Fictional Tribute Acts
- In the 2001 American film Saving Silverman, the three main characters are in a Neil Diamond tribute band called "Diamonds in the Rough".
- The 2001 American film Rock Star was about the lead singer of the band "Blood Pollution", who becomes the lead singer of the (also fictional) band it pays tribute to, Steel Dragon.
- The plot of the 2008 jukebox musical Never Forget centers around a Take That tribute band, and features the music of the '90s British boy band.
- In the 2010 film She's Out of My League, the character Stainer (T. J. Miller) plays guitar and sings in a Hall & Oates tribute act called "Adult Education".
- In the American version of The Office, Kevin Malone is drummer for "Scrantonicity" and later "Scratonicity 2," a Police cover band (first described as a Steve Miller tribute band).
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