Any celebrities at your gigs? / Most Famous

[Candybeatdiscos]

Following on from the recent X Factor posts, who is the most famous person you have had attend gig that you have dj'd at?

The only kinda famous ones for me were the whole of Dunfermline Athletic (or should that be are pathetic)....

[leighinstoke]

I remember my most famous were the braless Charlie Dimmock, John Rocha the designer and Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen all at the same event - Wedgwood Sales Conference a few years back.

Leigh....

[dj steady]

Barry Sheen.....The motorcycle ace, he was my best friends mate and came to his wedding which i was doing.......some years ago....

[Dragonfly]

no one ground breaking

alison lapper artist (30 ft statue in london somewhere)
stuart pearce
nigel clough
martin o neill

[reemicks disco]

Duke of Edingburgh at sandringham horse trials.

[spin mobile disco]

Prince of wales on the Arc royal in portsmouth.
Also David Penn the magician from channel 4 and one of the old cast of eastenders but cant remember his name so proabaly wasnt that famous lol.

[axeman]

I had to sign an act of discosure, in order to work where i do !

The North east footballer of the year award ceremony was held/televised from there last week, players past and present from Sunderland newcastle and Middlesborough were there to give you an Idea, when a pop group play locally they sometimes stay there too. I often work with famous caberet acts and entertainers too.

I was with Iron maiden 2 nights ago here's a pic, i cause as they are friends and really nice guys !!

[whitegoldaudio]

tracy beaker from bbc kids lol

[Shaun]

I'm from Fife. No-one famous would go within 50 miles of Fife. :D

[funkymike]

In pub with Ant and Dec.......

[funkymike]

In Pub doing a disco and Ant and Dec where in, nice chaps and very small

[Vectis]

Had a club residency at a posh golf/country club place in Cheshire for a while (a few years back in the late 80s! :p ) and there were lots of guest DJs & artistes that I had to play alongside.

"Ooh" Garry Davies was my fave... such a nice chap. Also DLT and a few of the local bands of the time, remember Teardrop Explodes, Echo & The Bunnymen, A Flock of Seagulls and my faves the Psychedelic Furs.

Oh and Ken Barlow out of corrie :cool:

[Paul James Promotions]

Off the top of my head, (being 3am) people i've worked with / for....

Ross Davidson (Ex Eastenders)
Beverly Knight
Hollyoaks Cast
Birds Of A Feather Cast
Wolves FC
Hot Chocolate
Amen Corner
Jodeci (US RnB group)

[BeerFunk]

Umm... the only one I can think of is Grant Brebner (Dundee United, and ex-Man Utd/Hibernian defender).. :rolleyes:

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Umm... the only one I can think of is Grant Brebner (Dundee United, and ex-Man Utd/Hibernian defender).. :rolleyes:

And Reading!:D (Good player too)

[BeerFunk]

And Reading!:D (Good player too)
Oh, didn't know he played for Reading! You learn something new every day.. :)

[LastMinuteDJs.net]

At the Student Union I DJ at the only famous people to just turn up have been Glynn From Big Brother (he came to watch Infernal who were doing a PA that night), and occasionally some of Snow Patrol who are friends with a band that play our venue regularly.

At the Strip club, the Hearts and Hibs Teams pop in every now and again and once Bradley from S Club 7 came in with a former member of New Kids on the Block (dunno which one). There's some tabloid material for you.

Acts i've worked with, mainly at the student union include - comedians such as Craig Charles, Paul Zenon, Ross Noble, Des Clarke, Keith Harris and Orville the Duck. Musical acts such as - Jo O'Meara, the 411, Infernal, N Trance, Dario G, Speedway, Snow Patrol, the Supernaturals, oh and the best of the lot, Daphne and Celeste!

Also handing the decks over to guest 'DJs' - Pat Sharpe and Jenny Frost from Atomik Kitten. Looks like anyone can be a DJ these days...

[Shaun]

I almost crashed into Billy Connelly on a roundabout just outside Glenrothes in Fife...does that count. LOL.

[LastMinuteDJs.net]

Nope!!

Almost isn't good enough. Now if you HAD hit him - that would be a story!!

[leighinstoke]

.....oh and the best of the lot, Daphne and Celeste!

I remember they were on at a holiday park we stayed at - they were touring about as part of some promotional thing for Pepsi I think (or some other large bandit corporation) giving stuff away and singing.

They got all the kids sitting at the front, all stickered up and with give-aways galore, my daughter totally loving it when my lad, who was about 10 at the time, came back to his seat with us.

When asked why he'd returned as we thought he liked them, he said "I think Daphne and Celeste are c rap!". Pretty much summed them up at the time and, when they sang "Ooh Stick You", he replaced 'stick' with a more suitable 'F' word! Thats my boy! :D

Leigh....

