The Scene Around: Ely Buendia Method Adaptor Launch

11/29/2024 07:07:50 PM

It's another Friday night in Mandala Park last November, and fans of the legendary music icon Ely Buendia, who just turned 54 earlier that month, released his first solo album in nearly two and a half decades. So, imagine that he released Wanted Bedspacer when he was still 30 years old and still riding the coattails of the success of his band Eraserheads at that time, eh?

Newsletter: The Itchyworms to launch own brand of craft beer with a special show

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Filipino pop-rock icons The Itchyworms are celebrating the release of their own brand of craft beers with a music event that features some of their friends and favorites in the local music scene.

Newsletter: Japanese alt-rock band Hitsujibungaku to perform in Manila for the first time in July 2024!

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UPDATE: EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE ALREADY SOLD OUT AS OF MAY 1!

It’s official: Japanese alternative rock trio Hitsujibungaku will be staging their first headline show in Manila this July 6, 2024 (Saturday) at 123 Block in Mandaluyong City, Philippines.

Newsletter: UDD, Cheats, Chicosci, Clara Benin, Ena Mori and more to headline #GNN9

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The events production company celebrates its ninth year in the local music scene with a show at 123 Block

GNN (Gabi Na Naman Productions), an events production company, is throwing a birthday party to celebrate nine years of producing local and international shows for the Filipino audience.

Newsletter: Filipino comedy group The KoolPals celebrate five years of awesomeness with a comedy and music fest

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Dilaw, Johnoy Danao, Kween Yasmin and more will be joining the festive fun this summer

Everyone gather 'round and prepare yourselves for the most gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, and ESOPHAGUS-tickling show of the year!

Witnessing 25 Years of Musical Brilliance from the Fire woman

03/22/2023 08:55:25 PM

Author's Note: Barbie Almalbis held her 25th anniversary concert earlier this month. And it wasn't just a typical milestone night for someone who celebrates a quarter of her existence as a musician, because this singer-songwriter didn't just perform as a solo act – it was also a reunion show for Hungry Young Poets and Barbie's Cradle, two of the notable names in the OPM band explosion era during the 1990s and 2000s.

The stage was set at 123 Block in Mandala Park, Mandaluyong City; and so many titos and titas of Manila were the witnesses for a Saturday evening of nostalgia. At this point, I'll let my correspondent Dan Labayo tell the story of what went around the Firewoman show. 

Newsletter: M1LDL1FE, Kindred, Munimuni, Lola Amour and more to perform at this year’s GNN Year End Party

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After bringing Indonesian folk-pop superstar Pamungkas to Manila and staging a sold-out concert at Solaire featuring some of the most iconic women in Pinoy rock, GNN Entertainment ends the year on a festive note with their annual year-end festival happening at 123 Block in Mandala Park, Mandaluyong City, on December 17, 2022 (Saturday), from 3 p.m. onwards.

AMA emerges at the top of Taiwan Excellence 3x3 Hoops Challenge

07/05/2019 02:03:05 PM

It was a long and winding road for the young athletes across the archipelago, and in the end, only two teams left standing. 

Upcoming: MWF 7 - Kasaysayan

04/11/2019 05:21:57 PM

Exactly a year ago, Manila Wrestling Federation made a massive revamp – a feat that later translated into slating six shows during the better part of 2018, a series of cameos from the likes of Maria Ozawa and Brandon Vera, and an inaugural championship won eventually by the history-making highflyer Robin Sane. Since then, MWF went on a break during the entire first quarter of 2019

The Scene Around: Stanley Chi Pogi Points Book Launch (2012)

12/01/2016 11:31:45 PM

Photographed by Dennyl B. Venzon; obtained at Stanley Chi's Facebook page.

Talk about a holiday flashback. We go back to four years ago. It was the first of December 2012 at the branch of National Book Store in Shangri-la Mall in Mandaluyong City as Stanley Chi launched his book that set himself apart from being the Suplado guy we know.