The meaning of the word "Headliner". Who is this and what is it for?

Today, almost on all the posters, you can see the word "Headliner". Who is it? The answer, it would seem, is simple. Popular DJs, singers or bands invited as an honored guest to a musical event. They are also called the "nail" of the program, the star of the evening. This is the main meaning of the term, but it can be used in a different context.

Headliner: the meaning of the word

He has an English origin and is written in his native language as follows: headline or headliner. It was originally used in journalistic terminology, as it meant "headline", "top of the article".

Today, this term, retaining its deep meaning ("basic", "higher", central "), is used in broader senses.

So, the headliner ...

Who is this in the medium of show business? "Twisted" musicians (one or a whole group), at the peak of fame and success and collecting thousands of audience at their concerts. They are invited as the main, "leading" performer and star guest at festivals, competitions and concerts to attract attention and ensure the attendance of these actions.

Speech headliners wisely put at the end of the program to "hold" the viewer before the end of the evening (not everyone is interested in listening to the creations of talent beginners). It is usually limited to the performance of 2-3 of the most famous compositions.

The name of the branded performer on the posters is written in large letters, and the names of the secondary participants are indicated in small letters below.

That's what it means to be a headliner in show business.

Moscow Rock Festivals

It is on these large-scale promotions that the term "headliner" is used most often. These events usually last for several days, offering the viewer performances of little-known and novice collectives. To prevent financial and organizational failure, and at the same time to allow debutants to "light up" in front of the general public, the organizers of the festival invite recognized and famous rock stars.

For example, in June this year (27-29.06.14) in Moscow, on the territory of the All-Russia Exhibition Center, for the second time there will be a successful rock project called Park Live. It will participate, according to preliminary data, 25 performers and groups from around the world. Most of them are familiar only to a small circle of listeners and fans of rock.

Honorable mission headliner

Performances of star guests are "dosed". In each competitive day on the scene appears no more than two announced headliners. This approach provides an intrigue and allows you to keep the public interest throughout the action. Park Live will also visit the headliner. Who will it be?

It is already known that the highlight of the program will perform such mastodons of rock as MARILYN MANSON, THE PRODIGY, DOPE DOD, DEFTONES, Skillet.

Last year, the headliner of the first concert day was the band Limp Bizkit, on the second day "lit" the band The Killers, and the snack - the most coveted and rarely performing headliner. Who it was, those who were present at the event know. Unsurpassed Zemfira!

This year, the performance of the top members is also scattered throughout the day. The great and terrible Manson, the iconic Skillet will perform on the first day. THE PRODIGY and DOPE DOD are expected on the second day, and Deftones will appear before the public on the final day.

Whom and what else is called a "headliner"

The word "heidlayner" is used in other meanings related to the world of cinema, fine arts, and literature.

They can be a theatrical performance, an object of fine art at an exhibition, a venerable writer invited to a literary evening, a status and famous personality at the award ceremony.

"Major" in the art world

In 2012, the festival "Bright People" was held in Moscow, telling children and adults about what you can do in the summer in a metropolis, if you did not leave anywhere. One of the directions of the action is the city art-art, which implies installations, graffiti, asphalt drawings.

The headliner of the festival was Edgar Muller - a fashionable, well-known and already becoming a cult artist in the whole world 3D-graphic artist, placing the fruits of his unusual imagination in the most ordinary scenery of stone jungle - asphalt areas.

For his creations in line megacities are built, and he visited Moscow. He left behind a huge dragon, jumping out of the falls directly on the asphalt path. But he promised to return to realize the dream - to make graphics on the snow.

In February 2014 in the capital of Russia, another significant event, the photo-biennale, was launched (for the 10th time). The structure of the exposition - 19 diverse exhibitions, located on six separate sites. Critics have also singled out the headliners of the Biennale. They were collections of photographs, made by original and unsurpassed masters of photo art.

This is the exhibition "The power of images" of Erwin Blumenfeld, "Women are beautiful" by Harry Vinogrand, "Invisible" by Jessica Lang and the eastern revelation in photos from Iran Shirin Neshat. Headliner among the headliners dubbed a collection of photographs called "Another London" (the life of the city in the lenses of world famous photographers).

That's what the headliner means. This term allows you to emphasize and highlight the exclusivity and importance of a certain person, project, event at a public event among all its other participants.