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Thousands of strangers agreeing, for one night, to feel the same thing on cue.
means A live musical performance, especially one given for an audience by one or more performers, or by extension, coordinated action in agreement with others ('in concert').
from From French 'concert', from Italian 'concerto', itself tangled up with the Latin verb 'concertare' — meaning to contend, dispute, or strive together — built from 'con-' (together) plus 'certare' (to compete, to contest). The root is a little ironic: a word for harmony grew out of a word for fighting it out. One theory holds the Italian sense shifted under influence of 'consertare' (to join, to interweave), which would explain how 'contesting' slid into 'harmonizing' — but that blend is debated, not settled. Either way, by the time it reached English the striving had resolved into something closer to agreement: many parts, straining together, until they lock into one sound.
- loudest ever
- KISS hit 136 decibels, louder than a jet engine
- etymology twist
- concertare once meant to dispute, not agree
- merch markup
- tour shirts can cost ten times production price
- earliest public concerts
- 17th century London, tickets sold to strangers, not nobles