Friday, October 19, 2007 Vote for Rivermaya’s next brother
AFTER two months searching for the right “brother,” the newest member of Rivermaya joins the family on Oct. 24, at a grand finals night at the Music Musuem. The invitational event, presented by Smart, Samsung, and San Miguel Beer in cooperation with PLDT and Human, will be broadcast in a two-hour special on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 9:15 pm exclusively on Studio 23.
Following the unexplained and unexpected departure of former frontman Rico Blanco—on the eve of the band’s launch of a second Asian album—the music scene was full of rumors that the band that had ruled the airwaves for 14 years was set to go.
However, in a stunning turn of events, the remaining Rivermaya members announced that they would forge on.
Rivermaya’s friends from the OPM band scene, including Sandwich and The Dawn, Stonefree, Imago, Callalily, and Spongecola share topbilling for the “Bagong Liwanag” grand finals night. Hosts are MYX veejay Sanya Smith (daughter of the legendary Pepe Smith of Juan dela Cruz fame) and fellow veejay Drei plus other surprise guests.
This Sunday, Oct 21, the number of finalists go down to two. Rivermaya fanatics may now start voting for their choice of the next member of the family, alongside Mark, Mike and Japs.
Voting starts on Sunday, Oct 21, at 9 p.m. It will run until Oct 24, at noon.
Text VOTE (space) FINALIST CODE NUMBER and send to 2910.
