{"id":200682,"date":"2019-02-03T21:41:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T02:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200682"},"modified":"2019-02-03T21:41:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T02:41:08","slug":"thousands-of-filipinos-gather-for-blackpink-concert-in-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/03\/thousands-of-filipinos-gather-for-blackpink-concert-in-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Filipinos gather for Blackpink concert in Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_200683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200683\" style=\"width: 748px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-04-at-08.51.08.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-200683 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-04-at-08.51.08.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-04-at-08.51.08.png 748w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-04-at-08.51.08-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Such a fun night for all PH Blinks here at MOA Arena! We hope to see you again, BLACKPINK! #BLACKPINKatMOAArena #BLACKPINKinManila #BLACKPINKINYOURAREAMANILA&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BtYgSpqHHJG\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/moaarena\/\">@moaarena<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SM Mall of Asia Arena (MOA) was filled with thousands of people last Saturday, February 2 as Korean girl group Blackpink, which consists of Jennie, Jinsoo, Lisa, and Rose, throw their first-ever concert in the country in honor of their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Your Area<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tour. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blackpink has been handled by YG Entertainment since 2016. They\u2019re known for hits \u201cDdu-Du Ddu-Du,\u201d \u201cForever Young,\u201d \u201cStay,\u201d and \u201cWhistle.\u201d Prior to the beginning of their performance last Saturday night, Rose told fans, \u201cWe\u2019re so so excited to perform here in Manila. I hope you guys are ready to have fun tonight. Let\u2019s have fun!\u201d The South Korean girl group also performed their track \u201cKiss and Makeup,\u201d which is a collaboration with British singer Dua Lipa. Nearing the end of the concert, Jisoo expressed to her fans, \u201cThank you so much for support our concert in Manila. I&#8217;m very happy, very grateful and I love you,\u201d with Lisa adding, \u201cYou guys are amazing! Thank you so, so much! I love you! Salamat!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the celebrities that were spotted watching the show include Liza Soberano, Andrea Brillantes, Alexa Ilacad, Maymay Entrata, Edward Barber, Riva Quenery, AC Bonifacio, Sue Ramirez, Kristel Fulgar, Chie Filomeno, Charles Kieron, Jameson Blake, Rayt Carreon, Krissha Viaje, Richard Juan, Nichole Barranda, Ryan Bang, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, and Anne Curtis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few days before the concert, Anne gave 34 of her fans tickets to the concert through her foundation, Dream Machine, as part of her birthday celebration on February 17. She tells them, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hope you enjoyed your merienda and I hope you all the enjoy the concert to the MAX! Congratulations and continue to spread light and love in this world!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blackpink also recently announced that they will take their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Your Area<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tour to North America, Europe, and Australia in 2019. They will also be performing at Coachella in California alongside Childish Gambino, DJ Snake, and Diplo in April.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SM Mall of Asia Arena (MOA) was filled with thousands of people last Saturday, February 2 as Korean girl &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":200683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}