Charice Christmas Concert in Manila

Charice's Christmas concert in Manila, Philippines was held live on December 2 and shown on Philippine TV on December 11, 2011.



Below are links to videos uploaded on YouTube (7 parts):



Part 2: http://youtu.be/WjtPUBw2iWM
Part 3: http://youtu.be/o0kSBY3cbd8
Part 4: http://youtu.be/jyHCmqkQudY
Part 5: http://youtu.be/FXIFzSl2i-8
Part 6: http://youtu.be/Rbr1aTliVRY
Part 7: http://youtu.be/PnFsos3jhCo

Charice Tours Philippine Radio Stations

Charice is doing the rounds of Philippine Radio stations today to promote her new album "Infinity", according to Warner Music Philippines.

Below are some photos and a video of the livestream of her interview at 103.5 WOW Radio:

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Charice's Asia-Pacific Tour 2012

Charice with her band

From abs-cbnnews.com:

Charice to do Asia-Pacific tour next year
By Reyma Buan-Deveza
Posted at 12/08/2011

MANILA, Philippines - International singing sensation Charice shared her excitement as she is set to do an Asia-Pacific tour early next year.

"Actually, 'yung Asian tour baka mag-start po siya ng March. Ang target pong show ay sa Manila, Korea, Hawaii at Singapore," she told abs-cbnNEWS.com on Thursday.

The singer added that she might also do a show in Dubai.

Charice is currently in Manila to celebrate an early Christmas with her mother Raquel and her brother Carl.

So what is her Christmas wish?

"Ako, ang wish ko, sana po talaga walang work (sa Pasko), pero mayroon po. I don't know kung matutupad 'yon. Pero 'yon, bonding with family and sana nandito si daddy," Charice said, referring to her slain father, Ricky Pempengco.

Asked if she has forgiven the suspect in the killing of her father, Charice answered: "Actually, hanggang ngayon di ko alam ang isasagot ko diyan kasi iba ang pangyayari. At hanggang ngayon, di ko alam bakit niya nagawa 'yon."

Meanwhile, Charice said she is now preparing for a major project that will be bared next year.

She is also doing the US version of her "Infinity" album, which was already launched in the Philippines and Japan.

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TV5 Broadcasts "Christmas with Charice", December 11

Philippine network TV5 will air "Christmas With Charice" on December 11, 2011 at 10 pm.

The live concert "Christmas With Charice" was held last December 2, 2011 at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre, Resorts World Manila, Pasay City, Philippines.



A Chaster tweeted this link to a possible livestreaming:
http://www.pinoytoolbar.net/2010/02/abc-5-philippine-tv-live-streaming.html

Charice speaks about Christmas without her dad

From Interaksyon.com:

Charice on Christmas without dad: emotions go 'on and off'

MANILA, Philippines – Global singing sensation Charice, who performed last December 2 in the concert “TV5 Presents: Christmas with Charice” at the Resorts World Theatre, admits that she has mixed feelings about the holidays: while it’s a happy season for appreciating blessings and spreading cheer, it will heighten even more the deep pain and loss she suffered from her father’s violent death recently.

On December 11, Charice will again be seen at the Kapatid Network, where she will be joined by a lucky fan who like her was discovered on youtube.

Just before the December 2 concert at Resorts World, she was interviewed in a segment on TV5’s showbiz program “Paparazzi,” where she made an ironic observation: she seems more nervous performing for Filipinos than for foreigners, because, she says, Filipinos are by and large so good in music it’s tough just thinking of the standards they have of performers.

“Everytime kakanta ako sa harap ng ating kababayan, feeling ko parang first time [Every time I sing in front of Filipinos, I feel as if it’s my first time].”

Asked about her thoughts on her first Christmas without dad Ricky Pempengco, who was stabbed to death by a drunken neighbor, she told Paparazzi’s Dolly Ann Carvajal, her emotions go “on and off.”

She lamented that she didn’t have much time to enjoy her daddy’s company after they had patched up their differences.

“Suddenly the thought comes to you, he’s no longer there. At the same time, we feel his presence, [and I feel he must be happy.]”

