Philippine Concerts

Coaches Usher and Shakira replace Christina and Cee Lo in same-week premiere as US

What’s better than one season of The Voice per year? That’s right – two seasons in 12 months! Hot on the heels of a compelling Season 3 which crowned Team Blake’s Cassadee Pope as winner, the new season coming in April 1, 2013 (Monday) 8.10PM exclusively on AXN is guaranteed to shake things up in a big way.

During the finale, the coaches’ tender rendition of Green Day’s ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ struck a chord with many fans, and finally set the coaches’ exit in stone for the next season. Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green are taking a brief respite from the show for career commitments, while R&B superstar Usher and the Latina, hip-shaking Shakira will step in to fill the void. An interesting change indeed, especially with Usher who did have the foresight to sign on Justin Bieber, one of the decade’s most successful teen pop stars. The talented Shakira would also be juggling motherhood and her new TV stint, having just given birth to a beautiful baby boy named Milan.

What would the chemistry be like between old-timers Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, and the newbies Usher and Shakira? After all, one of the selling points of The Voice has been the easy banter among the old foursome, beyond the bromance between Adam and Blake, and the competing wardrobe between Christina and Cee Lo, both outlandish in their own ways. Lending a clue to the new team’s dynamics is the latest US promotional trailer for Season 4, where Adam and Blake pick up the new coaches (and make them sit in the back), squabble over the choice of radio stations, and end up with them all singing along to the corny ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’.
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2012 Most Popular Concerts
1. Maroon 5
2. Jennifer Lopez
3. Lady Gaga
4. Big Bang
5. New Kids on the Block/Back Street Boys
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Set list

Miss You
Life On The Nickel
Houdini
Broken Jaw
I Would Do Anything For You
Waste
Love
Call It What You Want
Don’t Stop(Color On The Walls)
Warrant
Helena Beat

Encore set:
Ruby
Pumped Up Kicks

Foster The People Live In Manila 2012 was presented by Midas Promotions, Dayly Entertainment and Karpos Multimedia

UPDATE: Official statement from the promoters of SMASH PROJECT:

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Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Dayly Entertainment will bring back SMASH PROJECT on March 8, 2013 at the MOA Arena. This rock festival will feature another load of punk/rock acts live in Manila.

Smash Project Band Lineup:

-Sum 41
-We Start Partys
-Miss May I
-Of Mice & Men
-Chunk! No, Captain Chunk
-All Time Low
-Woe, Is Me

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Keane’s Takes Their First Step to our Stangeland

By: Sandra Laureano

They are finally here, and the world knows we have waited a long time. Keane, the British alternative band that introduced the finely melodic tunes of “Somewhere Only We Know”, “Everybody’s Changing” and “This Is the Last Time”, takes their first step in Manila. They are slated to take on the MOA Arena tonight.

With four successful albums released, the band had definitely gone a long way from being just another English band. With Tom Chaplin on vocals, Tim Rice-Oxley on piano/keyboard, Richard Hughes on drums and the recent and special addition of Jesse Quinn on bass, Keane’s music continues to make milestones in the world of music.

In good humor and quick quips on the depth and quality of their music, they graced the press with their candid yet sincere answers.

How would you define your music as “Keane”?

Richard: “The thing that ties us together is our songs tend to be very melodic, really emotionally honest, and very much about us. We’re not very interested in being cool, or being in fashion, or playing any kind of game. or trying to be popular.”

What makes Strangeland different from all previous albums?

Jesse: “I suppose, it’s partly because of me, I guess. It’s probably the best album.”

(Everyone in the band laughs.)

He continues, “This one is the first Keane album where everyone played together in a group, as a band, rather than layering things up…It is the most true to what Keane really is like.”

Tim: “It was all about breaking out of our little town, where we grew up and seek our fortunes and doing something with our lives. Strangeland is about reflecting on where we’ve got to, part is looking back and thinking out what we were dreaming of and whether we’ve achieved that.”

How would you like to be remembered?
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Overexposed Tour: Maroon 5 Live in Manila at the Smart Araneta Coliseum
September 18, 2012

Maroon 5 Live in Manila Setlist
Payphone
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough(Michael Jackson cover)
Makes Me Wonder
Lucky Strike
Sunday Morning
If I Never See Your Face Again
Wipe Your Eyes
Won’t Go Home Without You
Harder To Breathe
Wake Up Call
One More Night
Hand’s All Over
Misery
This Love
Don’t Forget Me(Red Hot Chili Peppers cover)

Seven Nations Army(The White Stripes cover )
She Will Be Loved(acoustic)
Stereo Hearts
Daylight
Don’t You Want Me(The Human League cover)
Sexy Back(Justin Timberlake cover)
Moves Like Jagger

Maroon 5 Live in Manila Photos

Photos by Lana Santos

Presented to you by Midas Promotions and Dayly Entertainment

What’s next for Season 3 of The Voice?

Tweaks and other surprises in Season 3 now revealed

Clinching four Emmy nods certainly bodes a good beginning to the premiere of the brand new season of The Voice, coming to AXN  on September 16 (Sunday) at 8pm. Winning the show’s first ever nod in the ‘Outstanding Reality Competition Program’ category makes The Voice the only music reality series to be nominated in the category, beating out rival show American Idol, the first time in 10 years Idol has been left off the ballot!

In 2011, the novel vocal talent reality series first made waves in the entertainment industry with its refreshing approach to sieving musical talents – by having the four on spinning red chairs, back-faced to the talents so that all they can rely on are their ears. Now in its third season, the highly popular reality series continues to be helmed by host Carson Daly, as well as the four charismatic and surprisingly competitive coaches Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green, and their sizzling chemistry to boot!
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Hollywood’s hottest A-Lister is coming to Manila for PENSHOPPE FanCon 2012

There is much to celebrate this September: ZAC EFRON, who at one time was Hollywood’s highest paid teenage actor during his High School Musical days, is coming to Manila.

After getting his big break as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical trilogy, Zac is confirmed to visit Manila for the annual PENSHOPPE Fan Conference 2012, the clothing brand’s biggest event in its 26 years of presence in the local retail industry. The 24-year old global superstar is currently the most recognizable name in the brand’s “PENSHOPPE All Stars” campaign launched this year. He will be seen live at the Mall of Asia ARENA stadium on September 29, 2012. Gates open at 6PM.
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