Maroon 5’s newest album “Overexposed” is now available on iTunes and I’m pretty delighted and excited to read that they will be returning to Philippines for another round of concert on September! The concert will be held at SMART Araneta Coliseum on September 18, 2012.
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Maroon 5 returns to Manila in September
Overexposed? That may be the title of Maroon 5’s fourth album, due out on June 26th, but for fans raring to move like Jagger, Maroon 5’s upcoming concert on September 18 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, that overexposure may be welcome.
After all, it will be the band’s third visit to Manila , following shows in 2008 and again, last year in May.
Frontman Adam Levine’s turn as a mentor in the TV reality show “The Voice” was a ratings bonanza and his equally high-profile romances with models of the Victoria ’s Secret variety are gossip site fodder.
Churning out the hits
And, when it comes to slick pop-soul tunes that stick like LSS (Last Song Syndrome), Maroon 5 are masters.
In the 12 years they’ve been together, the band has churned ‘em out with pretty decent regularity. It began in 2005 with “She Will Be Loved” then in 2008 with “Makes Me Wonder,” and in 2009 by “Won't Go Home without You" and “If I Never See Your Face Again,” a collaboration with Rihanna. Last year, “Misery” and “Moves Like Jagger” with Christina Aguilera took to the stratosphere.
Along the way, the band picked up nine Grammy awards, including Best New Artist in 2005. Maroon 5 also seemed to have broken the curse of the said award. Unlike some of the one-hit wonders who received the award and then sank without a trace after, Maroon 5 has gone from hit to hit.
Most paid downloaded song
In fact, “Moves Like Jagger” went down in history as one the most paid downloaded song, prompting the band to explore the idea of co-writing, which they do in the new album.
“It’s like, ‘We get it—we’re overexposed,’” Levine said, laughing. “We’re just trying to preemptively go where the conversation is headed anyway. We figured we’d get there first.”
While everyone and his grandma know Maroon 5 as a pop hit machine, Levine has been less than forthcoming about it.
Embracing their pop stardom
“I feel like we’ve been standing on the edge of a cliff for a long time. We’re a band that’s always been close to being full-on pop, but that’s rooted in a lot of other things: rock, soul, funk, the list goes on,” he said.
“‘Overexposed’ is the first time we’ve ever completely embraced the idea of making pop music—of making songs for the radio. We just said, ‘Let’s not be afraid to do what we basically are.’”
The singer said that the new album is “both most and least like Maroon 5.” It’s got the sound people expect from them but it also contains ideas that are “a step beyond whatever feels comfortable,” the singer said.
Not another effing love song
Their single off their new album, “Payphone,” features rapper Wiz Khalifa for the guest verse.
“I love how ‘Payphone’ seems like a such sweet song until the chorus comes in,” Levine said, referring to the part of that tune where he declares, “All those fairy tales are full of s**t / One more f***ing love song, I’ll be sick.”
“It’s totally subverting the song in this way that makes you lean in and listen,” he added.
While that sounds like Levine unwilling to let pop engulf his loftier musical aspirations, he might as well give up. Four-letter words notwithstanding, Levine and Maroon 5 are pop stars. And what’s so bad about that?
Maroon 5 performs live in Manila with special guest, The Cab, on September 18, 2012 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. This event is presented by Midas Promotions in cooperation with Dayly Entertainment. Tickets are available online at www.ticketnet.com.ph or call 911-5555 for inquiries.
I love “Payphone” to boot and will definitely would save up to see this concert! We also found out from this site (http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1638740) that tickets might have these amounts:
- PATRON VIP (PT101 & PT103 ROW A-J) - Php 10,600
- PATRON REGULAR (PT101&103 ROW K-T/ PT104-PT115) - Php 7,420
- LOWER BOX VIP (LB200-201) - Php 6,360
- LOWER BOX SIDES (LB202-215) - Php 5,830
- UPPER BOX A (UA) - Php 3,710
- UPPER BOX B (UB) - Php 2,650
- GENERAL ADMISSION (GA) - Php 850
VILLAIN (Akunin)
It’s here! Japanese Culture fans have been waiting for this movie fest every year and this time, I’m thoroughly excited with the line-up. Not only the plot sounds promising but most of the actors and actresses in the line-ups are from “this generation”. We have Nakama Yukie, Ayase Haruka, Miyazaki Aoi, Yamashita Tomohisa, Sakurai Sho (I can actually hear fangirls screaming), Oguri Shun, Kaname Jun, etc.