a Paul Mccartney concert

Hello,

Should I use 'a' when talking about a concert I went to? :-? For example,

I went to a (?) Paul McCartney concert the other day.

or

When I was a child, I went to (a? the ?) Beatles concert.

Thank you.

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Originally Posted by Verona_82

Hello,

Should I use 'a' when talking about a concert I went to? :-? For example,

I went to a (?) Paul McCartney concert the other day.

or

When I was a child, I went to (a? the ?) Beatles concert.

Thank you.

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You can use either for the first.

'I went to a Paul McCartney concert the other day.'
'I went to the Paul McCartney concert the other day.'


'When I was a child, I went to a Beatles concert.'

If you said, 'when I was a child, I went to the Beatles concert.' You would be giving the impression there was only one.

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Originally Posted by Verona_82

Hello,

Should I use 'a' when talking about a concert I went to? :-? For example,

I went to a (?) Paul McCartney concert the other day.

or

When I was a child, I went to (a? the ?) Beatles concert.

Thank you.

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We would use "a" in both those examples. If you change the word order, you may see why:

- I went to a concert by Paul McCartney the other day.
- When I was a child, I went to a concert given by The Beatles.

Thank you! It's the names that confused me.

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Originally Posted by emsr2d2

We would use "a" in both those examples. If you change the word order, you may see why:

- I went to a concert by Paul McCartney the other day.
- When I was a child, I went to a concert given by The Beatles.

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If the person you are talking to knows about the Paul McCartney concert that happened in town last week, you could say "I went to the Paul McCartney concert last week."