Editing 4 Poofs and a Piano

{{Short description|British comedy band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = 4 Poofs and a Piano
| image           = 4 Poofs And A Piano (6100972622).jpg
| caption = 4 Poofs and a Piano performing in 2011
| alias           =
| origin          = United Kingdom
| genre           = [[Comedy band]], pop
| years_active    = 2000–present
| label           =
| associated_acts =
| website         = {{Official website|http://www.4poofsandapiano.com/}}
| current_members = Stephen De Martin<br>Ian Parkin<br>Duane Gooden<br>David Roper
| past_members    = 
}}

'''4 Poofs and a Piano''' are a British [[comedy band]] formed in 2000.  They were the [[house band]] on the [[BBC One]] chat show ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]'' throughout the show's run from 2001 to 2010.

== History ==
The band performed their first gig at the [[Groucho Club]].  Since then, they have also performed at many corporate events, as well as [[gay pride parade|Pride events]] and music festivals &ndash; including the [[Edinburgh Festival]], [[Perth Festival]], the [[Brighton Festival Fringe]]<ref name="bbcbrighton">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/content/articles/2007/05/14/bf07_four_poofs_feature.shtml|title=Four Poofs and a Piano|last=Carter|first=Angela|date=10 May 2007|work=[[BBC Southern Counties Radio|BBC Southern Counties]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=26 April 2009}}</ref> and [[Glastonbury Festival]].

The band featured on ''[[Britain's Got More Talent]]'', and appeared on ''[[The Alan Titchmarsh Show]]''.

In 2009, the band featured in ''[[The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson]]'', in a spoof ''[[Ross Kemp on Gangs]]'' episode, with [[Jon Culshaw|Culshaw]] pretending to be [[Ross Kemp]] and [[Jonathan Ross]].

==''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''==
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Ross introduced the band each Friday night with an innuendo-laden joke directed at homosexuality, or the supposed sex lives of gay men. As each guest moved from the [[green room]] to the studio, the band played a cover version of a song related to the guest or their field of work. Their [[camp (style)|camp]] performance was often highly exaggerated in its stereotypical [[cabaret]] manner.

Each week a guest was singled out for special attention by the band who wore specially printed T-shirts featuring the guest's face. This was usually a privilege bestowed upon the guest most deemed a cult figure or gay icon.

In an October 2009 episode of the show with [[Tim Minchin]] as a guest, he performed a song called "5 Poofs and 2 Pianos", in which he humorously suggested he undergo reverse [[conversion therapy]] and join the quartet with his own piano.<ref>"5 Poofs and 2 Pianos" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSfSV5BSZ2g Youtube]</ref>

== Band members ==
* Stephen De Martin – Vocals
* Ian Parkin – Vocals
* Duane Gooden – Vocals
* David Roper – Piano and vocals

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.4poofsandapiano.com Official site]

[[Category:British pop music groups]]
[[Category:Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]
[[Category:LGBTQ-themed musical groups]]
[[Category:British musical quartets]]