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(Eagle News) — Filipino boxing legend and senator Manny Pacquiao is now busy preparing for his major concert set this September 1. In his instagram post, the fighting senator showed a video of his rehearsals for the concert, practicing his singing skills accompanied by a live band. “I’m about to sing and practice for my concert on September 1. I don’t know if I can do it, if I can do this. But I’ll try, […]
President Nicolas Maduro’s security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday on a crowd awaiting the distribution of humanitarian aid at the Venezuela-Colombia border as tensions spiked ahead of an opposition deadline to bring in food and medical aid. “We want to work!” people chanted as they faced Venezuelan National Guard riot police blocking the crossing at the Urena border bridge to Colombia, one of several ordered closed Maduro late Friday. In the confusion, […]
by Rodrigo Almonacid with Esteban Rojas in Urena Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed the military helped him defy a travel ban by the government of President Nicolas Maduro as he joined thousands over the Colombian border on Friday for a charity concert to push for humanitarian aid deliveries. Maduro is trying to prevent food and medicines, mainly from the US, from entering the country as tensions over access to the supplies turned deadly elsewhere. […]
(Eagle News)–Shane Filan of Westlife has arrived in the country. In a Tweet on Friday, Sept. 13, Filan announced he arrived in time for his shows in Manila on Saturday, Sept. 15, and in Davao on Sunday, Sept. 16. Filan is expected to perform the band’s hits such as “Swear It Again,” “Uptown Girl,” “If I Let You Go,” “World of Our Own,” “You Raise Me Up,” among others. Filan was last in the country in […]
(Eagle News) — Popular American band Maroon 5 is coming to the Philippines next year. Philippine Concerts said the band will be in the country on March 5, 2019 for its Red Pill Blues Tour. Red Pill Blues is the band’s sixth studio album released in November last year. It includes songs such as “Who I am,” “Moves like Jagger,” among others. Maroon 5 last performed in the Philippines in 2015.
by Shaun Tandon Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Elton John announced Wednesday that he is retiring from touring, with the consummate showman saying he wants to devote himself to his children — but after a final, massive swing around the world. The 70-year-old British entertainer, revealing his plans at a gala New York event, said he planned to “go out with a bang” with a global tour that will open on September […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — High-flying rapper Kendrick Lamar is making his first soundtrack as he released a song Thursday with singer SZA for the upcoming superhero film “Black Panther.” Lamar, whose socially conscious and often experimental hip-hop has won him wide critical praise, will produce the soundtrack for the movie which comes out on February 16. He and hip-hop executive Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith will record and select tracks for “Black Panther,” a […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Colombian pop star Shakira on Wednesday cancelled the remainder of her world tour because of a problem with her vocal chords and said she hoped to be back on stage in June of next year. “Though I very much hoped to be able to recover my vocal chords in time to pick the tour back up in January, and after exploring many options to that effect, I have accepted […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Mariah Carey must have made a New Year’s resolution to ensure a better sound system. The pop diva confirmed that she will return to Times Square in New York to ring in 2018, a year after she was humiliated by technical issues at the annual televised ball-drop. “We can all agree that last year didn’t go exactly as planned and we are thrilled to move forward together to provide […]
(Reuters) — Five former U.S. presidents, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama held a concert at Texas A&M University benefiting hurricane relief efforts in College Station, Texas, on Saturday (October 21). In a rare show of unity, U.S. President Donald Trump praised all five of his living predecessors thanking them in a video for their work in helping to raise funds for aid victims of recent hurricanes. His […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)– A note discovered in the hotel room of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock featured hand-written calculations on where he needed to aim to increase his accuracy and number of kills, US network CBS reported Saturday. The piece of paper was found by police officers who stormed Paddock’s room after he launched his attack from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel Sunday night — killing 58 people and injuring […]
by Shaun Tandon Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Eager to see her musical hero Bruce Springsteen in the intimate confines of a Broadway theater, Laura Effinger quickly registered online as a verified fan who would supposedly have dibs on seats. When tickets went on sale, the website told her she was on standby and to watch her phone for a code. And so she waited. The notification never came — but tickets […]
