Nicki Minaj Live in Manila
July 11, 2012
SM MOA Arena
Wild Opening by Nicki Minaj
Big Crowd at the MOA Arena
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Nicki Minaj Live in Manila Photos
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Jayesslee Live in Manila Photos
Jayesslee Live in Manila
June 21, 2012
Robinsons Forum
YouTube sensation Jayesslee performing live at Robinsons Forum
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Lifehouse Live in Manila Photos
Jason Wade – lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist of Lifehouse
This is the 2nd live performance by Lifehouse in the Philippines (1st was in 2008)
The 5th Album of Lifehouse is titled Smoke & Mirrors
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A Hands Down Project
Smash Project 2012 Concert Review
The highly anticipated Smash Project 2012 is one of the best concerts we’ve had this year at the Smart Araneta Coliseum with multiple acts that we can never imagine to be on stage in one big event. The 5-hour event top billed by four international bands like The Cab, Cobra Starship, Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional and The Used were joined by our top local bands Typecast, Urbandub, Slapshock and Chicosci plus a performance from Malaysian band One Buck Short.
Front Acts
Local band Typecast opened the show and played one of their best songs Boston Drama. The band proved once again their reputation as one of the most unique local bands. Second on stage was Urbandub, they performed First of Summer and Soul Searching. Chicosci hit on stage with their songs Paris and Diamond Shotgun. After kicking the show with 3 local bands, One Buck Short took the stage with their rock version of Katy Perry’s #1 hit Last Friday Night. Slapshock was the last band to perform and gave a performance that made the crowd wild.
The Cab
A 15-minute break was given to The Cab to prepare for their set. The excitement of the audience particularly at the lower box section was insane. They’re shouting the name of Alex, (vocalist of The Cab) who has Filipino roots. It’s very obvious that the band knew how to entertain the crowd. There were a lot of banters after almost each song. They delivered a 40-minute set of punk/pop music including Angel With A Shotgun, Bad, Intoxicated and their massive hit Bounce.
Cobra Starship
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A Taste of Dark Epic Rock
Evanescence and Bush Live in Manila concert reviewThe crowd got a taste of dark epic rock from Evanescence and 90s rock hits from Bush as both bands gave back to back performances last February 19, 2012 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. After 1 ½ decade British rock band Bush with front man Gavin Rossdale returned to Manila and performed their tunes showing that they’re still in the business.
The band released their first album in 10 years called Sea Of The Memories. With the band’s name at the background, Rossdale together with his band mates took the stage at exactly 8PM and immediately nailed their first song called Machinehead followed by Baby Come Home, both of these songs were received well by the audience. Early in the set, they played one of their most successful singles The Chemicals Between Us, the reaction from the crowd was great and loud. It’s like there’s no signs of a hiatus from this band.
Gavin interacted well to the audience, his energy was top the notch and recognized the crowd very much. They did not disappoint the fans by performing hits such as All My Life and Greedy Fly. His voice was not drowned out by the guitars, the live audience was able to witness his soaring vocals throughout the show. One of the highlights was when Gavin went into the audience. He left the stage and ran through the entire venue reaching the hands of the fans and singing up to the upper levels. The crowd at the upper box A and B were visibly enjoying his performance. The concert did end well as they performed The Beatles’ Come Together and finished the entire set with their classics Glycerine and Come Down. Bush thanked the audience for supporting them for years and left the stage.
After a half hour of preparation, the main act Evanescence was ready to take stage, as the lights dimmed, the audience shouted with energy and anticipation. They kicked off their show with What You Want from their self-titled third album Evanescence. The excitement of the audience was totally ecstatic. Up next was Going Under from their multi-platinum selling debut album Fallen. Amy Lee’s operatic voice dominated the big dome. Their third song of the night was The Other Side and immediately followed by Weight of the World. Unlike Bush, Evanescence rarely talked to their audience. Still, Amy delivered with incredible amount of energy, hypnotizing and soaring vocal style, best demonstrated on their ballads My Heart is Broken and Immortal. She sat down with her piano and did three straight songs, Lost in Paradise, My Heart Is Broken and Lithium. It’s so great seeing the softer side of Amy on her piano.
