Big dome bringing in the best and the brightest to 2012 concert scene

MANILA, Philippines - In the year of the Water Dragon, the concert crystal ball shows that Big Dome will continue to be the venue of choice of the biggest names in the global and local music landscape.

Take your pick from these must-watch concerts from January to April.

The Stylistics, the soul music vocal group from the ’70s known for its hits such as Betcha by Golly, Wow and You Make Me Feel Brand New, will delight both the young and the young at heart in a concert on Jan. 26.

 Anne Curtis stages her first concert Annebisyosa—No Other Concert World Tour on Jan. 28.

On Feb. 11, Martin Nievera and Sharon Cuneta join forces for a Valentine concert dubbed Once in a Lifetime which is filled with their new and classic hits.

On Valentine’s Day, feel the love with Ogie Alcasid and Regine Velasquez in a special concert titled Mr. & Mrs. A. It will be their first concert as a married couple.

Contemporary balladeer and perennial favorite Engelbert Humperdinck will continue to serenade music fans in a post-Valentine’s Day concert on Feb. 15.

Get rockin’ as Canadian pop-rock singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne comes to the Big Dome for her The Black Star tour. Known for her punk rock look and hits such as Complicated and Sk8r Boi, Avril will shake up Manila on Feb. 16. 

James Ingram, the American soul singer, songwriter and record producer behind hits such as Just Once, Baby Come to Me and I Don’t Have the Heart, continues the romantic mood on Feb. 17.

Rock it out with Bryan Adams on Feb. 18. He is known for his hits such as Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman, Cuts Like A Knife, Summer of ‘69 and When You’re Gone with Sporty Spice Mel C.

Evanescence and Bush perform back-to-back at the Big Dome on Feb. 19. Evanescence’s biggest hits include Bring Me To Life and My Immortal. Bush is one of the biggest rock acts in the ’90s and is behind the song Swallowed.

Relive the boyband era with pop hitmakers 98 Degrees, A1 and Blue as they perform together in the Manila leg of The Greatest Hits tour on Feb. 25. 98 Degrees sang the hits Invisible Man, Was it something I didn’t say and I Do (Cherish You). A1 is behind the songs Same Old Brand New You and cover version of the ’80s A-ha song Take on Me. Blue, on the other hand, performed hits All Rise and One Love.

Girls will have fun when pop icon Cyndi Lauper goes onstage on March 17. One of the best-selling artists of all time, Lauper will take Manila by storm with some of the greatest songs of the ’80s Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time.

The Hanson brothers behind the 1997 mega hit MMMBop comes to Manila for the second time. Now all grown up, the Hanson brothers will be at the Big Dome for their Shout it Out tour on March 30. 

LMFAO, the American hip-hop duo behind the chart-topping, LSS-inducing, and dance moves-busting song Party Rock Anthem, brings the party to the Big Dome on April 11.