Bamboo gets nostalgic at Rivermaya reunion rehearsals

ANNA CEREZO

ABS-CBN News

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/02132024 Bamboo.jpg" style="width: 950px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Bamboo poses for a photo on the set of &#39;The Voice Teens&#39; which returns for its latest season this weekend. Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA -- As Bamboo Ma&ntilde;alac, Rico Blanco, Mark Escueta and Nathan Azarcon gear up for the highly-anticipated Rivermaya reunion concert on February 17, Ma&ntilde;alac is definitely feeling nostalgic during rehearsals, which for him is the most enjoyable part of their preparations.&nbsp;&ldquo;It is just playing the music again, hearing us sing together, you know what I mean? Just those memories rush back,&rdquo; he said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.&ldquo;We always say let&rsquo;s not look too far back. Let&rsquo;s keep focusing on what is going to happen right now. I have been happy and surprised.&quot;<ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2960239"></ivs-player><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script>Rivermaya released its first album in 1994 and since then has become among the pillars that shaped OPM during that decade. Ma&ntilde;alac bid the band farewell in 1998, while Azarcon left in 2001. The group continued with Blanco as the lead singer until 2007.&nbsp;Ma&ntilde;alac promised old and new fans alike that they will enjoy the set they prepared for the reunion concert, which he said is a celebration of the triumphs of the local music scene in the last decades.&nbsp;&ldquo;I am looking forward to playing on the 17th,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It is a big thing, it is a milestone.&rdquo;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/06/23/rivermayas-bamboo-rico-mark-nathan-to-stage-reunion-concert">Rivermaya&#39;s Bamboo Ma&ntilde;alac, Rico Blanco, Mark Escueta and Nathan Azarcon to reunite for a concert</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/24/23/is-bamboo-open-to-do-a-rivermaya-reunion-concert">Is Bamboo open to do a Rivermaya reunion concert?</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/02/22/30-years-of-rivermaya-in-mark-escuetas-eyes">30 years of Rivermaya in Mark Escueta&rsquo;s eyes</a>Related video:<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cYek2-NGXbc?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe>

<ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2960239"></ivs-player><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script>Rivermaya released its first album in 1994 and since then has become among the pillars that shaped OPM during that decade. Ma&ntilde;alac bid the band farewell in 1998, while Azarcon left in 2001. The group continued with Blanco as the lead singer until 2007.&nbsp;Ma&ntilde;alac promised old and new fans alike that they will enjoy the set they prepared for the reunion concert, which he said is a celebration of the triumphs of the local music scene in the last decades.&nbsp;&ldquo;I am looking forward to playing on the 17th,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It is a big thing, it is a milestone.&rdquo;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/06/23/rivermayas-bamboo-rico-mark-nathan-to-stage-reunion-concert">Rivermaya&#39;s Bamboo Ma&ntilde;alac, Rico Blanco, Mark Escueta and Nathan Azarcon to reunite for a concert</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/24/23/is-bamboo-open-to-do-a-rivermaya-reunion-concert">Is Bamboo open to do a Rivermaya reunion concert?</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/02/22/30-years-of-rivermaya-in-mark-escuetas-eyes">30 years of Rivermaya in Mark Escueta&rsquo;s eyes</a>Related video:<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cYek2-NGXbc?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe>

&ldquo;It is just playing the music again, hearing us sing together, you know what I mean? Just those memories rush back,&rdquo; he said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.&ldquo;We always say let&rsquo;s not look too far back. Let&rsquo;s keep focusing on what is going to happen right now. I have been happy and surprised.&quot;

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/02132024 Bamboo.jpg" style="width: 950px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Bamboo poses for a photo on the set of &#39;The Voice Teens&#39; which returns for its latest season this weekend. Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA -- As Bamboo Ma&ntilde;alac, Rico Blanco, Mark Escueta and Nathan Azarcon gear up for the highly-anticipated Rivermaya reunion concert on February 17, Ma&ntilde;alac is definitely feeling nostalgic during rehearsals, which for him is the most enjoyable part of their preparations.&nbsp;

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Bamboo gets nostalgic at Rivermaya reunion rehearsals

Bamboo gets nostalgic at Rivermaya reunion rehearsals