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About Temple

Professional singer, Wendy uses a pool of pro percussionists, guitarists, bassists and pianists. Acoustic & Electric options available 😎...

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Comprising of some of the country’s finest pro session musicians, Lead singer and musical director Wendy, provides the best quality live music for any event type, performing a mix of genres and in a line-up of your choice. Whether you’re looking for an upbeat party vibe for a wedding reception, corporate event or party celebration or just after some relaxed background acoustic chillout then this group of musicians are available from acoustic duo, trio and quartet to electric 4, 5 or 6-piece options, catering to your budget and individual requirements. • Looking for a small and affordable acoustic line-up? Sorted! • Fancy a 5-piece rock/pop function band? No problem! Regardless of the size of band you choose, the individual musicians, the quality of musicianship and range of choice in material remains the same. Our extensive repertoire boasts everything from soul to pop to rock to funk to disco to dance to indie to jazz and beyond. Wendy's pool of guys and girls will deliver a spotless performance that will ‘wow’ your guests. They perform regularly on the main stage at some of London’s biggest live music venues as a 5-piece jazz band, and performed individually in studio and live sessions with some of the world’s top names including Aretha Franklin, Shirley Bassey, James Arthur, Joss Stone, Deep Purple and Van Morrison, to name a few. They've also been part of multiple BBC and Channel 4 TV sessions. Send a message to the band with your requirements and Wendy (lead vocalist and Temple Bands manager) will provide you with a list of options and prices to choose from.

Temple

5 out of 5

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THE BEST!!! Wendy and her band were exceptional and legends on the night. They were so supportive and helpful in the lead up to the wedding and so detailed in the requirements from me and helped us along the way as we were in France and so was a bit more logistics required. On the night they were exceptionally good and really blew my expectations out of the water. They filled the dancefloor and everyone (young and old) were having the time of their life. Highlight for me was they secretly learned Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits (a favourite of mine) as the last song of the night and it was flawless and the dancefloor went crazy!! A moment of my life that I will remember forever. I cannot thank Wendy and her band enough for everything they did. True professionals that deserve to ever credit they receive. LEGENDS!!!

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3 months ago

Awww cheers James, we all had an absolute blast!!! It’s a memorable one for us too. Thanks and wishing you guys all the very best for the future 😘 Wendy & the boys!

5 out of 5

Fab band, great repertoire and brilliant communication all the way through from booking to the event

5 out of 5

An amazing night. The Temple were brilliant. Really professional. We felt like they were part of party. They had everyone dancing and made it really personal. Wendy has a great voice and is good fun. Would definitely book them again! Thank you for maki g our big celebration fabulous!

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5 out of 5

The Temple Band were fantastic for our daughters wedding. All of the communication with Wendy before the event was great and they really were professional on the day. They all sounded amazing!! Thank you so much.

5 out of 5

I booked these guys (a 6 piece band with sax) for my daughters 30th birthday party and we were absolutely blown away. From start to finish they were professional, lovely and as for the live music... it was second to none. All our family and friends were asking about them for future bookings and their performance really made our evening a memorable one. Thank you Temple!!! x

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Temple's Song list

POP/DANCE/DISCO

I’m Yours/Lucky - Jason Mraz

Call Me Al – Paul Simon

Don’t You Want Me – Human League

Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode

Electric Dreams – Phil Oakley

Raise Your Glass/Trouble/Who Knew/What About Us - Pink

This Love/Moves Like Jagger/One More Night/Sunday Morning – Maroon 5

Shape Of You/Castle On The Hill/Galway Girl/Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

Hey Soul Sister – Train

Promises/Dancing With A Stranger – Sam Smith

Titanium – David Guetta

Sexual – Neiked

Wake Me Up – Aviici

Happy/Feels – Pharrell Williams

Tilted – Christine & The Queens

Cheerleader - OMI

Roar/I Kissed A Girl/Firework – Katy Perry

What A Man – Salt ‘N’ Pepper

Prayer In C/Waves/Sugar – Robin Shultz

Lady Hear Me Tonight – Modjo

Budapest/Shotgun/Paradise – George Ezra

Forget You – Ceelo Green

Billie Jean/Rock With You/Beat It/Black & White/Man In The Mirror/Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson

Get Lucky – Daft Punk

Locked Out Of Heaven/Uptown Funk/Treasure – Bruno Mars Nothing Holding Me Back – Sean Mendez

