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  • noun music A band that plays cover versions of popular songs

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Examples

  • Stevie and Lindsey had serious offers to form a Top Forty showband to ply the steak-and-lobster circuit on the West Coast.

    ɘloЯ 2010

  • It provokes plastic-glassed euphoria anyway, with Smith and Co looking for all the world like the best wedding cabaret showband in the world.

    The Fall online - latest Fall News 2005

  • After his father bought him a guitar from one of the showband musicians, he began teaching himself Shadows and Beatles songs.

    The Guardian World News Adam Sweeting 2011

  • When we started out, people saw us as a kind of soul showband, but people coming to our shows these days expecting to hear so ft ballads are going to be confused.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2012

  • Print Miami Showband massacre: HET raises collusion concerns Three members of the Miami Showband were killed by loyalists in 1975 The families of three men shot dead in the Miami showband massacre have said a report into the killings indicates an RUC Special Branch agent was involved.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Nuki with his wife, Marge, and brother Gugi formed the Maori Volcanics showband in 1964, which still tours today in Australia and New Zealand, with various performers.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • He has toured all over the world and still continues to thrill audiences with the rock and roll/showband style music.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • YOU report that stamps are to be issued to commemorate the showband era, the bands depicted being the Royal, Miami, Joe Dolan and the Drifters, and the Freshmen.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Mmmmmm - anyone want to start a showband with an ageing neverwas, who still has the audacity to think he can cut it???????

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • As well as the auction there will be entertainment from a 17-piece showband, a champagne reception and a three-course meal.

    WalesOnline - Home 2010

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