supergroup
noun
su·​per·​group
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Definition of supergroup
: a rock group made up of prominent former members of other rock groups
also
: an extremely successful rock group
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Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile, songwriter Natalie Hemby, and Amanda Shires—are getting together to record music, their collaboration and name a riff on the ’80s country supergroup The Highwaymen. — Fortune, "What to Know About Black Women’s Equal Pay Day: The Broadsheet," 22 Aug. 2019 Rock stars have a lot of downtime on the road, but Jack White found some fine entertainment in Washington Saturday ahead of a show with his supergroup the Raconteurs — a Milwaukee Brewers game. — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Jack White was at that marathon Brewers-Nationals game Saturday — and played a show in the middle of it," 18 Aug. 2019 Now the supergroup led by Jack White has announced an alternative show on Aug. 16 at Rapids Theatre in Niagara Falls, New York, which conflicts with their appearance date at the troubled festival. — Taylor Mims, Billboard, "The Raconteurs, Miley Cyrus, Santana & More Cancel Woodstock 50 Appearances," 30 July 2019 Newport is known for its spirit of collaboration and unannounced special guests; last year, for instance, headliner Jason Isbell welcomed David Crosby to join him for two thrilling covers from Crosby’s old supergroup. — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, "At Newport, discovering new artists never gets old," 24 July 2019 Today’s edition features new Haim, a funky synth-pop supergroup, and the return of the best hip-hop boy band on the planet. — Alex Suskind, EW.com, "Friday Pop Shop: The return of Brockhampton, summer Haim, Jack Antonoff, and more songs you’ll Lauv," 2 Aug. 2019 Brown appeared as one-fourth of RBRM, the R&B supergroup featuring his fellow former New Edition members Ricky Bell, Ronnie DeVoe and Michael Bivins. — Chris Varias, Cincinnati.com, "Bobby Brown makes for memorable Cincinnati Music Festival," 27 July 2019 Her latest project is the Bay Area supergroup Skip the Needle, a funk metal collective featuring Shelley Doty and Katie Cash on guitars, Kofy Brown on drums, Randle on bass and percussion, and all four women on vocals. — Andrew Gilbert, SFChronicle.com, "Skip the Needle to brings its joyful funk metal to debut album release show," 24 June 2019 This all-star lineup doesn’t make anything new out of these great, old songs, and the supergroup lacks the kind of vocal chemistry to sing in harmony, which was a huge part of what made the original recordings so powerful. — Pat Padua, Twin Cities, "Today’s folkies salute their elders in a flawed documentary ‘Echo in the Canyon’," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'supergroup.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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