front man
noun
1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group
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Fred Schneider, the B-52’s de facto front man whose booming sing-speak is as big as a whale, is joined by fellow co-founders Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson for their live performances.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Richard Kone, a goalscorer on the opening day of last season at the SToK Cae Ras in Wycombe Wanderers colours, may have been the nominal front man in a 4-2-3-1 set-up, but his link-up play and intelligent movement were matched by Harvey Vale, Koki Saito and Rumarn Burrell.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Around the same time that Friedland gained national attention—in 2023, after the 1975 front man, Matty Healy, went on the show and laughed at racist jokes about the rapper Ice Spice—a change started to occur.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
New Orleans front man Scott Bakula was also on hand, and can be heard giving a speech about the man of the hour in one of Bell’s videos.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 10 Aug. 2025
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Richard Kone, a goalscorer on the opening day of last season at the SToK Cae Ras in Wycombe Wanderers colours, may have been the nominal front man in a 4-2-3-1 set-up, but his link-up play and intelligent movement were matched by Harvey Vale, Koki Saito and Rumarn Burrell.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Around the same time that Friedland gained national attention—in 2023, after the 1975 front man, Matty Healy, went on the show and laughed at racist jokes about the rapper Ice Spice—a change started to occur.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
New Orleans front man Scott Bakula was also on hand, and can be heard giving a speech about the man of the hour in one of Bell’s videos.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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