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Stung by spat over Baguio trees, Sting opts for change of venue

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Musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler attend the Time 100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, on in this April 26, 2011 file photo, in New York. Sting moved the location of his "Back to Bass Tour" concert Saturday Oct. 20, 2012 in the Philippines following a petition by environmentalists who said the original venue is owned by a conglomerate that plans to uproot 182 trees for a parking lot and mall expansion in a northern mountain city. Sting and his wife established The Rainforest Foundation to protect tropical rainforests and their people. AP/Peter Kramer

The Manila leg of British singer-songwriter Sting’s “Back to Bass Tour” concert on Dec. 9 will be moved from the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena in Pasay City to Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City amid a spat over pine trees, it was announced Friday.

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Sting forces venue switch in Philippines tree row

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Rock superstar Sting has forced organisers to move his planned one-night show in the Philippines to another Manila venue amid a spat over pine trees involving the original hosts, it was announced Friday.

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Sting calls off Philippine gig in pine-tree row

STING performs on Dec. 9 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Rock superstar Sting has called off a one-night show in the Philippines in protest at the removal of pine trees outside a shopping mall undergoing redevelopment, the concert venue’s owners said Friday.

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Fans of Keane get ready for their ‘Live In Manila: Strangeland Tour’

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On October 2, be ready as British alternative rock band Keane welcomes you into their “Strangeland” through their Manila concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

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A close look at the MoA Arena

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VIEW FROM THE TOP. Opening night, May 21, of the SM Mall of Asia Arena, when a near capacity audience packed the Lady Gaga concert.

The controversy that accompanied Lady Gaga’s recent Manila concert almost eclipsed the excitement of watching the two-night shows in a new venue, the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

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‘Provocative’ Lady Gaga allowed 2nd Manila show

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Lady Gaga will be allowed to hold a second concert in Manila on Tuesday night after state censors ruled her “provocative” act was within legal bounds, a Pasay City Mayor Antonino Calixto said.

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Lady Gaga at MoA Arena

Concert promoter Renen de Guia has announced that tickets to Lady Gaga’s concert on May 21 at the soon-to-open Mall of Asia Arena go on sale starting Monday (today) at noon, for those who can afford these rather steep prices: patron (standing), P15,000; lower box, P11,000; upper box, P5,000; general admission, P2,000. The gig is part of the superstar act’s Born This Way Ball tour. Call 470-2222 or log on to smtickets.com.

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