Happy International Womens Day!
To celebrate we have put together just a few of our favourite Women in Music:
Beyonce – such a powerful woman who is insanely talented!
Tina Turner – a true entertainer and again, an extremely powerful woman
Chaka Kahn – we get a lot of requests for this tune, and it always gets people dancing!
The late Amy Winehouse – we still get a LOT of requests for this song.
A NEW and exciting all-male 4 piece version of MIB.
More details coming soon…….
Here are some pictures of our lovely lads…
Thanks to our photographer Matt Pereira.
We are excited to announce that MIB are performing at the amazing ‘London Rocks 2012′ again this year!
This is a fantastic event which raises funds & awareness for Barnardos, held at the prestigious Cafe De Paris in London’s Piccadilly. The event is organised by the gorgeous and talented Kezi Silverstone, and Live & Loud Events, and we are proud to say its our third year running performing for them.
As MIB, we will be peforming as the last act of the evening which is usually around 11p.m (sometimes a little later), and its our job to get everyone up on their feet and dancing the night away. We’re looking forward to performing a set full of fun party tunes!
Kezi has actually asked us to be the house band for the main concert, backing the other artistes, which we do under our alias of The 77 Collective (a side project we run – a super tight session band!).
ALSO, you may have seen on our facebook page that a few of us MIB members have started writing our own material, and have formed a new band named ‘Unsung Lilly’. We will be performing one song as Unsung Lilly, and are super excited because it will actually be our first ever gig! (Thanks so much to all of you who have ‘liked’ us on facebook and twitter by the way – your support has been amazing and we now have a fan list of around 16,000 fans! Eeek!) This pic above is us!
Its going to be a big evening!
We are super excited to be joined by some fantastic artistes, including Loveable Rogues, Alex Louise, Steve Rodgers, Ryan John, and of course the awesome Kezi Silverstone.
Sooooo….who wants to come and see us? Unsung Lilly are running a fun competition to win tickets to this, check it out on their facebook page….
You can also buy tickets from liveloudevents@aol.com
Today we have launched a very special 15% off offer for last minute bookings for MIB band for events in February & March this year. This is always our slightly quieter time of year, and whilst we enjoy a bit of time off, its not long before we’re chomping at the bit to get out performing!
If you’re interested in booking us for a last minute booking, please get in touch 
Last weekend we had the honour of playing this beautiful track for Anthony & Dejana’s first dance at their wedding in East Sussex. It was just gorgeous – what a lovely choice! I couldn’t wait to share it with you all…
This is Adele’s stunning cover of ‘lovesong’ by The Cure.
Enjoy xx
This is a little sneaky peak of some of the footage for our new ‘MIB Experience’ video, but I couldn’t wait to show it to you all…
A few little snippets for you
A few weeks ago, MIB performed at the wedding of the lovely Claire & Jules at the beautiful Four Seasons Hotel in Hampshire. I just wanted to share with you a few parts of the day as we feel that Claire & Jules went for a fantastic combination of our acts and extras.
Claire & her Mother met with us back in April this year to discuss the big day. It was clear that they wanted a package that would cover most parts of their day, and something with a touch of class! Claire’s mum was keen on the more traditional atmosphere, whereas Claire prefered a younger feel, and I think they got the combination perfectly.
The entertainment started off with a gorgeous saxophone set, playing jazz standards and setting a lush atmosphere while the guests chatted away.
Over the meal, our wonderful pianist Francis entertained the guests with well known classical numbers, movie themes and ballads.
The 7 piece band then took to the stage and entertained the crowds with 2 x 70minute party sets, which included a highlight for everyone at the end where Claire’s brother and a friend joined them to sing, which sent the audience into a huge frenzy!
All in all it was a fantastic day – thank you so Claire & Jules for looking after us so well!
Here’s a little feedback from the happy couple themselves:
Your performance was amazing, especially Rachael singing ‘Halo’ for the first dance, I have had so many comments about how well you played and sang it…wow!! And all the other songs…I thought the playlist worked really well. You all looked like you were really enjoying yourselves, which makes such a difference.
