GLAMNATION TOUR - MANILA, PHILIPPINES - 10.10.10
first of all, thank you ballerynna for making my day with those VVIP tickets (13 rows from the stage!) ♥♥♥ i owe you forever! second of all, that concert was probably one of the best i've been to in my life. i can't even put into words how amazing it was to see and hear adam live. for all the screaming and flailing i did, there were a lot of times when i was just all overwhelmed and cheesy. :p now whenever i see a music video of adam's or listen to his songs, i go crazy thinking: DAMN. I WITNESSED THAT, LIVE AND IN THE FLESH, BITCHES! ^___^
DSLR cameras weren't allowed. but all the hoping and praying paid off when i successfully ninja'd mine in. i was too scared to use it the first few songs tho so i wasn't able to take as many photos as i wanted, but there are still a lot (90+). some of them are VERY macro worthy. haha. and if you see something "different" with monte, it was a gift from some of the singaporean benches who were there. enjoy! ♥
↑↑↑ MONTE WAS SO BAD-ASS. DAMN.
↑↑↑ totally stalkery. but he was stalking, too! heh.
↑↑↑ (photo#3) tommy's little face. *pinches*
↑↑↑ (photo#1) his smiiiiile *melts*
↑↑↑ LOL this was pretty hilarious. they miscalculated the move and adam got "hurt" xDDD
↑↑↑ (photo#4) it was sutan, okay. i HAD to take a photo.
→ a short account from tiang + fabulous meet and greet photos:
So. I walked in. Got a hug. Asked him about The Hunger Games. He told me how he loved the series. I told him he'd make a brilliant Cinna. He said he related so much to the character. I flailed and said I pictured him as Cinna from the get go, before he even tweeted about it. He commented that it was probably the gold eyeliner that did it. Then he signed a few things for me. Then he went on to tell me he was in the middle of reading Mockingjay. And then I flailed and told him how mind-blowing the ending of the book was.
After he signed my CD and iPod, I ask him if he would allow it, for the photo, can he pretend to be licking my cheek. He goes, "Sure! Yeah! I'd do that. Pretend, right?" I laugh and point out that he doesn't really have to go in for it and lick me. He laughs and pulls me close as his brother takes the picture.
I died.
He's the tallest, skinniest glittery alien to ever walk this earth. Nicest, too.
And then I rush off to flail with friends who, before me, caused such an uproar when it was their turn with Adam. They were hilarious and I couldn't help but shout "Go Kai!" from the sideline. And without explaining to Adam their plans for the photo, they get into position and get into character. Adam, being quick on the uptake, realizes what's happening and does an impromptu pose that made me clap like a silly little seal.
The girls had no idea what Adam did for their photo. So when I told them, they freaked out. Adam is beyond amazing. So much more than I ever expected the whole experience to be.
After this, we go our separate ways to freshen up and get dinner. An hour or so later, the concert began. I have no photos of the event, because I didn't want to hinder my flail by making sure I was taking proper photos or videos. I just watched, danced, sang, screamed and jumped my heart out.
Now I have no voice, I got to work 2 hours late, my entire body is aching... But it's all so worth it. Amazing.
EDIT! → some videos from SUZ526@youtube:
FEVER - someone please figure out what he actually says to tommy... "kiss me" ?
Click to viewAFTERMATH
WHATTAYA WANT FROM ME
SOAKED
SLEEPWALKER
MUSIC AGAIN
EDIT#2! → REVIEW: ENTERTAINMENT, ADAM LAMBERT STYLE.
by Manny Espinola (The Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines-That the global reception for Adam Lambert’s debut album, “For Your Entertainment,” has been generally positive is unqualified deliverance for such an intense and divisive talent.
Rock ’n’ roll and dance club music have rarely sat well together, but with Lambert straddling fluently between two “opposite” roots, “For Your Entertainment” came out equal parts metal glam and electroclash dance in a seamless package that glitters with the kind of sparkle rarely found outside of “Twilight” the movie.
Lambert’s Filipino fans came in droves Sunday night at the Mall of Asia open grounds, where the 28-year-old singer-songwriter’s Glam Nation world tour made a stop. The same girls who screamed for “Twilight’s” Robert Pattinson gave it up for Lambert as well-amid pounding dance beats and clitoral guitar licks that haven’t been heard in these parts since Robert Fripp in David Bowie’s “Scary Monsters” or Jimmy Page in “Communication Breakdown” eons ago.
“My band rocks!” Lambert screamed after making sure things were up to par on his watch with the pulse-taking question: “Manila, are you having fun?!!”
Sing-and-dance cycles
Lambert, master showman in top hat, coat tails and cane, plotted his repertoire this way: He escalated what was basically a one-album concert into four rock ’n’ roll sing-and-dance cycles, highlighted by “Whata Ya Want From Me?,” “Fever,” “Strut,” and “If I Had You” in that order, with ballads and slow numbers in between-in a kind of peaks and valleys of energy.
His patented vocal pyrotechnics and solemn modals strung the songs in one festive, sinuous set.
Opening cycle introduced the album with the title cut, complete with the aforementioned Broadway getup and dancers (“If I’m not a singer I’d be a dancer”), laser lights, big overhead display screens.
Before anybody could egg him on, Lambert obliged everyone by kissing his bassist, again, this time to wild cheers. The dance headliner “Strut” and the Lady-Gaga-penned “Fever” were obvious connections to the young and the now, and indeed brought the house down on cue.
For an hour and a half, Lambert spread his message of love, fun and self-expression.
Saved for last was the most melodically appealing track from the album, the pulsating dance floor romp, “If I Had You.” Too brief and too early in the night for the young to go home, Lambert obliged with an encore of his Idol signature rendition of Tears For Fears’ “Mad World.”
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if any of you have any other media you want to share from #GLAMANILA, just comment so i can add them to this post too. let's share the awesomeness! ♥