[Candybeatdiscos]

On saying that, I did once get talking to this guy who i felt i recognized in my mates mum's kitchen, when he left i asked my mate "whose was that" - it happened to be the lead singer of snow patrol, he was there with Edith Bowman who is my mates sisters best friend, oh and his dad was sir alex ***uson's best man as well .

[5 Star Roadshows]

This year while working at a Circus, Iam a Juggler and Magician as well as a Dj! At the Circus I was performing Several Juggling Acts And My Magic act as well as being the sound and light technition. The people we Had visit are big top were Heather Mills Mc Cartney, Jim Davision and Ben Elton! They all brought their family's And Thoroughly enjoyed the show.:)

[Corabar Steve]

Leo Sayer (who sang a few songs using my kit)
Suggs
Embrace (Who gave me a copy of their CD, which I promptly lost)
Sean Bean & at the time wife (can't remember her name but she's been in Bread & the Bill)
I won't count the X Factor mob from last weekend, cos they're not famous.

[soundmaster mobile disco]

;) dougary scott the film actor (mission impossible 2 soldier soldier,) just to mention a few of his movies.you see dougray is a fifer.
i did his mums 7oth birthday party.
have also shared a night with forth ones boogie in the morning,
real radios jay crawford also

[ian8limelight]

Greg Edwards (Soul DJ);

Sabrina Johnson (remember 'Peace');

Manfred Mann;

Fogwell Flax.

[Corabar Steve]

We also did Donny Tourette's (Celebrity Big Brother) 21st, although none of us can remember doing it :D :confused: :D

[soundtracker]

Robert Plant

Willie Carson

Chris Tarrant

Steve Redgrave

[mikeee]

So far this year (last Saturday), the best man was from Daddy Cool in the west end and most of the guests were from Eastenders, Casulty and Holby City, but don't ask, I don't watch them so I wouldn't know. But they were a great friendly bunch, laugh, I nearly wet myself.

[rob1963]

In the mid 1980's Jimmy Pursey (lead singer of Sham 69) was at one of my gigs.

About 9 years ago I was booked for a dinner dance which had a disco and a band. I was the disco, and the band happened to be Chas & Dave...so I got to introduce them & see their set...which was very entertaining.

One team at a pub quiz I run consists of the lead singer & bass player from the group Liquid Gold. If you're old enough, you'll remember their disco hit "Dance yourself dizzy" which made no 2 back in 1980.

Which celebrities have turned up at YOUR gigs?

[Corabar Entertainment]

Sorry Rob - someone beat you to it at the end of last year:-

http://www.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=4873&highlight=sayer

[Paul James Promotions]

Off the top of my head, I have worked with the following..

Beverly Knight
Hot Chocolate
Ivy League
Amen Corner
WWFC Team
Joe Brown
Jodeci
Ross Davidson (Ex Eastenders)
Birds of a feather cast
Hollyoaks cast

Later in the year working with the Commitments and Showaddywaddy.

Jamie

[rob1963]

Sorry Rob - someone beat you to it at the end of last year:-

http://www.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=4873&highlight=sayer

Ahhhhh...but some new members have joined since then Angela!

[PropellerHeadCase]

Played with Tim Finn a few years back... he asked me about DJing!(?)

I played at a wedding that the NZ Prime Minister attended.

I'm certain that a guest at a wedding I played at was a one time Mayfair pin-up girl, but I have no proof :(

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Ahhhhh...but some new members have joined since then Angela!

So restart the old thread then,:D

[soundscapes]

biff and linda from emmerdale farm
bbc look norths peter levy

[flatliners]

chaz n dave eh did you ask them where they were going on there holidays did they say margate or did they give you wrong for to much rabbit on the mic by saying gerutcha :)

[Corabar Steve]

So restart the old thread then,:D

Or just merge them, which I've done. :dhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/scorchio/sgrin.gif:d

[electricnite]

the actor who played charlie stubbs in coronation st. what a pleasant bloke. stood chatting to me for ten minutes asking about equipment and how it all worked then later i had to escort a woman away from him cos she was going to kill him for what he done in the programme. he's an actor you silly moo ! blonde ! drunk! need i say more

[electricnite]

http://image029beverley callard about 3 weeks ago. we even got her to pull a pint behind the bar

[Corabar Steve]

the actor who played charlie stubbs in coronation st. what a pleasant bloke. stood chatting to me for ten minutes asking about equipment and how it all worked then later i had to escort a woman away from him cos she was going to kill him for what he done in the programme. he's an actor you silly moo ! blonde ! drunk! need i say more

What's the connection between Charlie Stubbs & Black Sabbath?

[CRAZY K]

Following on from the recent X Factor posts, who is the most famous person you have had attend gig that you have dj'd at?