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Coca-Cola Philippines Concert ng Bayan
Coca-Cola Philippines pulled off one of the biggest anniversary concerts held at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. The concert was a great experience mainly because of the unique collaboration between some of the bands and artists like Wolfgang with Gloc-9, Sandwich with Jay Durias, 6CycleMind with Eunice (of Gracenote) and Kleggy (of Banda ni Kleggy), Sponge Cola eith Chicosci and Itchyworms with Ebe Dancel.
Who in the world saw this coming, Wolfgang and Gloc-9 performing Halik ni Hudas
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A Galaxy Full of Glowing Stars
The Black Star Tour: Avril Lavigne Live in Manila Concert Review
Avril Lavigne performed her 3rd successful concert in Manila last February 16, 2012 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Presented by Wilbros Live and Midas Promotions, Manila was the 2nd to the last stop of her Black Star Tour. The venue was packed with glowing stars from the fans. The venue was like a small galaxy full of stars. She is still look young, beautiful, talented and has massive of fans that made a concert a sold out event and performed a 75-minute set that included all of her greatest and recent hits.
The night started out with beats and hits from Somedaydream exactly at 8PM. Good thing it was on time because a lot of concert goers had to go to school next day. A song called Black Star opened the show for her Manila tour same on what she did on her latest album Goodbye Lullaby. The stage lights appeared and Avril Lavigne went up the stage as well with complete live band, holding a neon green light up star while happily waving to the huge crowd. As expected, the fans went wild and shouted like crazy. The amazement of the entire Smart Araneta Coliseum was unbelievable. She immediately shifted to her up-tempo and the first hit single from Goodbye Lullaby, What The Hell. The 3rd song of the night was one of her biggest hits Sk8er Boi, during this performance the energy of Avril lifted the energy of the audience wherein everyone was jumping while singing this song. She performed another greatest hit He Wasn’t which was from her sophomore album Under My Skin. She belted out with her 6th song of the night called Alice, an OST from hit movie Alice In Wonderland. She hit all the high notes from the start up to the very end of this song.
The massive fans knew every word and sang along as she performed songs from her latest album such as Wish You Were Here and Smile plus old favorite rock ballad When You’re Gone which was one of the highlights of the night. Who can forget her number 1 hit Girlfriend, this song was received very well wherein everyone was singing their favorite part “Hey hey you you”. One of loudest audience participation happened during the refrain of I’m With You. She gave the fans to sing-along the refrain part over and over again like 3-4 times. Everyone was laughing and enjoying the moment. The way the song Airplanes shifted into My Happy Ending was great as well. (more…)
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James Ingram Live in Manila Concert Photos
James Ingram Live in Manila 2012
Smart Araneta Coliseum
February 17, 2012
Front Act – Ms. Lea Salonga
60th Birthday Concert, James Ingram was born on February 16, 1952
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Engelbert Humperdinck Concert Photos
Engelbert Humperdinck Live in Manila
February 15, 2012
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Front Act – Faith Cuneta
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From YouTube To Fame
Red Roses Tour: AJ Rafael live in Manila Concert Review
Filipino-American, singer, songwriter and YouTube sensation AJ Rafael ended his Red Roses Southeast Asian Tour last January 18, 2012 in Manila and performed 2 shows together with his band at the Music Museum. Initially it was a one night show only but due to demand of the public, promoter Monsoon Productions added one more show (5PM & 8PM). Thanks to YouTube for being part of his success to make independent artist like AJ Rafael to enter the music industry and share his stuff. It was my first time to watch a concert here and I can say that there are literally no bad seats at all. I didn’t know beforehand how personal and intimate AJ and his band would get with the audience and allows food to be brought in or delivered. His concert has been long anticipated by many of his Filipino fans. The excitement of the young fans and teen at hearts were pretty obvious to finally see the man who has 393,000 YouTube subscribers. Some of them brought personalized banners hoping that AJ would notice their efforts.