All the guests loved the performance with my brother, Stuart & Caroline. You were great letting them join in with you. My brother Stuart had a great time, so thank you.
Plus I loved the sax set played by Lindsay. I only got a glimpse of her playing at the reception as we were having to be photographed, but again I had great feedback from the guests at how refreshingly different it was. All the guys thought she was very sexy
You were all so lovely & friendly, the stage looked great once you were all set up, and again I’ve had so many comments from friends and family as to how lovely you all were.
I just want to say a massive thank you for being over and above what I was expecting for a wedding band, you were such a big hit with all the guests! And to let my brother sing with you was excellent! Choosing a band for a wedding is really hard as its such a big day and I’m really fussy, but I’m so happy that you played my wedding and I will be reccomending you to everyone in need of a band for a wedding, or any big occasion. Thank you all so much! x
Many thanks to Reportage By for the beautiful photos!
Oooh I love it when we get photos back! Here’s a selection of a few photos from last weeks showcase, courtesy of the awesomely talented Matt Pereira.
First up, a few ‘backstage’ shots… here’s the MIB boys doing a bit of last minute rehearsal…
Here’s the lovely Lindsay in preparations for the launch of her ‘Diva Sax’ act… (website coming soon by the way – its been in huge demand!)
Doing photos at the Langham was just a joy…everywhere you turn is another epic ‘picture moment’… check this out for a beautiful shot…
The beautiful Marianne performing her solo set…
Some shots of MIB as the 8 piece…
The awesome Francis entertained everyone while we changed bands over, with his beautiful cocktail piano, and later as a duo with the supremely talented Debbie…
Funkadelics then took to the stage…
Followed by our acoustic duo…
21st Century Riot…
We were very proud to then launch the first EVER performance of ‘Diva Sax’, which went down a storm! Please watch this space for the new website and video…
I love how every time our jazz trio plays, they have ‘naughty’ looks on their faces, like they’re doing something they shouldn’t…
And Motown Supreme were fabulous as always…
And then the 12 piece MIB took the stage, performing their Jewish medley and a 45mins set…
We were VERY excited to get this footage through! Yes…its finally here! The official royal wedding footags is now up online!
I’ve put together a short edit of some of the tunes, but (for the more hardcore fans – ie, our mum’s!) the whole gig is up online on our ‘MIB-Tube’ page (its in 3 sections – the first one is here)
For those of you who want to watch the shorter version, here it is in all its glory! What a day!
Our musicians have been up to all sorts lately! As well as rocking out at functions all over the country, they have been travelling the world performing as session musicians for some big name artistes…
I love the fact that our players have such fantastic careers elsewhere – its what makes our bands so great!
You’ve already seen our Lindsay & Russ with David Hasslehoff (or if you haven’t, scroll down to recent posts to see the video!), but check out a few of our other guys…
Tommy is still touring lots with Professor Green. Check him out here singing lead at the Radio 1 Big Weekend….
Our awesome MIB saxophonist Marco has been touring the UK with cheeky chappy Olly Murs…
MIB Guitarist Luke Higgins has been performing with Claire Maguire, who had hit single ‘Last Dance’ earlier this year. Check out this lovely acoustic performance featuring just the two of them…
Motown Supreme guitarist Sandy Buglass has been working with up and coming artiste ‘Florrie’, and has just been joined by Funkadelics drummer Chris Boot! Watch out for these guys, touring a lot this Summer.
Vinnie Lammi (percussionist for Live Loungers and drummer for MIB & Funkadelics) is off to Germany to perform with the lovely Mel B of the Spice Girls, and a selection of the MIB musicians are the in-house band for this weeks ‘London Rocks’ concert, performing with all the artistes including the awesome Kezi Silverstone and Steve Rodgers.
If you’re interested in booking our musicians as a session band for an originals artiste, check out our sister site, www.the77collective.com
Good times ahead we think!