Here comes the sun
We missed Patti Austin’s benefit gigs for Supertyphoon “Yolanda” survivors, but we’re glad to have attended a splendid party recently that had live music performed by a young band from storm-ravaged Tacloban.
We missed Patti Austin’s benefit gigs for Supertyphoon “Yolanda” survivors, but we’re glad to have attended a splendid party recently that had live music performed by a young band from storm-ravaged Tacloban.
The five hours we spent watching the Eastwood City New Year Countdown show left us with no time to drink.
What makes nightlife in Metro Manila interesting depends on one’s interest and taste, including, of course, the people that one goes out with.
When a young comedy group aspired to change stand-up comedy in the Philippines a few months ago, changing water to rock looked more plausible.
There was a time in the 1980s when going on a night-out could mean having cheap but ice-cold beer with friends in a hole-in-the-wall joint called Tib’s on Makati Avenue. Its nondescript ambiance would morph into the essence of cool when the likes of Miguel Faustmann and his cohorts at Repertory Philippines would drop in and chug their Pale Pilsens by the roadside, music blaring from the stage actor’s Volkswagen Brazilia.
Since Bamboo rarely performs in small gigs, is there anyone else whose passion and style can stir excitement in Manila’s live music scene?
It’s 9 p.m. on a Tuesday and the crowd at the casino of Resorts World Manila (RWM) is distinguished by two opposite expressions. The people playing at the card tables and slot machines look dead serious, while those drinking at Bar 360 talk animatedly—the smiles on their faces punctuated by excitement as they wait for the next music act.
When the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena opened in May last year with Lady Gaga’s two-night concerts, we heaved a sigh of relief—finally we won’t have to suffer from watching gigs at the so-called MOA concert grounds which was actually a parking lot.
There is only one place that comes to mind whenever friends would like to hang out in Cubao—the Araneta Center.
You would not imagine that inside the car exchange dealership compound Auto Camp (Ortigas Avenue Extension, Pasig, across The Medical City) is a bar and grill joint called Ang Pulo.
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