One best thing I loved about the concert is their wonderful twists on their songs. They were arranged so beautifully and gives you an unpredictable idea of their setlist. Enjoy!
After the front acts performed, the crowd on their seats were busy chatting with each other but some can't wait while some tech people were setting up the stage and the instruments. House music had been playing and suddenly, the lights and the house music turned off UNEXPECTEDLY and here it goes.
1. Intro - weird trickling sound
2. This is the Sound - oh yes it rocked the auditorium
3. Stars - the crowd got more frenzy
4. Oh! Gravity - the crowd went singing la, la, la, la, la
5. Gone - teen rock and very enjoyable
6. Love is a Song - Jon played some harmonica on the intro and some other parts of the song-- it was beautiful
7. This is Your Life - when intro was playing the crowd went "oohhh"
8. Free - mind-boggling with Jerome adding some floor tom and makes your heart burn some fire
9. Only Hope - unexpected full band on the latter part of the song; it was surprising
11. Awakening - yes indeed it awakened the hearts of the crowd
12. Needle and Haystack Life - crowd went crazy again
13. Meant to Live - this song entered unexpectedly because of the unfamiliar intro before the real intro
14. Mess of Me - sold out rock performance by the Switchfoot
15. On Fire - Jon again played the harmonica on some parts of the song
16. We Are One Tonight - indeed the crowd was one in singing all this song all out
17. Shadow Proves the Sunshine - wonderful mix with We are One Tonight
18. We Are One Tonight (Chorus) - really good arrangement with Shadow Proves the Sunshine -- never realized these two songs can go together really well
Encore
24 - campfire feel
Hello Hurricane - oh yeah!
Dare You To Move - Jon mingling with the crowd while singing
Friday, April 29, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Dare You to Move @ UK 2010
Nice encore. Almost every concert, Switchfoot brings something fresh on their hit song "Dare You To Move" to connect to their audience.
Switchfoot Meet + Greet = Wonderful
London Hello Hurricane Tour 2010
Here are a few photos we have taken during the Hello Hurricane tour in UK last June 2010. It was one unforgettable experience to have also met the members of the band where they shared how their lives were here and now. I remember Jerome sharing his daytime job before getting into playing the guitar with the band -- and that is transporting dead bodies. How weird -- a musician and a human cadaver transporter? Good thing for most of these guys who quit their daytime job and pursue their passion and reason for existence. See more photos by clicking on "Read More"
Monday, April 25, 2011
One Sweet Thing in Singapore
Hello Switchfoot, here I come on fire. Excited to scream "When I look at the sta-aaah-aah-ars..." at the Rock Auditorium Just showing off the tix we've got for the the much much awaited concert here in Singapore. Four days and counting and let us say hello to this Grammy-award winning band. I promise to give you an update just right after the concert especially for the Filipino fans not to spoil but to excite you. Prayin' that everyone will be blessed and encouraged. See you all soon.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
TOP 10 Reasons Why You're Going to the SwitchFoot Concert
1. 'cause I missed their previous concert and should not miss it this time.
2. 'cause I already filed my vacation leave at work and was already approved my my Manager so there's no reason to back out.
3. I am a proud Filipino and also proud to know that Jerome Fontamillas is a Filipino in the band.
4. because i want to see how it feels to scream and shout "and everything inside, screams for second tries, YEAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! and we we're meant to live for so much moooore!!"
2. 'cause I already filed my vacation leave at work and was already approved my my Manager so there's no reason to back out.3. I am a proud Filipino and also proud to know that Jerome Fontamillas is a Filipino in the band.
4. because i want to see how it feels to scream and shout "and everything inside, screams for second tries, YEAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! and we we're meant to live for so much moooore!!"
Monday, April 4, 2011
Phil Sports Arena Seating and Ticket Pricing
Here is what we've been waiting for. Let's catch Switchfoot Live in Manila for their Asia Pacific leg of The Hello Hurricane Tour on April 30, 2011 at Phil Sports Arena (formerly Ultra) . Tickets are available at TicketWorld and SM Tickets. You may call the following numbers for your inquiries: BMI Music Inc. – 910-5524, SM Tickets – 470-2222, TicketWorld – 891-9999.
POSTERS, TICKETS
Reminiscing Meant to Live Singapore and Manila 2007
Here are two videos from their previous concerts in Singapore and Manila. Frontman Jon Foreman with a heartening and compelling message of the song encourages the audience to live a life that is bigger than ourselves.
Drum beating rolling, guitars roaring with a little guitar lick and riff and some hounding effects while Jon is delivering a story saying, "One of the reasons why we are so excited to come here is because our friends at IJM is getting 20% of your tickets. For those of you who don't know, IJM is International Justice Mission and what they are about is rescuing people that are being trafficked in and out of the country and rescuing young girls and so that's something that certainly something where we are coming from is a big part of what we are as a band. So this is a company that has already rescued a hundred young girls from within the city of Manila. And that is something we are going to share about. I wanna be
Drum beating rolling, guitars roaring with a little guitar lick and riff and some hounding effects while Jon is delivering a story saying, "One of the reasons why we are so excited to come here is because our friends at IJM is getting 20% of your tickets. For those of you who don't know, IJM is International Justice Mission and what they are about is rescuing people that are being trafficked in and out of the country and rescuing young girls and so that's something that certainly something where we are coming from is a big part of what we are as a band. So this is a company that has already rescued a hundred young girls from within the city of Manila. And that is something we are going to share about. I wanna be
SWITCHFOOT LIVE IN CONCERT at Rock Auditorium, Singapore 04-28-11
Cost: Standard: S$95, S$75, S$55
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Don't forget to please add to above price $3 Booking Fee per ticket for tickets above $20 and $1 Booking Fee per ticket for tickets $20 and below. Charges include GST where applicable.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Switchfoot Singapore Promo Clip Apri 28, 2011
Here is a promotional video for the upcoming Hello Hurricane Tour in Singapore. Thanks to monsoonmanagement for uploading this video in Youtube. Get ready to sing a long with their current hit singles like "Mess of Me", "Your Love is a Song", "Awakening", and some classic and timeless hits like "Only Hope", "Meant to Live", "Dare you to Move", "Stars" and more for sure. My blood pumped up some adrenaline seeing this really nice video. Get my blood pumped up even more as they sings songs that empower life and breathe some power to the passion that's been lodged within. Singapore has been a place where a lot of Christian artists hold their concerts so better get ready for Christian rocking concert. No need to worry
SWITCHFOOT BALUT CHALLENGE 2007
Will this challenge happen ever again when they come back on their Hurricane Tour this April? I just wonder how it scared the hell out of the guys. I think this was Jerome's idea or a fan's idea.
Switchfoot vocalist Jon Foreman says here "I don't think I'll ever eat it [balut] again. I just gotta be honest but I'm glad I had shared this intimate experience with all of you." It was also confirmed when my girlfriend chatted with them in a meet-and-greet before their concert in the UK. One of the band members mentioned that it was one scary experience. But surely it had made their Philippine based fans enjoy the concert even more. What a challenging to connect with their fans and audience. Question is would be another challenge Switchfoot will face when they return on their Hurricane Tour in Manila. And what challenge does Singapore has for the Grammy-award winning band this April 28th.
Say Hello Hurricane Challenges!!!
Switchfoot vocalist Jon Foreman says here "I don't think I'll ever eat it [balut] again. I just gotta be honest but I'm glad I had shared this intimate experience with all of you." It was also confirmed when my girlfriend chatted with them in a meet-and-greet before their concert in the UK. One of the band members mentioned that it was one scary experience. But surely it had made their Philippine based fans enjoy the concert even more. What a challenging to connect with their fans and audience. Question is would be another challenge Switchfoot will face when they return on their Hurricane Tour in Manila. And what challenge does Singapore has for the Grammy-award winning band this April 28th.
Say Hello Hurricane Challenges!!!
