Encore! The Script to rock Manila again



With over 14 billion streams, 5 million album sales, six UK #1 albums, and countless international Platinum certifications led by two US Platinum singles and two US Top 10 albums, the multi-awarded and platinum-selling Irish band, The Script, is coming back to Manila and bringing their ‘Man in the Arena Tour’ on March 18, 2027, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Presented by Wilbros Live with Midas Promotions. Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 29, at 9:30 a.m. via SMTickets.com and SM Tickets outlets nationwide.

The Script enters a new era by sharing their new single ‘Man In The Arena’ - the first taste of their new album ‘The User’s Guide To Being Human,’ which follows on Aug. 14, 2026. The Script will follow the album with a huge UK and Ireland arena tour starting in October, with further global touring also confirmed - adding to the 4.5 million tickets they have sold in their career. Listen HERE.

‘The User’s Guide To Being Human’ follows 2024’s ‘Satellites’. It was a record that saw vocalist Danny O’Donoghue attempt to process the grief that followed the tragic passing of his bandmate and friend Mark Sheehan in 2023. The record was followed by a global arena tour in which every show paid tribute to Mark.

After the tour ended, Danny found himself energized and inspired. Within a week of finishing, he was writing and recording new material with Andrew Frampton, Steve Kipner, and Jimbo Barry, who, between them, had previously contributed to many of The Script’s huge hits, including ‘Hall Of Fame’, ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’ and ‘Breakeven’.

Recorded in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, the result is an album in which Danny has established a powerful sense of purpose and direction for the band's next stage, full of the real, emotional, soul-deep connection that their fans have come to love.


Danny says, “The title is what this album is about. If you need something to remind you of the spectrum of feelings and emotions that make you feel human, this is it.”

The skyscraping ambition of ‘Man In The Arena’ lives up to its title, with a hard-hitting R&B groove suddenly bursting into a classic Script mega-chorus built for the biggest of stages: a rousing Danny O’Donoghue delivers a typically charismatic vocal, with lyrics that affirm that the person who dares to put themselves in the spotlight is infinitely braver than anyone who criticizes from the sidelines. Its lyrics are taken, in part, from a famous speech by American President Theodore Roosevelt.

Danny explains, “He talks about how honors don't belong to the critics. They don't belong to the people sitting on the couch, laughing at the person in the ring stumbling and falling around. The honors belong to the one who gets in there and whose face is marred with dust and blood. I remember reading it and being like: That needs to be in a tune, the energy in it is beautiful.”

‘The User’s Guide To Being Human’ is now available to pre-order / pre-save HERE. It will be available on CD and limited-edition transparent vinyl, with the artist store also stocking exclusive merch bundles, extremely limited test-pressing vinyls, and a cassette. 

Follow Wilbros Live (@WilbrosLive) on social media for more updates.

Main picture credit: The Script (Image by Simmon Emmett)

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