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Sat 05 May 2010Rhythm is a dancer
MUSIC:Party bands are back, says Kevin Courtney, and it’s 1990s nostalgia that fills the dancefloor
IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT, and you’re in the mood to party. You check the gig listings: a post-rock band with an unpronounceable name; a clapped-out rocker wheezing out his 1970s hits; a hyped-up rapper charging 80 yo yos to shout “Yo!”. There must be something more entertaining. Well, yes, thankfully there is. The live circuit has been energised by a different breed of musical act – the party band. Forget your tribute bands: why pay to see a band that slavishly imitates a famous popstar, when you can see a band that slavishly imitates 20 different popstars in one night?
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