Word: concertant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about his pot smoking. He brought it into the open because he, along with some White House advisers, worried that his father's political opponents might try to make use of rumors about his freewheeling bachelor life, which have been swirling through Washington like smoke at a rock concert...
...analogy may be arguable, but the argument is stimulating. It may well be that Franz Liszt was the first performer to court-and then find himself victimized by-celebrity akin to that accorded a rock star. Adolescents swooning at his concerts; the rich, famous and equally gifted vying eagerly for his attention; sexual swag collected at every stop on his endless concert tours-it all fits with what we know about contemporary life at the top of the charts...
...itself. Poor old Franz becomes a hugely comic figure as he tries to satisfy the demands of his groupies (they want him to play his hit, Chopsticks), his conscience (by introducing some new music by a radical named Wagner) and his id (casing the audience for a suitable post-concert bed partner). If there is such a thing as bravura irony, this sequence is a prime example...
Daltrey also has two solo record albums to his credit-the second was 18 on the charts-an impending concert tour with The Who and the starring role in Lisztomania...
...Garden. Joining the Starship will be England's Fleetwood Mac, a group which has gone through more personnel changes since its inception than the White House. Fortunately, one remnant remains--Christene McVie's belle organe which won her the title of Britain's Top Female Vocalist in 1972. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. but the open seating policy should be enough persuasion to get there at least two hours in advance...