Category: Concert Reviews

Seven years after his last Philippine appearance, the singer-songwriter opened his Asia Tour 2026 at the Mall of Asia Arena with a career-spanning set that moved between familiar hits, deeper cuts, and the easy spontaneity that has long defined his performances. Some songs become attached to specific periods in people’s lives, accumulating new meanings as…

A whole league of fighting dreamers rose to party the ninja way on October 20 as Japanese rock band FLOW held their first-ever solo concert in the Philippines at the SM North Skydome for NARUTO The Rock World Tour. Presented by PULP Live World, the sold-out concert featured songs that are solely from the soundtrack…

Japanese rock band BURNOUT SYNDROMES, composed of vocalist and guitarist Kazuumi Kumagai, bassist Taiyu Ishikawa, and drummer Takuya Hirose, enthralled the crowd with their high-energy show at the Crossroad Center in Quezon City. Marking the 10th anniversary of their major label debut, the concert showcased a powerful 16-song setlist. It was the band’s first time…

A first anniversary is an unusual milestone in K-pop. It arrives before a group has the benefit of hindsight, before careers can be measured in decades or discographies. Yet it is long enough to reveal something equally important: whether nine individuals have begun to grow into one team, whether their music has found people willing…

After almost two years, K-pop girl group superstars ITZY returned to Manila for their 3RD WORLD TOUR <TUNNEL VISION> on July 11, 2026, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Performing to a crowd of roaring Filipino MIDZYs, Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna delivered an electrifying showcase, proving once again why they reign supreme…

There is something almost contradictory about a Mitski concert. It gathers thousands of strangers inside an arena, yet somehow feels as intimate as reading a page from someone’s diary. Songs that have long lived quietly through headphones suddenly exist in a room filled with people, but they lose none of their intimacy. Instead, they become…

Seven years is a long time to wait for a reunion. But for EXO and Philippine EXO-L, it only made the homecoming more meaningful. When the lights dimmed and the opening notes of “MAMA” thundered across the SM Mall of Asia Arena, it felt as though time had folded in on itself. One by one,…

Their songs became anthems for a generation—capturing restless emotion, youthful defiance, and the evolving sound of post-hardcore. American rock band Saosin made a powerful return to the Philippine concert stage, headlining a monumental stop of their 20th anniversary tour on May 7, 2026, at the SM North EDSA Skydome for SAOSIN Asia Tour 2026 Live…

The SM North Skydome was already trembling before a single note was played. Hundreds of Filipino fans, many of them in band tees faded from years of love, armed with voices ready to break, had been waiting for this moment for what felt like a lifetime. When the lights finally dropped, and Hawthorne Heights took…

Phenomenal South Korean girl group IVE returned to the Philippine concert stage for their world tour, SHOW WHAT I AM, last April 25, 2026, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Filipino DIVES, the group’s devoted fans, filled the arena with anticipation, as it had been two years since IVE’s last concert in the country.…

SEVENTEEN triumphantly concluded the Asia leg of their “NEW_” world tour in Bulacan with a powerful, emotionally charged concert that celebrated their evolution, global dominance, and decade-long unbreakable bond with Filipino CARATs. K-pop icon SEVENTEEN continues to ignite global stages with unmatched force, drawing approximately 840,000 spectators combined across in-person and online shows throughout their…

On February 28, 2026, Chen returned to Manila for a night that felt less like a standard stop on a tour and more like a meeting point between artist and audience, memory and moment. Presented by Three Angles Production at EVM Convention Center, the show gathered Filipino EXO-Ls and Soondingies for an evening that quickly…

For one night in Manila, thousands of voices moved as one. When Japanese rock powerhouse ONE OK ROCK returned to the Philippines for their DETOX Asia Tour 2026, the anticipation inside SM Mall of Asia Arena was electric. By the time the lights dimmed on March 4, the sold-out venue had transformed into a sea…

American alternative rock musician Nathalie Lu, famously known as Wisp, graced the Philippine concert stage on January 28, 2026, for her If Not Winter tour at the SM North EDSA Skydome. Fans flocked to the intimate, one-night-only show to experience the magic of her electrifying sound and “lighter-than-air” vocals. Wisp began her musical journey with…

On the evening of January 17, 2026, the Music Museum in San Juan City became a space defined less by spectacle than by atmosphere. South Korean singer-songwriter COLDE, on the Manila stop of his Blueprint+ Tour, offered a performance that was meticulous in its pacing and intimate in its emotional resonance. Colde’s music has always…