The only kinda famous ones for me were the whole of Dunfermline Athletic (or should that be are pathetic)....

Well pop pickers--you guessed it--Fluff himself in the 60s, Youth Club in Finchley, he wasnt too good at operating the turntables though!

I have the black and white picture in my Office/Workshop to prove it--

Not arf!!!!!!

CRAZY K

[Twinspin]

havent unfortunately done any for anybody famous.

[rob1963]

I'm certain that a guest at a wedding I played at was a one time Mayfair pin-up girl, but I have no proof :(


Propeller - Send her round & I'll carry out some tests ;)

[dannyboy]

Only Roy Walker from Catchphrase.

[Corabar Steve]

Say what you see :d

[Dragonfly]

its good but its not right

[PropellerHeadCase]

Propeller - Send her round & I'll carry out some tests ;)


If I could, I wouldn't, as I'd be carrying out those same tests...

You know, does she really like dancing in clubs and drinking things of a dry white and alcoholic nature, etc.

She was by far my favourite centrefold from Mayfair (above even Maria Whittaker) so I really did know what she looked like very well (before the days of Photoshop if not airbrushing). I guess I'll never know :( *sniff*

[Dragonfly]

and is she really a 21 year old student from Bolton..... or a 46 year old divorced mother of 7 trying to make ends meet ? :D :D :D

[pagan_flame]

I was with Iron maiden 2 nights ago here's a pic, i cause as they are friends and really nice guys !!On Wed 18 April I have to 'open up' the Church of Noise rock night in Cambridge as the organiser will be along the road at a gig... and nu-metal band Trivium will be popping in once they have finished the gig... allegedly...

...allegedly, since at the last one at the Junction, The Eagles of Death Metal (feat. Josh Homme from Queens of The Stone Age) were supposed to pop upstairs with their Ipods for a spot of DJing, but didn't.

So we drank all their beer for them... :beer1:

[soundtracker]

Yeah, but what about famous people! LOL

[CRAZY K]

Yeah, but what about famous people! LOL

Presumably these people are famous in Cambridge?:D :D :D

CRAZY K

[Shakermaker Promotions]

I've had a few actually...
I've done a few aftershow parties for Gary Numan and Nine Inch Nails and at those were guys from Jesus Jones, Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson and Republica.
A few years back I did a wedding where Robert Plant attended.
I also did a little girls birthday whose dad was the man behind S Club 7 (Their songwriter)...one of the girls turned up, Hannah.
Did a really posh do in a country club yonks ago and Dr Hilary Jones was there with his wife (:Censored::Censored::Censored::Censored: definitely!).
Did an end of series party (well, I was actually helping that night) for Ginger TV who did TFI Friday. Lulu and Lily Savage were there as well as Chris Evans.

The best by far though was when I did a big wedding for a guy who was a record producer or something. I turned up to set up and there were huge trucks unloaded a PA System into the venue (outside Godalming in Surrey).There were huge screens up around the place connected to Playstations and there were seats from Formula 1 cars to sit in when playing them as it was Formula 1 on them. The couple had got married abroad and were having a huge party. My players went through the PA System.

The band were a covers band but I was told that I wasn't allowed to play any Robbie Williams as there was going to be a special guest. Even 5 minutes before the special guest turned up, I didn't work out who it was...D'OH!!! Yes, it was Robbie Williams!! It was around the time that he did the track 'Kids' with Kylie and there were rumours that she would turn up but she didn't. He went down (as expected) a storm but didn't hang around for long afterwards. It was a great night and everyone in there (about 400) had a great time...it's possibly one of my best nights ever.

[sleah]

Have worked with a few... but something I'll always remember...

Did a charity gig back in '89 where we had the (then) current National Breakdance Champions perform. One of the lads, his name was Jason, went on to join some pop group called Take That :D

Got the video somewhere....

[PropellerHeadCase]

I also did a little girls birthday whose dad was the man behind S Club 7 (Their songwriter)...one of the girls turned up, Hannah.

Shame it wasn't Rachel, eh?

[flatliners]

i once did a gig where jill halfpenny was at
djed for the newcastle united squad
had the drummer from prefab sprout sing mustang sally at a karakoe i was doing
it is true not many drummers can sing but he was a nice guy

[risky]

done matt hamptons birthday bash all the leicester tigers rugby players were there

[Atlantic_Sound_Disco]

Hmmmm

Samantha Fox at a wedding 5 years ago
Martin Clunes or however you spell it as he lives near me at a bar in Chichester
Some bloke called les perry who thinks he is famous for being les perry
and last but not least Kim Wilde, who i got a big kiss off lol

thats ya lot

Tim.

[theoloyla]

Stars Ive worked with? Too many to list.
Celebrities and royalty I have entertained? Too discrete to say.

