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Northern Star
Overview
Northern Star are considered by those in the know to be among the very best wedding, function and party bands in Scotland. This four-piece band, with male vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass and drums, have held that position consistently since 2009, so booking them means putting yourselves in the hands of one of the most loved, most professional and most talented bands the country has to offer.
A full-time professional band. Unusually for a covers band, Northern Star are full-time professionals. Their musicianship has been refined by musicians who do this for a living, not as a side gig, and it means you get a professional, reliable and fun-to-deal-with attitude from some of the nicest people in the business. They're one of the most positively reviewed bands on the Scottish Wedding Directory.
A huge repertoire. Northern Star's set list runs to 132 songs across rock and pop-punk, pop, soul and classics, country, and Irish folk and trad, so there's very little they can't play. Expect everything from Blink-182, Green Day, The Killers and Bon Jovi to Whitney Houston, Bruno Mars and Dua Lipa, country favourites from Luke Combs, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks and Chris Stapleton, and Scottish and Irish crowd-pleasers from The Proclaimers, Deacon Blue, Skerryvore, Runrig, The Dubliners and The Pogues. They're great at taking requests on the night and adapting their set to the crowd.
A ceilidh set too. Northern Star play a lively ceilidh set, with backing tracks filling in the traditional parts, so you get Scottish dancing and a party band in one booking. They'll also learn your first dance, given a minimum of eight weeks' notice.
What you can expect.
- A standard performance from 8pm to midnight with a 30-minute break, with early arrival available and other timings possible on request
- A complimentary playlist service whenever the band aren't playing live, with a DJ option available at additional cost
- Top-tier sound and lighting, with the band constantly reinvesting in their equipment
- Reliable transport, because the best band in the world is no use to you if they can't get to your venue
- Little or no additional travel cost across the central belt and Ayrshire
- Full insurance up to £10 million, meeting the requirements of most venues, and PAT-tested equipment
- Plenty of experience working with venue sound limiters
Book Northern Star through Hireaband. Northern Star are one of Hireaband's Signature Acts, a small selection of bands we represent exclusively. The first thing to do is find out whether this in-demand band is available for your date, so get an instant quote using the enquiry form on this page. If they're available, our advice is simple: get them booked. You can also contact the Hireaband team for free expert assistance. Hireaband has been booking live music in Scotland since 1999, is a full member of The Entertainment Agents' Association and has won 4 VOWS Awards for customer service. You'll find answers to common questions in our Scottish weddings and events FAQs, and to compare other acts, visit the Wedding Bands Scotland page.
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Set list
Rock/Pop Punk
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Girl All The Bad Guys Want - Bowling For Soup
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
In Too Deep - Sum 41
Basket Case - Green Day
Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Human - The Killers
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
All These Things That I’ve Done - The Killers
Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
Livin’ On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
I Want To Break Free - Queen
Many of Horror - Biffy Clyro
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey
Pop/Soul/Classics
A Little Respect - Erasure
Take On Me - a-ha
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
Dignity - Deacon Blue
Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue
The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
My Girl - Otis Redding
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
Life With You - The Proclaimers
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Don’t You Want Me - Human League
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Summer Of ’69 - Bryan Adams
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Does Your Mother Know - ABBA
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
American Pie - Don McLean
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
Levitating - Dua Lipa
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
I’m Still Standing - Elton John
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Twist And Shout - The Beatles
Country
When It Rains It Pours - Luke Combs
Beautiful Crazy - Luke Combs
One 2 Many - Luke Combs
Where The Wild Things Are - Luke Combs
Beer Never Broke My Heart - Luke Combs
Nine To Five - Dolly Parton
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks
If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks
It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson
Gone Country - Alan Jackson
Good Times - Alan Jackson
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band
Toes - Zac Brown Band
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
Starting Over - Chris Stapleton
Boot Scootin’ Boogie - Brooks And Dunn
Hillbilly Deluxe - Brooks And Dunn
Play Something Country - Brooks And Dunn
Life Of Sin - Sturgill Simpson
East Bound And Down - Jerry Reed
Country Girl - Luke Bryan
Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) - Big & Rich
Stick Season - Noah Kahan
Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker
Then - Brad Paisley
Mona Lisa - Brad Paisley
Mud On The Tires - Brad Paisley
I’m Gonna Miss Her - Brad Paisley
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Country Roads - John Denver
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
Man! I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain
Life Is A Highway - Rascal Flatts
I Had Some Help - Post Malone
Pour Me A Drink - Post Malone
Dust In A Baggie - Billy Strings
God’s Country - Blake Shelton
Boys ’Round Here - Blake Shelton
Hey Brother - Dan Tyminski
Irish/Folk/Trad
N17 - Saw Doctors
I Useta Lover - Saw Doctors
Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice - The Mary Wallopers
I’ll Tell Me Ma - The Dubliners
The Leaving Of Liverpool - The Dubliners
The Wild Rover - The Dubliners
Whisky In The Jar - The Dubliners
Streams Of Whiskey - The Pogues
The Irish Rover - The Pogues
Las Vegas In The Hills Of Donegal - Goats Don’t Shave
The Craic Was 90 In The Isle Of Man - Christy Moore
The Green Fields Of France - The Furies
Walking On The Waves - Skippinnish
Take My Hand - Skerryvore
Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons
Loch Lomond - Runrig
Wild Mountain Thyme - Trad.
Night On The Town - The Tumbling Paddies
Pretty Girl - The Tumbling Paddies
The Way I Am - The Tumbling Paddies
Reviews (24)
Lots of positive feedback from our guests, everyone loved the music and the band. We also had a couple people asking the name of the band so they could use you for there events. Song choices was spot on, brilliant for the dance floor it didn’t feel like it stopped which was what we wanted. There was a minor hick up with the Drummer being late due to a crash on the road but the band was really good in keeping us informed. They say they have a 30 minute break, it didn’t feel like 30 minutes it felt more like 10 which was brilliant. I think we all needed it, then they was straight back into it. Highly recommend Northern Star if you are looking for an up beat dance floor 10/10 from us and all the guests couldn’t praise them more. Thank you guys.
The band were amazing. Everyone had a great time and they did a great job playing the wide range of requests on the night.
I just wanted to extend a big thank you to Hireaband for your help in making our EY Christmas Party such a success last week.
The team loved both the band – you really helped make the night special!
Band were absolutely brilliant. Had so many compliments after the wedding about how great the band was. The dance floor was never empty and they music selections were perfect!! Thank you so much!
Northern Star were excellent! What a voice, harmonies, guitar solos, drum fills you name it. Kept everyone dancing all night long with an unbelievable set!
Really made the evening truly special.
Hireaband are very professional, helpful and informative on their bands etc.
Northern Star arrived in plenty time in horrendous driving conditions due to storm, set up sound checked and were ready to perform, and perform they did, very talented individuals who entertained our Xmas Party guests very well.
Northern Star were absolutely amazing! We picked our date around getting them as music is important to us. Completely made our evening reception which was the perfect ending to the most perfect day. We loved how they made it personal to us and adapted to requested songs which wouldn’t be seen as traditional wedding type tunes. Became our very own personal gig and we will always remember how fantastic they were! Would highly recommend both Hire a Band and Northern Star.
They were absolutely amazing. Once again the best live band all of our guests said.
Northern Star did a fantastic job at our wedding and we are very happy we booked them. A good mixture of different tunes that people could enjoy, adapting to the crowd as the night went on and also taking requests. The Ceilidh was amazing too. Thanks very much.
Northern Star were absolutely amazing, they had the dance floor filled from start to finish and managed to accommodate a large amount of requests. Would highly recommend this band to anyone.
We would like to thank Northern Star for making our wedding evening. They were exactly what we thought they would be…excellent! The songs they played were 10/10 and played a lot of songs we requested. They brought an excellent energy to the evening and everyone keeps asking who our band was as they were brilliant.
