| Description | Price |
| 2 x 50 Minute Sets (within a 2 hour period) | £550 |
| Additional 45 minute set | £150 |
| The Story of Fleetwood Mac (Story and Live Music Performance) | £750 |
| The Story of Johnny Cash and June Carter (Story and Live Music Performance) | £750 |
The Upbeats Music Duo are an exciting, energetic party duo comprising Rachel Manchester on vocals and woodwind alongside Peter Manchester on vocals and guitars.
Whilst working as Professional Actors in the West End and all over the country, in shows such as: Les Miserables, The Crucible, 20th Century Boy, and in theatres including: the Royal Albert Hall, the o2, the Palladium, the Barbican and many more; The Upbeats Duo have been performing together for over 10 years at Private Events, Parties, Weddings and Corporate Functions all over the UK. For the past five years they have been travelling the world performing on cruise ships. During that time, they have worked with a number of well known clients including P&O, NCL, Ponant and Windstar Cruises, and are incredibly proud of the 5 star reputation they have built up.
Rachel and Peter are a fun, professional and reliable duo, with a repertoire of over 600 songs, in styles ranging from Jazz Standards to Motown, and from 70’s disco to Modern Pop and Party Hits. Subsequently, they are always ready to play the right music for the occasion; be it wedding, birthday, corporate party or anything else!
The Upbeats Duo are highly skilled multi-instrumentalists as well as professionally trained singers, meaning they perform great covers of all your favourite classics with beautifully arranged vocal harmonies!
The Upbeats also perform two fantastic tribute shows that have had great success around the country and aboard Cruise ships:
Don’t Stop – The Story of Fleetwood Mac
Rachel and Peter Manchester present a show packed full of the music, myths and rumours created by the Multi-Platinum and Diamond-selling band Fleetwood Mac. Featuring the best stories and some of the greatest songs including "Don't Stop", "Dreams", "Rhiannon", "Go Your Own Way" and many more!
Ring Of Fire – The Story of Johnny Cash and June Carter
Rachel and Peter Manchester are pleased to present Johnny and June, a show packed with the hits and stories of the legendary Man in Black and the Queen of Country who made him ‘Walk The Line’. Featuring the hits ‘Ring Of Fire’, ‘Folsom Prison Blues’, "Jackson" and many more.
Based in St. Helens, Merseyside
= areas covered (up to 500 miles)
= free travel (up to 30 miles)
We have a repertoire of over 600 songs!
Below are just a few:
1999 - Prince
24K Magic - Bruno Mars
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye/T.Terrell
A Little Respect - Erasure
All About The Bass - Meghan Trainor
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
All Of Me - John Legend
American Pie - Don McLean
As It Was - Harry Styles
Baby Love - The Supremes
Baby, Now That I’ve Found You - The Foundations
Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran
Bad Moon Rising - Creedance Clearwater Revival
Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Big Girls Don’t Cry - The Four Seasons
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Blame It On The Boogie - Jackson 5
Blame It On Me - George Ezra
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
Cake By The Ocean - DNCE
California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
Call Me - Blondie
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Presley
Can’t Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Celebration - Kool And The Gang
Closer - The Chainsmokers
Close To You - The Carpenters
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Cupid - Sam Cooke
Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader
Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas
Dancing Queen - Abba
December ’63 (Oh What A Night) - The Four Seasons
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Dear Future Husband - Meghan Trainor
Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Don’t Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
Don’t You Want Me - The Human League
Do You Love Me - The Contours
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - The Mamas & The Papas
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Eight Days A Week - The Beatles
End Of The Line - The Traveling Wilbury's
Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
Faith - George Michael
Fireball - Pitbull
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Forget You - Cee Lo Green
Gimme Some Lovin’ - The Blues Brothers
Give It Up - KC & The Sunshine Band
God Only Knows - Brian Wilson
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Get It On - T. Rex
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan
Grease Megamix - Grease
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Haven’t Met You Yet - Michael Buble
Heart Of Glass - Blondie
Hey Ya - OutKast
Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Holiday - Madonna
Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones
Hotel California - The Eagles
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
I’m A Believer - The Monkees
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
I Gotta Feelin’ - Black Eyed Peas
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I Love To Boogie - T. Rex
I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
I’m Coming Out - Diana Ross
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
It’s Not Unusual - Tom Jones
It’s Raining Men - Weather Girls
I’ve Had The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley/Jen Warnes
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Juice - Lizzo
Jump In The Line (Shake Señora) - Harry Belafonte
Just Can’t Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Just The Two Of Us - Bill Withers
Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group
Kiss - Prince
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
Let’s Dance - David Bowie
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Love Shack - The B-52’s
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Lose Control - Teddy Swims
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Man! I Feel Like A Woman! - Shania Twain
Marry You - Bruno Mars
More Than A Woman - The Bee Gees
Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
My Girl - The Temptations
My Guy - Mary Wells
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Night Fever - The Bee Gees
One Love (People Get Ready) - Bob Marley
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Price Tag - Jessie J
Proud Mary - Tina Turner
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
River Deep, Mountain High - Tina Turner
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Reach - S Club 7
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets
Roxanne - The Police
Rude - Magic
Runaround Sue - Dion
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
September - Earth, Wind and Fire
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Shout - Lulu
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
S.O.B - Nathaniel Rateliff
Send My Love To Your New Lover - Adele
Sex Bomb - Tom Jones
Sherry - The Four Seasons
Shout Out To My Ex - Little Mix
Shotgun - George Ezra
Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce
Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye
Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Spring
Stayin’ Alive - The Bee Gees
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Sugar - Maroon 5
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
Superstar - The Carpenters
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills & Nash
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkel
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
This Girl - Kungs vs Cookin' On 3 Burners
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Timber - Pitbull
To Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Turn Me On - Norah Jones
Twistin’ The Night Away - Sam Cooke
Twist And Shout - The Beatles
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons
Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
Wannabe - The Spice Girls
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Your Song - Elton John
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
You Shook Me All Night - Long AC/DC
2 x 13A Sockets
We bring our own PA system to all of our gigs as well as a small lighting rig.
If it's a difficult to find venue, then directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment are always helpful!
Of course, we do provide playlist music between our sets for free to keep everyone in the mood.
However, if you would like the party to carry on into the late hours, we can provide a DJ service after our performances finish, and simply charge an additional fee.
Two 13A sockets near to the performance area please!
We've performed at a Royal Variety Show, in front of royalty, onboard the highest-end yachts in the world, but that doesn't matter... If it's your party we care about you having the best possible time and we promise to do all we can to make sure that happens!
We love such a wide variety of artists, from The Beatles to Ed Sheeran, from Motown to Abba, from The Bee Gees to Beyonce... we love to span the decades, but if you want the biggest hits that will get EVERYONE on the dancefloor then book us!
We've worked as Professional Actors in the West End and all over the country, in shows such as: Les Miserables, The Crucible, 20th Century Boy, and in theatres including the Royal Albert Hall, the o2, the Palladium, the Barbican and many more. We've been performing as a duo together for over 8 years at Private Events, Parties, Weddings and Corporate Functions all over the UK. During the past 5 years we've been travelling the world performing on cruise ships and gigging when we've been back home!
From the Royal Albert Hall, to a a Labour club, we've performed at all types of venues. We don't discriminate about our events, and as long as you're up for a party, we can bring the energy and the fun!
Setup Time:
We would require approximately 45 minutes to do our full setup and a very quick sound check.
Performance Times:
We usually perform in 45 minute slots, but can do up to 4 x 45 minute slots in an evening or if preferred we can do hour long sets. Most commonly we perform 2 x 45 Minute Slots for an event.
We’re happy to play outside but if it's in UK then we need cover (just in case!), a level surface and a power supply close to the performance area.
We love your input! Of course, we have many years of experience and our sets have been honed from countless performances, learning what works best to ensure guests get on the dancefloor and have an amazing time. However, if you have ideas and input, we're very happy to chat through your preferred genres and make sure we find what works for your event!
Clients usually rave about our harmonies, our energy and about how happy we've made everyone!
We take a huge amount of pride in our work and it shows in our clients reviews.
We use incredible loops, samples and tracks, as well as live instruments, to sound like a massive band with the bonus of only having two members.
Of course, if we know it and it won't kill the vibe, we will do it!
If we don't know it, you'll have to purchase one of our premium packages which includes learning some requests!
P & O Cruises
NCL
Ponant
Select Car Leasing
Windstar
Reading Football Stadium
Royal Albert Hall
London Coliseum
Aboard many P&0, NCL and other Cruise ships
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