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The UK'S first Authentic JLS tribute band!

They're Here - and they're called JACK THE LAD SWING!

The amazing tribute to one of the best new boybands of the 21st Century. Including all their hits plus many more songs as sung by the JLS boys themselves!

This is a fantastic fully choreographed show and is totally vocally live, to recreate the JLS fever that has gripped the UK since their first appearance on ITV's X Factor! With a flash of a 6 pack and the trade mark Aston back flips this is a must for any JLS fan and perfect for any occasion!

Featuring the fantastic talents of Daniel, Relohn, Samuel and Tunde, who like the real JLS boys are also from London!

Songs include all of JLS' huge hits - Everybody In Love, Umbrella, One Shot, Beat Again, The Club Is Alive, Crazy For You, Plus Many More............

JACK THE LAD SWING are THE JLS Tribute!

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A Tribute Band Look Into 2010!

The tribute scene - for which Dansatak has established itself as the No.1 provider in the UK - continues to be as popular as ever!

2009 was the year of Motown's 50th Anniversary and saw an abundance of bookings for Motown Tribute Bands, in addition to Take That Tributes as the new fab four took their spectacular Circus Tour on the road.

As Take That continue their popularity into 2010 you can also expect to see demand for Westlife tributes soar as the real group begin their UK tour in May'10. Similarly the release of Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' DVD at the beginning of this year coupled with the 1st Anniversary of his death on the 25th June'10 is sure to keep his loyal tribute acts in work for a long time to come!

To book tribute bands for your event call us today on 0844 888 7722.

DANSATAK WALLPLANNER 2010

Our new 2010 A1 wallplanner has now been printed and distributed to our clients throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

Yet again it is proving highly popular as a practical year planner, in addition to an idea prompt as it features 32 various artistes in full colour around it's perimiter.

If you would like to receive your free copy, please contact us by phone or email.

Millennium mentors BBC presenter Ed George to win Children In Need 'Stars In Their Eyes'!

Our very own Matthew Holbrook (aka Millennium) was pleased to help out for this worthy cause when the request came in to Dansatak for his expertise! The mission - to help BBC Radio Derby's afternoon show host, Ed George, transform himself into Robbie Williams for a special Children in Need challenge!

The result - an emphatic win for Ed George in front of the nation and judges who included amongst others Robbie's long time friend Jonathan Wilkes!

Millennium - the No.1 Robbie Williams Tribute in the UK - gave his assistance, pointers, fake tatoo's, and even his 'Let Me Entertain You' catsuit that was used for the BBC's 'The One & Only' trailors for Ed's performance when they rehearsed at the BBC Studios recently. The aim was to help Ed emulate Robbies moves and mannerisms for the 'Stars In Their Eyes' style performance which was broadcast live nationally on Friday 14th November'08, from The Westfield Centre, Derby.

Matthew was himself in attendance on the evening and said 'I'm so pleased Ed won. He looked the biz in the costume with his face paint on. Amongst other things, I'd told him to do the 'crazy charlston' moves and 'walking the dog' towards the end of the song and to look directly at Jonathan Wilkes when he did. It worked a treat, so much so Jonathan even joined in.'

Ed beat fellow broadcasters, Des Coleman, Tony Wadsworth and Frances Finn, with Children In Need raising over £20,000,000!

To view the Children In Need website or to make a donation please click here.

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It’s a Silver Disc for Mike Pender - again!

1964 was the year Mike Pender last received his array of musical awards, which amongst others have included 1 Gold Disc (for ‘Needles and Pins’) plus 4 Silver Discs! With these already to his credit this latest award was very warmly received especially after a massive gap of 44 years!

The Silver Disc to celebrate sales of 'The Very Best of The Searchers' has meant far more to Mike than the others coming as it does at this stage in his long consistent career, prompting Mike to remark - "It just shows - you should never give up".

Mike is featured on every Track of 'The Very Best of The Searchers' recent album not only singing but also playing the distinctive 12 String Rickenbacker Guitar which is the sound always associated with Searchers records. In addition Mike also wrote two of the Tracks on the Album!