THE BALIKBAYAN: WELCOME BACK JEROME FONTAMILLAS
I think everybody knows that Switchfoot’s guitarist/keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas is a full blooded Filipino. Picture here on the left shows Jerome playing the according in their Hurricane Tour in the UK. I remember him mention in an interview before that he resided in Cubao or Pasay when he was still at a very young age. My girlfriend, who watched their Hurricane tour concert in London, got the chance to meet Jerome and the other Switchfoot boys. The photo here was taken by her. Lucky for my girlfriend who has this meet-and-greet pass and she was able to chat with Switchfoot. She got the chance to talk to Jerome and heard Philippine Switchfoot saying his ancestors are from Baguio. And yes, I am working and residing here in Baguio at the moment. He also mentioned that the band was challenged to eat balut, which is an exotic delicacy here in the Philippines, the last time they here in HOW I KNEW ABOUT SWITCHFOOT
I first knew Switchfoot when I saw the music video of their song “New Way to be Human” at a Christian Music TV channel when I was still in college. That was way back year 2002. There were just the three of them that time – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman and Chad. The young Jon Foreman, sporting a short hair and some mustache, giving a teenage smile that is so innocent looking, never looked like a rockstar at all. Haha.
But that video that time actually did not interest me at all. And there came Mandy Moore with the hit song “Only Hope” from the OST of the movie “A Walk to Remember”. And have to admit to have watched that movie, unaware that it was an original song from the Switchfoot. I was also unaware that Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman sang duet with Mandy Moore in the song “Someday We’ll Know” that I just was hearing on the radio. When I watched that movie, I heard Jars of Clay’s hit song Flood. And I have been a Jars of Clay fan and that prompted me to buy the OST of that movie. One other thing that prompted me to buy the OST is because I hear on the radio this “Only Hope” being sung by a very interesting raspy voice with some appealing guitar plucking. And love to play the guitar, baby. But I was still unaware of this Switchfoot original until I bought the OST. And there you go, found out good good good songs from Switchfoot – “Dare You to Move”, “You,” and there I’ve found “Only Hope” to be originally by Siwtchfoot. And also remembered this was the Christian band I saw a few years back in that Christian Music Channel. Now their songs impressed me and got hooked with their other tunes like “Learning to Breathe”, “Meant to Live,” “Stars”, “This is Your Life”, Shadow Proves the Sunshine,” and the list goes on.
But that video that time actually did not interest me at all. And there came Mandy Moore with the hit song “Only Hope” from the OST of the movie “A Walk to Remember”. And have to admit to have watched that movie, unaware that it was an original song from the Switchfoot. I was also unaware that Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman sang duet with Mandy Moore in the song “Someday We’ll Know” that I just was hearing on the radio. When I watched that movie, I heard Jars of Clay’s hit song Flood. And I have been a Jars of Clay fan and that prompted me to buy the OST of that movie. One other thing that prompted me to buy the OST is because I hear on the radio this “Only Hope” being sung by a very interesting raspy voice with some appealing guitar plucking. And love to play the guitar, baby. But I was still unaware of this Switchfoot original until I bought the OST. And there you go, found out good good good songs from Switchfoot – “Dare You to Move”, “You,” and there I’ve found “Only Hope” to be originally by Siwtchfoot. And also remembered this was the Christian band I saw a few years back in that Christian Music Channel. Now their songs impressed me and got hooked with their other tunes like “Learning to Breathe”, “Meant to Live,” “Stars”, “This is Your Life”, Shadow Proves the Sunshine,” and the list goes on.
Hello Hurricane Tour in Manila and Singapore
Manila, Manila, Switchfoot is coming back to Manila.
Switchfoot live in Manila for the second time with their Hurricane tour? That is very surprising. Never thought they’d be back for another concert in Singapore and the Philippines. Could it be that Jerome Fontamillas, the Filipino guitarist/ keyboardist in the band, is missing his hometown in the Philippines. And he could pull his band way back to his country? (Click here to see a blog about Jerome Fontanilla) Or maybe Switchfoot just feels so honored by the support being shown by its Filipino fans. Filipino fans for sure are proud of their “kababayan” being a member of Switchfoot and even more proud of the band heading again to Manila for another concert, the Hurricane tour.
And I think this is also not the first time Switchfoot is coming to Singapore. Asia is just a very good place to hold concert isn't it?
So get ready Philippines and Singapore -- say Hello Hurricane.
THE HURRICANE TOUR
Great Asian tour for Switchfoot.
April 28, 2011 in Singapore at the Rock Auditorium
Aprl 30, 2011 in Manila at Philippine Sports Arena (formerly Ultra)
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