Owl City gives free concert at BGC

By: AJT Santos - 10 years ago

Last Friday night, under the starlit expanse of the Bonifacio High Street Amphitheater, synth-pop band Owl City performed its signature sound of surrealistic synth-pop music to what could arguably be the biggest crowd the place has ever had. Here’s what went down.

Fans trooped over to the Bonifacio High Street Amphi-theater, some as early as 1:30 in the afternoon in anticipation of the 7pm show.

(Photo by Ryne Rosette Reales/Facebook)

By 5pm, the venue was so packed the crowd’s collective body heat literally made the temperature around the venue rise.

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And let’s not even start with the humidity that result-ed. Even Owl City’s bass player Rob Morgan felt it.

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If you were an actual owl flying overhead the Bonifacio High Street Amphitheater, this was what you would’ve seen.

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For 2 solid hours, the 5,000+ strong Hoot Owls in at-tendance were treated to a panoply of Owl City’s most beloved songs like:

and

Few things could unite people as well as music. A huge crowd singing the same tune evokes so many #feels.

And speaking of the feels:

By the end of the show, the normally laid-back venue turned into a virtual club as the crowd jumped up and down to Good Time.

And post-concert depression got real.

Via Owl City PH on Twitter

via Jigs Paliza on Twitter

All in all, it was an unforgettable night for everyone.

(photo by AJT Santos/INQUIRER.net)

And we mean, everyone.

via Owl City on Twitter

Need some more Owl City in Manila goodness in your life?

(Photo by Clarisse Esmile/INQUIRER.net)

Check out our pre-concert interview with Adam Young here.

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