-
Mark’s 40th Birthday Party at Harrison’s 1854
Read more: Mark’s 40th Birthday Party at Harrison’s 1854I know it’s hard to believe but yes, I am as old as Star Wars, as old as Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album. I’ve been alive as long as Elvis has been dead. Today I am 40, so last night we had a 40th birthday party. I suppose I could have hired a band for my…
-
West Street Live 21st April 2017
Read more: West Street Live 21st April 2017A welcome return to West Street Live and our first gig of 2017. This wasn’t for lack of interest but because of injury. Our drummer, Andy had to have an operation on his ankle and songs just don’t sound the same without a pounding kick drum running through them so we’ve had to turn down…
-
October 2016 Gigs
Read more: October 2016 GigsWe found ourselves doing a back to back, Friday and Saturday gigs in October. The Friday was a 50th birthday party at a venue in Hillsborough. The other was a wedding reception at the beautiful Church House in Central Sheffield. We learnt a lesson this weekend – Always use your own PA if you can. The…
-
Grenoside Beer Festival 2016
Read more: Grenoside Beer Festival 2016Edit: We’ve been invited back to play the 2017 Grenoside Beer Festival on the 16 September 2017 The Grenoside Beer Festival is a little known event that started off as a Tour De France party in 2014 and has taken on a life of its own. It took a bit of finding but we eventually discovered…
-
West Street Live, 11th of June
Read more: West Street Live, 11th of JuneWe closed a busy weekend of gigging with a couple of sets at West Street Live following a cancellation they’d had. The crowd took a bit of warming up as England had just drawn with Romania in their opening match of Euro 16. The stage at WSL is becoming quite familiar now and nerves are…
-
A fundraiser at Halifax Hall
Read more: A fundraiser at Halifax HallHalifax Hall is a large stately building nestled in the leafy streets of Sheffield near Endcliffe park. It’s a perfect venue for weddings and corporate events. On this occasion we were invited to play for the Friends of Westbourne School at this rather lovely hotel. It was absolutely chucking it down when we arrived to…
-
West Street Live 29th of April
Read more: West Street Live 29th of AprilOur second West Street Live gig of 2016 went off with out incident. The booze component of our fee was a case of just in date cider, mmmmm… new tunes included Muse’s Time is Running Out with appropriately nasal distorted bass which made everyone sit up and pay attention and Take Me Out which went…
-
West Street Live 16 January 2016
Read more: West Street Live 16 January 2016Our lead singer and drummer were both tangled up in a theatre production over Christmas putting a rather large dent in our rehearsal schedule. Never the less, by packing a couple of extra sessions into the first half of January we found ourselves polished, primed and ready to take the roof off West Street Live. It…
-
The Washington, Sheffield
Read more: The Washington, SheffieldWe’d been rehearsing regularly at James’ parents house for a couple of months. I know we had several songs down. These were probably Song 2, Are You Going To Be My Girl, Sit Down, Mr Brightside, Don’t Look Back Into The Sun and a handful of others. I’m not sure who managed to snag this…
-
First Gig
Read more: First GigA Sunday lunchtime open mic at Yellow Arch Studios in Neepsend is where it all started.
Category: News
Reviews
-
They had my guests dancing until midnight
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ We had our Christmas Party at the Cornerstone, Dyson Place , Sheffield and I booked TOAST, the band was…
·
-
So much better than a DJ
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely fantastic! This band made our party – they sound fantastic, so much better than a DJ. They read…
·
-
TOAST were amazing!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ TOAST were amazing!! I hired TOAST for a local charity event I was organising. Everyone at the event gave…
·
-
You really made our day!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just wanted to say a massive thank you to you all for Saturday. You were amazing. The amount of…
·
-
They really brought the perfect vibe
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Toast played at my wedding, the number one thing people said afterwards was how amazing they were! They really…
·
-
I can’t recommend Mark and the guys highly enough
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I had a 50th birthday party in July and wanted a party band that would get everyone up on…
·