High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Miami Showband killings (also called the Miami Showband Massacre) was a paramilitary attack at Buskhill, County Down, Northern Ireland, in the early morning of 31 July 1975. It left five people dead at the hands of Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) gunmen, including three members of The Miami Showband. The band, one of Ireland`s most popular cabaret bands, had been travelling home to Dublin after a performance in Banbridge, County Down.