Unfortunately, despite my early requests, my uncle could barely claim some tickets as the four malls went sold out already. Just when I thought that I had no chance of getting a pass, I received some good news and found out they were able to get tickets for Market!Market! to be held last Friday I felt a huge sigh of relief as I was assured of watching at least one of their show. I was looking forward to score tickets from either Glorietta or Trinoma as originally planned because those malls offered a CD signing after the show.
The show at M!M! was at 4 pm while Glorietta was at 7 pm. I figured that I should try my luck at getting CD signing stubs from Glorietta. I went to the mall at around 9 am, an hour before the mall opening and I was greeted by such a long line. They were only giving stubs to the first 100-150 buyers and I figured out that I won't make it but I still fell in line anyway with a small grasp for hope. The line was moving steady but surely at first until a commotion happened and the lines suddenly got messed up and people were already cutting lines or lining up in the wrong line (there were two, one for CD signing stubs and the other one for regular entrance stub with no cd signing).
My feet was already hurting and my stomach was grumbling by 12 pm and that was the time where I reached the booth only to be told by the expected sold-out stubs. The heat inside the mall was strange until I figured out that the mall was suffering from a power outage and half of the mall was only running by generator. I decided to head over to Market!Market! and grab my lunch there as all the eating places in the mall was fully-packed.
I took the bus going to Market!Market! for the first time, claimed my tickets immediately upon arrival and spent the rest of the time to eat and look around.
By 3:30, I entered the concert area which was held outside near the entrance. The last time I attended a show in that mall, it was in the activity center inside the mall so there was airconditioning but this time, we were suffering under the heat of the sun. The roof/cover did not help. Luckily, there were huge fans placed in our section so I freshened up a bit while waiting.
The show started on time and the band was such a joy to watch. Matty, the lead singer, displayed his unique vocals and displayed his energy despite being bothered by the heat. It was their first time to perform under such weather so they were adjusting. Matty kept pouring water all over himself which just made all the fangirls in the audience scream.
The 1 hour show consisted of most of the songs from their debut album, Girls, The City, Heart Out, as well as a few from their EPs like You. The show wasn't complete without their arguably, breakout hit, Chocolate. It was so good to hear them live as they have a different sound from anyone else I have listened to.
As the show finished, I immediately rushed over to the Glorietta show. despite having no entrance stubs, I've settled on watching from the outside and despite a viewpoint that is far from the one I had in Market!Market, all I needed to hear was the voice and most of the people in front of me were not that tall so I can still see the stage somehow. I watched with an old time friend who just came from work near the area.
They performed the same songs as expected but it still felt magical upon hearing them the second time around on the same day. It's unfortunate that I did not get to have them sign my CD but I do not regret watching them at all. I have been waiting for this to happen for months now and it finally came true. I am looking forward to seeing them again in the future!
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