The Dawn Patrol can rightly claim to be one of the finest contemporary wedding and function bands in Scotland.
So what makes a great live band anyway? It really depends on what kind of event you're planning, but let's assume you're looking for a band for your wedding, party or corporate event. Here's a checklist of what you should be looking for;
- The ability to perform a wide range of songs from ceilidh, classic oldies to current charts so that everyone hears something they want to dance to
- Musical talent - the individual musicians should be of a very high standard but they should also gel well so that the band sounds polished and slick. What we call "tight" in the music business
- Experience - the ability to handle anything that may come up (and usually something does) at any kind of event; from playing requests, to controlling volume, to being asked if uncle Jim can come up and sing
- Professionalism - turning up on time, setting up without fuss and being flexible because each event is different
- Good equipment - you need to be able to hear and see the band at their best and they need to be able to do the songs justice
- Reliability - the best band in the world is useless if they don't actually get to your venue
- A great reputation - lots of great reviews from previous clients
The Dawn Patrol ticks all of these boxes. It's easy to over hype a band - after all because it's so hard to get on the Hireaband roster you know you can expect every band we represent to be of a very high standard, but if you spend just 10 minutes listening and watching this great band in action, you'll soon realise that you're considering a very special band indeed.
Bands like The Dawn Patrol are always very busy. The most popular dates can book out months and sometimes years in advance. You can find out right now if The Dawn Patrol are available for your event and get an instant quote at the same time by filling out the quick enquiry form. In less than a minute you may find yourself in the position of being able to book one of the very best bands in the business. Take our advice, if they're available, book them. You won't make a better decision when it comes to your party.
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This is just a flavour of the style of music we play. To listen to our demos click/tap the “Tracks” tab
1.Cant Stop The Feeling Justin Timberlake
2.Cake By The Ocean DNCE
3.Laid James
4.Have A nice Day The Stereophonics
5.Hold Back The River James Bay
6.Shut Up And Dance Walk The Moon
7.Uptown Funk Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars
8.The Day We Caught The Train OCS
9.Fire Kasabian
10.Blame It On Me George Ezra
11.Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
12.Do You Love Me The Contours
13.Get Lucky Daft punk
14.Tiger Feet Mud
15.Shang A Lang Bay City Rollers
16.Lets Stay Together Al Green
17.Wonderwall Oasis
18.Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen
19.This Charming Man The Smiths
20.Shes Electric Oasis
21.All These Things That I Have Done The Killers
22.Sit Down James
23.Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheerin
24.Wake Me Up Avicii
25.I lived One Republic
26.Here Comes The Sun The Beatles
27.Superstition -Stevie Wonder
28.Half The World Away Oasis
29.Stay With Me Sam Smith
30.Billie Jean Michael Jackson
31.She Bangs The Drum The Stone Roses
32.You Never Can tell Chuck Berry
33.Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
34.I Fought The Law The Clash
35.Im a Believer The Monkeys
36.Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
37.Le Freak Chic
38.Lets Dance David Bowie
39.Love Machine Girls Aloud
40.Maggie May Rod Stewart
41.My Generation The Who
42.Never tear us apart INXS
43.One Day Like This Elbow
44.Pencil Full of Lead Paulo Nutini
45.Play that funky music Wild Cherry
46.Lets Dance David Bowie
47.Roadhouse Blues The Doors
48.Rocks Primal Scream
49.Locked out of heaven Bruno Marz
50.Suspicious Minds Elvis
51.Rock n Roll Led Zeppelin
52.I Love To Boogie T-Rex
53.Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
54.Higher and Higher Jackie Wilson
55.Shes Always A Women Billy Joel
56.I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles
57.Shes Electric Oasis
58.Proud Mary Tina Turner
59.Dakota Stereophonics
60.Mr Brightside The Killers
61.Faith George Michael
62.Parklife Blur
63.Last Request - Paulo Nutini
64.Ho Hey The Lumineers
65.Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
66.Dreaming of you The Coral
67.Galway Girl Steve Earle
68.Caledonia Dougie MacLean
69.Marry Me Bruno Mars
70.Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen
71.Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
72.Honky Tonk Woman Rolling Stone
73.500 Miles The Proclaimers
74.Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
75.Half the World Away Oasis
76.Hey Jude The Beatles
77.Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
78.Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
79.Teenage Kicks The Undertones
80.Have I Told You Lately Rod Stewart/Van Morrison
81.7 Nation Army White Stripes
82.Sex On Fire Kings of Leon
83.Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye
84.Should I stay or Shouls I go the Clash
85.I Feel good James Brown
86.Slide Away Oasis
87.Stand By Me Ben E King
88.Hallelujah Jeff Buckley
89.Stuck in the Middle Stealers Wheels
90.American Boy Estelle
91.Thats Alright Mama Elvis
92.Thats Entertainment The Jam
93.I Got a Feeling The Black Eyed Peas
94.New Sensation INXS
95.There She Goes The Las
96.Blue Suede Shoes Elvis
97.Use Somebody Kings of Leon
98.Valerie The Zutons/Amy Winehouse
99.Candy Paulo Nutini
100.Why Does It Always Rain? Travis
101.One U2
102.Whole Lotta Shakin Jerry Lee Lewis
103.You Do Something To Me Paul Weller
104.Auld Lang Syne Robert Burns
105.Loch Lomond Runrig
106.A Specially Selected Ceilidh Set
Thank YOU so much for the best party! We had an amazing night and so many of our guests have been raving about you. Really appreciated you squeezing in Sunshine on Leith too!!
