In July 2007, the band backed
Feargal Sharkey, formerly of
the Undertones, in his first stage appearance in over 15 years, when he sang "
Teenage Kicks" at the annual Rock The Boat party hosted by the British Phonographic Industry. In 2008, MP4 was the subject of a special television short biography programme made by Sky and broadcast on the
Sky Arts channel during the year. In January 2009, MP4 made a guest appearance on the BBC1 TV programme
Your Country Needs You with the winning UK
Eurovision hopeful
Jade Ewen and the other two finalist acts, the Twins and Mark Evans. MP4 gave Ewen some tips on "how to win votes". In December 2009, they became the first rock group to play at the Palace of Westminster when they performed a sell-out concert on the terrace of the House of Commons. For an encore, they were joined once again on stage by Feargal Sharkey, who reprised his Undertones' hit "Teenage Kicks". In September 2010, they performed at the Labour Party Conference in support of
UK Music at a sell-out concert at the Night and Day Cafe in Manchester. On New Year's Eve 2010, they performed at a sell-out concert for MPs, peers and their guests, once again on the Terrace of the House of Commons. They were introduced to the celebrity audience (including amongst others government ministers, the actor
Ross Kemp and the Welsh singer
Duffy) by the
Speaker of the House of Commons,
John Bercow MP. In December 2011, they were recognised as the Alternative Parliamentary Entertainers of the Year at the fourth annual GovNet Awards held in the House of Lords. In May 2012, MP4 became the first musicians to perform in the 900-year-old Westminster Hall. The oldest building on the UK Parliamentary estate, Westminster Hall has played a central role in British history, famously being the venue for the trial of
King Charles I. On 24 May 2012, MP4 entertained an audience of approximately 1,000 including MPs, peers and parliamentary staff. In March 2013, they appeared at a sell-out concert in central London organised to raise funds for
Macmillan Cancer Support. During their set, they were joined on stage by the former
Radio One DJ
Mike Read, who performed the
Cliff Richard hit "
The Young Ones" with the group. In March 2014, they performed a special 10th anniversary concert at The Bedford music venue in London. They were joined on stage by Tony Moore of the
Cutting Crew who performed his group's million-selling hit "
(I Just) Died in Your Arms" with MP4. On 18 June 2014, at a band performance they were awarded a commemorative disc by the British music industry in recognition of their charitable fund raising, having raised over £1 million in the previous 10 years for numerous charitable causes including Macmillan Cancer Support. The award was presented to MP4 by Tony Wadsworth CBE and Geoff Taylor both of the
British Phonographic Industry. Commencing in September 2016, MP4 appeared as the regular house band on the satirical television show
Unspun with Matt Forde, broadcast by
Dave and starring the comedian
Matt Forde. It is believed that this is the first time that a band of politicians has performed regularly for a television show. On 25 October 2018, they launched an EP of original music,
MP4 - EP5 with a concert in the State Rooms of the Speaker's House, as part of the Musicians Against Homelessness fundraising campaign. On 14 November 2023, MP4 performed in the Speaker's State Rooms to a packed house of MPs, peers, ministers and invited guests to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their formation as a band. They were introduced by Feargal Sharkey. ==Discography==