(Yup! The pictures were pretty bad)

Daughtry Live in Manila

One of the stops of the band Daughtry here in Asia was Manila where they performed at the Eastwood City last July 29,2008. The songs were great, the band played really well, Chris Daughtry sang like he should have won that American Idol in 2006. He sounded really good that for me it was almost like the one in the recording studio. But the greatest part of this whole concert was that we got to see the show for free. Yes FREE!

We really enjoyed the concert as the band played most of the songs in their album like "It's Not Over," which was the eight most played song across all formats on U.S. radio in 2007. They also played "Over You," which is my favorite song of the album since it really shows the range of Chris Daughtry's voice even if he is a rocker. I don't know but in my vocabulary, rockers don't have that much range unless you consider the shouting "range" or more of the same word except for the N - RAGE. Another song they played that was included in the Billboard Charts was "Feels Like Tonight." Of course, the last song (if it weren't for "More, More, More" chants) was "Home." This makes you wonder did they really want to go home already?

Why? Yes, the crowd was into it and they loved the band but for a small place with a capacity of not more than 2000 people, it wasn't full (Don't worry the recent fight of Pacquiao and Diaz also wasn't full also). Where I stayed, I could have easily moved 5 rows forward without anybody in my way. Yup, literally in my way..it just wasn't that crowded.

Despite not having a capacity crowd, I still hope the Daughtry band felt some Filipino love during the concert since those who watched were really into it and they (ok, WE) were singing along. We would love to have them back here in the Philippines. I hope next time they come here, they would have had launched their second album so more people could be into it and it could be held in the Araneta Coliseum. Another thing, isn't it great how many artists/bands have been coming to Manila lately?

We were already tired even if tt was still early since the concert lasted around an hour and 15 minutes "So I'm going home, I'm going home"...

...but wait! [To Be Continued]