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.
Ethel Perez, 26: “I’m a fan of Sarah Geronimo. I like her wholesome image and find her singing ability impressive. Lately, however, she’s been so safely predictable to the point of being boring. She does the same things on TV and essays the same type of roles in her big-screen rom-coms.
The last time Linkin Park held a concert in the Philippines was nine years ago. That was at the height of their popularity and they were second to none when it came to their own unique brand of music. To say they were huge at that early stage of their careers is the better word to describe the band’s international success. Who had not heard of their hits in those years? Linkin Park dominated the airwaves, record sales, and music channels for a good number of years. You could hear their songs being played everywhere. That was the impact that Linkin Park had at the time.
To me, Jason Mraz is that artist whose music always claimed half a gigabyte of my iPod’s memory. I have almost all of his songs and videos saved on my iPod because a lot of his tunes defined the first decade of my post-college life. That’s why I got excited when I learned that he was once again Philippine-bound for a one-night performance. That excitement doubled when I found out that INQUIRER.net was sending me to the Big Dome to cover his show. Not even the rainy weather could dampen my spirits that day; I already missed out on his previous concerts and there’s no way I’m letting this chance pass again.
Four years of recording hiatus could have affected the popularity of the Grammy award-winning Fall Out Boy in unfavorable way, especially with how music fans quickly turn over their attention to every exciting band act on the rise and eventually forget those who lay low.
An Australian choreographer alleged Thursday that Michael Jackson sexually abused him for seven years as a child, a claim the late singer’s estate described as “outrageous and sad.”
For Roberto Seña, charismatic lead vocalist and guitarist of alternative rock band She’s Only Sixteen, the best ideas for songs come from the most unexpected places, at the most unexpected times—say, while having lunch, or on a train to school.
Beyonce is cancelling her Tuesday concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion.
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.”
Coming on the heels of 11-year-old belter Arisxandra Libantino, who got into “Britain’s Got Talent,” another Filipino-British singer, Joseph Apostol, breezed through the first rounds of auditions on “The Voice UK.”
Not too long ago, Zendee Rose Tenerefe was just the unassuming “Random Girl” with the red knapsack who stopped people in their tracks at SM Megamall’s supermarket by belting out in front of a videoke display the torch song “And I Am Telling You (I’m Not Going)” with the mettle of a pro.
Many “American Idol” winners and runners-up are compromised by underwhelming pop tunes that are hastily waxed to cash in on postseason hubris—a lesson that isn’t lost on gravelly voiced Season Nine winner, Lee DeWyze, whose first studio album, 2010’s “Live It Up,” hardly lived up to his followers’ expectations.
