set. Well-known ballads such as Wonderful Tonight and Tears in Heaven are included from this terrific band.

Eric Clapton - Classic Clapton

Classic Clapton is one of the best Eric Clapton tribute bands. The band is made up of 4 excellent musicians. Their ability to re-create Clapton’s electrifying stage performances is uncanny. In guitar/vocalist Mike Hall, the band possesses a front man, who not only looks like Eric, he sings and plays guitar like him too! All of Eric's best-loved songs will be here including Wonderful Tonight, Tears in Heaven, Crossroads, Sunshine of Your Love, Cocaine and of course Layla! There will even be an "Unplugged" segment. It could be years before Eric tours the UK again. If fans want to hear all of his hits played live, why not book a Classic Clapton event.

Fleetwood Mac - Fleetfoot Mike

The band recreates the on-stage energy and dynamics of Fleetwood Mac in the "Rumours"-era, from classics like "Don't Stop" and "The Chain", to showstoppers like "Rhiannon", "I'm So Afraid" and "Gold Dust Woman". The material has been painstakingly researched and the band's equipment has been carefully chosen to recreate the trademark Fleetwood Mac sound. The Fleetfoot Mike band has decades of experience playing live & were drawn together by a shared fondness for Fleetwood Mac. You’ll be transported back in time to the days when Fleetwood Mac were one of the biggest live acts on the planet, and hear some of the best rock music of the time the way it was meant to be heard.

Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Bac

Fleetwood Bac is the world’s first Fleetwood Mac Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, and raved about by Peter Green’s biographer. They authentically replicate the classic Stevie/Lindsey/Christine/John/Mick 'Rumours' line-up. The response to this Fleetwood Mac band is always amazing. They’ve received rave reviews in 'The Stage' Newspaper, The Fireflies and Go Your Own Way (the UK’s leading Fleetwood Mac fansites); an endorsement from The Nicks Fix (the official Stevie Nicks website); and ecstatic audiences wherever the band played. The band has also recently been rated by The Times Newspaper as one of the UK’s leading tribute bands for hire.

Guns N Roses – GunzNRozes

Anyone who has seen this tribute to L.A. based supergroup Guns n’ Roses will readily agree with their reputation as one of the most exciting bands on the circuit today. The band's ability to combine their heavy metal technique with punk attitude has seen them receiving ecstatic reviews all over Britain, and their raw energy and frighteningly good stage show has led to Gunz n’ Rozes being labelled "The most dangerous band in the world" Frontman Garry Crowley’s appearance on TV's "Stars In Their Eyes", won so much acclaim that he was asked back to appear on the show's Christmas Special. He also performed vocals on N-Trance's recording of the Guns n' Roses classic "Paradise City".