Watched OneRepublic... Mission accomplished

OneRepublic is undoubtedly One of.. if not my most favorite band!

I remember swearing to myself (even during the days when Apologize was hitting the charts) that once they come to Manila I will surely watch their concert... 

Finally! Mission accomplished! and amidst the traffic jammed Edsa thank goodness I came just in time (incidentally,this is the first time I've been "late" to a concert good thing they started late too, well almost)

Good news I took A LOT of pictures of course - using both my BlackBerry and digicam (which I'm too lazy to organize and just posted them all)

Bad news - I'm seated far enough to get blurry photos as expected and also that I am one giant leap away from my sister (blame it on miscommunication from the ticket seller)

Nevertheless it was ONE GREAT SHOW!

from no less than Ryan Tedder and his band (just had to mention that haha)

and I expect to watch them again when they come back for another concert!

For the rest of the blurry photos :)

you may view it on my FB here

Who's excited for them to come back to Manila?

Look at what we got in the mail

Thanks to my sis for the treat, since I'm really on a tight budget 

and thought that I wouldn't be able to go and watch 

THE CRANBERRIES!

Sitti Celebrates 10 Years in Showbiz with "Ang Aking Awitin"

FOR IMMEDIATE ONLINE PRESS RELEASE

SITTI CELEBRATES 10 YEARS IN SHOWBIZ WITH

“ANG AKING AWITIN”

The Philippines’ one and only bossa nova queen, Sitti Navarro, celebrates her 10 years in showbiz with a concert entitled “Sitti… Ang Aking Awitin” on September 16, 8pm, at the Music Museum featuring Rico Blanco, Duncan Ramos and Jett Pangan with the special participation of DJ Dense Modesto and the Whiplash Dancers.

“Sitti… Ang Aking Awitin” is directed by Calvin Neria with musical direction by Ria Villena-Osorio; brought to you by La Carmela de Boracay. Ticket prices at Php 800 (balcony), Php 1,200 (orchestra side) and Php 1,500 (orchestra center). Tickets are available at TicketWorld 891-9999, Music Museum 721-6720 and 721-6726 and at the Backroom office 435-1098.

Sitti’s successful reintroduction of bossa nova in the country has led to the Filipinos’ interest in this kind of genre. She has captured the Filipinos’ interest in bossa nova which led to the surge of bossa nova CDs and bossa-inspired OPM songs. In her 10 years in showbiz, Sitti has released a string of best-selling albums such as Café Bossa, Sitti Live!, Sitti In The Mix, My Bossa Nova, Contagious, and Sitti Sessions.

Sitti’s musical influences include bossa nova artists Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Astrud Gilberto and Gal Costa. She never fails to amaze the audience with her cool performance that makes her one of the sought-after artists in corporate and wedding events, out-of-town gigs and shows abroad. “Time flies so fast. Imagine, I’m already on my 10^th year in showbiz. I am really happy and grateful for all the great opportunities that come my way. I’m very grateful to all my fans for their love and support all these years,” Sitti enthuses.

For inquiries about “Sitti… Ang Aking Awitin”, call Backroom at 435-1108 and 435-1120 or email at backroomtalents@pldtdsl.net

www.SittiOnline.com

www.facebook.com/SittiNavarro

www.twitter.com/bossagurl

The best concert for me - The Script Live in Manila

I remember telling myself that when The Script comes down to Manila, I will really really make sure and watch their concert! (I failed my promise before and missed Adam Lambert's concert) Weeks or even months before their scheduled concert, I asked my friends who are also fans of the band to come watch with me... so after securing upper box b tix for the Araneta concert, together with my sis and 2 college friends, we screamed ourselves hoarse as we sang along to almost all of this band's songs that night! Goodness! Alam mo yun kilig?! Ngayon lang ata ako uli kinilig habang nanunuod ng concert! hahaha THEY ARE SO AMAZING! Danny, Mark and Glen, you lads raised the roof!
They have to come back to Manila soon! I'll be watching and waiting for that one for sure =)

Setlist:

