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tingeln (v.i.)
   to make the rounds; hoof it, do gigs, play the (small) clubs/nightclubs/theaters
Principal Parts: er tingelt, tingelte, hat/ist getingelt

Wahrscheinlich werden sie, wie auch letztes Jahr, von Talk-Show zu Talk-Show tingeln.
Apparently, they will make the rounds from talk show to talk show, just as they did last year.
Jeff Bridges spielt einen ausgebrannten Country-Sänger (Bad Blake), der viel zu lange über die Lande getingelt ist.
Jeff Bridges plays a burned out country singer (Bad Blake) who has been playing small clubs across the country for much too long.
Besucher tingeln oft durch die Kneipen.
Visitors often make the rounds of the bars.

Related:
das/der Tingeltangel cheap/second-rate nightclub
"Tingeltangel-Bobs Rache" (Die Simpsons) "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (The Simpsons episode, season 7)
sie tingelte durch die Berliner Clubs she played the Berlin clubs

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