Charice is pleased that she and her father’s relatives patched up all their differences, which came to the fore hours after his death, when his sister blurted out on television that maybe, with Ricky dead, Charice and her mom would “now be happy.”

All that is in the past now, says Charice, who had dinner with all his relatives before she returned to the US days after burying him.

Back in the US, she said, the support and messages of comfort from the camp of Oprah Winfrey, the legendary talk show host who helped build up Charice’s career, poured in.

“We had flowers…from Oprah, her staff…it was so touching.”

...Looking back, she regrets the time lost for bonding, in all the years she and her mom were separated from her dad after the couple quarrelled. She says she feels sorry even though everything that happened then was beyond her control, she being so young then.

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An Open Letter to Charice from her Godfather

From Philstar.com:

A letter to Charice

Dear Cha,

You made me proud as your Ninong all the more after I saw you at the David Foster and Friends (DFF) concert Tuesday night. How mature your voice is now. I must say that, indeed, you’re every inch an international star.

Thank you for the backstage pass your mother Raquel gave me. In the middle of the concert, I had a field day roaming around the backstage of Smart-Araneta Coliseum. I went inside your dressing room to say hi but you weren’t there when I entered. But just the same, I stayed in your room even for a while. I sat on a comfy sofa and for a minute remembered how it was before for you when you were not yet “discovered” and “loved” by the world.

I must say your dressing room in Araneta that night was big. I thought it was bigger than the first apartment where you stayed in Gulod. Well, you and I will agree that your dressing room in Araneta was so much bigger than the toilet of a network where you used to change clothes when you had TV guestings. I remember you peeping in the solo dressing rooms of established stars, hoping that you would have your own one day, with your name plastered on the door. God is good He heard your pleas. As I always tell you, good things happen to good people. I hope you remain your good, humble self all the time. I hold no reservation that, despite your fame and yes, fortune, that is still achievable.

Thank you for the two tickets that Tita Grace Mendoza (your manager) sent to the house. Tita Christine (Dayrit) and I had a glorious view of the concert. Our vantage point was reminiscent of the night when you came to the house to entertain us with more than 30 songs.

At the DFF in Manila, we enjoyed the comedic repartees of David and the voices of Russel Watson, Ashanti, Philip Bailey and Michael Bolton. Pero syempre, Tita Christine and I were eagerly waiting for you. When the lights on stage were dimmed for a while, we knew it was your turn to sing. We were hoping David would give you the same superlatives when he introduced you the way he did for the others. Instead, when the houselights were turned on, you were there already on center stage. It was when David said nothing at all for your introduction that he said it all no need to introduce you because you are already a household name, you are already a star.

You had not yet opened your mouth to sing but the Big Dome was already ripped off with the thunderous applause of the crowd. And I must say, I give it to your loyal and loving fans the “Chasters” for giving you the loudest ovation. The Chasters went loco, too, when you acknowledged them after your very heartfelt rendition of Power of Love.

I heard you sing that song in your apartment in Gulod in 2003 or 2004. We were in the terrace of your rented house. Your mother was unrelenting because she always asked you to repeat the song from the top every time you missed a high note or when you are not breathing properly as you sang. When I thought it was already a good rendition, your mother your mentor and critic was always ready to give her constructive comments. So, the whole day, you were singing Power of Love. And there, at that moment, I discovered all the more your “power” and more so the “love” for you of your mother.

I miss laughing with you...

When I caught you at the side of the stage, you were preparing for your next number a duet with Michael Bolton. You were surprised to see me. Like little kids, we were jumping up and down as we were huddled in a tight embrace. You talked to me in English and I jokingly admonished you to talk to me in Tagalog. (By the way, your English now is very good. A lot better than when you asked me to teach you English before. Haha.) You were thankful that I came that night. I admit, that second DFF in Manila was your first concert that I saw.

I left the backstage when you started to sing The Prayer with Michael Bolton. I sat beside your mom and together we watched you sing and soar. Your mom was teary eyed. She remains your beacon of hope, your will to survive, your lighthouse when your sailing is threatened by long, dark nights. In your mother’s eyes, you remain her “Minggay.” You should have seen how tears welled up in her eyes, filled with love for the daughter who, together with your brother Carl, means the world to her.

