UPDATE 2: Finally, Ticketworld has started selling tickets with prices at P800 for general admission and P1,300 for patrons, according to the website.
UPDATE: Here’s a recent statement posted on the Eraserheads mailing list:
27 August 2008
Philip Morris statement on Eraserheads concertPhilip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Inc. confirms that Radiohead Media Solutions Inc. has agreed to take over as promoter of the Eraserheads reunion concert planned for 30 August 2008. We made the
decision to withdraw as promoter and will have no involvement at all in this reunion concert. We wish the Eraserheads and Radiohead Media Solutions Inc. all the best.Dave M. Gomez
Public Affairs and Communications Manager
Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Inc.
Rumors about the cancellation of the Eraserheads reunion concert were dispelled. But many fans still crave for more information. For the past days local mailing lists (especially the longest-running E-heads list, among others), were abuzz about its cancellation until former E-heads drummer Raimund Marasigan announced that the much-anticipated reunion is pushing through despite the strong lobby against its former sponsor and the hitches in the Subsandwich mailing list, newsgroup of his band Sandwich.
Most fans wanted to know where to buy tickets, and how much is it worth. One E-heads list member even found an obviously fake ticket now being sold online for P50,000.
Since their split in 2002, rumors about the Reunion concert has been circulated on and off until this year when news came that they will finally play a one-night only concert.
As posted by Jim Ayson in Philmusic.com:
The rumors flew fast and thick all weekend. The story was that the Eraserheads Reunion was canceled. After all the relentless pressure from the anti-smoking lobby led by Dr. Maricar Limpin and her cronies at the Department of Health, Philip Morris did pull out of the show they organized. But on Sunday night, Raymund Marasigan himself made the announcement: The Eraserheads are “most definitely” pushing through with the reunion show. On schedule. At the right venue. On 08.30.2008 at the Fort Bonifacio open field.
At the time of this posting, fans are still in the dark about the price of the tickets, and where will they be sold.
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[...] naghahanap ng pinakabagong detalye tungkol sa Eraserheads reunion concert, nabasa ko sa isang Inquirer.net blog na may ibenebenta raw sa Internet na pekeng tiket sa halagang 50 libong piso. Pero mukha namang [...]
pogi
they should stay retired. Nothing is there for them to accomplish by getting back together.
Xachi
Nothing is there to accomplish? I beg to disagree. Remember this is the ONLY filipino band which made the filipino music scene so active again in the 90’s when all you can hear is grunge, grunge, grunge, alternative. So much pain and agony. But this band gave the filipino youth something else because if it didn’t, the clamor now wouldn’t be there. We’re talking about guys like me who were in college when they first played at the Sunken Garden, younger people who are now in their 20’s who never were at so many e-heads concert as much as we guys had, even my late mom who just loved “Ang Huling el Bimbo”.
After eraserheads disbanded, I really couldn’t find a good band to replace them, follow around, save up for an original CD and a concert ticket. Their ending in the 90’s was just too abrupt. Like a half-finished cupcake taken away from you. Maybe with this first-last gig, I can find my closure with them.
Yes, that’s it. Closure.
missingpoints
Gah! There are no tickets to be sold. It’s technically a private party for Phillip Morris, which is the reason why it isn’t covered by the DOH rule. The Philmusic article mentioned as much. Perhaps the poster should read Ayson’s entire article first before quoting it here.
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[...] the past days, fans have been ranting about the lack of details about the tickets following the changes. Originally, a cigarette company [...]
Renegade
You’re the one who’s missing the point!
Read the post again:
After all the relentless pressure from the anti-smoking lobby led by Dr. Maricar Limpin and her cronies at the Department of Health, Philip Morris did pull out of the show they organized.
Local website suffers with influx of E-heads concert ticket « pc teknik destek
[...] the past days, fans have been ranting about the lack of details about the tickets following the changes. Originally, a cigarette company [...]
admin
Check this out guys, tickets are now being sold online. http://www.ticketworld.com.ph/default.asp. also it listed down ticketworld outlets you can go to. people have already bought tickets. The website, however, is a bit ‘crowded.’
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