UPDATED: Eraserheads reunion concert cut short; more than 60,000 people in attendance

Dinno Erece
Sunday, August 31, 2008 @ 12:58AM  |  30911 views

 

Arguably the best Pinoy rock band, Eraserheads had a reunion concert earlier tonight, August 30, attended by 60,000 people. But the concert had to be cut unexpectedly because of lead vocalist Ely Buendia's health condition.














It was a performance of a lifetime as Ely sang all the 15 songs with his three former bandmates backing him up. There was hardly anything emotional for the members though as they just continued playing one hit after another, even though the crowds of both VIP and Patron were shouting "group hug!" after every song.

The timer started at 9:35 p.m. but no one returned at 10 p.m., five minutes past the allocated 20-minute break. At 10:10 p.m., Marcus, Raimund, and Buddy returned onstage with a lady who was introduced by Marcus as Lally, Ely's sister

Lally became the bearer of news: "Thank you for supporting the reunion concert of Eraserheads. We, however, regret to inform you that due to my brother's poor health, the emotional and physical stress that he's been experiencing, we apologize for cutting the concert short. My brother Ely had to be rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Again, we apologize and thank you all for coming here tonight."

Next to speak was the concert producer, who confirmed that Ely was immediately rushed to the hospital during the break and asking for prayers and understanding from the audience.

There was no commotion, no shouting, and no hissing from the audience as they all quietly and sadly left the venue after the announcement.

Ely was brought to Makati Medical Center. It was earlier thought that he would undergo a bypass operation but a source told PEP that no such thing happened; Ely just experienced stress and fatigue.

A report reached PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) past midnight that the vocalist of the famous '90s band would be transferred to Philippine Heart Center.

To date, no further notice was made on whether another Eraserheads reunion concert would be slated again or not.

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