The summer when he was 13, Rico Blanco would often climb onto the roof of his house. The signal of DZXB, Blanco’s favorite “new wave” FM station, was weak in San Pedro, Laguna, where the family had moved from Sta. Ana, Manila. He stood on the roof holding aloft a broken-off radio antenna hooked up to his boom box with wire from a spiral notebook, hoping to catch some stray radio waves so he could listen more closely to every note of Madonna, Prince, Duran Duran and Depeche Mode when they went on the air.
“We’re having a tough time at home, but we’re here to celebrate mankind,” a costumed Rico Blanco tells the sizable crowd at the Marina Promenade’s F1 Pit area, and his declaration is met with cheers from Filipinos and foreigners alike. Performing with a heavy heart might not be easy, but this man’s clearly on a mission—to show the rest of the world what the indomitable Filipino spirit is all about at the Sundown Festival 2013 in Singapore.
Nov. 15, 2013. Slouched comfortably on a sofa chair at Marina Mandarin Hotel, rock artist Rico Blanco quietly shares his thoughts on the devastation that “Yolanda” (international name: “Haiyan”) has left in its wake.
For more than two decades, rock star Rico Blanco has never stopped bringing excitement to the music scene. His work, both as former member of Rivermaya and as a solo artist, has been well-received by the public.
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