A total of 18 P-POP acts joined forces for the first-ever Tugatog Music Festival on Friday, July 15, 2022, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
With the rise of P-POP in the country and even all over the world, the music festival aims to provide a “stage for top Filipino talents to celebrate the best of OPM year after year."
This year's line-up includes BGYO, BINI, MNL48, ALAMAT, PPOP Generation, VXON, LITZ, 1st.One, Press Hit Play, Dione, Calista, R Rules, G22, DAYDREAM, and YARA. These groups shared the stage with rock stars The Juans, Zack Tabudlo, and John Walter.
In case you're wondering what happened at the concert, PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) got you covered! Here are all the highlights of the Tugatog Music Festival.
GIRL POWER
The music festival started strong with girl groups. Fifteen members of MNL48 marched their way to the stage and opened with "River."
It was followed by BINI's performance of their debut song "Born To Win." BINIs fans, who call themselves Blooms, were thrilled when the group delivered some lines of the song's chorus in Filipino.
Viva Talents P-POP Generation ended the grand opening with "Prinsesa." BINI and MNL48 joined them onstage towards the end of the song.
The eleven-member group continued their set and warmed up the crowd further with their performances of their original songs "Ikaw at Ako" and "Boom Ganda."
After their solo numbers, P-POP Generation was joined by four-member girl group R-Rules and six-member girl group Calista for their rendition of Maymay Entrata's "Amakabogera."
Four-member girl group R-Rules ruled the stage with an animated take of their debut song "DNY." The group also treated their fans to their first-ever live performance of their new single "Girl Gang."
Calista went back onstage and showed their impressive skills while revving up the crowd's energy level with their debut song "Race Car."
Meanwhile, YARA dripped in gold as they dazzled with their song "Para."
DAYDREAM impressed everyone with their harmonies as they churned out a chill vibe with their songs "Lumayo" and "Fallin' 4 'U."
LITZ brought their A-game onstage as they did their songs "Kidlat" and "Nataranta."
Cornerstone Entertainment's G22 gave a bangin' performance of their debut songs "Bang" and "Babalik."
DIONE shined on stage with their songs "Paulit-ulit" and "Bling Bling."
Eight-member girl group BINI didn't let technical difficulties get in their way as they followed through with their songs "Golden Arrow," "Here With You," "Pit-a-Pat," and "Lagi."
Fans of MNL48 danced with the group as they moved and grooved along with the songs "Pag-ibig Fortune Cookie" and "Ikaw Ang Melody" onstage. The fans also started flying paper planes during the group's performance of their song "365 Araw ng Eroplanong Papel."
THE BOYS
Not to be outshone, P-Pop boy groups also gave amazing performances at the music festival.
Top 5 Top Class trainees Jascel, Clyde, Jeff, Lex, and Francis were given the chance to show their skills with their rendition of Sam Concepcion's "Diwata."
This year's "monster rookies" VXON rocked the stage with "Reach the Top," while showing its lighter side through the song "P.S."
Press Hit Play, now a four-member group, started out strong with "Yuno." The group then dedicated "Sambit" to their loyal fans. Sev, Chrls, JP, and Yuuki turned it up further with their inspiring ditty, "WIN."
P-POP's "Multilingual Kings" Alamat highlighted the country's diverse culture with their songs "ABKD," "Say U Love Me," and "Sa Panaginip Na Lang."
P-Pop fans were impressed with 1st.One's charisma and stage presence as sthey crooned the Pinoy crowd with "Oh" and "You Are The One (Ttak Maja Nuh)."
BGYO, composed of Gelo, Akira, JL, Nate, and Mikki, showed professionalism and great stamina as they sang while dancing to all four of their physically challenging choreographed songs "When I'm With You," "Best Time," "The Light," and "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" nonstop.
OPM hit maker Zack Tabudlo rocked the stage with his hit songs "Nangangamba," "Habang Buhay," "Pano," and "Binibini."
The Juans members composed of Carl Guevarra, Japs Mendoza, Chael Adriano, and RJ Cruz gave awesome performances of their songs "Umaga" and "Salamin."
The group gave the concert attendees all the feels with their hugot-filled performances of the songs "Hatid," "Hindi Tayo Puwede," and "Dulo."
SPECIAL STAGE
The Juans and 1st.One became "1st.Juans" during their special stage as they dished out the band's 2015 song "Atin Ang Mundo."
YARA, Daydream, Press Hit Play, and VXON traveled back in time during their collab set. Yara and Press Hit Play did a redux of Sam Concepcion and Tippy Dos Santos's “Dati.” Daydream and VXON, on the other hand, rehashed Thyro, Yumi, & Jeric’s “Triangulo.”
Press Hit Play also shared the stage with LITZ and belted the boy group's latest song "Tell Me."
G22 and Dione did a retrospect of Gloc-9's "Sumayaw Ka."
ALAMAT and BINI did a mash-up of their songs "K-bye" and "Na Na Na."
Meanwhile, "Sabay" and "High Tension" were remixed for a BGYO and MNL48 special stage performance.
The concert ended with an all-boys production number. 1st.One, VXON, Alamat, and BGYO heated up the crowd with a medley of their songs "Shout Out," "The Beast," "The Baddest," and "Kasmala."
All of the groups went back onstage as newbie singer John Walter belted the music festival's official anthem, "Tugatog."
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