10/10 band book them for your wedding and you won’t be disappointed.
The band was excellent and provided a great selection of music as well as accommodating our requests for lots of ceilidh music. They kept the dance floor full throughout the night and we would definitely recommend them to other people for their weddings!
Northern Star were absolutely incredible. Both my wife and I, and our guests, loved them! We were up dancing all night, and we especially loved all the pop punk songs as well. We have had a lot of guests commenting how great the band were! Our first dance was amazing as well, nowhere near as nerve racking as we had imagined it to be. Thank you so much for such an amazing evening!
Northern Star performed during our wedding reception. They were really great across a wide range of music genres and read the room really well, adjusting their setlist in response to our guests - even doing a special little pop punk section which we loved. They were fun and sounded great. We would definitely recommend them.
We just wanted to say a big massive thank you for playing our wedding on Saturday, you were absolutely fantastic! We’ve had so many people comment on how great a band we chose. We couldn’t be more pleased with how the night went.
Thank you so much again.
We had so many comments on how fantastic Northern Star were. A talented bunch of musicians who we couldn't reccomend highly enough. Thank you!
Just wanted to say a huge thanks to you & the band for a fantastic evening last night at the wedding. The band were fabulous, the dance floor was constantly busy & ceilidh set was amazing. All our guests had a wonderful time & complimented how good you were.
Just wanted to message to pass on our thanks to the guys that played our wedding on Friday night at Lochside. They were awesome, the dance floor was packed and everyone had a great night. Thanks for everything.
Just wanted to drop you a message before I head off on honeymoon to thank you for organising everything with the band. They were amazing and went down an absolute storm!
Thanks for organising the last minute first dance music too. I’m glad we changed to have a dance cos it was such a lovely moment and we were surprised how many people got on the dance floor with us to Metallica!
Please do pass on our thanks to the boys, we had so many comments about how fabulous the music was and the dance floor was rarely empty.
I just wanted to drop you an email to say thank you so much to the band for making our wedding reception so enjoyable. Everyone has been raving about them since and having a mosh pit at our wedding made our day haha. Don't think the dance floor was empty once. Is there anywhere we can leave a review for the band. Thank you again so much.
Can you pass on our thanks to the band for Saturday. It was a great night of music and the party got started right from their first song. We had so many people coming up to us complementing the band. Thanks once again!
Thank you! Your band were fantastic and all the parents at the Ball have been raving about how incredible they were! Parents have been talking about the skill of the musicians, the way they transitioned between songs, the way they “read” the crowd and kept everyone dancing, the energy and fun they brought to the whole evening. They really made the evening into a very special celebration.
Any chance you’re free Friday 7th June 2018?! We’d love to get you in the diary now! I have had so many people ask if you can come back next year and bring your ceilidh player!
Many thanks to the band for a fantastic evening. They read the room brilliantly and created such a wonderful atmosphere all the way through the night.
My wife was on the dance floor all night, she was enjoying herself so much.
Lots of people commented on how great the music was and that you were the best wedding band they had heard.
We will definitely be recommending you to anyone who will listen.
I just wanted to drop you guys an email to say thank you all so much for helping to make our wedding absolutely amazing!
We’d already had a fantastic day and I didn’t think it could get any better but it did!
So many people have said you guys are the best band they’ve ever seen at a wedding and me & my husband completely agree. We had so much fun at our reception as did all our guests. Having a full dance-floor night was the best!!
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Further Info
Line-Up
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Default Line Up
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Four piece band with male vocals
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keyboards
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guitar
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bass
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drums
Performance Times
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8pm – 12am (with a 30-minute break)
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Alternative Timings May Be Available Upon Request
Booking Add-ons
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Early Arrival
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Daytime Entertainment Options Available
Provided by the Act
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PA System
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Complimentary Unmanned DJ Service (when not performing)
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Ceilidh Set (with the assistance of backing tracks)
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Can Perform Your First Dance
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Stage Lighting
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Public Liability Insurance & PAT Tested Equipment
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Able To Work With Sound Limiters
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