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Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
The concert takes place at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown L.A. at 7 p.m. Sunday and tickets are $40.50.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
Storme Warren, a TV/radio personality known for his morning show on SiriusXM’s channel The Highway, will host the concert.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 16 May 2023
Barnard and her mom met the Saadias in Houston last month and attended the concert with Gabriella and her friend – in the front row.
—Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 16 May 2023
The royals joined Idol judges Richie and Katy Perry on the show for a surprise appearance on the May 7 episode after the singers performed at the coronation concert earlier this month.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
The shows will stretch all the way through October, with concerts featuring a rotating cast of artists, like Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, the Avett Brothers, John Fogerty, Margo Price, Kurt Vile, Kathleen Edwards, and more.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
All of Swift’s fans got to enjoy the announcement too, because the Taylor Nation Instagram account went live from the concert for the onstage moment.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 May 2023
Each concert still involves 20 singers, with about 15 more on call.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2023
The measure provides up to $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, extended emergency unemployment benefits and hundreds of billions for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, schools, state and local governments and ailing industries from airlines to concert halls.
—Alan Fram, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2021
His troubleshooting role extends to concert stages, just beyond the sight-lines of the audiences.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023
But Swift gave her most blunt answer yet during one of her Tampa, Florida concerts on her Eras tour.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 18 Apr. 2023
Others are recordings of public meetings, broadcasts and religious services, even concert or two.
—Lawrence Specker | , al, 30 Mar. 2023
Audiences across the globe can also look forward to concert runs from The Weeknd, Lizzo, WizKid, and more.
—Essence, 8 Nov. 2020
Despite the opportunities provided by a long military stalemate, the US did not adequately back UN mediators who sought to concert the considerable leverage of the external actors to haul the obdurate Syrian parties toward a cease-fire and realistic political solution.
—Stephen R. Weissman, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
Belvidere Officials could not speak to any warning given to concert goers, or if any were advised to move to a safe place.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Noun
French, from Italian concerto, from concertare
Verb
Middle French concerter, from Old Italian concertare, perhaps from com- + certo certain, decided, from Latin certus — more at certain
Noun
1571, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Verb
1652, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Phrases Containing concert
Dictionary Entries Near concert
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“Concert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concert. Accessed 3 Jun. 2023.
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