The Village Beats is an energetic and entertaining covers band performing songs from the 1960s to 2020s with attitude and sequins! Our song catalogue includes artists like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, ABBA, Oasis, Bon Jovi, Dua Lipa, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Katy Perry, the Weekend, Florence and the Machine and many others.
We have played in many pubs and at festivals and at parties around Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and always get a crowd singing and dancing.
We can perform as a trio for smaller venues and also as a 5 or 6-piece band. We are now additionally offering ‘rockaoke’ parties with guests having the opportunity to sing a song of their choice with a live band!
Based in Bicester, Oxfordshire
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Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
All I Want for Christmas is You – Mariah Carey
A Hard Day’s Night - Beatles
B
Blinding Lights – the Weekend
Bohemian Like You – The Dandy Warhols
Brass in Pocket – The Pretenders
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
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Call Me - Blondie
Country Girl – Primal Scream
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Crocodile Rock – Elton John
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Dakota – The Stereophonics
Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Moonlight – Thin Lizzy
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Disco 2000 - Pulp
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen
Drive By - Train
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Exes and Ohs – Elle King
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F****n Perfect - Pink
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Get the Party Started - Pink
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
Good Riddance – Green Day
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Have You Ever Seen the Rain – Creedence Clearwater
High and Dry - Radiohead
Hot and Cold – Katy Perry
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I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jet
I’m Still Standing. Elton John
It’s My Life – Bon Jovi
It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me – Billy Joel
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Joyride – Roxette
Jumpin Jack Flash – Rolling Stones
Just Looking – The Stereophonics
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Let Me Entertain You. Robbie Williams
Love Shack – the B52’s
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Mamma Mia - Abba
Make Me Smile – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Man I Feel Like a Woman – Shania Twain
Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade
Mr Brightside - The Killers
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Never Forget – Take That
New Shoes – Paolo Nutini
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Physical – Dua Lipa
Proud Mary – Tina Turner/Creedence
Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
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Real Gone Kid – Deacon Blue
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Rolling in the Deep – Adele
Rule the World – Take That
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Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
She’s Electric - Oasis
Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon
Starlight - Muse
Stuck in the Middle – Steelers Wheel
Summer of 69 – Brian Adams
Super Trouper - ABBA
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Tainted Love – Imelda May
Take it Easy – the Eagles
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Teenage Kicks – The Undertones
The Best – Tina Turner
These Boots are Made for Walking – Gerry Halliwell
Twist and Shout – The Beatles
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Upside Down – Diana Ross
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Wake Me Up (When It’s All Over) - Avici
Wannabe – Spice Girls
Waterloo - ABBA
When You’re Gone – Brian Adams/Mel C
Will We Talk -Sam Fender
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Year 3000 - Busted
Yellow - Coldplay
You Give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi
You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine
We need a performance space of 5m x 3m. We need 4 x 13 amp power sockets and 3 parking spaces.
Yes. We have our own PA and lighting equipment and sound engineer who comes to all gigs.
Directions, parking information.
Yes. We can play music from Spotify before, after and between our sets. We're happy to set up a playlist for clients or they can choose their own playlist.
We really enjoyed playing at the Heyford Fun Day and Bampton Fireworks events. Both were large events attracting over 1000 people and it was great to see people dancing and singing and enjoying our live performance.
There are too many great songs and artists out there to limit the choice to one! We have male and female vocalists in the Village Beats, which makes us very versatile and able to cover songs from many different genres and artists.
We've been playing together in this line-up since 2023 and have performed at many pubs, festivals, parties and private and public events. We were all playing in different bands before that and have between 5 - 20 years of experience in our different band members.
We love playing at any sort of event. We particularly enjoy private parties and celebrations and getting a crowd singing and dancing! We recently did a rockaoke - live band karaoke for a 40th birthday party, which was a blast!
We normally set up 2 hours before a performance. We normally perform 2 x 45 minutes or 3 x 45 minutes or 2 x 60 minutes. We are happy to fit in with whatever the customer wants.
Yes. We have performed outside many times. We would need a power supply near to the performance area and would prefer the performance area to be covered.
We can let customers pick a set list from our catalogue of songs or we can learn specific songs for a gig if requested by the customer.
Customers have described us as having energy that is contagious, that the connection between the band and the audience is amazing and that we have a magnetic stage presence. We have been told that we bring a venue to life.
We have 7 artists in total - 2 female singers, 2 male guitarists/singers, a keyboard player, a bass player, drummer. We can appear as a larger group for big venues/festivals or a small group of 3 or 4 for smaller venues or events.
Yes, we do provide lyrics. For these events, it is helpful to know in advance which guests would like to sing and which songs they would like to sing. This helps to make the event more successful.
The Horse and Jockey, Bodicote
The Horseshoe Bampton
Banbury West End Tennis Club
Somerton Social Club
The Unicorn, Deddington
The Bell, Lower Heyford
The Elm Tree, Witney
Heyford Festival and Fun Day
Deddington Rocks, Deddington
As above
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Charity Event
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
Pop
Acoustic
Covers
Disco
Funk
Karaoke
Motown
Rock
Britpop
Indie
Rock 'n' Roll
PAT tested
Lighting system included
Male & female vocalists
DJ / background music options
PA / sound system included