Take care of yourself wherever you go when you do your own, ehem, world tour soon. You’ve really gone a long way from the days when we would ride pedicabs around the village. Gone, too, were the days when, after your school, you would sell isaw in front of Gulod Elementary School just so you would have allowance the following day. I hope to one day see your school, the Southern New Hampshire University in Boston, where you are pursuing a degree in Communication Arts as an online scholar student.

I am confident you will keep that humility in your heart. The more you keep your feet on the ground, the more you will be blessed. I will repeat, good things happen to good people.

More beautiful things await you, Cha. God bless you.

Love,

Ninong Bum

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Other Charice articles by the same author:

A 'Telephone' conversation with Sunshine Corazon, October 10, 2010
The Charice I Know, May 30, 2010
'Gusto mo bang maging kumare si Oprah?', May 2, 2010
Charice, February 8, 2009

Charice & Michael Bolton's "The Prayer", a Show-Stopper

From Philstar.com:

When Bolton’s turn came, he materialized from the entrance, mixed with the audience and had his picture taken with some fans while he was singing and proceeded to the stage for more of his well-loved songs, including When A Man Loves A Woman and To Love Somebody.

And then came Charice, opening her set with Power Of Love and ending it with a number from her new (second) album Infinity which was released in Japan and instantly made it to the Top 10 Hits (in the US?), which, according to Foster, “makes Charice the first Asian ever,” and a Filipino at that, to score such a hit.

Hands-down show-stopper was the The Prayer duet of Charice and Bolton whose blended voices sounded so heavenly that they made you feel like, yes, you were in heaven.

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Watch the heavenly duet below:

(Video) Charice Interview on BBC World News, 27 October 2011

Below is an unofficial video upload of Charice being interviewed by Rico Hizon for BBC World News. Airing details below.



Posted on Facebook by Rico Hizon:

Charice BBC World News Interview

Interview with Filipino international singer Charice will be broadcast on BBC World News today October 27, Thursday Worldwide. 0100 London 0800 Manila 1100 Sydney 2000 New York times.

Click here to watch it on the BBC Website

Updated: (Video Playlist) Charice in DFF Manila, 25 Oct 2011

Charice's performances in the David Foster and Friends Asia Tour 2011 in Manila, Philippines, on 25 October 2011

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The One and Only Hit-Man David Foster and Friends was in concert on October 25, 2011 at the Araneta Coliseum, Manila of the Philippines. C-H-A-R-I-C-E is the second to last performer in the show singing four songs: "Power of Love", "Stand up for Love", "UnBreak My Heart", and "Louder". Then at end of the show, she performed a duet with Michael Bolton for "The prayer" and concluded the concert with "the Earth Song" with all other artists.

(Updated/Corrected) Charice Gives Back: Includes Talented Filipino Aeta Boy in Her December Solo Concert

From ABS CBN News / Yahoo News Philippines:

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED/CORRECTED) – International singing sensation Charice will be performing with Aeta singing boy Arjohn Gilbert in her solo concert in December, not tonight during "The Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends" as he had expected.

This was confirmed to abs-cbnNEWS.com by Gilbert’s manager, Joy Maranan.

“Ang sabi ni Charice, magpeperform si Gilbert sa December 2, sa major concert niya,” she said.

Maranan said Gilbert will attend tonight's concert at the Araneta Coliseum as a special guest.

Gilbert had told abs-cbnNEWS.com early Tuesday morning that he would be performing with Charice.

Gilbert had said he prepared for tonight's show to impress Charice as well as other international artists.

"Masaya po ako. Talagang sobrang saya. Parang hindi ako nakatulog sa excitement," Gilbert had said. He even attended voice and dance lessons for the concert.

Last August, Charice asked her fans to find the talented Aeta boy from Clark, Pampanga.

Charice invited Gilbert to perform with her after she saw a video of the latter singing Justin Bieber's hits.

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David Foster on Charice: "I love having her and she loves being with me and that's not going to change."

From PEP:

David Foster denied reports claiming that his upcoming concert with Charice would be the last time that they would perform together.

