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About Ben

Singer/Guitarist/Pianist

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Singing guitarist

London

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Hi guys! I'm a freelance Actor/Musician with a wealth of experience in theatres, pub, club, wedding and party gigs. I love to perform in a range of genres and settings, from cheesy rock anthems and pop classics to musical theatre ballads. I pride myself in tailoring a bespoke playlist for whatever your event may require. Recent career highlights include playing Billy Kostecki in the Dirty Dancing No.1 UK Tour, Willard Hewitt in "Footloose" UK Tour and "Various Princes" in several Pantomimes. My setlist is totally adaptable to whatever feel or vibe your event needs and I can play on either Guitar or Piano.

Ben

5 out of 5

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Professionalism

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Communication

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Punctuality

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Ben's Reviews

5 out of 5

What a guy!, Ben was fantastic from start to finish making a special day complete

5 out of 5

Really lovely guy. Super professional and worked so well to the crowd, taking requests and playing to the audience. Already booked him again

5 out of 5

Ben is amazingly talented and made our wedding day more special by performing during our wedding breakfast. Ben’s playlist has something for everyone of all ages and our guests really enjoyed his performance. Great communication prior to the event and organisation on the day. Highly recommend!

5 out of 5

Ben was fantastic. Great communication, very progressional and his singing, piano playing, guitar playing was amazing. Ben’s very talented and and at a higher level overall than others on the platform with many many reviews. If you book Ben you won’t be disappointed.

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5 out of 5

Ben is a consummate professional. I have asked him to perform at a few events, from a birthday party to a wedding, both formally and informally. He is a superbly talented multi-instrumentalist and can therefore perform completely by himself, but it is his voice that will capture the audience. His is an outstanding singer, and with his fantastic knowledge of both the classic and contemporary repertoire, he can turn his talents to pretty much anything. He is a delight to work with, and will respond so well to any requests and suggestions. He communicates really well, turns up on time and will always seek to provide what is needed. The audiences love him as well!

5 out of 5

Ben provided a fantastic night of entertainment for our company Away Day. His main set was tailored for the audience and went down a storm, he got everyone up singing and dancing and was happy to play any requests thrown at him - a very talented musician and lots of fun!

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5 gigs

Experienced: 5 bookings through Encore

Saved the day!

