PLI protects an event organiser against anyone injuring themselves or others at your event, without cover any claim could be made against the all the organisers and their private finances. When booking contractors such as ourselves, you need to check they have their own public liability insurance. All our shows come with £2 million PLI.

Bebo is a social networking website, designed to allow friends to communicate in various ways. It has developed into an online community where users can post pictures, write blogs and send messages to one another, and is similar in format to MySpace, Xanga, and Yahoo! 360.

Brixham is a small town in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Brixham is at the southern end of Torbay, across the bay from Torquay, and is a fishing port. Fishing and tourism are its major industries.

Generally a restaurant or public house that features musical or other form of entertainment while providing room for dancing.

Also known as: CD+G, CD+Graphics, Karaoke CD
A CDG is the most common karaoke format. These discs will play in any karaoke player that is CDG compatible. The song lyrics will be displayed on any TV, when the TV is connected to the CDG player. These discs will also play in most normal CD players; however the lyrics will not be displayed. Only the music is playable through a CD player.

CDGs do not contain lead vocals. If the original song contains any background vocals (e.g. chorus, harmonies, etc.), the karaoke version will usually contain them as well.

Also known as Kid
A child (plural: children) is a boy or girl who has not reached puberty.

The exclusive legal right giving the creator of a work the power to control the publishing, reproduction and selling of the work. Usually monitored in the UK by the PRS and MCPS.

A disc jockey or DJ is a person who selects and plays prerecorded music for an audience

Also known as: kareoke, karoke, karioke, karyoke
Karaoke is singing with a pre-existing song, where you replace the original lead singer. Karaoke songs are reproduced to sound like the original song, but without lead vocals. The lyrics of the song are presented to the singer via a video screen, highlighting the words to be sung, so that the singer can follow along without memorizing the song lyrics. Karaoke songs are rarely produced by the original artist or recording studio. They are usually recreated by independent karaoke manufacturers. Most of these manufacturers use professional musicians and singers to produce the likeness of the original song. Karaoke songs may include some vocals. If the original song contains any background vocals (i.e. chorus, harmonies, back-up singers, etc), then the karaoke versions will usually contain them as well.

Certain karaoke discs provide the lead vocals as well, for demonstration purposes

A karaoke jockey plays and manages the music for a venue. The role of the KJ often includes announcing song titles and whose turn it is to use the microphone.

This is another device placed between the player and amp in the connection process, but it is also "built-in to many CDG players. This device raises or lowers the key that the song is in. This helps a singer sing the song in his or her range ( makes the song easier to sing). It does not effect the tempo of the song. Other terms for key control are digital key control or pitch control.

The MCPS-PRS Alliance is the home of a 50,000 strong community of songwriters, composers and music publishers, that earn their royalties when their music is performed, broadcast or recorded.

The MCPS represent the world's music - that's 10 million pieces of music - and enable businesses and individuals to access all the music they need for use in their business, product or project in the most effective way.

Mobile disc jockeys travel with portable sound systems and play from an extensive music collection at a variety of events.

Newton Abbot is a market town in Devon, England on the River Teign, with a population of 23,580 (2001 census).

Paignton is a coastal town in Devon in England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the unitary authority of Torbay which was created in 1998. The Torbay area is a holiday destination known as the English Riviera.

Performing Rights Society of England

Torbay is an east-facing bay, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Historically part of the county of Devon, Torbay was made a unitary authority on April 1, 1998. Tourist authorities call it the English Riviera on account of its beaches and unusually mild climate.

Torquay is a town in Devon, England. It lies 26 kilometres (16 miles) south of Exeter along the A380 on the north of Torbay, and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay. In the 19th century, it became a fashionable seaside resort. Renowned for its healthy climate, it earned the nickname of the English Riviera.

VCD is a disc formatted in MPEG-1. A VCD can only be played in a VCD compatible player. This format is very popular overseas, particularly in Asian countries. These discs contain moving video backgrounds while the lyrics are displayed over them, on the screen. This format is rarely used in North America.

VCDs usually do not contain lead vocals. If the original song contains any background vocals (e.g. chorus, harmonies, etc.), the karaoke version will usually contain them as well.

Pubsingers.com is your guide to UK karaoke venues. Find karaoke nights in pubs, bars and other venues across the UK - in Scotland, Ulster, England and Wales - more on the info page.

Now over 1400 karaoke venues listed - with more being added every week.