Sentence examples for bands competition from inspiring English sources

I was 14, at a battle of the bands competition.

Local bands were invited to perform in a battle of the bands competition as well.

The only female rock band at Srinagar's national "Battle of the Bands" competition in December, they quickly gained fame in India after placing third there.

Ash, already distracted by the financial disaster about to overtake his mother's traditional Manchester pub, is whisked abruptly into the feverish excitement surrounding the forthcoming Battle of the Tribute Bands competition and persuaded, via feet-of-clay agent Ron Freeman - also on the verge of going bust - that he will make the perfect Gary Barlow.

He devoured skiffle and early rock'n'roll, and his first band, the Wayfaring Strangers – which he formed with his schoolmates Johnny Spence (on bass) and Frank Farley (on drums) – came second in a battle of the bands competition to the Quarrymen, an early incarnation of the Beatles.

The other week I was a judge at my daughter's school fair Battle of the Bands competition alongside (and I swear this is a north London comprehensive, nearest our house, not a feepaying school) alongside fellow parents Graham Coxon, Viv Albertine and Bedders from Madness and we were treated, with grim inevitability, to a version of Pumped Up Kicks.

But Toy Matinee--basically two guys plus a bunch of hot studio musicians--got its big start as a consequence of one of those interminable battle of the bands competitions.

Just look at this year's Reading line-up, and you'll see plenty of bands a long way up the bill – Dry The River, Young Guns, Deaf Havana – whose music you'd normally expect to live and die in small-town alt pub battle of the bands competitions.

Also play at battle of the bands competitions.

He performed in local scout huts with a band called The Risk, while the twins' outfit, Static Mist, managed to come fourth in a battle-of-the-bands competition held by children's TV show Saturday Superstore.

Perhaps Saturday's steel band competition will grab your attention.