Picture This announce first dance applications after surprise Cork wedding appearance

Picture This is inviting couples who are planning their big day to apply to have them play for their first dance

Picture This has announced that applications to have the band come play at your wedding are now open. Picture: Darragh Kane.

Have you always dreamed of having Picture This play on your wedding day? Well, now it could become a reality.

Picture This is inviting couples who are planning their big day to apply to have them come play their popular song, Take My Hand, as their first dance song.

One of the most requested first dance songs at weddings, Take My Hand is a song that means a lot to the band, and they now want to give back to their fans with this new initiative.

In a video posted to their Instagram account, frontman Ryan Hennessy said: “We get probably 10 to 20 messages a day… I think it’s time we actually just go and do it for some people’s weddings.

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“We’ve been ignoring you for long enough, so it’s time we come and play your first dance.

“If you sign up, you’re in with a chance for us to come and play Take My Hand for your first dance at your wedding.” 

The move was sparked by the band’s recent surprise performance at a Cork couple’s wedding.

Tanya Cremin and her husband Chris could not believe their eyes at their wedding at Kinsale Hotel & Spa last month when the band walked in to join them at their reception.

Speaking on Cork's RedFM Breakfast with KC, Cremin said the band arrived to play a live version of Take My Hand, which had been chosen by the pair as their first dance.

This year marks 10 years since the song was released, and it has since won several awards, including Choice Song of the Year.

The track featured on their EP, which debuted at number 1 on the Irish Albums Chart for the week ending August 18, 2016.

• Picture This will go on tour later this year and will play Cork's City Hall, Belfast's The Telegraph Building, and Limerick's Live at the Big Top, as well as Sligo, Galway, and Derry.