College basketball fans are buzzing with excitement over the La Salle versus San Beda exhibition game Saturday, 12 noon at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The dream match, dubbed “Champions for a Cause,” is a charity event for Supertyphoon “Yolanda” survivors.
It was too early to indulge in the foamy brew at 3 p.m., but that was the whole point of attending the media launch of the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls Beer Festival last Thursday at Publiko in Eastwood, Quezon City.
Twenty years ago, singer-songwriter Jay Durias cofounded the band South Border, named in honor of his birthplace in southern Philippines, Davao. To celebrate the milestone this year, he took the band on a club tour that kicked off a few weeks ago at 19 East in Sucat, Parañaque.
The battle for school pride goes up another notch at this time of the year, thanks to the start of another UAAP-NCAA season. We look forward to pep rallies, excited fangirls, after-school trips to the Mall of Asia Arena or the Smart Araneta Coliseum, the wearing of school statement shirts—oh yes, that.
“You could say I’d lost my belief in our politicians,” Sting’s voice boomed, wryly drawing out the last syllable, and the mostly Filipino audience half whooped, half snickered in response. Tongue in cheek, I sang the next line, “They all seemed like game show hosts to me,” along with the singer, wondering if the song hit a little too close to home for certain civil servants in the audience.
James Morrison, in a white shirt that restricted circulation and a leather jacket that would make Marlon Brando proud, stepped in front of a large Smart Araneta Coliseum crowd with energy incongruent to the soulful, contemplative vibe of most of his songs.
Foster the People shot to fame with its single “Pumped Up Kicks,” an upbeat song that has been used on advertisements, movies and TV.
Last night, Sept. 21, was the final leg of the “American Idol” Live! Tour. Held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, it was the last time—for now—that the Top 10 of the latest season of the popular show were working together.
The weather forecast predicts rain for the coming months. The concert forecast, meanwhile, promises Pinoy concertgoers their first taste of snow in August. Snow Patrol, that is.
After two decades of good music, bad breakups and mixed responses to solo endeavors, Billy Corgan embarks on a new musical journey with his new crew—and, hooray, they’re finally headed our way.
