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  For years, music fans have turned to Princess Velasco to breathe new life into their favorite songs. She released a series of acoustic cover albums, reimagining familiar tracks with her unique voice, emotional depth, and a keen sense of each song's heart. At a press conference for the upcoming concert “Sessionistas: The Playlist,” happening at The Theater at Solaire on August 22, Princess reflected on her journey as a cover artist. "I started out as a cover recording artist—that was really my niche. I was fortunate that my cover albums reached gold and platinum status. Back then, singing was just something I did on the side while working. "But it gradually became my career, so I went with the flow. I was already lucky at that point. Then I became part of 'Sessionistas' on ASAP, joining the group in 2010, a year after they started. To this day, I'm still with them," she added.  Princess feels grateful for her Sessionistas friends and treasures still perf...

Sessionistas: The Playlist hits the Theatre at Solaire on August 22.  It’s less a concert, more a soundtrack to everyone’s 20s Millennials are deep in their nostalgia era, bringing back the songs, the shows, the references that built them. Sessionistas: The Playlist is built squarely for that moment, and for the six voices who scored it. The concert lands at the Theatre at Solaire on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at 8 PM, bringing together Ice Seguerra, Sitti, Nyoy Volante, Kean Cipriano, Princess Velasco, and Juris for a night built around the songs that soundtracked a generation’s heartbreaks, barkada road trips, first loves, and 2 AM drives home. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketworld. This isn’t a tribute show or an OST concert in the conventional sense, however. The premise runs deeper than a trip down memory lane: these songs never actually left. They’re still playing in the background of people’s lives, whether in the playlists they didn’t curate on purpose, or the one that bui...

Twenty years after its quiet release on a debut album by a 22-year-old Filipina singer, “Para Sa Akin” has become a national love song. The track, the centerpiece of Sitti's 2006 album Café Bossa, has now amassed nearly 60 million streams on Spotify alone - 59,647,110 and counting - and continues to gain new listeners two decades after it first played on Philippine radio. Across all streaming platforms, Sitti's catalog has crossed 80 million total streams, with her music reaching listeners through more than 829 active playlists and a combined playlist reach of 10.6 million. On Sunday, May 17, 2026, Sitti returns to the stage at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre for Sittiscape—a one-night anniversary concert celebrating 20 years of Café Bossa, the album that made Bossa Nova a part of mainstream Filipino musical life.  The concert is conceptualized and creative-directed by Liza Diño, with stage direction by Ice Seguerra, musical direction by Bobby Velasco, and choreography by D...

Boto si Ice Seguerra sa sexual reassignment surgery o ang pagbabago ng kasarian pero inamin niya na hindi ito ganun kadali. "Noong una, andun ako sa 'bakit kailangang ganito?' Pero mula ng nag-come out ako as transgender, it's so hard to wake up everyday seeing you're in this body," ayon kay Ice sa interview sa "Tonight With Boy Abunda" sa ABS CBN. "Alam mo yung pakiramdam na hindi naman dapat 'yun. Noong una sinabi ko rin sa wife ko, parang hindi niya ma-gets eh. 'Tinatanggap naman kita eh. For me, you're a man. Let's not talk about that.' Thank you for accepting me." Sa ngayon ay nasa transition period pa lamang siya pagdating sa usapin ng pagpapalit ng kasarian. "Nasa transitioning pa lang, sa hormone replacement ganyan. Of course ang pinaka-malaking issue talaga diyan is boses. People love what they hear. Sa akin, it's a big risk. This is my bread and butter. I feed my family sa pagkanta ko eh...