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In 2011, Ovation Productions was already talking to Ed Kowalczyk about doing a concert in Manila.  I’m not sure exactly what happened which caused the concert to have been postponed, not only once, but twice.  What I do know is that he finally came on April 28, 2012 and did a back-to-back co-headline show with Vertical Horizon. 

I couldn’t make it to the concert but i heard pretty cool things about it.  One thing that caught my attention was that someone said that more people came for Vertical Horizon than for Live’s Ed Kowalcyzk.  It got me thinking, what if Ed came alone?  How many people would’ve been there?

Anyway, here are some of the pictures that Atthewomb.com had taken from that night. 

All photos taken by: Joachim Salazar

Fairly recently we wrote about how Taken By Cars performed at this years South By Southwest Festival in Austin Texas and how it was an amazing feat for a local band to have been invited to perform at such a prestigious international event. 

Now, we would like to give acknowledgement to Typecast and Greyhoundz as they are about to embark on an American Tour spanning 4 cities in 2 great states on the west coast of America.

Waking up in Calbayog on May 5, 2012 was easy.  There was no morning flight to catch, and check out at the hotel was scheduled at 12PM.  We were able to take a shower, get dressed, and even hang out at the hotel lobby and have breakfast while waiting for the entourage of Urbandub to get there. 

We were told the land trip to Tacloban would take around 4-5 hours.  At 1PM we got into the vans and began our road trip.  Nothing much to say about the journey, we stopped only to use the bathroom and to smoke a cigarette.  As we entered Leyte, we crossed the San Juanico bridge, which to me is the most beautiful bridge I’ve seen all my life.  There, we ran into some of the guys of Parokya Ni Edgar.

Bataan might have been great fun, but that isn’t to say that traveling to Bulacan the following day didn’t have its share of excitement and adventure!  For Urbandub, there was plenty of action to make for an interesting day.

For one thing, Franco was booked to play the afternoon slot of the PULP Summerslam, which meant that Gabby and Janjan had to leave early to make that gig, and then come back to play Tanduay’s T5 show in Bulacan, only to head back to the Amoranto Stadium to play Slam for Urbandub.

Read on to know more about Urbandub’s April 28, 2012!

With the Tanduay First Five Tour now on it’s 5th and 6th legs, together with Urbandub, we got in the van and made our way to our hotel for our night in Bataan.  It was a hot Friday afternoon and though well on our way, we had no idea that going to Bataan would prove to be the best night of the tour, so far.

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All photos taken by Miggy Matute of Atthewomb.com

Sergio Mendes played in Manila for a one night only concert with his band, Brasil 66.  Though I was looking forward to this concert, I was as well a bit hesitant as I didn’t know if he was going to play his boring love songs, or if he was going to treat the Filipino audience with his samba songs. 

Once I got there, I sorted out getting all the tickets that Atthewomb.com was going to distribute to our ticket winners from the contest that we held.  When I had all the tickets with me, I hung out at Padi’s Point and sent a message to all the winners to meet me there.  While waiting, together with Atthewomb.com photographer JC, we had a couple of beers each and prepared for a night of good music.

The ticket winners showed up soon after and it was my honor to have met everyone and been able to congratulate them personally.  Atthewomb.com really has the best fans.  Everyone was so friendly and one kind lady even gave me some goodies that she had brought from Batangas.

All photos by Juan Miguel Bernal.

I’m older than a lot of the kids in the music industry today.  I have different views on music and my vocabulary for music genres is very poor compared to how I hear people describing their music to others. 

When I was growing up, genres were very basic.  There was jazz, classical, rnb, heavy metal, punk, and rock.

Watching Marky Ramone with Michale Graves, Crazy Joe and Graham Vanderveen perform at the Hard Rock Café reminded me a little bit of my childhood and growing up completely immersed in music.  It was just my kind of punk, straightforward!  Punk to me is Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Sex Pistols, and of course The Ramones.

April 20, 2012, World Pot Smoking Day.  The Tanduay First Five Rock Royalty bands had all gathered into the terminal 2 Philippine Airlines Airport as we were on our way to beautiful Dumaguete City. 

Now on our 4th leg of the tour, and with having had a week of rest from last weeks Myx Summer Fest in Boracay, we were all ready and excited to leave town for another rocking concert. 

Enjoy some highlights from our trip to Dumaguete, along with some fun facts about Urbandub and the rest of the T5 bands!

UPDATE:  Ticket winners have just been announced!  Scroll down to see the list!

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After many delays, it is finally happening!

Live’s Ed Kowalczyk and Vertical Horizon Live in Manila!

Catch these great two acts as they tear up the Smart Araneta Coliseum for a one night only concert in Manila!

For a chance to win free tickets to this exciting event, simply follow the mechanics below and send in your entries!

Good luck to everyone!!!

Through our partnership with Ovation Productions, Atthewomb.com has been giving away loads of free tickets to our friends and fans that have now become a part of the Atthewomb Family. 

Since last year, Ovation Productions and Atthewomb.com have been giving away a whole bunch of Upper A as well as VIP tickets, through the ticket contests that Atthewomb has run. 

Just last week, we completed our contest for tomorrow’s concert for Sergio Mendes.  This week, we are starting a new contest for Ed Kowalczyk and Vertical Horizon.  Not to mention the upcoming concerts of The New Kids On The Block back to back with The Backstreet Boys, as well as the much awaited and highly anticipated return on Lady Gaga!