Booked for an Encore gig with less than 24 hours’ notice

6th Anniversary

This act has been working with Encore for over 6 years

Ben's Song list

ABBA

Dancing Queen

Does Your Mother Know

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Mamma Mia

Slipping Through My Fingers

Take A Chance On Me

Thank You For The Music

The Winner Takes It All

ALEX CLARE

Too Close

ANDRE LLOYD WEBBER

All I Ask Of You

Close Every Door

The Music Of The Night

ARCTIC MONKEYS

Mardy Bum

Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor

Brianstorm

ARETHA FRANKLIN

I Say A Little Prayer

BARBARA DICKSON

Tell Me Its Not True

BASTILLE

Pompeii

THE BEATLES

Let it be

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Strawberry Fields Forever

Get Back

Here Comes The Sun

Yesterday

Across The Universe

In My Life

A Hard Days Night

The Long And Winding Road

Hey Jude

Twist And Shout

Yellow Submarine

Penny Lane

Day Tripper

Back In The USSR

Paperback Writer

She Loves You

BIFFY CLYRO

Many Of Horror

BILL WITHERS

Aint No Sunshine

BILLY JOEL

All For Leyna

Uptown Girl

She's Always A Woman

BING CROSBY

White Christmas

BON JOVI

Always

Livin On A Prayer

Wanted Dead Or Alive

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Born To Run

BRUNO MARS

Just The Way You Are

Marry You

BRYAN ADAMS

All For Love

Back To You

Everything I Do I Do It For You

Please Forgive Me

Run To You

Summer Of 69

BUSTED

Crashed The Wedding

Year 3000

CEE LO GREEN

Forget You

CHRISTINA PERRI

Jar Of Hearts

CLEAN BANDIT

Rather Be

COLDPLAY

Clocks

Fix You

Paradise

Violet Hill

Viva La Vida

Yellow

DAFT PUNK

Get Lucky

DAVID GUETTA

Titanium

DEEP BLUE SOMETHING

Breakfast At Tiffanys

DEEP PURPLE

Smoke On The Water

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

Hushabye Mountain

DUA LIPA

New Rules

ED SHEERAN

Galway Girl

Castle On The Hill

Shape Of You

You Need Me Man I Don't Need You

ELBOW

Grounds For Divorce

Day Like This

ELVIS PRESLEY

Blue Suede Shoes

Cant Help Falling In Love

Jailhouse Rock

ERIC CLAPTON

Running On Faith

Tears In Heaven

Layla

Wonderful Tonight

White Room

EVA CASSIDY

Songbird

FOO FIGHTERS

Best Of You

Everlong

Learn To Fly

The Pretender

Times Like These

Walk

FOSTER THE PEOPLE

Pumped Up Kicks

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE

Stacys Mom

FRANK TURNER

The Way I Tend To Be

GIRLS ALOUD

Love Machine

GOTYE

Somebody That I Used To Know

GREEN DAY

21 Guns

American Idiot

Basket Case

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Good Riddance Time Of Your Life

