{"id":266116,"date":"2020-08-22T05:44:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T09:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=266116"},"modified":"2020-08-22T05:44:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T09:44:47","slug":"iv-of-spades-makes-hiatus-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/22\/iv-of-spades-makes-hiatus-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"IV of Spades makes hiatus announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0UHbTrsyiL\">pic.twitter.com\/0UHbTrsyiL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IV OF SPADES (@IVOFSPADES) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IVOFSPADES\/status\/1296773006832754689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Members of Filipino rock band IV of Spades will not be doing any activities as one for the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising announcement on Friday night, August 21, vocalist-bassist Zild Benitez, guitarist Blaster Silonga, and drummer Badjao de Castro said they decided to have &#8220;a break from all the things that we&#8217;ve been doing together for the past years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They said they will not be releasing or performing anything as a band for a while and that they will be using their time to pursue their &#8220;other personal interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With that being said, there are more things out there that we should pay attention to and remember that living itself is a blessing,&#8221; the trio said.<\/p>\n<p>IV of Spades was originally formed as a four-piece band in 2014. They are known for their songs &#8220;Ilaw sa Daan,&#8221; &#8220;Hey Barbara,&#8221; &#8220;Where Have You Been My Disco?&#8221; and &#8220;Mundo.&#8221; In May 2018, the band&#8217;s lead vocalist Unique Salonga left to continue his &#8220;personal endeavors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/09\/unique-salonga-breaks-silence-after-split-with-iv-of-spades\/\">READ: Unique Salonga breaks silence after split with IV of Spades<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The trio went on to share their music with their fans, releasing songs &#8220;In My Prison&#8221; and &#8220;Bata, Dahan-Dahan!&#8221; which they included in their debut album &#8220;CLAPCLAPCLAP!&#8221; in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this hiatus announcement, the band dropped their first song for this year &#8220;Ang Pinagmulan&#8221; in February, followed by &#8220;Sariling Multo (Sa Panaginip)&#8221; in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>pic.twitter.com\/0UHbTrsyiL &mdash; IV OF SPADES (@IVOFSPADES) August 21, 2020 Members of Filipino rock band IV of Spades will not be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":266118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266116","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=266116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266119,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266116\/revisions\/266119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}