By Pocholo Concepcion

The bad boys from Boston, otherwise known as Aerosmith, will finally perform in Manila, on May 8 at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena—concert promoter Pulp Live Productions announced Tuesday night, March 5, on its YouTube channel.
Posted: March 5th, 2013 | in Latest Entertainment Stories | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

There’s not much buzz about it, perhaps because the organizers have their hands too full to publicize the event. But the 2013 Philippine International Jazz Festival or Pijazz has been quietly ongoing since kicking off on Feb. 1, with an almost nightly schedule of performances at bars, malls and hotels—the idea of which is to make the music accessible to where the people are.
Posted: February 21st, 2013 | in Featured Gallery,Latest Entertainment Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

Jessica Sanchez is in town for a solo concert on Feb. 14 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum—a deal that was negotiated in September 2012 when the American Idol 2012 runner-up first came here to perform with her co-finalists at the same venue.
Posted: February 11th, 2013 | in Latest Entertainment Stories | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

Jessica Sanchez is in town for a solo concert on Feb. 14 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum – a deal that was negotiated in September last year when the American Idol 2012 runner-up first came here to perform with her co-finalists at the same venue.
Posted: February 10th, 2013 | in Latest Entertainment Stories | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

When K-pop stars come to Manila, the world of their fans spin out of control. It’s madness, mass hysteria that defies logic. How else to explain the sight of about 18,000 kids screaming their lungs out, a few of them to the point of fainting, in a show that seemed to have overlooked musical [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2013 | in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Entertainment Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

The way to enjoy electronic dance music (EDM) is to be like a child again—innocent, open to all sorts of stimuli, receptive to the pleasure principle.
Posted: January 21st, 2013 | in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Entertainment Stories | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

The music was hot and spicy at the Roadhouse Manila Bay recently, when the Philippine Blues Society (PBS) hosted a sendoff gig for Kat Magic Express—the local band that will compete at the 29th International Blues Challenge (IBC) set Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Posted: January 21st, 2013 | in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Entertainment Stories | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

Arnel Pineda sounded relaxed, even happy, while talking to the Inquirer by phone from his home in Quezon City last Saturday. The Filipino frontman of American rock band Journey is enjoying the last few weeks of his holiday break before he flies to the United States on Jan. 30 to prepare for another grueling concert [...]
Posted: January 15th, 2013 | in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Entertainment Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

Two years ago we watched our first K-pop concert that featured Super Junior at Smart Araneta Coliseum. We were taken aback, not so much by the performance, but at how Filipino youth went gaga over the group.
Posted: January 14th, 2013 | in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Entertainment Stories | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

The Adam Lambert concert, originally booked at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena on March 1, has transferred venue to the Smart Araneta Coliseum on the same date, according to Jacqueline Inductivo, tour manager for the artist’s Manila show.
Posted: January 9th, 2013 | in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Entertainment Stories | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

Chris Botti and his current touring band recently gave a superb, awe-inspiring performance at Resorts World Manila’s Newport Theater. It was the United States trumpeter’s second show at the same venue in the past year.
Posted: January 7th, 2013 | in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Entertainment Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Pocholo Concepcion

The birth of rock and roll in the 1950s coincided with the rise in popularity of disc jockeys or DJs who spin the music of the hottest singers and bands of the day on radio and, later on, in clubs.
Posted: December 30th, 2012 | in Latest Entertainment Stories | Read More »