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Huling El Bimbo (Live at 2022 the Eraserheads Reunion Concert) is the second live album by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads, released on March 15, 2024, to streaming services. The live album recorded during the band's Huling El Bimbo reunion concert at the SMDC Festival Grounds on December 22, 2022.




Background


In September 2022, the band members posted an image of their logo, an inverted "E", on social media. A few days later, they announced a reunion concert, called "Huling El Bimbo" after the song of the same name, to be held on December 22 at the SMDC Festival Grounds in Parañaque City. It was billed as their last show in the country. The band went through weeks of rehearsals.




Concert


An estimated 75,000 people attended the reunion concert. The concert was live-streamed outside the country through the streaming platform iWantTFC and was briefly made available via pay per view afterwards.
Directed by Paolo Valenciano, the concert stage featured a giant inverted E. The band were accompanied by Jazz Nicolas of the Itchyworms, Mikey Amistoso of Ciudad, Audry Dionisio of General Luna, cast members of the Ang Huling El Bimbo musical, and the 18-piece AMP orchestra led by conductor Mel Villena.

The concert featured an opening and intermission set from DJ duo The Diegos. The UP Pep Squad also performed during the intermission.
The band played their third album Cutterpillow in its entirety for the first set, saving "Ang Huling El Bimbo" for the last set. They opened with "Superproxy", which featured a hologram of Francis M., his sons Elmo and Arkin, and Buendia's son Eon.
In the second set, the band played deep cuts and fan favorites from their discography. Arkin Magalona and Eon Buendia sang drummer Raymund Marasigan’s parts during "Saturn Return" while Gary Valenciano performed during "Christmas Party". The third set began with "Pare Ko", featuring Jazz Nicolas on drums instead of Marasigan, who went around the stage with a GoPro camera. Cut from the album was a mishap before "Minsan" where "Alapaap" was played prematurely due to a difference between setlists. The concert ended with a five-minute firework display, during which the band announced a world tour for the following year.




Release


The concert was released as a live album to streaming platforms in March 2024. It is also set to be released on vinyl.
In an episode of Marasigan's Offstage Hang podcast, Buendia and Dionisio went over the process of mixing the entire concert. "Removing all that noise and isolating the songs took me and three interns to do," Dionisio said. Buendia revealed that he researched live albums from Prince and Fleetwood Mac while finalizing the mix.




Track listing






Personnel


Eraserheads

Ely Buendia – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, audio engineer, producer
Buddy Zabala – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (track 22)
Marcus Adoro – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (track 24)
Raymund Marasigan – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 7, 10, 13, 24, 28)
Session musicians

Jazz Nicolas – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, drums (track 28)
Mikey Amistoso – guitar, backing vocals
Audry Dionisio – guitar, audio engineer, producer
AMP – strings, horns
Ang Huling El Bimbo cast – backing vocals
Guest performers

Francis M. (track 1; archival recording)
Elmo Magalona (track 1)
Arkin Magalona (tracks 1, 20)
Eon Buendia (tracks 1, 20)
Gary Valenciano (track 25; also played percussion)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Huling El Bimbo (Live at 2022 the Eraserheads Reunion Concert)
• Eraserheads
• Eraserheads discography
• Ely Buendia
• Cutterpillow
• Francis Magalona
• List of songs recorded by Eraserheads
• Parokya ni Edgar
• Sticker Happy
• Fruitcake (album)