You Won't Feel A Thing

Talk You Down

We Cry

If You Ever Come Back

Before The Worst

If You See Kay

The End Where I Begin

Science and Faith

The Man Who Can't Be Moved

I'm Yours

Nothing

Dead Man Walking

Rusty Halo

Encore:

For The First Time

Breakeven

download each one if you don't have them yet haha
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see related blogpost and photos by Chico Garcia here
to see photos from our spot in upper box then view here
here are just some youtube videos by vinceme29 (videos are so near! hi there danny! haha)and iamthepurplewalrus (better audio tho a little bit farther)


Just one of the many songs where the whole Araneta was singing along! I remember this was the song in particular which I was screaming! along literally! Hence the hoarse voice after the show hahaha

This one of course for me is my favorite song of theirs!



I am still on a high and viewing and searching uploaded vids on youtube hahahaeven saw a twitpic of Danny wearing a TeamManila shirt


Of course the band just had to show their appreciation of Manila's warm reception with a photo of them with the crowd in Araneta as the backdrop
They should really be back soon!... please fulfill your promise to do so haha


and have I said that THEY ARE AMAZING?!!!!

i can't think of enough superlatives

Days after, I still can't get over the overwhelming experience of watching TEARS FOR FEARS live in Manila... FINALLY! After 40 years?! Ooops! Lumalabas ang edad! Mali pa ang pagcompute! haha

This is my 3rd concert this year - watched Paramore and Timbaland feat Justin Timberlake last March - and I have not experienced such ENTHUSIASM! If the crowd's cheer could have made the earth shake I wonder what magnitude that night would register! haha It nearly did do that to the Araneta as excited 80s babies (well not everyone are haha) danced and SANG to (almost) every song Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal dished out!

From their opening songs Mad World (operatic version) to my fave Everybody Wants to Rule the World they already had the 16,000 capacity crowd up on their feet! And I think I hardly sat back down as I waited for their other famous hits...Sowing the Seeds of Love...Pale Shelter...and a 2nd round of MAD WORLD - this time they sang their original faster version - and a few of their not so wildly applauded songs as they switched solo songs...but what really surprised me was when Ronald sang this familiar song - it took us minutes to identify that it was Billie Jean! Classic! If only I can grab a hold of his version... and lastly they sang Head Over Heels!

What was amazing was that Roland had to cover his ears and just let the whole crowd sing the last line: time flies! it was that loud! GAH! I wonder if they could even hear themselves sing! haha

Of course they were not done...even if they had to exit the stage... now i felt the venue shake! People were clamoring for more and even stomping their feet! No let out until they came back and sang Woman in Chains (their backup male vocalist did the female part huwow!)... and finally SHOUT! Let it all out indeed!!!

Do you think I need to rate this concert? Ha! I'm biased! and I remember that my throat hurt from all the shouting and my palms hurt too with all the clapping I did...so I guess that's more than proof that I absolutely enjoyed this night! and let me just say this: IT WAS EXTREMELY AMAZING!!!

thanks to AK Ocol for the onstage photos above

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Want to see proof of how enthusiastic the crowd was?

Watch this vlog made by my good friend direk mJ

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to see more photos of the great labor day weekend

I had with these wonderful people

just click here

everybody wants to rule the world

I always thought of this as my "driving music"!

Now all I need is to buy myself a car!

Timbaland Shock Value II Concert in Manila

It felt like I was just hanging out in some club/bar and bopping my head to this funky beat all night courtesy of TIMBALAND! Gosh! I believe I can say I'm a fan of him now! haha

Last Saturday, March 27... I trooped to MOA concert grounds...and got ready to stand for hours haha

What amazing stage...what I can see of it from far away in the Bronze section - 2 parking lots away haha - cool background/stage lights!

A sure way for a fundraiser to be a success - turn into a concert highlighted by these fantastic performers!

But one of the reasons I stayed standing all throughout the 5 hours! - (The concert started around 9:45pm after earth hour and ended at 12am!) was because of the bonus of seeing Jojo and Justin Timberlake perform onstage!

Huwow! The body pains were all worth it then haha!

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All the photos found in this post are from this blogsite:

Timbaland Shock Value II Manila Tour by Azrael Coladilla

More videos are up on youtube