Icona Pop releases new album
MULTI-PLATINUM, award-winning duo Icona Pop has released their new album, Ritual, out nowCaroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo have unveiled its deeply personal focus single, “Hurt,” accompanied by a new official music video co-directed by Icona Pop and Nicole Walker. Ritual is described as “a late-night conjuration of emotional electro-pop, offering club-ready rhythms, synths, bittersweet pop melodies, and raw, vulnerable lyrics.”
Cinemalaya calls for entries for its 2027 edition
THE Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is looking for entries for the Full-Length Film category of its 2027 edition. The deadline for submissions is on or before 6 p.m. on Sept. 17. Those who are interested in submitting their entries may submit online through https://forms.gle/9GZD7CoayhMJrAxG6.
Engelbert Humperdinck coming to Manila
RENOWNED performer Engelbert Humperdinck is returning to Manila for The Legend Continues… The Celebration Tour 2026 on Sept. 25, 8 p.m., at the New Frontier Theater, Araneta City, Quezon City. The concert celebrates Mr. Humperdinck selling 150 million records worldwide in a career spanning more than six decades. Fans can expect timeless hits like “Release Me,” “Quando Quando Quando,” “A Man Without Love,” “The Last Waltz,” and “Spanish Eyes.” Tickets are available through TicketNet.
Moana concert to include local singers
WITH less than two months to go before Disney’s Moana Live-to-Film Concert, Film Concerts PH has announced that Janella Salvador and Gian Magdangal will be the guest vocalists who will bring Moana and Maui to life. The show is scheduled for Oct. 3 to 4 at The Theatre at Solaire, Parañaque City. The film concert is also supported by Panasonic as its official projector sponsor. Tickets are available
Ace Banzuelo releases debut album
FILIPINO singer-songwriter and producer Ace Banzuelo has released Supernatural, his debut full-length album, out on all streaming platforms via Sony Music Entertainment. Across nine tracks, he delivers a body of work that traces stories of love, betrayal, longing, healing, and transcendence through an otherworldly sonic palette. The album’s concept took years to develop, beginning eight years ago before its broader creative vision crystallized in 2024 and moving fluidly between dance, R&B, and dream pop.
Negros filmmakers compete at Oroquieta Film Fest
WITH the goal of helping regional cinema break geographical boundaries, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental, is set to host the 6th Oroquieta Film Festival from Oct. 12 to 15. Twenty-eight independent films have been selected from across the Visayas and Mindanao. This year’s Lumayagan Shorts Competition includes three entries representing the creative depth and social consciousness of Negrense filmmakers. These are: Manami Guid Man Mag **** sa Mansion, Sa Duta sang Kabuhi(In the Soil of Life), and Those Little Things.
Film Concerts PH adds two dates for UNDERTALE
FOLLOWING sold-out performances in 15 cities worldwide and strong demand for its Manila debut, Film Concerts PH has announced two additional performances of UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony on Oct. 18, at the Proscenium Theater, Makati City. Tickets to the additional concert dates are available
Insidious: Out of the Further in Philippine cinemas
IN Insidious: Out of the Further, Amelia Eve stars as Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in who discovers she can travel into The Further, the purgatorial realm of lost souls at the heart of the Insidious universe. When something evil comes after her, Gemma discovers an ability that changes everything: she doesn’t just enter The Further, she can bring what lives there back to the real world. Lin Shaye reprises her iconic role as Elise Rainier in director Jacob Chase’s Insidious: Out of the Further, now in Philippine cinemas.
