gigs

Example Sentences

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The first few gigs, we had a couple of weeks up and down the West Coast, and everybody but Miles was trying to find out what the tunes were, what the changes were.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Thompson recorded “Never Be the Same” with Mansfield “slowly” between gigs, the producer says, over the course of a year at a studio in Weehawken, New Jersey.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

The gigs didn’t pay much, and he became a cabdriver.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Nostalgic fans witnessed the brothers hugging and bantering on stage during their gigs, marking a new direction for the rock stars who had spent more than a decade publicly insulting one another.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

It was also where I was playing the most gigs, so to keep earning I naturally gravitated that way.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah