Tips, insights and stories from The Brotherhood - your guide to live wedding and corporate entertainment, first dance ideas, and behind-the-scenes stories.
Welcome to The Brotherhood blog! Here you’ll find tips for planning your event entertainment, behind-the-scenes stories from our performances, and advice to help make your celebration unforgettable.
Most awards ceremonies run the walk-on music off a laptop - a stock sting fired by an AV op watching a cue sheet. It does the job. But a live band playing the ceremony does something a backing track …
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Tonight took us out to a farm just outside Raglan, in the heart of Monmouthshire, for a wedding in a marquee the size of …
While The Brotherhood were out at a marquee wedding near Raglan tonight, our sister band The Sisterhood were over at …
New Year’s Eve is the one night every band wants on the calendar, and this year ours is at Celtic Manor for the …
Celtic Manor’s Christmas run is one of the biggest blocks on our calendar, and this year we’re back in the …
This one took us out to Gastard, a village just outside Corsham about half an hour from Bath, for a 70th birthday in a …
We were back at ICC Wales yesterday - but not in the main hall, and not in the Woodland Suite either. Outside this time, …
We ventured into the North Cotswolds for this one. Lapstone Barn, just outside Chipping Campden, is an 18th-century …
Back at ICC Wales in Newport, but not in the main hall this time. This one’s in the Woodland Suite - still a big …
Most corporate event bands will tell you they can play any venue. That’s probably true - plug in, play the hits, …
The organisers of last night’s staff conference booked the main hall at ICC Wales, but had a surprise up their …
DEPOT on Curran Road in February. The warehouse space - high ceilings, exposed steel, festival-grade lighting rig - …
Happy New Year! What a way to welcome 2026! Last night, we had the honour of performing at the ICC Wales New …
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on what has been an incredible festive season for The …
The Kings Suite at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole is a room that turns up dressed for a show. Our most recent night …
The marquee at Fforest Farm fills differently when you’ve got an 11-piece band and a room that’s been …
Choosing your wedding entertainment is one of the most important decisions you’ll make for your big day. The right …
People often ask us what a typical gig day looks like. The truth is, there’s a lot more to it than just showing up …
Your first dance sets the tone for your entire evening. After performing at hundreds of weddings, we’ve seen …
We’re in the thick of summer 2024 and the diary has been packed with some stunning weddings and events. St …
Another Christmas season done, and what a run it’s been. From the first week of December through to the big night …
The Commonwealth Suite at Radisson Blu Heathrow is a ballroom built for production - tall, bright, open, and the kind of …
The Great Hall at Kelham is one of those rooms where you can fit two complete entertainment rigs and neither one feels …
We played a corporate Christmas party at The Pavilion, Kensington Palace for a Sternberg Clark event in early December. …
If 2021 was about getting back on our feet, 2022 has been about running flat out. This has been comfortably our busiest …
A summer Saturday took us right out to the western end of the Gower, to a marquee pitched above the sand at Oxwich Bay …
We played West Axnoller Farm in Beaminster, Dorset on 18 June 2022 for Heather and Shaan’s multicultural wedding. …
The Sisterhood had an absolute blast playing at Portstock on Saturday, and The Apple Tree Theory joined in too. What a …
When we were asked to bring the Brotherhood showband to Cardiff City Hall for the annual Welsh Care Awards, we knew it …
Eighteen months. That’s how long it’s been since we last stood on a stage in front of a live audience. And …
The last of our lockdown sessions - and honestly, is there a more fitting song than Marvin Gaye’s What’s …
Lockdown session number two. This time we’ve gone with Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down - a song that …
Like every other band in the country, we’ve had the diary wiped clean. No weddings, no corporate events, no summer …
Happy New Year! We kicked off 2020 with the full band in the rehearsal room, running through one of the all-time great …
It’s that time of year again. Before we head into another busy Christmas season, here’s our take on The …
One of the more memorable London rooms we’ve played is the Grand Temple at Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden …
We get asked all the time: “What are the best venues you’ve played?” After hundreds of weddings across …
We’re halfway through summer 2018 and the wedding diary has been relentless - in the best possible way. The Venues …
The Grand Ballroom at Hilton Wembley is the kind of room where a band with its own kit and crew can work cleanly …
Check out our latest video featuring The Sisterhood doing a brilliant cover of Power by Little Mix, featuring Tay …
We are really excited to release our latest video - a montage of some of our favourite tracks performed live at the …
Here’s the latest video from our performance at the Celtic Manor Resort. The whole team have been putting in the …
The Brotherhood showband at full tilt on New Year’s Eve 2016 at the Celtic Manor, keeping the good folk of …
It’s been a jam-packed few months for all three of our bands. The Brotherhood, The Sisterhood and The Apple Tree …
It’s been a busy week at Brotherhood HQ - rehearsals, studio recording, and a day of filming at the Newbridge …
From the smallest local weekend pub band right through to the biggest stadium artists, cover songs are a huge part of …
Everything you hear on The Brotherhood site is totally live music. Here’s a clip of Matt and Jon playing in …
Being professional musicians, working the circuit for years, we found this hilarious. Enjoy. And so in the dark of night …
Another one from our Kitchen Sessions - this time featuring Camille Bennett with an amazing performance of Rather Be by …
For the real live music connoisseurs out there, we put our chef’s hat on and cooked up our favourite wedding band …
Spring 2015 has been extremely exciting for us at Brotherhood HQ. We’ve spent time branching out and forming …
Jon Lilygreen and The Brotherhood cover Africa by Toto in the Kitchen Sessions. The Kitchen Sessions were stripped back …