The Award was presented to Mike Pender (pictured right) by self confessed Searchers fan - the legendary Star of TV's 'Bullseye' - Jim Bowen (pictured left), along with Mikes personal Manager and Dansatak’s very own Tony Sherwood (pictured centre).

The presentation took place at the Vine Wine Bar in Chorley, Lancs, which is owned by Ian Boasman formerly the owner of Ian Boasmans Bistro French in Preston which was THE 60's - 70's Music Venue during the 1990's up to 2001 hosting just about every major Artiste including Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Edwin Starr, Jimmy Ruffin, Roy Wood, Bobby Vee, Showaddywaddy, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Merseybeats and of course -------- MIKE PENDERS SEARCHERS!

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Millennium performs in BBC One Trailer

BBC One’s new Saturday Night show ‘The One And Only’ commences on 5th January’08, and Dansatak are pleased to have provided our very own Millennium – The Robbie Williams Tribute - for the trailer to the show, which aired between 250-300 times between Christmas and the New Year.

If you saw the face painted Robbie in his Let Me Entertain You outfit, then now you know it was non other than Millennium aka Matthew Holbrook, who along with an Elton John lookalike goes about trying to sabotage a fake Kylie’s performance – all tongue in cheek of course!

The One And Only is a talent competition for Tribute Acts in the UK which amongst others will use Super Fans of the original artistes to help in the selection of the lucky tributes. To see the programmes official BBC website click here

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Westlives meet Westlife and perform on ITV1!

The Westlife tribute band WESTLIVES appeared on ITV1’s Saturday night special ‘The Westlife Show: Live’ along with the real boys themselves!

There aren’t many occassions that a tribute act can say they not only met their idols but performed on the same show – but this is one of them!

The researchers for the prime time show scoured the UK for the No.1 tribute to the boys before emphatically deciding that the best was Dansatak’s own WESTLIVES!

Westlives took part in a surprise for a superfan who was taken by her fiance on the premise she was going to see the tribute band perform at the Brafield Working Men's Club near Northampton. Little did she know that the venue had been set up and taken over by the ITV camera crew to form part of the footage for the Saturday night special. On arrival she was told that the crew were there to film a documentary about the tribute band, but little did she know that half way through Westlives performing a song, that the real Westlife would walk out singing the same song to surprise her. Her screams of shock and delight were a joy to behold!

The Westlife Show: Live aired at 6.15pm on Saturday 15th December’07 on ITV1. The show was a colourful celebration of the boy band’s hits spanning their record-breaking career and - for one night only – the public got to choose many of the songs they performed live to the nation.

Out of the 10 tracks Shane, Kian, Mark and Nicky sang on the night, five were the top tracks voted for online by their fans from all 14 of Westlife’s No. 1 singles. No surprise for guessing the winning song.…Flying Without Wings!

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Here comes Kylie!

It seems to be the time for come backs and re-launches, and although she hasn't really been away Kylie Minogue is set to light up the media spotlight again.

As usual her leading tribute act Kylie Fever is awaiting the real Kylie's musical & performance onslought of a new single release, a new album release, a new promotional tour, and a starring appearance in the BBC's 'Dr Who' series! All seem to be immediately pending, so it looks like the demand for Kylie and hence her tribute Kylie Fever is going to be very high!

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The Spice Girls Are Back!

It was only a matter of time!

Their Greatest Hits album is due out at the end of 2007 and Mel C was the remaining member to finally agree to the reunion of one of the most successful acts in pop music history The Spice Girls, who have announced they will play an 11 date on six continents world tour, taking in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, London, Cologne, Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires.

Well if you can't make it to one of these Dansatak can provide you with the next best thing - yes - The Spice-ish Girls.

With all the girl power needed to take you back to the 90's, these dopple gangers of Sporty, Posh, Ginger, Scary & Baby will knock your socks off with all the hits of the famous five!

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Sgt Pepper: 40 Years Ago Today!

1st June 2007 - Sees the album that has been classed as the 'most influential ever' celebrate its 40th Birthday - The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band!

As you can imagine (sorry for the pun) our Beatles Tribute Bands are busier than ever and no more so than the superb BEATLEMANIA (shown right) who can wear the full Peppers uniforms in addition to the Moptop years grey suits!

