As 1 As It Happened

AS1 AS IT HAPPENED

-ryandgreatuno

martin nievera came on stage as “expected” surprise guest in gary valenciano’s 25th anniversary concert at the araneta coliseum last february

what’s unexpected is the announcement that they’ll have a concert together for the first time

and that happened last saturday!

September 2009 | AS1 concert ticket and poster

during gary’s concert, we've had a sneak preview on what to see on their collaboration concert,

gary singing martin’s songs and vice versa and martin’s comedic flair and the way gary moves, such a perfect combination!

and last saturday, we joined a jam-packed crowd at sm mall of asia open grounds that thankfully had a pleasant weather condition

the concert became a medley concert of sorts, because most of the production numbers were in medley form

maybe to save time and the concert lasted for more than 3 hours

there were no special guests or surprise guests

pops fernandez and zsa-zsa padilla did perform but they only appeared on the video screen while singing along with gary and martin,

although zsa-zsa is present in the audience

martin’s son robin and gary’s son gab, joined in as they jammed together for “i gotta a feeling and nobody”

September 2009 | Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera on-stage

there’s also a michael jackson medley, it was beautifully arranged,

the audience were rooting for martin to dance but martin did show off only a little while gary did an all-out his ala michael jackson move!

also included were some of the most popular tv/movie theme songs of their own like “tayong dalawa”, sana maulit muli, kahit isang saglit and “you are my song”

more than those intense performances, the enthralling part is to see them in one stage!

having the same perspective of thoughts but in different style as we've seen in martin’s natural sense of humor

while gary exudes a more serious persona that merged together as one