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the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show
a headliner on variety shows in the early days of TV
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Charli is indeed headlining the first night of Primavera in Barcelona’s Parc del Forum next year at the event that will also feature headliners Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
Past headliners of the Cincinnati Music Festival include Snoop Dogg, Janet Jackson, Al Green, Chaka Khan, Earth, Wind & Fire and more.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
Essentially, the headliners are space robots and the people who spend their lives building them.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Originally launched in 2018, Chaos & Carnage is slated to play its sixth tour this year as a showcase for the elite of heavy metal and black metal, with past headliners including Whitechapel, Carnifex, Suicide Silence, Cattle Decapitation, Lorna Shore, Humanity’s Last Breath and more.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
The lineup for November’s event featured Cox, along with the other headliners Disclosure, Eric Prydz and Gesaffelstein, in addition to more than two dozen other acts including Sammy Virji, Orbital and Hannah Wants.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Now, fresh off the 30th anniversary of the album, the two Super Bowl halftime headliners have joined forces once again for the new album Missionary.
—Chris Malone Mendez, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Brittney Spencer also joined the roster, which already includes headliners Keith Urban, Jelly Roll and Kane Brown.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
The group has performed at Coachella twice (the second time as headliners), and the foursome even got invited to the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in 2023.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2024
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
Past headliners of the Cincinnati Music Festival include Snoop Dogg, Janet Jackson, Al Green, Chaka Khan, Earth, Wind & Fire and more.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
Essentially, the headliners are space robots and the people who spend their lives building them.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Originally launched in 2018, Chaos & Carnage is slated to play its sixth tour this year as a showcase for the elite of heavy metal and black metal, with past headliners including Whitechapel, Carnifex, Suicide Silence, Cattle Decapitation, Lorna Shore, Humanity’s Last Breath and more.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
The lineup for November’s event featured Cox, along with the other headliners Disclosure, Eric Prydz and Gesaffelstein, in addition to more than two dozen other acts including Sammy Virji, Orbital and Hannah Wants.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Now, fresh off the 30th anniversary of the album, the two Super Bowl halftime headliners have joined forces once again for the new album Missionary.
—Chris Malone Mendez, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Brittney Spencer also joined the roster, which already includes headliners Keith Urban, Jelly Roll and Kane Brown.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
The group has performed at Coachella twice (the second time as headliners), and the foursome even got invited to the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in 2023.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Headliners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headliners. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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