Their dedication to recreating the Beatles experience even stems to using authentic guitars, drums and amplifiers, that with musical precision has firmly established them as one of the finest Beatles Tributes around.

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DIRTY DANCING - Now you too can recreate the video!

Patrick Swayzee caused a hit when he wouldn't let 'Baby' sit in the corner, but the recent world wide popularity of a YouTube video of a bride & groom imitating the famous 'Time Of My Life' dance has filled hearts and sent romantic couples into a frenzy to join in.

Well help is of course at hand at Dansatak with the Dirty Dancing Tribute Show - A NIGHT OF DIRTY DANCING - who not only perform all the hits from the film BUT now can also teach prospective Bride & Grooms the whole routine as it was originally performed! So if you fancy yourselves as Baby & Johnny and want to wow your guests on the big day - give us a call, and have the time of your life!

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Boogie Nights band on Channel 4!

Dansatak were pleased to book The 70's Band BOOGIE NIGHTS for the Channel 4 Television E4 programme 'High School Prom'.

The programme follows six groups of sixth form students from six different schools across the UK as they are charged with organising a fabulous school dance. Look out for the programme which airs in February'07 on Wednesday nights at 10pm on E4.

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THE CURVETTES top the bill at 'The British Travel Awards'!

The Curvettes were pleased to perform to 2000 people at the prestigious British Travel Awards held on the 9th November'06.

The huge event took place at Battersea Park in London and was the highlight of a glittering year for the 8 piece Tamla Motown band. Also on the show were an opera singer, choir and Irish River Dancers, but it was The Curvettes who stole the show with their hour and a quarter performance.

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IT'S A BIG THUMBS UP FOR MILLENNIUM IN MALTA!

4000 People weren't wrong when Millenniums show in Malta was described as 'one of the best shows seen on the island'.

With comparisons made to Sting's concert the month prior the No.1 Robbie Williams Tribute show definitely 'dun good' in the hour and a half outdoor performance that wowed the mixed nationality audience.

The event took place on 26th August'06 in Bahar ic Caghaq, and was Millennium's first time in Malta. Sporting Robbies latest image Matt appeared with his 4 piece band and 2 dancers and as seems to be the case with all his bookings, it looks like he'll be going back again next year!

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WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT!

They're one of the newest and in vogue tribute acts to hit the entertainment scene this year! The PUSSYCAT BABES currently hold the title of the only tribute in the UK to the US sensations - The Pussycat Dolls, but that's not all because these 5 scintilating ladies are also solely represented by Dansatak!

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FAKE THAT! Take That are Back For Good!

It was inevitable! DANSATAK is proud to exclusively represent FAKE THAT, the Tribute to the biggest selling boyband ever in the UK - TAKE THAT!

5 Guys, All The Hits, and a Fully Choreographed 1 Hour Show (2x45 minute show available if required)!
This tribute has become one of the most sought after tribute acts of 2006! So don't miss out.

NB: FAKE THAT are a Tribute Act. No member of the original Take That appear in or are otherwise associated with Fake That.

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LITTLE BRITAIN LOOKALIKES by Dean Taylor

They're interactive, take on the most loved characters and are hilariously performed all by the same man (apart from Lou)! They are the copied Little Britain TV characters of Dean Taylor. What's more - for real value for money - he can perform 3 or 4 characters in one evening - all for the price of one! See LOU & ANDY, VICKY POLLARD, I'M A LADY, ANNE (EH, EH, EH) come to life!

Dean is also an imitator of some other comical characters such as Ali G. Austin Powers, Ozzy Osbourne, plus Kevin & Perry. So if you have some favourite characters amongst these or the Little Britain ones, you can pick and choose which you want him to perform! There's versatility for you!

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DANSATAK TRIBUTE BANDS IN - THE SUN!

The Sun Newspaper recently used the expertise of one of Dansatak's Partners - Scott Peters - to help them with the compliation of a 2 page full colour article on Tribute Bands! The national feature published on Sat. 13th August'05, concentrated on some of the top tributes in the UK, including WESTLIVES (The Westlife Tribute) and GIRLS ALOUDER.

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MILLENNIUM & THE BOOTLEG BLUES BROTHERS SHINE IN HASTINGS!

