25 Years Of Side A with album “SIDE A 25” with special performance at Abreeza Mall on Sept. 20!

       The past decades have sent the rise and fall of the seemingly invincible artists and groups, Side A has braved the storms and persevered through whatever trends The name is synonymous with an unmatched classic-after-classic repertoire of songs (spanning a whopping collection of more than a dozen official albums, a Christmas album, singles and various greatest hits collections…) and unequaled live performances nationwide and abroad.

            The band – composed of founding member Naldy Gonzales, veteran guitarist/vocalist Joey Generoso and veteran drummer Ernie Severino, former Take One guitarist Leevon Cailao and former Freeverse bassist Ned Esguerra –aren’t resting on their collective laurels. Their music lives on and just like wine, it gets finer with every new musical outing. Timed to their celebration of the band’s Silver Anniversary,  Warner Music releases a special collection entitled “SIDE A 25”, a double-disc offering that includes twenty-five years of the greatest and bestmusic that the band has created.

            Featuring vintage material from the band’s beginnings – “Eva Marie,” the Tagalog ditty “’Di Pa Huli,” the band’s breakthrough heartbreak anthem “Hold On” and the infectious remake of Labuyo’s “Tuloy Pa Rin,” this collection also puts together fan favorites through the years, including sentimental tracks like “Until Then,” “So Many Questions,” “Forevermore,” “Will I Ever,” “Set You Free,” “By Your Side,” “If Only” and “Let The Pain Remain,” among numerous others, and goes the extra mile with live renditions from their legendary 10^th Anniversary Concert disc “I Believe In Dreams,” “Foolish Heart” and their revivals “Ang Aking Awitin” and “Tell Me.”           And no new release is complete without a new track, in which the band happily obliges with “Before I Let You Go,” a previously unreleased original that, judging by the title alone, will have fans swooning to its bittersweet lyricism and melody.

            This outing is special for Side A for two reasons. “First, it marks our 25^th year in the business. And second, it is a gesture of thanks to our fans who have been supporting us through the years. We won’t be who we are and achieved what we had in the business if not for the fans.” says Joey Generoso.

             Being the group’s silver anniversary, Side A treats its  loyal fans to special live performances of their timeless hits in the country’s biggest shopping malls: September 18 at the Ayala Center in Cebu  and September 30 at  Abreeza Mall in Davao.

ASAP Rocks Kadayawan at Abreeza Mall this Saturday!

Abreeza Mall reveals its Kadayawan Week Events at the mall tagged as "Color Me Kadayawan!

And ASAP Rocks Kadayawan at Abreeza Mall on August 19, 2011. Kapamilya stars will descend upon the land of promise to join the festival of festivals as we celebrate the 26th Kadayawan Festival.

ASAP Rocks will bring the hottest young stars to Davao led by Billy Crawford, Shaina Magdayao, and Sam Concepcion. Other Kapamilya stars joining the festivities are hunk Rafael Rosell, Gab Valenciano, singing sensation Angeline Quinto, Megan Young, child phenom Bugoy Carino, and the hot dance crew of G-Force.

Excited much?

Abreeza Mall opening causes traffic nightmare in Davao City!

The biggest mall in Davao City and the whole of MIndanao has just opened yesterday May, 12 2011!

The mall was mobbed by shop goers from all over Davao City and neighboring provinces on its first day of opening. Hours before the mall was set to open troves of people are already lining up at the mall entrances and private cars are already queuing up to their basement parking space and traffic in the area are already heavy.

As the day went the traffic becomes heavy and it got heavier as the sun is about to set, since people who are working are going home and that adds up to the traffic congestion. Commuters who are going home after their shopping could not get a seat on the jeepneys since most of them are already full. The ride from Gaisano Mall to Abreeza before it was opened took only about 10-15 minutes and now it runs from 40-55 minutes to get there. That is how the congested the traffic situation is.

The presence of traffic police and officers did not do any to help congest the area.

For all those who wants to go to Abreeza mall and shop here are the list of new shops that is for the first time opened shops here in the mall:

Already Open:
Fashion Shops: Adidas, Aerosoles, Alberto, Bambu, Big & Small Group, Bratpack, Cinderella, Cushe, DC, Epic, Esprit, Femme, Freeway, HotFlopz, Janylin, July, Just G., Mossimo, Nautica, Nine West, Officine, Paris Hilton, Penguin, Planet Sports, Promod, Reef, Robinsons Department Store, Shoe Salon, Sneaker Club, Sunglass Hut, Sunny Side Up, ResToeRun, The Face Shop, Toms, Vans, What A Girl Wants (WAGW), Wrangler, XOXO

Restaurants / Food Shops: Hukad, Max’s, Seafood Island, Starbucks, Taters, Teriyaki Boy, Fudge Factory
Other shops: Abenson, Delos Reyes Optical, True Value, Fully Booked

Soon To Open:
Fashion Shops: Aldo, Calvin Klein Underwear, GAP, Mother Care, Stores Specialties Inc., Terranova
Restaurants / Food Shops: Bread Talk, Go Nuts Donuts, Mooon Cafe, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
Other shops: Blims Furniture, Power Mac Center
Rumored To Be In Abreeza (unconfirmed by us):
Fashion Shops: Celio, Forever 21, Lucerne, Pedro, Zara

( I could not verify the stores that were not opened yet if indeed will, a source just told me so. So don't blame me for some erroneous report>)
Restaurants / Food Shops: Cafe Laguna, Chika-an, Dairy Queen, Italianni’s, Lemon Grass, TGI Fridays, Tokyo Tokyo