Carte Blanche is one of England's most popular bands for weddings, corporate functions, birthday parties, anniversaries, more weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, university balls, charity balls, even more weddings... and believe it or not: a funeral

Carte Blanche is available as a 6, 7, 9 or 10 piece fully live band and have over 15 years experience in the music and entertainment industry.
For larger functions however we like to add the talents of our female horn section:

Carte Blanche is managed by Peter who has over 15 years experience in both playing and managerial capacities. Personal credits include Dave Stewart (ex Eurythmics), Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Andy Williams, Denise Van Outen, The Opera Babes, The Counterfeit Concert, Reload, Abba Gold, Ciaran Jeremiah (The Feeling), Chris Banks (Busted, Matt Willis) and Jon Cohen (Voices of the Valley).

WEDDINGS
For a live band, playing at a wedding is similar to playing at other functions. Often the repertoire is similar - the age range of the guests might be a little broader - but you've still got to have a wide enough variety to pack the dancefloor.

But there are two areas where weddings are unique that need to be catered for by your live band.

The first one is the wedding dance.
The wedding dance is important for two reasons - often it's a song that has emotional significance to the bride and groom and also it's an unofficial marker of the transition from the more formal parts of the day (the wedding itself, the wedding breakfast, the cake cutting, the speeches) to the dancing and having lots of fun part of the day.

There's two options with the wedding dance, either we can learn it (but we need at least a month's notice), or we can download the original and play it on our system. We're happy to do either. Not a problem.

The second area where weddings are unique is the set up.
At most weddings the band needs to set up in the same area that the wedding breakfast will be served in. There are two approaches that can be taken to setting up in this scenario - set up and soundcheck before the guests arrive (often early afternoon), or set up AFTER the wedding breakfast and speeches.
Absolutely the best approach in our opinion is to set up BEFORE the guests arrive. Setting up after the wedding breakfast is nearly always stressful and rushed but there seems to be lots of other bands out there who prefer this (and who actually charge EXTRA for early arrival). So unless there's a space issue setting up early will always be our preference - and hopefully yours too!

Angels – Robbie Williams
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Blame It On The Boogie – The Jackson Five
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Build Me Up Buttercup – Foundations
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Andy Williams
Car Wash – Rose Royce
Celebration – Kool and the Gang
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Crazy In Love – Beyonce
Dancing In The Street – David Bowie & Mick Jagger
Dance The Night Away – Mavericks
Dancing Queen – Abba
Disco Inferno – The Trammps
Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
Domino – Jessie J
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey/Glee
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds
Don’t You Want Me Baby – Human League
Everybody Needs Somebody – Blues Brothers
Forget You – Cee Lo Green
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Give Me Some Loving – The Spencer Davis Group
Great Balls Of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
Groove Is In The Heart – Deee-Lite
Happy – Pharrell Williams
Hard To Handle – Otis Redding
Hey Ya – Outkast
I Feel Good – James Brown
I Don’t Feel Like Dancing – Scissor Sisters
I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry
I’m A Believer – The Monkees
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
I Need A Dollar – Aloe Blacc
I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Cheifs
I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis
Kids In America – Kim Wilde
Kiss – Prince
La Bamba – Los Lobos
Lady Marmalade – Labelle
Last Night – The Strokes
La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
Le Freak – Sister Sledge
Let Me Entertain You – Robbie Williams
Like A Virgin – Madonna
Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Long Train Running – The Doobie Brothers
Lost In Music – Sister Sledge
Love Machine – Girls Aloud
Mama Mia – Abba
Mercy – Duffy
Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
Money Money Money – Abba
Moon Dance – Van Morrison
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
Mr Brightside – The Killers
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
Oh What A Night (Dec 63) – The Four Seasons
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
Price Tag – Jessie J
Roar – Katy Perry
Rock Dj – Robbie Williams
Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
September – Earth Wind & Fire
Sex Bomb – Tom Jones
Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
Shake A Tailfeather – Ray Charles
Sing It Back – Moloko
Soul Man – Sam and Dave
Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Suspicious Minds – Elvis
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Tainted Love – Sot Cell
Take On Me – Aha
Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus
Teenage Kicks – Undertones
This Love – Maroon 5
Treasure – Bruno Mars
Twist & Shout – The Beatles
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Walking On Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
Waterloo – Abba
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
You Get What You Give – New Radicals
Young Hearts Run Free – Candi Staton
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees

Panasonic,
British Airways,
Vodafone,
Mastercard,
Clarins,
The Guardian,
GSK,
Marks & Spencer,
NSPCC,
Nintendo,
Mercedes-Benz,
JCB and many more.
Carte Blanche has also played at hundreds of prestigious venues across the UK, including:-
The Natural History Museum,
The Dorchester,
Grosvenor House,
The Ritz,
The Lanesborough,
Le Manoir,
Skylon,
The Lowry, T
ate Modern and many more……….
Oh, we have also (on separate occasions) played for Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry & Prince Andrew.