The Miami Showband | |
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| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
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| Years active | 1962–1982 Intermittent later reunions |
| Website | http://www.themiamishowband.com/ |
The Miami Showband were an Irish showband in the 1960s and 1970s led firstly in 1962 by singer Jimmy Harte, followed by Dickie Rock and later by Fran O'Toole. They had seven number one records on the Irish singles chart.
Band members Fran O'Toole, Tony Geraghty, and Brian McCoy were killed in the Miami Showband killings in 1975 during the Troubles when returning from a performance in County Down, Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland in an attack initially intended to convince the United Kingdom the band had been involved in smuggling explosives across the Irish border.[1]
The band reformed in 1976, but would disband in 1982, later reuniting and reforming. The Miami Showband played their final gig in 2015.[2]
- ^ "Miami Showband Massacre: 'You Don't Have to Die to Lose Your Life'". The Irish Independent. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Miami Showband Bid an Emotional Farewell as They Play Final Gig Near Scene of Brutal Loyalist Massacre". The Belfast Telegraph. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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