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headlining dates

English translation: dates on which they are the lead performers in the show

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English term or phrase:headlining dates
Selected answer:dates on which they are the lead performers in the show
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)

12:35 Nov 12, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: headlining dates
They premiered this two guitar / two drummer EX MODELS lineup at England's ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES festival, the collaboration culminating with a fall tour of headlining dates and a stint supporting the YEAH YEAH YEAHS.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 22:03
dates on which they are the lead performers in the show
Explanation:
Look at the third definition of "headline" as a verb, although obviously "headlining" is being used as an adjective:

Merriam-Webster

2headline
Function:
transitive verb
Date:
1891

1 : to provide with a headline 2 : to publicize highly 3 : to be engaged as a leading performer in (a show)

Mike :)
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 10:03
Grading comment
thank you!
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4 +3dates on which they are the lead performers in the show
Michael Powers (PhD)
2engagements to play, which will be reported under big headlines in the papers
Jack Doughty


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
dates on which they are the lead performers in the show


Explanation:
Look at the third definition of "headline" as a verb, although obviously "headlining" is being used as an adjective:

Merriam-Webster

2headline
Function:
transitive verb
Date:
1891

1 : to provide with a headline 2 : to publicize highly 3 : to be engaged as a leading performer in (a show)

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 10:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Townshend (X): I'm also not really into this, but I think your answer sounds logical, especially when the next comment is of them being a supporting act.
12 mins
  -> Thank you, Patricia - Mike :)
agree  jerrie: last band of the night after support bands - goes back to old poster where the main act was listed at the top in big letters, other acts below in order of importance, print getting smaller
18 mins
  -> Thank you, jerrie - Mike :)
agree  Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales: Absolutely right, see this link, 2nd paragraph for its use in context:http://www.livedaily.com/news/Def_Leppard_unfurls_more_headl...
20 mins
  -> Thank you, Elizabeth - Mike :)
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
engagements to play, which will be reported under big headlines in the papers


Explanation:
I'm not really into this sort of music, so I may have got this wrong, but from the point of view of a layman in these matters, that's what it seems to me to mean.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
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