It’s a perfect ten this week as Nathan and Will are joined by Ed Faulkner, the founder and organiser of Tribfest, one of the UK’s leading tribute festivals. Ed also masquerades as Paul Heaton in The Beautiful Couch, a tribute to The Beautiful South and The Housemartins.

We discuss the challenges of starting up a tribute festival, the balancing act of booking bands and the importance of offering something more than just tribute acts.

Ed talks about booking the Brazilian Beatles, the excessive rider demands of a Michael Jackson, and how ditching the dance tent turned out to be a great decision.

Will reveals he would pay five pounds for a shower.

You can find out more and buy tickets for Tribfest on their website:

https://www.tribfest.co.uk/

You can check out The Beautiful Couch here:

https://www.beautifulcouch.com/

You can follow The Wedding Singer podcast on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/theweddingsingerpod/

Catch the UK’s best/sexiest/wittiest/coolest [delete as appropriate] The Strokes tribute band ‘New York City Cops’ live in a city/town/hamlet near you - dates here (you can also book us via the website):

https://newyorkcitycops.com

The track featured throughout the podcast is ‘Is This Me?’ by our talented friends Le Groupe Fantastique, find them on Spotify here:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1bt8eDSsmV28QDxLCpLpDA?si=P3MSFW34RhGUxeFmm-yLWA

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