The last three are among my favorites: Sailing, Cebuana, and Gone. Urbandub IS kind to their fans and they wouldn’t let us down and just leave us wanting for more. It totally sunk in, Urbandub no more.īut lo and behold, they’ve come back for the encore. Urbandub Endless: The Farewell Concert Setlist! #Dubistas #UrbandubEndless #Urbandub /otthyzoANoĪs their 15th song, Guillotine, ended and the lights went out, I can’t help but say to my friends: ‘ Yon na ‘yon? Bitin! Eto na ba ‘yong last talaga? No, stay pa tayo meron pa ‘yan. We knew the lyrics from the heart and it was too easy for us. We automatically did it while we started to sing the whole song. Everyone raised their arms when “ Arms raised tonight” came. The crowd got crazier when Urbandub finally sang First of Summer. It was crazy and dreamlike but a memorable night. All of us are united to show our support and love for the band and their music. It was awesome, hearing fellow fans singing along with your favorite songs. You can see the smile (and that killer dimple) on his face every time people sing along with their music.Īlmost everybody knew the lyrics on each song and they sang along wholeheartedly. She even jumped on the stage! How cool was that, right? John Dinopol (lead guitarist) as always gave his best shot during the show. Man, she’s so cute and really did a good job. People were so happy to see her again on stage. One of the highlights of the band’s last gig was Lalay’s (bassist) appearance again after giving birth to her first child. I feel like breaking up with someone whom I have invested with feelings and time. Deep inside, though it didn’t show, I became emotional. I started to have goosebumps and told myself to accept gradually that this would be the last. Boy, it was indeed a great show and never had I expected that it would be a bittersweet concert, at least on my part.Īs Janjan Mendoza (drummer) started to hit the drums for the second song, Soul Searching, I can’t help but shed a tear. READ Monday Mixtape: A Little Tribute to Sugarfree’s Dramachine 15th AnniversaryĪs I scanned the venue (Metrotent Convention Center, Pasig), I see a lot of Dubistas anticipating the farewell gig, hoping that it would be memorable and still dismissing the idea that it would be the last night they’ll be seeing the Cebu-based band all together in one stage. (Signed ticket by Gab, Lalay, John and Janjan (c) Timmi Bandian) I’m certain that their music is as addicting as my cup of coffee every morning I cannot leave the house without having one. And although most of their tracks speak loneliness and pain, it is still hauntingly beautiful to hear. Those greatest hits had become an anthem on every heartbreak and life’s decision. Every song on each album became everyone’s staple on our playlist.
Their music became part of every music lovers’ lives. Urbandub had their fair share of contributing big time to the local music scene. They need to grow as an individual musician and still spend more time with their loved ones. Family, business and new music adventure are among their priorities now. Of course, people change priorities over time and a break is badly needed after a long time of hard work. Priorities, as Gabby Alipe (frontman) said in their last radio guesting on JAM 88.3. I totally get their reasons for leaving the band. I’m still in denial during those hours before the 8 P.M. Honestly, their being “Gone” permanently didn’t sink in until the last song of the Encore. The sky was crying, I thought, empathizing with the fans as their favourite band would soon be taking the hiatus in a few hours. It was the last time seeing them together in one stage, performing all their greatest hits from the six albums over the last 15 years.īefore the concert, a heavy downpour happened late in the afternoon. A date that would be forever special among the Dubistas. So, the ‘ giant sound of the South‘ gave a farewell gig to their fans last Saturday, May 9. However, it’s no April fool’s joke as the band continually gave interviews to different music websites and had the last radio guesting on JAM 88.3 confirming their hiatus. Fans and music enthusiasts took it as a joke just because it’s April fool’s day and so, everyone just shrugged it off.
It was April 1 when the band announced that they will be on indefinite hiatus. While it may still hurt the fans to see them go that night, former bandmates said that there might be a possibility of getting them together in the future. An intro to Urbandub Endless: The Farewell ConcertĪfter 15 years, Urbandub finally decided to take a break for good. It doesn’t make it better that you’re gone (“Arms raised tonight” (c) Timmi Bandian)