Country-inspired live band for wedding celebrations

For Queen & Country

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Country-led party band with modern pop appeal

For Queen & Country are a four-piece wedding and function band bringing a modern country sound together with familiar pop and rock favourites. Fronted by both a female lead vocalist and a male guitarist-vocalist, the band is built around strong harmonies, confident arrangements, and an engaging performance style that translates well to wedding celebrations of all sizes.

At the core of the band’s sound is contemporary and classic country music, with material from well-known artists sitting naturally alongside broader crowd-pleasing songs. This blend allows For Queen & Country to retain a clear musical identity while still appealing to mixed-age guest lists. Their performances are structured to feel lively and inclusive, without overpowering the room or the wider flow of the day.

For weddings, the band offer flexibility across different parts of the celebration. Afternoon acoustic sets are available, creating a relaxed atmosphere for drinks receptions or earlier moments in the day, before moving into a full live band setup for the evening. Between live sets, an interim disco service can be provided to keep the energy consistent and avoid any breaks in momentum. First dance requests are welcomed, with the option to learn songs outside the existing repertoire where appropriate.

Although the band is a relatively new project, each member brings years of individual performance experience from a range of live settings. This shows in their tight musicianship, assured stage presence, and ability to adapt smoothly to different venues and schedules. Based in the East Midlands, For Queen & Country regularly perform at weddings throughout Nottinghamshire and surrounding counties.

The band are supported by a professional management team who oversee communication and logistics, helping couples finalise details in advance and ensuring the live music element of the day runs smoothly and reliably.

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Band performing on stage with female singer wearing a hat and denim shorts, male guitarist, and drummer under warm stage lighting.

KEY FEATURES

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Experienced musicians with a clear country focus
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Sound and lighting provided for typical wedding venues
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Setlists planned around the flow of the night
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Interim disco included between live performances
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Flexible payment options with low £50 deposit
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Early access and extended finish available if needed

LOCATION AVAILABILITY

Ipswich
Lowestoft
Bury St Edmunds
Sudbury
Felixstowe
Stowmarket
Haverhill
Newmarket
Woodbridge
Beccles
Brandon
Mildenhall
Saxmundham
Eye
Framlingham
Hadleigh
Aldeburgh
Southwold
Orford
Lavenham
Clare

SET LIST

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24K Magic (Bruno Mars)
3 Nights (Dominic Fike)
9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)

a

A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Shaboozey)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
About Damn Time (Lizzo)
Achy Breaky Heart (Billy Ray Cyrus)
Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma (Luke Combs)
Ain’t Nobody (Chaka Khan)
All About You (McFly)
All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
All Of Me (John Legend)
All Star (Smash Mouth)
All The Small Things (Blink 182)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Anti-Hero (Taylor Swift)
As It Was (Harry Styles)
At Last (Etta James)
Austin (Dasha)

b

Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)
Basket Case (Green Day)
Beautiful Day (U2)
Beggin (Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Biscuits (Kacey Musgraves)
Blame It On The Boogie (Jackson 5)
Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)
Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Boogie Wonderland (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Build Me Up Buttercup (The Foundations)

c

Cake By The Ocean (DNCE)
Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen)
Candy (Robbie Williams)
Can’t Stop The Feeling (Justin Timberlake)
Castle On The Hill (Ed Sheeran)
Celebration (Kool & the Gang)
Check Yes Or No (George Strait)
Chelsea Dagger (The Fratellis)
Chicken Fried (Zac Brown Band)
Come and Get Your Love (Redbone)
Country Girl (Shake It For Me) (Luke Bryan)
Cowboy Casanova (Carrie Underwood)
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
Cruel Summer (Taylor Swift)

d

Dakota (Stereophonics)
Dance Monkey (Tones & I)
Dancing In The Moonlight (Toploader)
Dancing On The Ceiling (Lionel Richie)
Dancing Queen (ABBA)
Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen)
December 1963 (Oh What A Night) (Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons)
Don’t Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra)
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John & Kiki Dee)
Don’t Look Back in Anger (Oasis)
Don’t Start Now (Dua Lipa)
Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
Don’t Stop Me Now (Queen)
Dreaming of You (The Coral)
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)

e

Edge of Glory (Lady Gaga)
Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter)
Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)

F

Faith (George Michael)
Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)
Feel It Still (Portugal. The Man)
Five Colours in Her Hair (McFly)
Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
For Once In My Life (Stevie Wonder)
Forget You (CeeLo Green)
Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
Friends In Low Places (Garth Brooks)
From Now On (Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman)

g

Galway Girl (Ed Sheeran)
Get Lucky (Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams)
Girl Put Your Records On (Corinne Bailey Rae)

h

Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles)
Hey Jude (The Beatles)
Hey There Delilah (Plain White T’s)
Higher and Higher (Jackie Wilson)
Ho Hey (The Lumineers)
Hotel California (Eagles)
Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)

i

I Believe In A Thing Called Love (The Darkness)
I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
I Had Some Help (Post Malone)
I Hope You Dance (Lee Ann Womack)
I Love Rock ’n’ Roll (Joan Jett)
I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles)
I Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (U2)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Whitney Houston)
I Want You Back (Jackson 5)
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons)
I Won’t Give Up (Jason Mraz)
I’m A Believer (The Monkees)
I’m Glad I Crashed The Wedding (Busted)
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (The Proclaimers)
Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)
Islands in the Stream (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton)

