A strange but pleasant sense of déjà vu took over as The Script drummer Glen Power waxed poetic about life and music over afternoon tea, a few hours before the band’s recent Manila concert.
The hot month of March ends with three concerts on Easter Sunday—Irish rock trio The Script at the Big Dome, US-based alternative band Jars of Clay at the Walkway in Bonifacio High Street, and K-pop acts MBLAQ, Excite and Two-X at Aliw Theater.
Late Friday afternoon, the members of 2PM greeted the Filipino media with prim smiles and waves, the occasional giddy shrieks echoing outside Manila Hotel’s Sampaguita room. In front of the cameras, the “beastly idols” of K-pop cut quite dashing figures in white three-piece suits that hid their notoriously toned torsos. But off-cam, the twentysomething gentlemen were more like playful young pups, just as cute, and maybe twice as naughty.
Good things come in threes, or so the saying goes. For Dublin-based trio The Script, it probably couldn’t be more true, since the band’s latest album, “#3,” is a prime testament to the chemistry between these humble lads and their growing legion of fans worldwide.
Flashback to the beach scene in “Gossip Girl” where Dan (Penn Badgley) and Serena (Blake Lively) break up for the nth time. Or is it make up? To be honest, it’s a little difficult to pinpoint exactly which scene that was, considering they go through that cycle every season.
It’s 2 p.m. in sunny Bangkok. Just inches away, Thai-American K-pop idol Nichkhun is slouched comfortably in his seat, lips curved into that closed-mouth smile of his. He has just finished shooting his ad campaign for Bench at the ultrahip Chamni’s Eye studio in Suan Luang district, and we only have a few minutes to chat before he goes to rehearse for a solo show downtown.
When news of Swedish House Mafia’s (SHM) imminent hiatus hit the social media feed last year, Pinoy partyphiles practically clamored for the trio’s aptly named “One Last Tour” circuit to hit Manila.
Nowadays, food trucks have suddenly become all the rage. Thanks to that blink-and-you’ll-miss-it end credits scene from “The Avengers,” shawarma shacks have become so popular in the United States that they’ve practically made eating street food on a curb look cool.
New season, new contestants and, for this year, new celebrity judges. Major changes are happening to America’s top reality singing tilt for season 12, the biggest of which is the show’s brand spanking new jury made up of today’s musical heavyweights.
It’s 4 a.m. in foggy Gangnam, and I’ve just found out that I’ve missed Psy’s monumental free concert at Seoul Plaza by a few hours. The irony isn’t lost on me, but it matters little. After all, I’ve finally arrived in the very place that the South Korean rapper’s sensational dance single has, quite literally, put on the map.
Yeah, we know you’re still reeling from the relentless onslaught of concerts this whole year. We are, too. 2012 snuck up on us when we weren’t looking, and stole our hearts along with our wallets. If this year was any proof, more and more foreign artists seem to be realizing just how much Filipinos love a good show, with concerts scheduled almost every week (or, during “peak months,” two to three per week!).
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