The Central Band is the premier and flagship band of The Royal British Legion and strive to be making music at the highest level.

The band has been going for 62 glorious years, and still has a couple of original members! We play what feels like thousands of gigs a year; everything from the finals at Wimbledon in June, through to Buckingham Palace last year. We've also done the Royal Tournament, the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, and more recently played with the RPO at Central Hall, Westminster.

We also do many public concerts too, where you can come and see us even if you're not a member of the royal family or a tennis superstar!

The Central Band is entering a new era under the musical direction of Captain David Cole MVO MMUS ARCM RM. He's shorter than our old DoM, but dances better and is bringing a whole host of new music with him. Feel free to bring your pirate hats to our forthcoming concerts - he's put the Pirates of The Caribbean score into the programme! Aaaarrrrr! Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.