We’re treated first with the lovely music from acoustic sensations Krissy and Ericka. They performed mash ups of Superbass and California King Bed and followed by two of their original compositions and another pop mash up. There’s a short break to prepare for the set of AJ Rafael and his band. A video played on screen showing the adventures of AJ Rafael, Noah Bartfield, Andrew Rhim, Danny Morledge, Krissy and Ericka. The audience went wild during their first appearance on stage. It was roughly a 90-minute show full of extraordinary talent from AJ Rafael and his band. The crowd was definitely into it. Fans looked at each other in amazement. That was the moment that people realized how much stage presence the band truly had, like a solid brotherhood. He hit all the songs that brought him to reach what he is right now. He is so down to earth and treated the fans like his long time friends who are following his journey through social media like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Tumblr. He touched the songs like Emma Watson, Red Roses, Sparks Fly (with Krissy and Ericka), Without You, 500 Days, She Was Mine, We Could Happen, Here All Alone and When We Say (JuiceBox), Disney Medley and the best and most unexpected addition to the set was my personal favorite Showstopper. They waived their audience with more than good music but an epic experience! (more…)
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A Perfect Concert with a Jet Lag Twist
Get Your Heart On Tour: Simple Plan Live in Manila Concert Review
Pop-punk rockers Simple Plan brought its humor and talented live show last January 12 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum as part of their Get Your Heart On Tour. The stage kicked off with rockin’ sets by Kamikazee where they played some of their hits like “Narda,” “Halik,” “Ambisyoso,” “Martyr Nyebera” and “Tsinelas.” They did a good job of warming up the crowd. -
Truly Once In A Lifetime Ride
Train Live in Manila Concert Review
Californian pop-rock hitmakers and Grammy winner Train returned to Manila last December 7, 2011 for their once in a lifetime ride at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The show opened with 6 Cyclemind and performed a set of their OPM hits. The organizer arranged the set for the much-awaited performance of Train immediately after the last song from 6 Cyclemind. Train went on at exactly 9PM after the steam engine and train whistle sound effects. Pat opened their Save Me, San Francisco Tour in Manila with Parachute which got the crowd of over 5,000 fans energized for the entire set. The 2nd song of the night was one of their biggest hits called If It’s Love while taking photos of the audience.
They also treated the fans with their cover of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing. During this song, Pat caught 2 girls singing in the crowd and immediately invited to go on stage to sing with him. One of the girls nailed the performance and wowed the entire arena including Pat.
The band also performed She’s On Fire wherein the vocalist picked a bunch of ladies in the crowd and each them received a shirt from the band. Selected girls were asked to show their talents through dancing and Pat made a deal that he will give a signed guitar to one lucky lady that will impress him on stage and he actually did, one of ladies received a signed black guitar from Pat. (more…)
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Mrazmerizing Acoustic Evening
Smart Araneta Coliseum was packed again last October 30 for a soulful and acoustic music on a Sunday night. The popular US singer-songwriter and Grammy winner Jason Mraz performed for almost 2 hours of pure talent together with his long-time friend and percussionist Toca Rivera. We never thought that the acoustic set-up of this concert would be possible enough to fill the coliseum but once again Dayly Entertainment brought up a huge success and organized this event that drew more than 12,000 attendees singing, dancing and stealing their own ways into Jason’s music.
The coliseum was full of excitement, a lot of fans brought signs/posterboards like “Love the Jesus look Jason” , “Jason thank you for being my birthday gift” , “Jason, you changed our lives. Let’s hang out!” The evening opened with a song called “She’s The Bomb” , Jason Mraz was casual, wearing a yellow bandana and a T-shirt with a word PEACE and he wanted the crowd to feel as comfortable as he was onstage. The acoustic evening was truly made for the fans, he’s such an amazing crowd pleaser and makes you feel as if you were at the small venue. Mraz kept strumming along through tunes such as the “The Dynamo of Volition” and “Live High”. Unexpectedly he performed one of the Beatles’ classics “Across The Universe” and a cover Sinatra’s “Fly Me To The Moon”. In between songs, Mraz engaged the crowd, leading call and response chants and making jokes. The performance of “Lucky” was one crowd-pleasing throwback and the fans screamed again on the top of their lungs and performed together with Mr A-Z with 2 of his biggest hits “You And I Both” and “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)”. He left the stage after his performance of “Details In The Fabric” and “Life Is Wonderful” making the audience chanting his name and “We want more, more, more”.
As the night drew to a close and it was time for an encore, Jason and Toca came back with songs called “Rescue”, “Butterfly”, “The Freedom Song” and finished what appeared to be his final song called “I’m Yours” which brought down the house as he played with his guitar, making it a pure presentation of a musical genius.
The set-up was perfect for an acoustic concert, it was not too flashy with 2 large screens. The sound was superb, the live singing voice was crystal clear. The energy of the crowd was unbelievable from start-finish, the ease and smooth sailing of the entire acoustic concert was amazing and everyone felt like part of the show.
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