Really amusing news today, he he he
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P10-M tour for CueshéBayani San Diego Jr.
Inquirer
September 11, 2006
ROCK BAND CUESHÉ IS CURRENTLY ON a national tour that drumbeaters are touting as “the biggest in local music history, with a tag price of P10 million.”
This was according to the band’s manager Myke Sarthou and Joyce Pagala, PR and Communications supervisor of Maxi Media, producer of the concert series dubbed “Cueshé: Pilipinas Tour 2006,” which kicked off early this month.
The band was in La Union on Sept. 1, Baguio on Sept. 3, Cabanatuan on Sept. 8, Tarlac on Sept. 9, and yesterday, in Nueva Ecija. They will be in Batangas on Sept. 16, Olongapo on Sept. 22, and Bataan on Sept. 23)
“The tour will take the band to over 50 cities nationwide,” Sarthou told Inquirer Entertainment. “We are going to places seldom visited by other artists—Balanga (Bataan), Borongan (Eastern Samar) and Koronadal (South Cotabato).”
Mike Manaloto, drummer and band leader, said the tour is a return to their provincial roots, and also a tribute to their fans.
“We started in Cebu, and before signing up with Sony-BMG last year, we had toured Visayas and Mindanao for five years,” Manaloto said. “For this tour, Maxi Media invested in brand-new equipment—sound, lights, trusses and sets.”
The tour’s climax is the band’s second homecoming concert at the Cebu City Sports Complex on Nov. 25. Then the series culminates at the Araneta Coliseum on March 17 next year.
From there the band will take the show to the United States.
Pagala pointed out that the P10-million budget covers only the local tour.
The boys admitted that they’re daunted by the magnitude of this latest endeavor, which came on the heels of their sophomore album, “Back to Me.”
They had been equally tense during their first homecoming concert in Cebu, only last January.
“That show’s success was unexpected because the venue is bigger than Araneta, with a capacity of 25,000,” said Manaloto.
For their last encore number, “Stay,” guitarist/vocalist Ruben Caballero had descended from the stage, fueling the crowd’s excitement. “Fans in the bleachers rushed to the stage,” Caballero recounted.
“After finishing the song, we made a run for it,” said Manaloto.
“We sprinted across the entire football field to a waiting van,” added Justiniani.
To think they don’t even consider themselves proponents of “pogi rock.”
“Porky rock is more like it,” said Justiniani.
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