If Vincent Van Gogh were alive, he’d have approved of the CN Blue concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Saturday night. More than a few thousand blue lights turned Big Dome ‘s inky interior into a starry, starry night, providing the perfect backdrop for the light-and-sound spectacle of the two-hour-plus concert.
Ultraelectromagneticpop. The boys turn in an electrifying performance on stage. Yong Hwa’s mic, which glows with blue light, is a birthday gift from Filipino fans.
CN Blue, a South Korean pop rock band that has its roots in the Japanese indie scene, was recently brought to the Philippines by Pulp Live World, a group that’s made a name for itself as one of the purveyors of KPop entertainment. Manila is the eighth stop on the band’s first world tour, dubbed the “CN Blue Blue Moon World Tour.”