Tips, insights and stories from The Brotherhood - your guide to live wedding and corporate entertainment, first dance ideas, and behind-the-scenes stories.
Write-ups of the gigs we play, the rooms we play them in, and what we have learned about planning entertainment for a wedding, a party or a corporate night.
A 50th birthday on 29 August, in a large marquee at the bottom of a garden in East Tytherley, the Hampshire side of Salisbury. There was a proper stage built into the marquee, and we went out as a …
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A 3pm ceremony outside at Hensol Castle on 22 August, our duo through the ceremony and the drinks reception, and the …
We played a Thursday wedding at Llanerch Vineyard and came off stage at 10pm. Llanerch’s sound limiter steps down …
Elian is one of our own vocalists. She married Adam in The Lodge, the barn behind The Rock & Fountain at Penhow, and …
Thursday night took us back over the Severn to Elmore Court for a summer wedding in the Gillyflower - a room we’re …
Almost every wedding we play has a first dance. Lights down, everyone in a circle with their phones up, one song, then …
Last night took us up into the Cotswolds for a wedding at Old Gore Barn, the Cripps & Co barn at Fosse Cross near …
A presenter dawdles on the way to the lectern and the music stretches with them. The photo on stage takes a beat longer …
Tonight took us out to a farm just outside Raglan, in the heart of Monmouthshire, for a wedding in a marquee on the …
While The Brotherhood were out at a marquee wedding near Raglan tonight, our sister band The Sisterhood were over at …
This year we play New Year’s Eve at Celtic Manor, for the Masquerade Ball. It closes out a season that starts with …
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 …
Eleven of us set up in half a conference hall and then waited out of sight for a partition to move. The client was …
DEPOT on Curran Road in February. The warehouse - high ceilings, exposed steel, festival-grade lighting rig - fills up …
We played the ICC Wales New Year’s Eve Extravaganza to see 2025 out. The Apple Tree Theory first The Apple Tree …
Through November and December we played the Black Tie Christmas Party nights at Celtic Manor, in the Caernarfon Suite - …
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 there is an 11-piece on the stage and a room that has been building …
Ten things worth checking before you book, written from the other side of it. 1. Start Early The best wedding bands book …
A gig day starts a long way before the first song. Here is roughly how one runs. The Day Before Preparation starts well …
These are the first dance songs we were asked for most in 2024, from a year of playing them live. This Year’s Top …
We’re in the thick of summer 2024 and the diary has been full since April. St Tewdrics House St Tewdrics House on …
Another Christmas season done. From the first week of December through to the big night itself we barely stopped. The …
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 played Portstock on Saturday, with The Apple Tree Theory joining in. A festival crowd is there for the …
We took the Brotherhood showband to Cardiff City Hall for the annual Welsh Care Awards. It is a gala dinner that …
Eighteen months since we last stood on a stage in front of a live audience. The first gig back was emotional. What We …
There was no entry form to fill in and no fee to pay. The first we knew about The Wedding Emporium Ltd Wedding Industry …
The last of our lockdown sessions, and Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is about as fitting as the list gets. …
Lockdown session number two. This time it’s Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down. Watch the video I …
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 saw 2019 out and 2020 in at Celtic Manor with twelve of us on stage - the full showband plus …
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 …
After hundreds of weddings across South Wales, the Severn Valley and into the Cotswolds, these are the rooms we most …
We’re halfway through summer 2018 and the wedding diary has barely had a gap in it. The Venues Clearwell Castle in …
The Grand Ballroom at Hilton Wembley is the kind of room where a band with its own kit and crew can work cleanly …
WalesOnline have run a piece on Disco Delilah, our version of the Tom Jones song, recorded with Tobias Robertson. You …
The Sisterhood covering Power by Little Mix, with Tay Cousins, Izzy Stead, Camille Bennett and Samantha Alice Jones. …
A montage of some of our favourite tracks performed live at the Celtic Manor Resort. Watch the video The Brotherhood …
The latest video from our performances at the Celtic Manor Resort. A California Girls / Superbass mashup takes the full …
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 from the Kitchen Sessions - Camille Bennett on Rather Be by Clean Bandit. Watch the video Rather Be - Kitchen …
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 about new combinations at Brotherhood HQ, with Tay Cousins, Camille Bennett and Bongo Peet joining …
Jon Lilygreen and The Brotherhood cover Africa by Toto in the Kitchen Sessions. Watch the video Africa (Toto) - Kitchen …
Matt and Jon have spent the spring putting new combinations of the band together, and three singers have come in with …
At Catherine and Ian’s wedding we ran Happy straight into I Feel Good. It was not in the set list. The floor was …
Gemma and Lewis were married at Cwrt Bleddyn on 28 June, the 16th century manor house up the A449 between Caerleon and …
