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23April 2023Sunday
FreenBeckyFan meetingFabulous FanboomPhilippines
Freen and Becky at Fabulous Fanboom in Manila
The second of two Philippine Fanboom nights, two days after Cebu. CDM Entertainment called it their highly requested comeback, and it was their third show in the country in ten months.
- Venue
- New Frontier Theater
- City
- Quezon City, Philippines
- Who
- Freen Sarocha & Becky Armstrong
- Seats
- 2,380 · sold out in two minutes
- Presented by
- CDM Entertainment
The night
A sold-out comeback at the New Frontier Theater
Video & sources belowFabulous Fanboom brought Freen Sarocha and Becky Armstrong to two Philippine cities in one week, both presented by CDM Entertainment: Cebu on Friday, April 21, and Manila on Sunday, April 23, 2023. CDM announced both on March 19 under #FreenBeckyFanBoomMNL and #FreenBeckyFanBoomCEBU, and the 2,380 Manila seats were reported sold out in two minutes.
On stage. The theater’s own account posted from the show as it ran. The two reenacted Filipino screen moments, Becky a scene from the series Darna and Freen a line from the film Four Sisters and a Wedding, and the room roared. Fans also got a soundcheck, a group photo, a send-off and a fifteen-minute mini-talk.
Three shows in ten months. It was their third show in the country, after the Pinoy BL Festival in June 2022 and The Debutante in February 2023, and it did not end with the show. The next day they were back at the same theater to sign their first Filipino endorsement at the Aromagicare fan sign launch.
The Fabulous Fanboom tour
- Bangkok · Thunder Dome, IMPACTMarch 25–26, 2023 · the first Fabulous Fanboom, around 3,500 seats, sold out
- Macau · Broadway TheatreApril 9, 2023 · the first Fanboom outside Thailand, 2,500 seats, sold out
- Cebu · Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & CasinoApril 21, 2023 · 4,000 seats, sold out in half an hour
- Manila · New Frontier TheaterApril 23, 2023 · 2,380 seats, sold out in two minutes · this page
- Hong Kong · AsiaWorld-Expo, Hall 11July 22, 2023 · 3,800 seats, sold out
- Macau encore · Broadway TheatreJuly 30, 2023 · back to close the run
Why it matters. February, April, then July: a watch party for 1,500, this show for 2,380, and the Araneta Coliseum by the summer. The New Frontier Theater is the middle step, where the Philippines stopped being a stop on a tour and became a market that could carry an arena. What that growth looks like in numbers is on the global highlights pages.
Three Manila dates in five months
- The Debutante · SM North EDSA SkydomeFebruary 12, 2023 · their first solo event in the Philippines
- Fabulous Fanboom, CebuApril 21, 2023 · Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino
- Fabulous Fanboom, ManilaApril 23, 2023 · New Frontier Theater · this page
- Aromagicare fan sign launchApril 24, 2023 · back at the New Frontier Theater
- Aromagicare Grand FanmeetingJuly 4, 2023 · Araneta Coliseum, the Big Dome
Sources
Fabulous Fanboom Manila: video and sources
A fan video and a fan post from the night, the promoter’s announcement, the venue’s posts, Philippine press and the hashtags.
Fan video: Pink Theory and the fan-made video viewing
Fan video by forfreenky (@fancam_jd) on YouTube, credit to the original poster.
Fan post from the night
Freen and Becky at Fabulous Fanboom Manila, on X
Fan post by @bleuheart_ on X, credit to the original poster.
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