The Grammy award-winning record producer clarified that he can still work with Charice even though they are now part of different record labels.

David arrived in the Philippines last Sunday night, October 23, for the Manila leg of the David Foster And Friends concert that will take place at the Smart Araneta Coliseum this Tuesday, October 25.

The other singers who will perform in the concert include Ashanti, Philip Bailey, Russel Watson, and Michael Bolton.

"No, that kinda got misunderstood, probably 'coz of the translation. I've been with Warner Music for 26 years.

"September 30 is my last day with Warner and December 1st will be my first day with Universal Records," explained David during the concert's press conference held yesterday, October 24, at the Marriott Hotel, Resorts World Manila.

"Come December 1st, I won't be able to produce for Charice anymore because I can't take her with me. She's staying at Warner and I'm going to Universal [Records].

"But as for touring, I hope for many, many years we will always tour together [as long as] she has the time. She tours on her own.

"I love having her and she loves being with me and that's not going to change."

For her part, Charice says that her loyalty with remain with David, regardless of which label he signs up with.

"I always tell David that I'm always here for him. He's always been there for me and whatever he wants to do with me, I'm in. We're a team."

She later added, "Ang paghihiwalay, hindi yun mangyayari kahit lilipat siya sa Universal [Records].

"Pag may show siya, pag kinausap naman niya ako, nandun ako. Pag kailangan ko siya, nandiyan naman siya.

"Nandiyan pa rin naman kami para sa isa't isa kasi he's my godfather."

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Charice says she will always be there for David Foster

From abs-cbnnews.com:

MANILA, Philippines – International composer David Foster said on Monday he can no longer produce songs for the Philippines' singing sensation Charice since he will be moving from Warner Music to Universal Records.

Charice and Foster both used to be under Warner Music

Foster said this in a press conference on the "Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends" concert to be held at the Araneta Coliseum on October 25.

However, Foster said he and Charice can still perform together in concert tours.

In the same press event, Charice said (s)he will always be there for Foster, who has stood as her mentor, no matter what happens.

Charice’s mom, Racquel Pempengco, also made it clear that her daughter will continue to work with Foster even after the "Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends" concert.

"Na-misinterpret lang 'yung sinabi ni David. Kasi magkakaroon nga ulit ng bagong album at magso-solo tour si Charice," she told abs-cbnNEWS.com.

Likewise, Pempengco added Charice can still work with the other artists featured in their upcoming concert if she has free time.

Charice, who arrived in Manila Monday afternoon for the October 25 concert, has a platinum award from Warner Philippines for selling 50,000 copies of her self-titled international album.

Updated 2x: (Photos & Videos) Charice Arrives in Manila, Philippines for DFF Concert

Another video added:



Charice with her family:

Philippine television coverages of Charice's arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila:





At the press conference:

The Story Behind "Charice Talk with YouTube"

We previously asked if Charice was an endorser of YouTube and Google after having seen this video (screenshot below with link to original post):

Here's the story from Interaksyon.com (13-Oct-11):

MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE, 1 p.m.) In an apparent move to reach more Filipinos here and abroad, the government has signed on to popular video-sharing site YouTube as part of its ramped-up social media efforts, officials announced Thursday...

Aside from Malacañang, the launch of the localized version of YouTube also saw the introduction of local television content to the site, in partnership with local broadcasting networks.

This means some content produced by TV networks — such as TV5, ABS-CBN and GMA Network — will be uploaded to the site. Is it yet to be known, however, if full episodes of news and entertainment shows will be made available.

In addition to TV content, YouTube said they had also paired up with music producers in an effort to help revive the local music industry. The company said it has signed a licensing agreement with the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP), which will allow music artists to earn revenue through the site...

To celebrate the official launch of YouTube Philippines, the main YouTube site featured a sidebar on its homepage dedicated to videos of popular Filipino celebrity icons, such as singer Charice Pempengco and boxer Rep. Manny Pacquiao.

“YouTube is officially launched in the Philippines! Stay tuned as the Philippines YouTube community shares its amazing creativity,” the sidebar text said.

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