Eraserheads Concert, The Reunion

The news came out. I got a bit excited specially when a couple of friends, and my Ate, sent me messages (through email and SMS) about it. But no one knew who the organizer was, and where to buy tickets from. It's a reunion concert of the Eheads to be held at the CCP grounds, that's all we knew. Parang urban legend. Maganda pag-usapan pero walang makapagsasabi kung totoo.

Rumors came around that Marlboro would be sponsoring it, and tickets would be downloadable from the internet. It was said that Eheads will be getting 10M pesosesoses per (E)head. But a few weeks before the concert, we were still clueless on HOW to get tickets - the most important step in watching a paid show. Parang tsismis lang talaga. Kahit madaming kumakalat na balita. *wink*

Until last wednesday, my sister told me that she'd be buying tickets, at kung papabili ako. Si Ana din, nag YM na kung sino ang organizer at nalipat na pala sa Fort Bonifacio ang venue. Si Peach, nagtext na ng presyo, P800 daw at P1,500.

Sa kulit ng Ate ko, nagpabili na din ako ng ticket. Inabutan nya pa sa UP ang Eheads at siguradong nung college, feeling nya, sya si Shirley na nakikipagholding hands pa sa CASAA. Ang UP fair na napuntahan nya dati, limang Piso lang ang ticket, may Yano at Eheads pa sa line up. Napasagot siya ng bayaw ko sa harana ng Fill Her, with matching kanta at gitara.

I guess, we can say that I was part of the Eheads generation. 1993 nung lumabas ang Ultraelectromagneticpop. Grade 5 ako nuon. Of course, I wanted to see the Eheads reunite. Of course I want to see them playing on stage again.

Pero hindi ako ma-excite ng todo. Para nga kaseng tsismis. Parang kalevel nung Millenium Bug. Binuksan ko nun ang computer ko at inintay may alas-dose. Alam kong hindi yun biglang magka-crash. pero syempre, ayoko ding ma-miss. What if totoo? Edi na-miss ko. Hindi ko na maaabutan ang susunod na milenyo. Kaya itong Eheads concert na kulang sa detalye, hindi ako excited. Baka hindi naman totoo, pero I don't want to miss it. Baka hindi na to maulit.

At 2 PM today, Amrei showed me a video in youtube -- a clip of Eheads' soundcheck for tonight's concert. I saw Ely, singing, Guitar on his hand. Then the camera panned a bit to the right. I saw Raymund. It's true. Eheads is really reuniting, at least for this one-night-only show. It's Eheads -- Ely of the Pupils, Raymund of Sandwich, Buddy of Cambio and Marcus of Marcus Highway -- the four of them, in one stage, singing a very familiar song. It's them, one of the best Filipino Bands ever, who captured an epic size of audience, ladies and gentlemen, The Eraserheads, for real!

Now I'm excited!