Leaving a coliseum full of positive vibes
It takes the agreement of all five senses to make an experience memorable. At the Smart Araneta Coliseum the night of May 14, Jason Mraz added another: a sense of community.
It takes the agreement of all five senses to make an experience memorable. At the Smart Araneta Coliseum the night of May 14, Jason Mraz added another: a sense of community.
Ewa Scott of the tribute band AbbaMania introduced her group by the first names of the members of the 1970s European super band Abba. She referred to lead guitarist Ross Taberner as “Bjorn,” her husband and organist Steven Henry Scott as “Benny,” fellow female lead vocalist Nyree Burt as “Frida” and herself as “Agnetha.”
They’re proud to show off the wear and tear of physical age.
What kind of music festival comes with ambulances, first-aid stations and firetrucks on standby?
Movie pirates can no longer use the darkness of movie houses as cover, top honchos of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Optical Media Board (OMB) vowed.
Just because they’re bankable doesn’t mean they always get top-billing on the taxpayers list.
Erik, the disfigured phantom of the opera house, had every reason to covet the body, voice and soul of his “Angel of Music,” Christine Daaé. In Andrew Lloyd Webber’s London version of “The Phantom of the Opera,” soprano Sarah Brightman personified the angelic face and voice of Christine. In real life, she was Webber’s muse and wife for six years.
Andy Brown, 25-year-old lead singer of British pop-rock band Lawson, wouldn’t be around today were it not for a brain surgeon named David Lawson.
Who says sex appeal is wasted on the young? Don’t look at Julio Iglesias like there are no more fireworks left in a 69-year-old. On April 1, he was in Beijing to receive his Guinness world record for being the best-selling male Latin artist. If there were awards for melting women’s hearts around the world for nearly five decades, he’d have bagged one, too.
Great music, great voices, never die. The original members of the group that crooned such hits as “Only You,” “The Great Pretender,” “Twilight Time” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” are long gone. But at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Pasay City Wednesday last week, another group that took on the name was busy keeping the tunes immortal, and the audience in wistful reminiscence.
Late July last year, the official Jars of Clay website jarsofclay.com announced: “On July 25th, our singer Dan Haseltine underwent a procedure to correct a coronary issue after experiencing a cardiac event. He is doing well and recovering. Dan is grateful for the thoughts and prayers that have gone out on his behalf.” Haseltine’s [...]
Renowned Spanish singer Julio Iglesias arrived in Manila by private plane on Tuesday accompanied by a 26-man entourage. The 69-year-old crooner went straight to the Manila Hotel, where he is slated to hold a dinner-concert on Saturday to kick off the Asia leg of his 2013 World Tour.