Holiday

Wake Me Up When September Ends

GUNS N' ROSES

Sweet Child O Mine

IMAGINE DRAGONS

Bleeding Out

Demons

On Top Of The World

Radioactive

JACK JOHNSON

Better Together

JAMES

Sit Down

JAMES BAY

Hold Back The River

JASON MRAZ

Im Yours

Maybe

JEFF BECK

Hi Ho Silver Lining

JEFF BUCKLEY

Hallelujah

JOHN DENVER

Perhaps Love

JOHN LEGEND

All Of Me

JOSH GROBAN

If I Loved You

JOURNEY

Dont Stop Believin

JUDY GARLAND

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

KASABIAN

Club Foot

Underdog

Fire

Rewired

KATY PERRY

Roar

Firework

KINGS OF LEON

Sex On Fire

Use Somebody

KODALINE

All I Want

LADY GAGA

Poker Face

Shallow

LES MISÉRABLES

Bring Him Home

Empty Chairs At Empty Tables

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

What A Wonderful World

LYNYRD SKYNYRD

Sweet Home Alabama

MADNESS

Baggy Trousers

Our House

Town Called Malice

MARIAH CAREY

All I Want For Christmas Is You

MCFLY

5 Colours In Her Hair

All About You

Ill Be Ok

Obviously

She Falls Asleep Part 2

Meat Loaf

Bat Out Of Hell

I Would Do Anything For Love

Heaven Can Wait

MICHAEL BUBLÉ

Feeling Good

Havent Met You Yet

Home

Michael Jackson

Earth Song

Ill Be There

Man In The Mirror

The Way You Make Me Feel

FROZEN

Let It Go

THE JUNGLE BOOK

I Wanna Be Like You

MISC CHRISTMAS

Frosty The Snowman

O Holy Night

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Silent Night

MISC MUSICAL THEATRE

Chess - Anthem

Grease - Summer Nights

The Sound Of Music - Edelweiss

The Wizard Of Oz - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

TRADITIONAL/FOLK

Danny Boy

The Fields Of Athenry

The Wild Rover

BRITANNIA HIGH

Proud

MR. PROBZ

Waves

MUMFORD & SONS

I Will Wait

The Cave

Timshel

MUSE

Hysteria

Madness

Plug In Baby

Unintended

Uprising

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

Famous Last Words

Teenagers

Welcome To The Black Parade

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA

Torn

NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS

Aka What A Life

OASIS

Dont Look Back In Anger

Half The World Away

Some Might Say

Supersonic

Wonderwall

Champagne Supernova

Cigarrettes and Alcohol

The Importance of Being Idle

OF MONSTERS AND MEN

Little Talks

PAOLO NUTINI

Last Request

Pencil Full Of Lead

PHARRELL WILLIAMS

Happy

QUEEN

Bohemian Rhapsody

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Dont Stop Me Now

Fat Bottomed Girls

Killer Queen

We Are The Champions

Somebody To Love

RADIOHEAD

Creep

RAY CHARLES

Hit The Road Jack

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

Californication

Cant Stop

Scar Tissue

Under The Bridge

Snow Hey O

ROBBIE WILLIAMS

Angels

Millenium

Let Me Entertain You

Beyond The Sea

Something Stupid

SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

James Bond

Michaela Strachen

Posh Girls

She's So Lovely

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Sound Of Silence

SLASH

Gotten

I Hold On

SNOW PATROL

Chasing Cars

Run

Take Back The City

STEALERS WHEEL

Stuck In The Middle With You

STEREOPHONICS

Dakota

Handbags And Gladrags

Indian Summer

STEVIE WONDER

Superstition

TAKE THAT

Shine

Patience

Never Forget

THE ANIMALS

House Of The Rising Sun

THE BANGLES

Walk Like An Egyptian

THE BEACH BOYS

God Only Knows

THE BLACK KEYS

Little Black Submarines

Lonely Boy

Nova Baby

Gold On The Ceiling

THE FOUR SEASONS

December 1963 Oh What A Night

THE FRATELLIS

Whistle For The Choir

Chelsea Dagger

THE KILLERS

Mr Brightside

Human

THE KINKS

All Day And All Of The Night

Lola

Sunny Afternoon

Waterloo Sunset

You Really Got Me

THE LUMINEERS

Ho Hey

THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

THE PROCLAIMERS

Im Gonna Be 500 Miles

Sunshine on Leith

THE ROLLING STONES

Jumpin Jack Flash

THE SCRIPT

The Man Who Cant Be Moved

THE SMITHS

This Charming Man

THE SPECIALS

A Message To You Rudy

THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP

Keep On Running

THE STONE ROSES

I Wanna Be Adored

THE VACCINES

If You Wanna

Wetsuit

TOPLOADER

Dancing In The Moonlight

WALK THE MOON

Shut Up And Dance

WHEATUS

Teenage Dirtbag

WILSON PICKETT

Mustang Sally

Ben's Prices

Last updated: 2024

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£75
Up to 1 hour	£187.50
Up to 2 hours	£250
Up to 3 hours	£312.50

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

I try to put as much energy as I can into every performance, and I like to think that audiences leave feeling exhilarated and entertained.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Manchester Palace Theatre Liverpool Empire Hackney Empire Leeds Grand Theatre Birmingham Alexandra Theatre Edinburgh Festival Theatre Glasgow Kings Theatre Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre Fortune Theatre, Londons West End

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

Freddie Mercury Bryan Adams Paul McCartney Ed Sheeran Oasis Frank Sinatra Bruno Mars

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

Dirty Dancing UK No.1 UK Tour

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

I will always try to be as flexible as possible as I understand the difficulties planning any event can entail. If timings do change, just let me know.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Yes. Just pass me your device or send me a Spotify playlist.

How much time do you need to set up?

Typically, no longer than twenty minutes.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Absolutely. Just let me know your favourites and I'll be sure to include them.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes!

Can you learn song requests before the event?

I will always endeavour to learn any songs you'd like that aren't already on my set list, so just let me know with plenty of advance!

Musicianship

Genres:

Covers, Acoustic, Christmas, Musical theatre, Opera, Classical crossover, Film / TV music, 1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1990s era music, 1980s era music, 1970s era music, 1960s era music, Folk, Country, Rockabilly, Irish rock, Folk rock, Blues, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Cabaret, Jazz fusion, Easy listening, Originals, Light music, Pop, Ambient pop, Americana, Disco, Funk, Funk rock, R&B, Tribute, Top 40, Soul, Motown, Vintage, Rock, Alternative rock, Classic rock, Hard rock, Glam rock, Indie, Pop rock, Britpop, Power rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Post rock, Spanish music, Tango

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Instruments:

Singing guitarist, Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Singer, Singer (tenor), Opera singer, Singing pianist, Keyboard, Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Ukulele

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Event types:

Bar / Club / Venue event, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Christmas party, Birthday party, Theatre / Show, Recording session, New Year's Eve, Charity event, Concert, Cruise

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Other skills:

Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Songwriter, Producer, Actor, Musical comedy, Accompanist, Fluent sight-reader, Fluent improviser, MC, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Singing teaching

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