Five outstanding musicians, one non-musical stand up, heaps of musical mayhem. The Horne Section have announced a one-off live festive show at London’s Indigo O2 with ‘The Horne Section’s Christmas Shin Dig’ on Sunday 17th December. Tickets go on sale on general sale on Friday 29th September and can be found at thehornesection.com.
The six-headed musical comedy band will perform their trademark unruly, ridiculous, and surprisingly satisfying songs. Expect plentiful enthusiastic dancing, party games, and a lot of mucking about as they revel in festive merriment, lead by creator and co-host of BAFTA and National Comedy Award-winning hit TV show, Taskmaster, Alex Horne.
Having starred in their debut sitcom The Horne Section TV Show on Channel 4 which was described as “riotously fun… [and] an utter delight” (The Guardian ★★★★), and “a first-class comedy” (The Sunday Times Online). The sitcom is returning for a second series on Channel 4, while their previous TV credits include being featured on Channel 4’s The Last Leg including Last Leg Christmas Special and Last Leg: The Last Leg of the Year, and being the in-house band on BBC One’s Peter Crouch’s Year Late Euros and Peter Crouch’s Save Our Summer, which Horne also co-hosted.
They have featured in Dictionary Corner on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), The Royal Variety Performance 2018 (ITV), as well as the 2 hour special The Horne Section Television Programme on UKTV’s Dave filmed at the London Palladium, while the band have hosted three series of Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section on BBC Radio 4.
The band’s iTunes chart topping podcast The Horne Section Podcast is Shortlists’ Best Comedy Podcast and has featured guests including Robbie Williams recording a brand-new version of Angels, Reggie Watts, Sir Chris Hoy, and Greg Davies. The band collaborated with Romesh Ranganathan’s Hip Hop Saved My Life podcast in an exclusive podcast mashup with Acast and Comic Relief.
The Horne Section are: Alex Horne (band leader), Joe Auckland (trumpet and banjo), Mark Brown (saxophone and guitar), Will Collier (bass), Ben Reynolds (drums and percussion) and Ed Sheldrake (keyboards).