j

Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)
Jessie’s Girl (Rick Springfield)
Jolene (Dolly Parton)
Just Dance (Lady Gaga)
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars)

l

L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole)
Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams)
Levitating (Dua Lipa)
Life is a Highway (Rascal Flatts)
Little Lion Man (Mumford & Sons)
Live Forever (Oasis)
Livin’ On a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
Love On Top (Beyoncé)
Love Story (Taylor Swift)

m

Make Me Smile (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
Mamma Mia (ABBA)
Man! I Feel Like a Woman (Shania Twain)
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5)
Mr Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra)
Mr Brightside (The Killers)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
My Girl (The Temptations)

n

Naïve (The Kooks)
Need You Now (Lady A)
Never Too Much (Luther Vandross)
No Scrubs (TLC)

o

Old Town Road (Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus)
On The Road Again (Willie Nelson)

p

Paradise (George Ezra)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Photograph (Ed Sheeran)
Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
Please, Please, Please (Sabrina Carpenter)
Pompeii (Bastille)
Pour Me A Drink (Post Malone)
Proud Mary (Tina Turner)

r

Redneck Woman (Gretchen Wilson)
Respect (Aretha Franklin)
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
Roar (Katy Perry)
Rock DJ (Robbie Williams)
Rockin’ All Over The World (Status Quo)
Rolling in the Deep (Adele)

s

Say You Won’t Let Go (James Arthur)
September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon)
Shake It Off (Taylor Swift)
Shallow (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
Shape of You (Ed Sheeran)
She’s Electric (Oasis)
Shotgun (George Ezra)
Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Some Nights (Fun.)
Somebody Like You (Keith Urban)
Somebody Told Me (The Killers)
Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
Song 2 (Blur)
Spooky (Dusty Springfield)
Stacy’s Mom (Fountains of Wayne)
Stand by Me (Ben E. King)
Still the One (Shania Twain)
Stuck In The Middle With You (Stealers Wheel)
Summer of ’69 (Bryan Adams)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

t

Take It Easy (Eagles)
Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)
Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus)
Teenage Kicks (The Undertones)
Tennessee Whiskey (Chris Stapleton)
Texas Hold ’Em (Beyoncé)
That Don’t Impress Me Much (Shania Twain)
The Best (Tina Turner)
The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
Thinking of You (Sister Sledge)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
This Is What You Came For (Rihanna & Calvin Harris)
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
Treasure (Bruno Mars)
Twist & Shout (The Beatles)

u

Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars)
Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)
Use Somebody (Kings of Leon)

v

Valerie (Amy Winehouse)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)

w

Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker)
Wake Me Up (Avicii)
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)
Walking On Sunshine (Katrina and The Waves)
Wannabe (Spice Girls)
Watermelon Sugar (Harry Styles)
We Are the Champions (Queen)
We Found Love (Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris)
We Will Rock You (Queen)
What’s Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner)
Wildfires (SAULT)

y

Year 3000 (Busted)
Yellow (Coldplay)
You Make My Dreams (Hall & Oates)
You’re the One That I Want (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John)
Young Hearts Run Free (Candi Staton)
You’re Still the One (Shania Twain)
You’ve Got the Love (Florence + the Machine)

For Queen & Country Gallery

Four young adults sitting on a sofa against a dark background, one woman wearing a denim jacket and cowboy hat, two men on either side in casual clothing. Female singer with long blonde hair and cowboy hat performing on stage with band and orange stage lights. Four musicians standing on stage with guitars and drumsticks, smiling with warm stage lighting. Smiling male musician playing electric bass guitar on stage with drummer and microphone in background. A woman and a man sitting on stools, with the woman resting her arm on the man's shoulder as he holds an acoustic guitar in a warmly lit studio. Four young musicians posing on stage with guitars and drumsticks, illuminated by bright warm lights and bokeh effects.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE

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Live First Dance (Subject to Approval)
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Afternoon Acoustic Options
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Extend Start & Finish Time

For Queen & Country Reviews

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We were keen for something a bit more indie-leaning, and For Queen & Country got it just right. The set had a natural flow, and by the halfway point the dance floor had properly filled without it ever feeling overdone.

Amelia & Terry – Pentney Abbey, 2024
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From the initial enquiry through to the evening itself, everything felt well organised. The band slotted into the day seamlessly and created a really enjoyable atmosphere without taking over.

Sarah & Herby – Hockwold Hall, 2024
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Our guests were a mix of ages and tastes, but the set list worked across the board. It never felt predictable, and the energy built steadily as the night went on.

Elliot & Vanessa – The Boathouse, Ormesby, 2025
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We wanted something relaxed but still engaging, and they struck that balance nicely. By the second set there were plenty of people dancing, and it stayed that way until the end.

Hugh & Olivia – Ivy House Country Hotel, 2025
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A couple of small timing changes came up during the day, but they handled everything calmly. The preparation beforehand clearly paid off, as the evening still ran smoothly.

Claire & Rob – Reymerston Hall, 2025
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They seemed to read the room really well throughout the night. The atmosphere lifted at the right moments, and the whole thing felt very natural rather than forced.

Rory & Matthew – The Keeper & The Dell, 2025
Female singer with long blonde hair and cowboy hat performing on stage with band and orange stage lights.

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