MANILA, Philippines—Starting with just SM Cinema under West Avenue Theatres Corporation, also known as “WATC,” it has grown to 267...
We’ve never seen the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena that full last Sunday—an estimated 20,000 people in a party mood for an unusual occasion: National Teachers’ Month, as President Benigno Aquino III had declared, which started Sept. 5 and culminated on Oct. 5.
The SM Mall of Asia Arena, venue of the December 30 wedding reception of actors Dingdong Dantes and Marian (Rivera) Gracia, can accommodate as many as 16,000 for basketball matches and concerts. The challenge for the wedding production team led by creative director Noel Manapat and production designer Gino Gonzales was to make this cavernous location look intimate and elegant—and dramatic.
It’s only the first quarter of the year and already Manila’s concert calendar is fast shaping up to be the busiest in recent memory.
Promoters are said to be deciding soon whether SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena or the Philippine Arena would...
CONTROVERSIAL Grammy-winning R&B artist Chris Brown is coming to Manila to perform on July 21 at the SM...
Queen of Pop Madonna’s Manila concert has been set for “two nights on the last week...
The choice of venue for Madonna's Manila concert on Feb. 24, 2016, almost went in favor of the Philippine Arena in Bulacan instead of the MOA Arena in Pasay City when a new group of promoters made a bid a few months ago to bring the Queen of Pop's Rebel Heart tour to the Philippines.
In the mid-1980s, Spandau Ballet was one of the biggest bands in the world. It was so popular that its guitarist and chief songwriter, Gary Kemp, claimed Spandau was one of only a handful, including Culture Club and Duran Duran, that mattered at the time.
British band Spandau Ballet’s one-night concert today, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena, marks the first...