[DJing/Setlist] Michelle & James' Wedding Reception, Warwick Castle, Sat 5th Oct 2024

[dancefloorlandmine]

Possibly the most imposing venue I've ever DJ'd, the wedding and reception took place in the Great Hall of Warwick Castle, where the lights reflected off the polished stone floor and the arms and armour all around the walls. Lee Chaos (Judder, Doof Wagon, etc., etc., etc.) and I were sharing the DJ duties.

We did have our own Spinal Tap moment trying to find the access road to the courtyard, as we'd accidentally been sent the directions from about a year ago, which referred to 'the building works'. Those works are now a fully completed hotel in which several of the wedding party were staying ... After a couple of confused phone calls, and a lot of driving back and forth (discovering, among other things, the overflow parking field) we eventually found our way to the courtyard. It was 'helpfully' pointed out that castles are supposed to be hard to get into, but with help from some designated ushers, we got inside and Lee set everything up.

After the meal, some of the tables were cleared away, the artisan cheeses were cut, and the bride's 'bouquet' (replaced with a cuddly toy to minimise the chance of damage) was thrown, the music was started. There was no first dance, so it was straight into the sets, with a scattering of the couple's requests among them (marked below with an [R]).


Lee 2230-2300
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt. 1 [R]
A-Ha - Take On Me
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-a-Boo

Simon 2300-2330
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us
Sultans Of Ping FC - Where's Me Jumper?
Men At Work - Down Under [R]
Killing Miranda - Discotheque Necronomicon
Shriekback - Nemesis [R]
David Bowie - Fashion
Carter USM - The Only Living Boy In New Cross
Faith No More - We Care A Lot [R]

Lee 2330-2345
INXS - I Need You Tonight [R]
Blur - Girls & Boys [R]
Front 242 - Headhunter [R]
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus [R]
N-Trance - Set You Free
The Living Tombstone - Goose Goose Revolution [R]

Simon 2345-2400
Oysterband - Blood Wedding [R]
Flogging Molly - Devil's Dance Floor
Ferocious Dog - Hell Hounds
Steve Knightley - Thanks

Comments

[lnr]

Where's Me Jumper? and Blood Wedding. Bloody hell that's a fab set of sets.

[dancefloorlandmine]

Ta! It helped that Morph had given us a pretty good list of requests, many of which were in line with what we might have played anyway. And then Lee did sterling work nailing a bunch of them into a single set.