Showbands centre-stage on city’s ‘walk of fame’

IRELAND’S showband legends are to be immortalised Hollywood-style.

Showbands centre-stage on city’s ‘walk of fame’
Wed, 18 Jul, 2007 - 01:00
Eoin English

Plans for a €100,000 Hollywood Boulevard type walk of fame will be unveiled in Cork today.

Up to 20 star-shaped bronze plaques, each bearing the name of a showband, will be laid on the footpath outside the site of the city’s famous Arcadia Ballroom.

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