Still on Cloud 9... we had such a fabulous time and we can't thank you enough for the music!!
Everyone said how beautiful the church songs were and then LOVED you guys playing in the evening... honestly you made it better than we could ever have hoped for!
Thank you so much again!
After moving our date for the third time due to covid we finally got our day, The Dawn Patrol were absolutely amazing would highly recommend them!
Hi David! Both Jason and I agreed (and many guests) you are the best we've ever seen at a wedding! The tunes just kept on coming and your voice is amazing. Thanks for giving us a wedding party to remember!
Absolutely fantastic band. David’s voice is incredible. The Dawn Patrol had the dance floor occupied from beginning to end. Fantastic variety of hit covers. Numerous compliments from our guests. Couldn’t have asked for a better band to play our wedding @ Mar Hall. Huge thanks guys!
Our wedding would not of been the same without The Dawn Patrol!! They were fantastic!
Highly recommend, music for all age groups!
Great voices !!
We just wanted to say a huge thank you for an amazing night! You were all absolutely fantastic and out guests raved aboyt you. We're so glad we chose you to perform for us!
Thank you so mcuh again, and hopefully see you at another wedding sometime soon.
Just a quick message to thank you very much for Friday! It was incredible and all our guests keep commenting on how amazing the dance was!
Thanks aain, couldn't have asked for more!
Emma and Martin x
The Dawn Patrol were absolutely fantastic!!
They really were outstanding! After such a rubbish couple of years with covid they had the whole wedding party and guests on their feet in the stretch tent! Couldn’t have asked for better guys to join us, we have already had guests requesting their details for future events!
Many thanks for a top class evening guys!
Thank you for being theeee best band ever! And reminding everyone how amazing live music is after 17 months! Total privilege xxx
What a band! Absolutely brilliant from start to finish and everyone was asking about the band and saying how amazing they were! They kept the dancefloor packed and I will definitely book in future and recommend The Dawn Patrol to anyone who is looking for a band!
Fantastic and all my guests still talking about the band and how great they were!! Thanks guys!
The Dawn Patrol were nothing short of amazing. They truly went over and above our expectations. The Dawn Patrol made our wedding reception what it was... incredible. If anyone in future we’re looking for a band 100000% recommend The Dawn Patrol.
It's taken us a week to come back down to earth after the wedding high but we really wanted to say thank you for playing at our wedding reception.
I had spent weeks and weeks searching through recommendations from friends, every entertainment agent known to man and listened to so many clips.
We always wanted it to feel like our guests were at a gig and the minute I heard David's voice I was hooked and the tightness and talent across all the band really give it that festival feel. Our guests having been raving about you, everyone had an absolute ball. Thank you for doing what you do so well.
All the best,
The Galloway's woohoo!.
The Dawn patrol played at our wedding at Ross Priory, Loch Lomond. They were absolutely amazing and all our guests loved them with some listening from the grounds as the weather was so fantastic. Our wee dog Bonnie thoroughly enjoyed them too, especially the singer's drink - sorry about that!!
Thanks so much guys!!! Best wedding band!
