Tuesday, July 02, 2024

SAME GROUND: KITCHIE NADAL'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT



Almost the end of June and I haven’t written about this day. 


I’m not sure if it was announced prior to the ticket selling but I knew about it on the same day. I honestly didn’t thought of it much I just knew I had to see her again after so long. I used to see Kitchie Nadal way back in 2005 and 2006 when she used to perform at SM Megamall cinema it was how “small show” happened in here before, I think. 


Weeks early, I searched for her Spotify to play her music and I was surprised that she have other albums! Haha I was so disappointed to myself not knowing about it but I’m here to catch up I even put schedule on listening music because it was so hard to get away from Billie’s new album and Clancy. I listen now to OPM at night only and in the morning or while I’m out it’s my usual. 


So weird to be out on Sunday but we are out for Kitchie! I left home by 2PM so that I will not be in a rush or something I don’t want to be caught up on rain and we’re will luckily it didn’t. Planned where to eat and where to go already and since I’m so anxious because it was Sunday and I knew people are usually out by Sunday good thing the restaurant I planned to stay in is not as full and I was able to stay for almost 2 hours. 


I was roaming at Gateway and saw that the lines outside are still long but eventually I decided to lined up already because we don’t have any other thing to do anyway. 


Show was supposed to start by 7PM but people are still lining up to enter so it started about 7:30PM and lasted until 10PM. I enjoyed it so much and would you ever believe that at random distribution of ticket of ticketnet, I got front row seat! I’d like to think that I’m one of the few who purchased as soon as I saw it and I will never forget the time I purchased that ticket. I was in line at the bank and silently freaking out. 


I don’t have much expectation about this show I just want to enjoy and once again see Kitchie perform but days prior to the show, the hype is so real on Kitchie’s Facebook Page teasing of the practice with her co-musician that makes me a little excited since I knew that Barbie will be there as well as Lougee!!! 


No expectations and I just I enjoyed it so much though I’m not sure I enjoyed it in a formal way of sitting but it is much better because once Kitchie approach the crowd they went wild. Omg. 


They mentioned that this was her first solo concert and I think that’s why I took so many videos and pictures since I haven’t been to a local artist solo concert (if my memory serves me right). 


Also I was able to meet her just for picture and free signed poster. Yay! 


You want to know who stole Kitchie’s limelight to me that night? When freaking Nina Sandejas walked in front of me to take photos of Kitchie and I’m seated front row!!! Damn admiring 2 artists in a night. 


There are few other more guests too including Kate Torralba, Monty of Mayonnaise, Zild Benitez and Kitchie’s mom who played the piano and I got stunned that I didn’t take a photo or a video of that. 


It was a successful one and hopefully it will not be her last. 


Upon meet and greet aka photo op, I was the first to walked up to her and I don’t have much word I just mentioned to her that I used to watched her on SM Megamall cinema back then and she was puzzled. Haha I was on the first batch to take photo with and it was a quick meet and greet since there bunch of people and it was already 11PM. I knew that small talks are going to happen after the first few batch. 


I super enjoyed it maybe since I didn’t expect anything from that night. Though I discovered some sad songs that she didn’t played that night that I wished she did. 


To more live OPM artists but do I listen to them regularly? Lol 

 

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