Michael Bublé at The Podium

The many fans of Canadian-born singing sensation Michael Bublé will have a rare chance to meet him up close and personal when he makes a a stop at The Podium on Sunday, Sept. 14 for an exclusive autograph-signing session. This event is presented by Astroplus, Warner Music Philippines, Joey 92.3 and The Podium.

Every purchase of a Michael Bublé CD from Astroplus, located at the Fourth Level of The Podium, gives one a chance to meet the singer and get his or her CD autographed by Bublé himself.

There will be special coupons in selected Michael Bublé CDs purchased at Astrovision that will entitle lucky shoppers to invites to Michael Bublé’s Gala Concert at the Meralco Theater on Sept.13

Joey 92.3 listeners can join the Michael Bublé trivia contest on air and win prizes from Warner Music Philippines and The Podium.

Michael Bublé first began absorbing the sounds of Ella Fitzgerald, Keely Smith, Sarah Vaughn and Rosemary Clooney with a liberal sprinkling of Stevie Wonder, Elvis, Bobby Darin, Vaughn Moore and Ol’ Blue Eyes himself at a very young age.

"My grandfather was my best friend while I was growing up," Michael reveals. "He introduced me to a whole new world of music that seemed to have been passed over my generation." Bublé recalls that something magical happened "the first time my granddad played me the Mills brothers. The lyrics were so romantic, so real . . . the way a song should be for me."

By the time he was 17, Bublé had won several contests, including the prestigious Canadian Youth Talent Search. It was former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney who introduced Bublé to fellow countryman David Foster, the multi-Grammy Award-winning producer, performer, and Warner Bros. Records label executive.

The creative chemistry between the fledging artist and accomplished producer was complete when Foster heard Bublé perform Mack the Knife at the wedding of Mulroney’s daughter. While Foster, with the collaboration of Humberto Gatica, focused on the singer’s talent and grace with pop standards, it quickly became clear that Bublé’s formidable skills reached beyond the ’30s and ’40s.

His self-titled album features such standards as Frank Sinatra’s Come Fly with Me, Paul Anka’s Put Your Head on My Shoulder, a rousing version of Van Morrison Moondance, and a rendering of the Bee Gees’ classic How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. It also includes such favorites as That Crazy Thing Called Love, For Once in My Life, and The Way You Look Tonight.