Switchfoot in Manila

  Whew! I’ve been so dormant with my blogging for months, almost a year, and there are so many things that had   happened that I really wanted to post here.

After posting on their site for years asking them to have their concert here in the Philippines, and finally its like a dream come true. I’ve been a huge Switchfoot fan since high school. It all started after my classmate bought their first 3 albums and we instantly fell in love with their music. And to add up to that, hearing their songs as OST in the movie “A walk to remember” gives its toll. We we’re crazy about Switchfoot. I started collecting their albums.

September 10, the highly anticipated event had come. We arrived at the  venue and the place is already crowded with people trying to get in into the astrodome. There are five of us, friends from Lucena City, who’s really looking forward for this event. Sadly, only I and my ex best friend were able to see them performing live in Manila. “Salamin”, a local band”, performed as front act and they really rock! Not bad, for Paolo Valenciano and his groupie, who really knows how to set the crowd head banging. Then they entered the stage and all Switchfoot fan started to get crazy. Most of the songs that they played are from their latest album “Oh Gravity”. But the crowd gets wilder and higher (spirit lifted?) as the band plays some of their favorite hits like Dare you to move, this is your life, and Only hope. The concert ended with all fans satisfied for what they have paid for. Local band and showbiz celebrities, who watched the concert as well, are added bonus. People started taking pictures with them after the show. I and my ex posed with Hale and Mayonnaise.