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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
How many planes have had bands named after them? I'm sure there are others, but, The B-52s is all that comes to mind...
The B-52s is the band..., or The B-52s are the band...? Talking about the band, not the members of the band.
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The Brits refer to groups as plural, eg, "The crowd are going wild."
We refer to groups as singular, eg, "The crowd is going wild."
Since B-52s is plural it would be "The B-52s are a great group." or "The B-52s is the band (<singular) that first opened my eyes to..."
If their name were "Afro Celt Sound System" it would be "Afro Celt Sound System is..." in either case.