# Performer concatenate
**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard
**Created:** [June 1, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258 "2024-06-01T06:19:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/rdswift)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258/41 "2025-08-09T23:14:33Z")
I’ve updated the execution priorities of the `performer_tag_replace`, `combine_performer_tags` and `format_performer_tags` plugins, so that `performer_tag_replace` is executed before the other two. I’ve submitted the update to the official [Picard plugins](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/plugins/) site, but until the request has been processed you can download all three revised plugins from [my repo on GitHub](https://github.com/rdswift/picard-plugins/tree/2.0_RDS_Plugins/plugins).
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### Author:  [@macaumetal](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/macaumetal)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258/42 "2025-08-09T23:53:45Z")
Thank you for everything!!!
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### Author:  [@macaumetal](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/macaumetal)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258/43 "2025-08-10T16:24:30Z")
Hi Bob!
Sorry to bother you ahain, but I have a couple of questions,
do I need to install the plugins in a specific order?
will it work with only **Combine Performer Tag** and **Performer Tag Replace** , or do I need to have the three installed?
Do I need to change something in the Scripting section?
I have the three plugins installed, “apply replacements to performers as well as instruments & vocals” selected in Performer Tag Replacement , and this in a script (for Combine Performer Tag):
```auto
$noop( Set as a multi-value tag. )
$setmulti(personnel,%_performers%)
$unset(performer:*)
```
And I’m still getting “drums (drum set)” instead of “drums” when processing a release,
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/rdswift)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258/44 "2025-08-10T19:45:03Z")
I can reproduce the problem here. I’ll take a look in the next few days when I have a chance, and let you know what I find.
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### Author:  [@rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/rdswift)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258/45 "2025-08-11T17:35:49Z")
I’m pretty sure that I have resolved the issues now. You will need to download and install the latest version (v0.03) of the **Performer Tag Replace** plugin from my [GitHub repository](https://github.com/rdswift/picard-plugins/tree/2.0_RDS_Plugins/plugins).
For the curious, the problem was that I was updating the tags themselves, but not the underlying metadata retrieved from MusicBrainz (and it was this metadata that was being used by the **Combine Performer Tag** plugin).
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### Author:  [@macaumetal](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/macaumetal)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258/46 "2025-08-11T17:56:00Z")
Loaded the first release, worked perfectly, thank you very much!!! 🙌
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### Author:  [@12345joy](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/12345joy)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/performer-concatenate/698258/47 "2026-08-16T15:32:23Z")
[JAMES BOND DR. NO.](https://musicbrainz.org/release/b5a917e6-b35d-3a89-ab99-560ea35ae5ed?tport=8000)
hi. in this release, the Performer (orchestra) is not concatenated:
please refer to track 1 - james bond theme
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