HOTDOG, the legendary band who pioneered the Manila Sound and changed the course of Filipino music towards a bright pop future, will be the object of a special tribute show which will be held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater on Saturday, August 8. The show is Manila, Manila, the HOTDOG Tribute Concert. It is directed by Paul Basinillo with Marvin Querido as musical director.
All set to perform the classics and to bring a true HOTDOG vibe to the show are three of the band’s famous girl singers: Rita Trinidad, Maso Rivera and Gina Montes.
Joining them will be the young talents who will lead today’s generation to the discovery of this iconic catalogue. They are the following:
Atasha Muhlach to sing Pers Lab; Adie with Bitin Sa ‘yo; Rob Daniel will sing Manila; Wilbert Ross with Sa Isip Ko; Aubrey Caraan is set to do Panaginip; Alamat in a duet with Mia Bella for Beh! Buti Nga; GAT and Raya with Bongga Ka Day; and as special guests Sam Concepcion, KD Estrada, Jeff Moses and Anthony Rosaldo from the cast of the musical Bongga Ka Day, the Annie Batungbakal Musical who will perform Akala Ko, Ikaw ang Miss Universe ng Buhay Ko, Langit Na Naman and Dying to Tell You.
HOTDOG was formed by the brothers Dennis and Rene Garcia in 1973 with Mon Torralba, Tito del Rosario, Roy Diaz de Rivera, Lorrie Lustre, Jess Garcia and girl singer Ella del Rosario. The band’s first album Unang Kagat yielded two major hits, Ikaw ang Miss Universe ng Buhay Ko and Pers Lab. These two songs mixed English and Filipino lyrics set against a western pop melody and marked the beginning of what became the Manila Sound. Almost sixty years later, HOTDOG music remains both classic and popular.
Manila, Manila, the HOTDOG Tribute Concert is a presentation of Newport World Resorts in association with Front Row Theatre Management in a VAA Live and Full House Theater Company Collaboration.
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