The Dawn Patrol played at our wedding, at Hetland Hall and they were superb. As soon as we started planning our wedding we knew we wanted the band to play for us and, luckily, they were available. The band had played at two family weddings and they had everyone on the dance floor from start to finish. So, booking them was a no brainer. From our first communication with them, until the evening reception, we couldn’t have asked for a more professional group of people. On the wedding day, they didn’t disappoint. People were dancing all night, their rapport with our guests was first class and the band’s dance-off was the talk of the reception. So many people commented about how great they were and they really made our day so much more perfect. If you’re looking for a wedding band who play a huge variety of music, ensuring that all ages of guests get up and dance, book The Dawn Patrol!
The Dawn Patrol are outstanding. Not only can they get everyone in a room on the dance floor but they are the most pleasant gents we have met. People are still texting me and telling me how amazing the band were, 'the best band we have ever heard at a wedding' a good few have said. So if you have a wedding or event coming up, these guys are your men!!! Or even if you just want a good night out get along to see them play somewhere. Thanks so much again, we hope you had as much fun as us!
Dealing with hireaband was very easy and I was kept informed at each stage of the booking. The band The Dawn Patrol were outstanding and with over 150 at our wedding it was hard to please everyone but they succeeded and the dance floor was packed all night long and every person raved about how great the band were. Thanks for making our wedding day that bit more special xx
Our band, the dawn patrol were absolutely brilliant. Everyone afterwards were commenting on how great they were.
Mr and Mrs Hastings xx
The dawn patrol were amazing!! Can’t praise them enough. Had the dance floor full all night. Everyone still talking about how good they were. Can’t recommend enough.
The dawn patrol were amazing!! Can’t praise them enough. Had the dance floor full all night. Everyone still talking about how good they were. Can’t recommend enough.
Just wanted to send you a wee email to say a massive thank you to you all for Sunday. We had an amazing time. All our guests having been talking about how great you were. We completely agree, you helped make our night fantastic !!!
Just wanted to send u a wee message to thank u so much for being so amazing at our wedding on Saturday……. Everyone was raving about how good u were and u really made the night!!!!!! Hands down the best wedding band, thanks so much again!!!!!
Hi guys, just wanted to say a massive thanks for the great night you made at my sisters wedding last night in Airth Castle, you were absolutely fantastic from start to finish.. We had an amazing time!!
Hi guys just wanted to say a huge thank you for making our day so so special .Yous made our day ,loved the 500 miles was gorgeous . Didn’t want the night to end, best band ever xxx
Thanks so much for the excellent performance last night! Everyone had a great time, you really got a great party atmosphere, it was brilliant! You did a great job with the first dance song too! Thank you!!
Hi guys, Just a wee message to say thank you so much for playing at our wedding, you were phenomenal! Everyone said it was fantastic,thanks again for making it so special!
Just wanted to say a big thank you for the fantastic job you did at our wedding in St Andrews!!! It was amazing and we got so many compliments on the band! Thanks so much!!
A Huge thanks to The Dawn Patrol for playing our wedding at the Dalmahoy. You guys were amazing!
Just want to say a big massive thank you. Everyone was raving about how fab you guys were. I will most definitely be recommending you to all the brides I see.
Just to say a huge thank you! You were amazing everyone was blown away by how great you were. You guys were the talk of the night!
We cannot thank you enough for being the band at our wedding. All the guests were raving about how great the band were. Thanks again.
We just wanted to say a very big THANK YOU to you and the rest of the band for playing at our wedding. We had the most wonderful time and received loads of comments from our guests about how great you were!.
Following on from our wedding day at Cameron house, we just wanted to get in touch with you to thank you so much for playing at our reception. We had a fantastic day. Thanks again!
I just wanted to send you guys a quick email to say a massive thank you for the job you did last night! They say a live band either makes or breaks a wedding and you made it! I had so many guests tell me the band were amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed having a good dance.
Would like to say a huge thank you to you all on behalf of my husband and I and EVERYBODY that was at our wedding! You were absolutely fantastic. Thank you so, so much I could not have had a better band.
Hi we just wanted to say thank you very much for Friday. Everyone had a fab time and commented on how good you all were! You were great and really helped us have a perfect day!!
Thanks again!
Many thanks for the turn on Friday night everyone was commenting on how good you guys were, I’ll be sure to recommend you anyone who asks.
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