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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.

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This act has been working with Encore for over 4 years
50 gigs
Veteran: 50 bookings through Encore
Musicianship
Genres:
Pop, Acoustic, Covers, Motown, Funk rock, Funk, Disco, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Pop rock, Blues, Easy listening
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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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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
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.

Temple's Prices

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

Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Up to 1 hour£1400
Up to 2 hours£1725
Up to 3 hours£1875
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Temple's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Charlotte C
2 months ago
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5 out of 5

The Temple Duo were perfect for our workspace Christmas Party. They really understood the brief, got everyone involved in choosing the songs. They are amazing musicians and stroke the right balance for the space and atmosphere. Everyone has been commenting on how great the band were since! THANK YOU Kevin and Wendy!!

Reply from Temple
2 months ago

Thanks for inviting us Charlotte! We had a blast! Have a fab 2024! x

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Kelly F
6 months ago
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5 out of 5

Temple played an acoustic duo at our wedding last week. We were so pleased with the performance, exactly what we were after, chilled yet upbeat at the same time. Wendy was great with communication throughout from enquiry to the big day and we would highly recommend. Thank you both so much for being part of our special day!

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Miranda G
7 months ago
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5 out of 5

Oh my goodness, what a night! We booked Temple's 6 piece for our wedding and we have ZERO regrets. Wendy and the band knocked it out the park with the perfect selection of songs and incredible energy. Us and our guests had the best night, the room felt electric. We were blown away with the musicianship and breadth of song choices. Words can't express the fun we had, we only wish we had some video footage of the dancing! It was an unbelievable time we and our guests will never forget, thank you so so much.

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Barbara W
10 months ago
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5 out of 5

Fantastic act, would definitely book again.

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JIll C
4 years ago, for a Wedding in Shrewsbury
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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.

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Kim D
4 years ago, for a Private event in Liverpool
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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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