About
The Iconics is a cover band for hire in Canberra, ACT.
Eleven players on stage, and you can hear every one of them. The Iconics run three female leads, two male leads, a three piece horn section and a rhythm section built for dancing, working a catalogue of more than 125 songs across seven decades of pop, disco, soul, funk and rock. Canberra crowds know them from Floriade, Stage88, the Canberra Southern Cross Club and the Hellenic Club, along with weddings, gala nights and corporate shows. Clients pick songs from the catalogue, and the band will learn something special for a wedding. They're insured, and they ask for a three hour bump in so the sound check is done well before guests walk in.
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The show
Eleven musicians, and the arrangement is written so you hear all of them. Three female leads, two male leads, three horns and a rhythm section aimed straight at the dance floor, working a catalogue of over 125 songs spanning seven decades of pop, disco, soul, funk and rock. Canberra audiences have seen them at Floriade, Stage88, the Southern Cross Club and the Hellenic Club. You choose the songs from the list yourself, and for a wedding they'll learn your first dance number. Smaller shapes exist too: an acoustic trio, a string quartet, and MC duties if you want them.
On the day
This is the section to read before you book the room. The band needs three hours in the venue before guests arrive to bump in and sound check properly. Playing area is 6m x 5m, and while something tighter can sometimes work, one of the band needs to look at it first. Four separate 10 amp outlets are essential, and more again above 300 guests. Performance must be under cover, for the crew as much as the equipment, and the sound desk needs a sensible spot too.
Performance options
Beyond the eleven piece there's an acoustic trio, useful for a ceremony or the earlier, quieter part of a wedding, and a string quartet made up of Canberra Philharmonic musicians. Both run as one hour sets. MC services are available as well, so the announcements and the running order can sit with the same people handling the music. Any of these can sit alongside the full band across one event, which is how most weddings end up using them.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
10 songs
9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
Everybody - Backstreet Boys
Give It Up - KC & The Sunshine Band
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Love Shack - The B52's
Man I Feel Like A Woman - Shaniah Twain
Shotgun - George Ezra
Stop - The Spice Girls
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson
