“It felt like a Saturday family nightout.”
That’s how my fiftysomething friend Vivian S. described the David Cook & David Archuleta Live in Manila concert at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Concert Grounds last Saturday night that capped the American Idols discoveries’ heady five-day visit which was packed full with TV guestings and endless media interviews starting on Tuesday, May 12, upon their separate arrival (Cook on Singapore Airlines from the US and Archuleta on Qatar Airlines from UK where he just had a concert).
The concert of the two American Idol stars, had been successful. The two Davids shown that they are really good in performance that over 50,000 of viewers seen the record breaking event happened in the country.
After his stunning victory over Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao again conquered the hearts of his countrymen in a different way. This time, it was a mini concert at the Mall of Asia organized by the GMA-7 network on the day of his arrival. No less than GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe Gozon called Manny the “Pambansang Kapuso.”
