The name 'Flying Pickets' refers to mobile strikers who travel in order to join a picket. The band of six was founded by Brian Hibbard in 1982 from a group of actors who had been active with him in John McGrath's '7:84 Theatre Group', a fringe theatre organisation who had sung a cappella in their production of the 1981 play One Big Blow. The group chose the name The Flying Pickets as band members had played a part in the UK miners strikes of 1972 and 1974.
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The Flying Pickets has had 3 concerts.
The Flying Pickets is most often considered to be Pop, British, UK, New Wave, Classic UK Pop, A Cappella, and Acapella.
The last The Flying Pickets concert was on August 17, 2013 at Temple Island Meadows in Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: "80's Rewind Festival" / The B-52's / Kim Wilde / Billy Ocean / Then Jerico / Nik Kershaw / Heaven 17 / Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Blow Monkeys / Steve Augeri / Chesney Hawkes / The Flying Pickets.
The songs that The Flying Pickets performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 17, 2013 concert at Temple Island Meadows in Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom:
