Now look what you started Joan..
well, in Catalonia and also in Spain there are lots of cover bands. They are "useful" when you want to listen to some songs from bands you'll never have the chance to see them live.
You have all cover bands possible: Sultans of swing, Sinchronicity, Abbey Road, Smoking Stones, The Bon Scott band, etc.
You know they won't be as good as the originals but hey you sometimes get a surprise. You know their singing in english will be a bit poor -or just a shame- because they are not british. The point is just to have some fun.
The best ones have their own records in the market, always with songs from the bands they imitate and sometimes they add some songs from their own.
That's all. Here you have some of the bands:
Abbey Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I9b7YSp-J8The Bon Scott Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQcyGFBZiQSmoking Stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_oB1WV0iq0Sultans of swing (example of good guitar and poor english)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFs8BxqPd2wAustralian Pink Floyd is one of the best examples to know the cover bands are possible and can be very good. You have another example here in UK: The Straits,
a band formed by original Dire Straits members (keyboardist Alan Clark, guitarist Phil Palmer, saxo Chris White and others)
They will play in Cardiff on 9th october. Terry Williams will be there...in the audience.
With Man we would have a problem: there is no chance to have another Micky. His guitar and his voice are inimitable. And it's impossible to recreate these jams. So I don't know what can we do...
With the new Man with Martin and Deke I see another big problem: the age. I think it's time for Martin and Deke retirement. I saw some of the Deke 2010 videos and....what can I say....he's already too old, it's a pity but he can't sing nor play like before. The same for Martin and Terry. I think they can't play anymore. We need some new blood like George and Bob. They are the solution.