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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

you do or make a concert?

English answer:

give a concert

Added to glossary by Lingua.Franca
Jun 8, 2009 21:41
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English term

you do or make a concert?

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
you are a band and want to make or do an open air concert?
Responses
5 +13 give a concert
5 you hold a concert
5 stage OR present OR put on a concert
Change log

Jun 17, 2009 08:12: Lingua.Franca changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/117715">Patsy Florit's</a> old entry - "you do or make a concert?"" to ""give a concert""

Discussion

Jeanette Phillips Jun 10, 2009:
If it's eg The Arctic Monkeys, they'd do a concert; Oasis would do a concert; Sir Cliff Richard would probably give a concert, or hold a concert; Sir Elton John might stage, present a concert; the dramatic and operatic society would put on a concert. So it's subjective, but still depends on the band.
Patsy Florit (asker) Jun 10, 2009:
It`s not a specific band! It`s any band. And they`re planning to do/give an open-air concert.
Jeanette Phillips Jun 10, 2009:
are we allowed to know the name of the band and the type of music?
Mirra_ Jun 10, 2009:
in my opinion the proposed definitions present small differences related to the context (that hasn't been well clarified): we organize a concert / we offer a concert / we play a concert. I do not say here which pertains to each answer just because this is not the place to comment answers. Anyway, these differences are mainly due to the fact that you *physically* play the music, or, you advertise it, or, you set the place for the performance. Or, further, a mix of two of the abovesaid three points.
Jeanette Phillips Jun 9, 2009:
They all seem correct to me, but it depends on the context, the type of perfomer, and the type of audience. If you are a young band or appealing to a young or young at heart audience, you could say "do a concert".

Responses

+13
2 mins
Selected

give a concert

that's it
Peer comment(s):
agree Patricia Rosas
0 min
agree inmb : http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=pl&q="give open air concer...
4 mins
agree swisstell
6 mins
agree Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL
9 mins
agree Jack Doughty
13 mins
agree vixen
1 hr
agree Phillippa May Bennett
1 hr
agree Egil Presttun : hold an open-air concert
2 hrs
agree Richard McDorman
2 hrs
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
3 hrs
agree Sabine Akabayov, PhD
4 hrs
agree Suzan Hamer
10 hrs
agree Tony M
11 hrs
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3 hrs

you hold a concert

another very popular option :)
(also much used for the 'open air' location)

and just a bunch of Brithish examples:
http://www.google.it/search?q="hold a concert" site:.uk&hl=i...
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11 hrs
English term (edited): do OR make a concert?

stage OR present OR put on a concert

Three more possible synonyms to add to your list!
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