The 3 day Hastings Beer Festival saw Keane headline on 30th June, with Millennium & the Bootleg Blues Brothers providing the major line up of entertainment on 1st July! The open air event was a huge success with over 11 thousand party goers attending, and saw two of the best large tributes in the UK perform for over 2 hours. The superb 8 piece line up of the Bootleg Blues Brothers was only just superceded in size by the stunning new 10 piece line up of Millennium - The No.1 Robbie Williams Tribute Show! Both shows were action & energy packed, with both being required to perform encores to a very loud & lively audience. Millennium's show was also filmed on the night, of which a promo video will be available shortly, so keep a look out.

To see further information about Millennium click here.

To see further information about the Bootleg Blues Brothers click here.

DANSATAK'S GIRLS ALOUDER FEATURED IN HEAT MAGAZINE!

The first & only Girls Aloud tribute GIRLS ALOUDER hit the UK's 'Heat' Magazine this week, when they were featured in the 'fast gossip' section. Researchers found the girls on the Dansatak Website, and contacted us last week. The half page article shows all 5 girls and even mentions to check out www.dansatak.com for further information! It's no suprise that enquiries for the group have increased since the article was published in the 2-8 July'05 issue.

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STRICTLY DANCE FEVER!

Michelle Sheehan otherwise known as the Britney Spears Tribute - PURE BRITNEY was one of the contestants recently on BBC1 TV's new Saturday night hit show 'Strictly Dance Fever' hosted by Graham Norton. In front of 11 million viewers Michelle won her first heat and progressed into the house until unfortunately losing out on the Sat. 16th April'05 show! To see further information visit the Strictly Dance Fever website by clicking here.

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LITTLE BRITAIN LOOKALIKES!

With Comic Relief & the BAFTA'S joining in on the act, Dansatak are pleased yet again to lead the way in providing current & new entertainment. This time it's the turn of Little Britain interactive lookalikes! They not only look like Daffyd, Lou & Andy, Marjorie Dawes, Kenny Craig and Vicky Pollard but also impersonate their characters to interact with your guests! The real BBC Little Britain television programme has won 2 BAFTA television awards, which were announced on 17 April'05. The awards were for 'Best Comedy Performance', and 'Best Comedy Programme or Series'. To see the full list of BAFTA winners clicking here.

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NEW MERCEDES A CLASS LAUNCH!

Dansatak are proud to have been the providers of the entertainment for the new Mercedes A Class Launch at the Mercedes Benz of Cheltenham & Gloucester dealership on Friday 18th February'05. Tributes to Robbie Williams & Frank Sinatra took to the stage, while fire eaters, a caricaturist, and close up magician entertained the guests. Our thanks go to the event organiser Daniella Thomas for choosing the services of Dansatak.

DAVE FINNEGANS COMMITMENTS - Perform for the Prime Minister!

Dave Finnegans Commitments were proud to be the headline entertainment for the Labour Party Conference 2004 in Brighton!

The event, which took place on 29th September at the Grand Hotel, featured the band with their 12 piece line up, blasting out the famous tunes from ‘The Commitments’ film in front of non other than the Prime Minister himself. Dave Finnegan (who played the part of Mickah Wallace in the 80's film) was overjoyed with the response from the high profile delegates as he performed for over an hour and a half!

Dave Finnegans Commitments can be booked in various line ups to suit budgets. To see further information click ‘find out more’.

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MILLENNIUM - The UK's No.1 Robbie Williams Tribute! - performs to over 65,000 people!

On Saturday 16th October'04, MILLENNIUM - The UK's No.1 Robbie Williams Tribute, performed live to over 65,000 people at Old Trafford Manchester!

He was the chosen pre match entertainment for the Tetleys Rugby Super League Grand Final!

The final - which was totally sold out to the venues capacity of 65,537 - saw Leeds Rhino's take on Bradford Bulls.

"This is possibly one of the largest live audiences any tribute artiste, let alone a Robbie Williams Tribute artiste has performed in front of, and is a testiment to the quality and demand of the Millennium show!"

"We had to fly Millennium in specially on the morning of the Final, as he was performing in Norway the evening before and wasn't scheduled to return until late Saturday."

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