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Manila Bulletin » Music
9M ago
Korean actor and singer Lee Seung-gi visited Vigan in the Philippines. Luis Christian Singson, son of politician and businessman Chavit Singson, posted a photo with Lee Seung-gi on Facebook on March 9. “With South Korean Popstar Lee Seung-gi,” he captioned the photo showing Lee Seung-gi with him and his dad. ..read more
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9M ago
Three K-pop artists will be coming to the Philippines for a show in April. It was announced that girl group Aespa, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and group The Boyz will be performing at “K-Verse: The Ultimate Pop Universe” that will be held on April 11 at the Araneta Coliseum. “Spectacular performances ..read more
Manila Bulletin » Music
9M ago
Iconic Pinoy rock band the Erasherheads is set to re-release one of its most beloved albums. For the first time the band’s landmark “Circus” album will be released on vinyl. This was announced by Offshore Music on their official Facebook. Said record imprint is the Ely Buendia-led label that’s officially ..read more
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9M ago
One can argue that for many US-based Filipino singers, it’s easier to sing in English than in Filipino. Thus, the release of a Tagalog single after previously dropping five English tracks is a major move for Kenneth Laurente, the baby-faced act dubbed as Master Balladeer by the Filipino-American community. Laurente’s ..read more
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9M ago
It was in 2016 when the film, “Barcelona: A Love Untold”, starring the international love team of Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo, together with cast member Joshua Garcia, exploded on the big screen to the box-office tune of over Php 300 million. Seven years later, Padilla, Bernardo and Garcia are ..read more
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9M ago
DREAM THEATER, an American progressive metal rock band composed of James LaBrie (vocals), John Petrucci (guitars), Jordan Rudess (keyboards), John Myung (bass), and Mike Mangini (drums), will be performing live at the Smart Araneta Coliseum for the “Top of the World Tour” concert on Thursday, May 4. The show starts ..read more
Manila Bulletin » Music
9M ago
The Guinness World Records officially declared that K-pop group BLACKPINK as the most streamed female group on Spotify. Guinness World Records made the announcement on March 8, tallying that BLACKPINK’s “songs have a whopping 8,880,030,049 individual streams.” It said BLACKPINK “overtook British pop group Little Mix by 400 million streams ..read more
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9M ago
Korean singer Nam Tae-hyun, former member of K-pop boy band Winner, was caught drunk driving in Seoul on March 8. The Gangnam Police Station revealed that the incident happened at about 3:20 a.m. Nam Tae-hyun (남태현) parked his car on a roadside in Gangnam, Seoul, opened the door and hit ..read more
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9M ago
He may have walked her down the aisle during her wedding, but coach Martin Nievera did not hesitate to use his power to block coach KZ Tandingan when a young artist from Olongapo impressed him during the second weekend of blind auditions in “The Voice Kids.” Ten-year-old Kai Marmeto wowed ..read more
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9M ago
Pop-punk band Android-18 returns to the music scene with their new single “Sinungaling” released under ABS-CBN’s DNA Music label. Android-18 is a five-member band composed of Niokz Arcega, Kokoy Quevedo, Makoi Mendoza, Ian Moral, and Gela Quevedo. The group was formed in 2011 and won in the Indie Rock Awards ..read more