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.