A SHARED PASSION FOR ACOUSTIC MUSIC

Boyce Avenue ready to perform for Filipino fans again

By Patrick V. Miguel

THEY are mostly known as the “boyce”—pun intended—singing acoustic covers on Youtube, gaining popularity there from rendering their own version of today’s popular songs. However, the Florida-based boy band is also set to get out from the screens and perform live, and this time, in the Philippines.

Boyce Avenue will perform on Valentine’s week at the Araneta Coliseum, Waterfront Ballroom Hotel in Cebu, and SMX Convention Center respectively.

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Lead singer Alejandro Manzano says that Filipinos share with the band a profound appreciation and passion for acoustic music. “There’s a deeper level of the passion there, it seems to be woven in the Filipino culture to be really romantic and that’s such a big part of what we do and what we’ve always loved to do,” he further noted.

Known for their acoustic genre, Alejandro highlights the lyrics, the melody, and the emotions of each song as their main focus when singing.

Choosing the Philippines to have a concert at was an “easy decision,” according to Daniel Manzano.

“Whenever we do have a particular performance live, the crowd sings so passionately in the Philippines,” he added, expressing a sort of appreciation for how Filipinos love their music as a band.

“It’s because the Philippines embraces us as a whole country that we’re able to play too often as we do,” Daniel said.

This would not be the band’s first time in the Philippines as they had already performed at the Araneta Coliseum in February 2020, sharing the stage with OPM band I Belong to the Zoo.

Since they took some time off during the pandemic, the band is more than excited to perform again live in the Philippines.

Asked on what their Filipino fans should look forward to, Alejandro answered, “I think they can look forward to Boyce Avenue that I feel like is reinvigorated and kind of I guess almost more excited to play live than we ever have been before.”

“I think there would be some sort of genuine excitement that hopefully they would feel from us on-stage,” he added.

He added that in the last two years, they managed to improve themself as a band, and hopefully would come out to the stage a better one—providing a better performance—for the audience.

“I think our sound is gonna be better than we’ve ever had before just because, you know, we’re getting older, we have more experience, and we’ve become better musicians,” Alejandro expects.

He hints of “something special” that’s gonna happen at the concert, particularly on the opening act.

Reflecting on the past and what they will offer in the upcoming concert, Alejandro shared, “We’re gonna add a lot of classics and we’ve added several new cover songs that we didn’t play the last time that we were there but just on a deeper emotional level. I think there’s a different kind of perspective now post-pandemic.”

Tickets for the Manila Concert are available at TicketNet, while the Cebu concert is available at SM Tickets.

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