[pagan_flame]

Presumably these people are famous in Cambridge?:D :D :D Trivium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivium_(band)).

From USA - been going 7 years, record deal since 2003, world tours by the cartload, top slots at rock festivals all over the world, (e.g. Download & Ozzfest in 2006) top 10 albums both sides of the Atlantic, currently touring US, UK and Europe.

But you're right - they haven't been in X-Factor / Big Brother / Fame Academy / OK magazine / Essential R 'n' B 2007 / NOW 66, so they can't be famous now can they? :bang: :bang: :bang:

[Dragonfly]

been asked for some of their stuff 2 or 3 times .

[Corabar Steve]

http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/navigator/lhdevil.gifMay be playing some in a few weeks, along with Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Abba & the Nolans :dhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/scorchio/sgrin.gif:d (they're all on the same request sheet)

[rob1963]

I once thought I saw Corabar Steve at one of my gigs, but sadly it was just someone who looked like him :(

[Corabar Steve]

Johnny Depp? :dhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/scorchio/sgrin.gif:d

[rob1963]

Johnny Depp? :dhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/scorchio/sgrin.gif:d

Thats the one! :D

[Corabar Steve]

Johnny Depp? :dhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/scorchio/sgrin.gif:d


Actually it might have been me, I have quite a few connections in Surrey.

[Dragonfly]

was he dressed as a pirate!!

[Corabar Steve]

Nah, that's Creature you're thinking of.

[Dragonfly]

thought he was santas evil twin??? ooohhh im so in trouble now ....run away run away!!

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Johnny Depp? :dhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/scorchio/sgrin.gif:d

No, catweazle.:D

[Corabar Entertainment]

So you think Catweazle and Jesus look alike, do you? :p :p

[Dragonfly]

maybe catweazle is jesus?????

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

So you think Catweazle and Jesus look alike, do you? :p :p

Similar.

Both had beards...;)

[djswirl]

Just came across this thread and thought I would join in, over the years I have worked with or they have attended.(in no order) one of my gigs

Tony Blackburn
Ant and Dec
Most the cast of Eastenders from about 7 years ago
Terry Wogan
Wolf (gladiators)
Julie and Clare Buckfield
Sir Elton John
Will Young
2 off the All Saints girls (The blonde one and the coloured one)
Loads of football stars, but not being a footy fan don’t remember who
The Cheeky Girls
2 or 3 of the cast of Emmerdale farm, can’t remember who now
Bob Geldof
Paul McCartney
Pierce Brosnan

Well there the ones I can remember

Brian

[PropellerHeadCase]

Just c2 off the All Saints girls (The blonde one and the coloured one)

Well the Appleton sisters are both blonde and the other one whose name I can't remember (but I think she married the bassist from Jamiroquai) is fair-to-blonde, too.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Well the Appleton sisters are both blonde and the other one whose name I can't remember (but I think she married the bassist from Jamiroquai) is fair-to-blonde, too.

And what about shaznay lewis?

[rob1963]

Last night, Ed Stewart ("Stewpot") was in one of the teams at my quiz night.

For some reason, his team got the most points on the music round.

I said "I suppose the rest of the team just sat there & let YOU fill in all the answers!"

He replied "Not at all...I only know the ones before 1950!"

I didn't think he was THAT old! :p

[BeerFunk]

Well the Appleton sisters are both blonde and the other one whose name I can't remember (but I think she married the bassist from Jamiroquai) is fair-to-blonde, too.
There were (are they still together?) 4 members in All Saints...
And what about shaznay lewis?If I remember correctly, she was the only songwriter, so it's quite ironic forgetting about her! :)

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

(are they still together?)

Yep, they reformed fairly recently.

[rob1963]

Yep, they reformed fairly recently.

I think just about EVERY band that split up has re-formed recently! :D

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I think just about EVERY band that split up has re-formed recently! :D

Run out of money probably. :rolleyes:

[rob1963]

Run out of money probably. :rolleyes:

:lol:

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Same as old DJs who have to go in for pub quizzes to win some cash....:headphones::tongue2:

[rob1963]

Same as old DJs who have to go in for pub quizzes to win some cash....:headphones::tongue2:

:lol:

[PropellerHeadCase]

I didn't mention Shaznay Lewis as DJSwirl said the "blonde one and the coloured one", Shaznay being the latter, I was pointing out that there were three blonde ones ;)

[Corabar Steve]

What colour is she?

[PropellerHeadCase]

What colour is she?

Must be an usual colour as they don't make felt in whatever colour it is.

[Digitalsounds]

We did a dinner dance last year at an RAF base

The legend that is (was) John Virgo was there doing a little after dinner speaking,

[Paul James Promotions]

Pot as many balls as ya can :D