Attention – Charlie Puth

Feel it Still – Portugal

Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur

Where Is The Love – Black Eyes Peas

Jar Of Hearts/Thousand Years – Christina Perri

All Of Me/Ordinary People – John Legend

Next To Me – Emeli Sande

Love Yourself/Sorry/Baby – Justin Bieber

Rude – Magic

Toxic/Me Against The Music – Britney Spears

Please Don’t Stop The Music – Rihanna

The Middle – Zedd

Havana – Camilla Cabello

Kungs – This Girl

Horny – Mousse T

Rather Be/Symphony – Clean Bandit

Valerie/Back To Black/You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse Crazy In Love – Beyonce

New Rules – Dua Lipa

Can’t Stop The Feeling/Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake

The Cure/Poker Face/Paparazzi/Marry The Night/Bad Romance – Lady Gaga

Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia

Somebody I Used To Know – Gotye

Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey

To Love Somebody – The Beegees

Little Red Corvette/Most Beautiful Girl In The World – Prince Love Me Like You Do/How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding Give It Up – KC & The Sunshine Band

I Can’t Go For That – Hall & Oates

Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel

Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads

TINA – Fuse ODG

Black & Gold – Sam Sparrow

Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston

ROCK/INDIE

No Roots – Alice Merton

Under Pressure – Bowie/Mercury

Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes

Shut Up & Dance – Walk The Moon

Sex On Fire/Use Somebody – Kings Of Leon

Sky Full Of Stars/Paradise/Everglow/Yellow/Adventure Of A Lifetime – Coldplay

Dude Looks Like A Lady/Crazy/Love In An Elevator/Walk This Way – Aerosmith

Take Me To Church – Hozier

Imagine – John Lennon

Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks

God Only Knows – The Beach Boys

Let It Be/Hey Jude – The Beatles

Everywhere/Go You Own Way/Tell Me Lies – Fleetwood Mac

More Than Words – Extreme

Under The Bridge/Tell Me Baby/Californication – Red Hot Chilli Peppers

November Rain/Sweet Child O Mine/Paradise City/Welcome To The Jungle/Rocket Queen – Guns N Roses

Message In A Bottle/Every Little Thing She Does/Walking On The Moon – Police Africa – Toto

Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus

Still Into You – Paramore

Human/Somebody Told Me/Mr Brightside – The Killers

Shook Me All Night Long/Thunderstruck/Back In Black – ACDC Whole Lotta Love/Kashmir – Led Zeppelin

Proud Mary – Credence Clearwater Revival

Feels Like Heaven – The Cure

Baba O Riley – The Who

Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry

Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz

Dancing In The Moonlight – Toploader

The Sky Is A Neighbourhood – Foo Fighters

Supermassive Black Hole/Starlight – Muse

Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand

With Or Without You/One Love – U2

Sound & Vision/Heroes/Ashes To Ashes – Davie Bowie

Piece Of My Heart – Janis Joplin

Don’t Speak/Underneath It All – No Doubt

What’s Going On – 4 Non Blondes

Bitch – Meredith Brooks

One Week – Barenaked Ladies

Mr Rock N Roll/This Is The Life – Amy MacDonald Zombie/Linger – The Cranberries

Good People/Better Together – Jack Johnson

Ruby/I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Chiefs

America – Razorlight

Rain/Hall Of Fame – The Script

Settle Down/Girls/Give Yourself A Try – The 1975

Dog Days Are Over/Hunger – Florence & The Machine

We Are Young – FUN

Believer/Thunder – Imagine Dragons

Ironic/Oughta Know/Hand In My Pocket – Alanis Morisette Pompeii – Bastille

Standing In The Way Of Control – Gossip

Don’t Stop Me Now/Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

Valerie – The Zutons

FUNK/SOUL/JAZZ

Somebody Else’s Guy – Jocelyn Brown

Back To Black/You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse

Human/Giant – Rag N Bone Man

Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan

What A Man – Linda Lyndell

Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin

Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae

September Song – JP Cooper

Crazy – Knarls Barkley

Send My Love/Set Fire To The Rain/Make You Feel My Love/Rolling In The Deep - Adele

Who Is She – Gladys Knight & The Pips

Ordinary People – John Legend

Right To Be Wrong/Don’t Cha Wanna Ride/Some Kind Of Wonderful – Joss Stone

Express Yourself – Charles Wright Band

I’ll Take You There – The Staple Singers

Ain’t Got No/Feeling Good/Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Pick Up The Pieces – Average White Band

Walk On By – Dionne Warwick

Higher Ground/Sir Duke/Superstition/Signed Sealed Delivered – Stevie Wonder

Pushing On – Quantic Soul Orchestra

Killing Me Softly/Feel Like Making Love/First Time Ever – Roberta Flack

Upside Down/Coming Out – Diana Ross

Smooth Operator/Ordinary Love – Sade

Midnight At The Oasis/Dream On Dreamer – Brand New Heavies

Space Cowboy/Canned Heat/Cosmic Girl/Virtual Insanity/Too Young To Die - Jamiroquai

Sexomatic/I Try – Macy Gray

All At Sea – Jamie Cullum

I Feel Good – James Brown

Still A Friend Of Mine – Incognito

English Man In New York – Sting

Go Outside – George Michael

Cheek To Cheek – Irving Berlin

Fly Me To The Moon – Julie London

Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell

Never Too Much – Luther Van Dross

Critisise – Alexander O Neill

Summertime/Dream A Little Dream/Wanna Make Love To You – Ella Fitzgerald

Damn Your Eyes – Etta James

Reset To Zero – Anthony Wright

Revolution/Fast Car – Tracey Chapman

Girl On Fire/Fallin/Empire State Of Mind – Alicia Keys

Wayfaring Stranger/Wade In The Water/Take Me To The River – Eva Cassidy

Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough/Burn This Disco Out/Can’t Help it/Off The Wall – Michael Jackson

Got To Be Real – Cheryl Lynn

Love Train – The O Jays

Ain’t No Sunshine/Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Could You Be Loved/No Woman No Cry/Three Little Birds – Bob Marley

Love Rollercoaster – Ohio Players

Blame It On The Boogie/Shake You Body Down/I Want You Back – Jackson 5

Why Did You Do It – Stretch

Baby I Love You/I Can’t Make You Love Me/Time Of Our Lives – Bonnie Raitt

Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye

Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield

Come Away With Me/Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones

Closest Thing To Crazy/9 Million Bicycles – Katie Melua

Life/Gotta Be – Desree

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding

Stop – Sam Brown

Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry

Temple's Prices

Last updated: 2024

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

Performance duration	Price
Up to 1 hour	£1625
Up to 2 hours	£1875
Up to 3 hours	£2250

Wedding Ceremony Service2 musicians

The acoustic duo will perform 3 learned songs of choice for entrance, register signing and exit.

£250

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

Our energy and professionalism... We're not your average wedding/function band musicians. We have a wealth of professional experience and have played with and supported acts like Van Morrison, James Arthur, Shirley Bassey, Joss Stone, Aretha Franklin and many more. Despite being life long pro musicians we all still LOVE what we do and we feel that shows...

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

As a band we play regularly on the main stage, main slot at The Ned Central London, Ronnie Scotts, Soho House, Southbank Centre and many more. Individually we have had the honour of playing at: The O2, Wembley, Hollywood Bowl, New York Jazz Fest, Main stage Glastonbury, London Palladium and Earls Court Arena to name a few.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

We all collectively love old school funk and soul so probably a combo of Aretha Franklin, James brown and a more modern sprinkle of Jamiroquai. However, we can play anything...

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

We have an upcoming performance at an awards ceremony at The O2. We also play the main stage at The Ned Central London regularly as a 5 piece jazz band, a trio and a duo having regular residency appearances there.

Do you have different line-up options?

Yes - Acoustic duo, trio and quartet plus a range of electric options

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

We can be flexible within reasonable time frames so just give us a ring :)

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

Yes, we can do that. Happy to provide a playlist service in between live sets for free. Anything after is chargeable so please ask. May be a better option to book a manned DJ service to take over from us.

How much time do you need to set up?

90 mins from arrival to start to load in setup and sound check for an average sized band (duo to 6 piece). Anything bigger and I allow 2 hours.

Can you roam around while you perform?

Yes, for acoustic options we can do this. Please enquire.

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

We have specific set lists for specific line-ups, so not all of the songs shown on the repertoire will be available for your chosen lineup. Bands will always try to tailor where possible if you give a list or 'preferred' artists and genres but due to the amount of gigs we do we have to keep requests and prepping music outside of paid time to a minimum.

Is all of the equipment (e.g. PA & lighting) included in your quote?

Yes. PA - 2 x 2000w EV speakers. 1 x 1000w Bass Bin. 4 x Lighting Rigs. All cables, bells and whistles!

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Song requests learned outside of paid time are chargeable. A first dance is included for free if the event is a wedding. But for anything else, please enquire.

Musicianship

Genres:

Pop, Acoustic, Covers, Motown, Funk rock, Funk, Disco, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Pop rock, Blues, Easy listening

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Types:

Party band, Wedding band, Function band, Acoustic band, Disco & Funk band, Cover band, Pop band, Festival band, Pop duo, Pop trio, Acoustic duo, Acoustic trio, Rock duo, Rock trio, DJ live

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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