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tribute band

British  

noun

  1. a group that plays the songs of a band they admire, often dressing in the style of the original band members

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In fact, it’d be surprising to find a mononym star who hasn’t stumped for Hudson and her star turn “Song Sung Blue,” though, thinking about it, Björk doesn’t feel like the right fit for a movie about a husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute band.

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After a formative decade at NFL Films, he took what he learned on the sidelines of football games and applied it to documentaries on everything from an Iditarod racer to a Neil Diamond tribute band.

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This season, she reaches another high note — and makes the case for a second nomination — with her performance as Claire Sardina, one half of a Neil Diamond tribute band, in the romantic drama “Song Sung Blue.”

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Washington: Kate Hudson, a big star for for some years now, half of a tribute band for Neil Diamond, “Song Sung Blue.”

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Villarreal: Tell me more about building that foundation with Hugh, because the film is based on a true story of these two Milwaukeeans who fall in love, start this tribute band of Neil Diamond music.

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