Posts under the 'Concerts' category

At last, Enchong Dee can finally tick ‘Produce and perform in my own concert’ off his bucket list because he finally accomplished it earlier this month! The event started off as an idea, and an event slated for one night only.. which got a second night the following week because of the demand (as far as I know?). Now, rumor has it that Deetour will have a couple more shows.. this time, around the Philippines. Congratulations, Enchong!

Photos and some of my sentiments about the show after the cut!

By this time, a lot of articles about the Incubus show in Manila last Friday have already surfaced and most of them giving the show a thumbs up, well-deserved review of it. Awesome stage, awesome setlist, awesome atmosphere. Basically, awesome everything.

Meanwhile, I have been struggling for days since Friday night to come up with a just-as-passionate-and-with-much-gusto kind of post for this show. I expect my excitement and awe from seeing these five guys again would transpire in my words, just like in my thoroughly documented Incubus post in 2011. This particular post I am writing now, in 2015, I had expected to be just as exciting, if not more. But I don’t think this would meet the same fate as last time.

Just the introduction alone in this post doesn’t feel as passionate as I had anticipated from my last post. I wrote several posts all over the internet on the days that lead up to their concert. Everything I wrote, came out naturally at the time. Can you tell I’m clearly stalling here? 😛

Maybe I expected too much. I hate to say this, but I think my post/review/writeup.. will stand out, in the worst way possible. And I apologize in advance. 

Sometime in 2013, Slash went to the Philippines and brought along Myles Kennedy and the guys from The Conspirators with him. Who knew the likes of Slash would even be interested for playing for Filipino fans?? Okay, Stone Temple Pilots did visit two years ago before that. Word got around, I guess. On a related note, I wish Lacuna Coil would visit the country and play for us, also Pearl Jam. But anyway..

Like any other fan of the music they play (I’m trying my best to avoid naming labels here hehe), I was excited, but I wasn’t hopeful that I would get to watch. But a few days leading to the night of the show, I saw a listing for discounted tickets to seats for the concert that were pretty close. Of course I went ahead and bought a ticket to the show!

I watched alone. I didn’t mind. All I had to do was get comfy in my seat and be entertained by them for the next 2 and a half hours. I don’t have to talk to anyone. No reason for my anxiety levels to go up, it was going to be a peaceful night of good ol’ rock and roll entertainment.

I had the privilege of watching the lovely Kimbra Lee Johnson perform live at the MADFest (Music + Art + Dance) 2014 by Jack TV last December 5. This was also the first time she visited the country; and from the photos that surfaced during the time, it looked like she had a great time. She and her entourage visited a couple of places and did loads of fun stuff. Touristy by my standards, but still looked fun. Happy that she was entertained throughout her stay here.

A band had just finished their set when my friend and I got inside the MOA concert grounds. I had little time to go around the entire venue to check out the art installations and fun things set up for guests.. only got to enter an hour before Kimbra’s set. Yes, shame on me for coming in late and missing the rest of the amazing performers. Urbandub was the band that I got to see before our headliner. They are great performers as always! Though the songs they performed, save for a few like the famous “First of Summer”, weren’t familiar to me anymore.. must be new songs.

Later on after the show, and also some peeking around social media.. I realize the lineup of the performers were: From 4PM til midnight were bands, and then at midnight Kimbra would take over the stage, and DJs and EDM music people til 4AM. I could be wrong. 😛

So many musicians that night, but the total number of bands/artists I’ve seen that night were only two. I should know better than to go late at events like this! 😛 Skimming over blog posts about this event, there were at least 3 other local bands that I would’ve loved to watch (again) if only I arrived hours earlier.

Since the show started around 4-5PM.. people have been waiting and standing all night waiting for her. When the clock struck at midnight… there was a countdown and at the moment we hit the big “one”, she finally came out the stage.