Some bands have to change their names for different countries because of existing bands with the same name in those countries. Thus "The Spinners" from America are known as "The Detroit Spinners" in the UK so as not to be confused with "The Spinners" from England. Similarly "The Beat" from the UK are known as "The English Beat" in America because there was an American band with that name. "The Charlatans" from the UK are known as "The Charlatans UK" in America for the same reason.
It can affect solo artists. Sean Combs has used several different names from Puff Daddy to P.Diddy to Diddy. However he can not use the name Diddy in the UK because there was already another artist using that name, so in the UK he currently uses P. Diddy instead but is Diddy in America. America seems not to have heard of Ken Dodd and his Diddymen.
Some names are very popular. There are at least 2 American bands called "The Uniques", one from Louisiana and one from Florida. Wikipedia lists 4 bands with the name "Paradox", with one each from Canada, England, Ireland and Thailand.
Sometimes the band is too obscure to matter. Hence the British bands The Eagles, Nirvana and Hanson were overwhelmed by their later American namesakes and no name changes were necessary. In the case of Blue, a court case decided that the two groups with that name, a boyband formed in 2001 and a scottish rock band formed in 1973, were sufficiently different to avoid any confusion and they could both use the name Blue.
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