Martin Nievera 42nd anniversary concert begins ticket sales

Anna Cerezo

ABS-CBN News

<p><img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1720573501958924ed828-ad8f-41a0-ae8f-01ed6393ce49.jfif" style="width: 955px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></p><p>MANILA -- Whether performing for 9 or 9,000 audience members, Concert King Martin Nievera vowed to deliver a show fit for royalty during his awaited return to the Big Dome in Quezon City on September 27, his 42nd year in the industry.</p><p>&ldquo;The title I do not carry lightly. But I have learned through the years, I am not the king. It is the audience. I have to give you a performance whether big or small venue. That is how much I respect the audience,&rdquo; he said in an interview.&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;Full or not it is not important to me, I want to have people who want to be there. &nbsp;Back in the day, I learned stories how hard they worked to buy the ticket. I&rsquo;d hear some people who made it from their province with their last centavo on my ticket. I am really all about people who watch my show even after 42 years,&quot; he added.</p><p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9HfqI2JCwX/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A5365414.400000572%2C%22ls%22%3A709726.1999998093%2C%22le%22%3A709731%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="1257" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" scrolling="no" style="background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;"></iframe></p><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Though the OPM royalty deems the &ldquo;The King 4ever&rdquo; a &ldquo;big risk,&rdquo; he reasoned &nbsp;it makes it all the more compelling to deliver an unforgettable performance.</p><p>&ldquo;We have come to a point where we don&rsquo;t know where our next show will be. Or what will we do, or will you still be there to watch us in the big venues. So this is a very big risk,&rdquo; he explained.</p><p>Other showbiz royalty, such as Ogie Alcasid, who convinced him to do the concert, however, lauded Nievera and said the Concert King can fill up the Big Dome.</p><p>&ldquo;I was OK with the intimate and cozy shows I have been doing but Ogie said he wants me to do a big one like Gary V and Regine. He believes in me more than I believe in myself,&quot; he said in a previous interview.&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;I was even against the title but they insisted. Ogie, my friends, they believe in me,&rdquo; he added.</p><p>Eager fans eyeing to attend his concert can look forward to an electrifying night of the icon singing his timeless classics.&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;I will sing with the people all night the songs I used to do&hellip; seems to me after being in the business for 42 years, ang hinahanap ng fans ko, anak ng fans, or grandchildren, &#39;yung dating Martin. I think I have to embrace the me that I am today. That is the guy who sings &#39;Be My Lady.&#39; The guy who sings &#39;You are my Song&#39; or &#39;Kahit Isang Saglit.&#39; They want to hear those songs again,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>&ldquo;But the difference audience now, is more than willing, too willing some times, to sing along,&rdquo; he jokingly added.&nbsp;</p><p>Ticket sales for &ldquo;The King 4ever&rdquo; will begin on July 10.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/5/18/martin-nievera-renews-contract-with-abs-cbn-2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Martin Nievera renews contract with ABS-CBN</a></p><p><strong>Related videos:</strong></p><p><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hDAxmek-dmA?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r3LdToCca6c?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hDAxmek-dmA?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></p>

<p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9HfqI2JCwX/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A5365414.400000572%2C%22ls%22%3A709726.1999998093%2C%22le%22%3A709731%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="1257" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" scrolling="no" style="background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;"></iframe></p><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Though the OPM royalty deems the &ldquo;The King 4ever&rdquo; a &ldquo;big risk,&rdquo; he reasoned &nbsp;it makes it all the more compelling to deliver an unforgettable performance.</p><p>&ldquo;We have come to a point where we don&rsquo;t know where our next show will be. Or what will we do, or will you still be there to watch us in the big venues. So this is a very big risk,&rdquo; he explained.</p><p>Other showbiz royalty, such as Ogie Alcasid, who convinced him to do the concert, however, lauded Nievera and said the Concert King can fill up the Big Dome.</p><p>&ldquo;I was OK with the intimate and cozy shows I have been doing but Ogie said he wants me to do a big one like Gary V and Regine. He believes in me more than I believe in myself,&quot; he said in a previous interview.&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;I was even against the title but they insisted. Ogie, my friends, they believe in me,&rdquo; he added.</p><p>Eager fans eyeing to attend his concert can look forward to an electrifying night of the icon singing his timeless classics.&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;I will sing with the people all night the songs I used to do&hellip; seems to me after being in the business for 42 years, ang hinahanap ng fans ko, anak ng fans, or grandchildren, &#39;yung dating Martin. I think I have to embrace the me that I am today. That is the guy who sings &#39;Be My Lady.&#39; The guy who sings &#39;You are my Song&#39; or &#39;Kahit Isang Saglit.&#39; They want to hear those songs again,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>&ldquo;But the difference audience now, is more than willing, too willing some times, to sing along,&rdquo; he jokingly added.&nbsp;</p><p>Ticket sales for &ldquo;The King 4ever&rdquo; will begin on July 10.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/5/18/martin-nievera-renews-contract-with-abs-cbn-2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Martin Nievera renews contract with ABS-CBN</a></p><p><strong>Related videos:</strong></p><p><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hDAxmek-dmA?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r3LdToCca6c?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hDAxmek-dmA?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br></p>

<p>&ldquo;The title I do not carry lightly. But I have learned through the years, I am not the king. It is the audience. I have to give you a performance whether big or small venue. That is how much I respect the audience,&rdquo; he said in an interview.&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;Full or not it is not important to me, I want to have people who want to be there. &nbsp;Back in the day, I learned stories how hard they worked to buy the ticket. I&rsquo;d hear some people who made it from their province with their last centavo on my ticket. I am really all about people who watch my show even after 42 years,&quot; he added.</p>

<p><img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1720573501958924ed828-ad8f-41a0-ae8f-01ed6393ce49.jfif" style="width: 955px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></p><p>MANILA -- Whether performing for 9 or 9,000 audience members, Concert King Martin Nievera vowed to deliver a show fit for royalty during his awaited return to the Big Dome in Quezon City on September 27, his 42nd year in the industry.</p>

<p>Whether performing for 9 or 9,000 audience members, Concert King Martin Nievera vowed to deliver a show fit for royalty during his awaited return to the Big Dome in Quezon City on September 27, his 42nd year in the industry.</p>

Whether performing for 9 or 9,000 audience members, Concert King Martin Nievera vowed to deliver a show fit for royalty during his awaited return to the Big Dome in Quezon City on September 27, his 42nd year in the industry.

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Martin Nievera 42nd anniversary concert begins ticket sales

Martin Nievera 42nd anniversary concert begins ticket sales