Did Huge Time Rush’s live performance ship anybody else again to their tween years?
Followers of their early to mid-20s who grew up watching Huge Time Rush on Nickelodeon simply had one in every of their childhood desires come true: seeing Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos PenaVega, and Logan Henderson carry out dwell.
On October 17, 2024, Huge Time Rush held their very first live performance in Manila on the New Frontier Theater, and Rushers positively didn’t miss the prospect to sing and dance to their favourite BTR classics on this evening.
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And man, have been Rushers given the prospect to be blessed by the early 2010s boy band magic.
Beginning off the live performance sturdy with “Huge Night time,” Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan confirmed up wanting extra mature than once we all first met them, however nonetheless had the appeal that made us all fall in love with them again in 2009.
Persevering with on the present with 3 extra of their songs from 2010 to 2013—“Home windows Down,” “Elevate,” and “Music For You,” Huge Time Rush modified it up with their most up-to-date tracks and sound, beginning with “Waves,” adopted by “Name It Like I See It,” and “Weekends,” which have been all from their fourth studio album, “One other Life” launched in 2023.
A quick interlude noticed the BTR members speaking about how that they had been desirous to do a present in Manila for years (actually 15), and now that they have been lastly in a position to take action, they have been loving each single second of it.
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The live performance continued with Huge Time Rush’s current launch, “Solely One,” earlier than finally switching again to their classics, which was led by an lively singing of “Nothing Even Issues” with the gang, then by “No Concept,” which they completely like to carry out on stage in line with previous interviews.
Then it was time for his or her acoustic set, and everybody that’s been following Huge Time Rush’s tour is aware of what’s arising subsequent.
The quartet launched their guitarist to the gang, Cody Perrin, after which began their acoustic rendition of their 2010 track “Caught,” which was adopted by “Cowl Lady,” with Kendall commenting that he noticed it on a fan’s signal and the group then doing a “cheer take a look at” for which track they’d wish to hear dwell—“Cowl Lady” or “I Know You Know.”
James additionally commented on how the Filipino crowd “sounded good,” saying that “a few of the greatest singers on the planet are from the Philippines.”
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Then it was time for Huge Time Rush to sing each lengthy distance relationship’s theme track—“Worldwide.”
4 fortunate followers from the gang have been hand-picked by every of the Huge Time Rush members to be their “Worldwide ladies,” and similar to that scene montage from “Huge Time Rush” episode “Huge Time Break-Up,” all of us felt like we have been those being serenaded to.
The vitality began choosing up as soon as extra after the acoustic set with the quartet singing “The Metropolis Is Ours,” “Love Me Love Me,” and “Any Type of Man.” By the point they have been performing their pop-rock impressed monitor “Paralyzed,” Huge Time Rush headed down into the gang and followers have been in a position to see them up shut and private for the primary time.
Huge Time Rush’s final track earlier than their much-awaited encore was “If I Dominated the World,” a dance pop monitor that overestimated the gang for what’s subsequent—their hottest songs.
The encore a part of the live performance is all the time the very best a part of the present, with artists exhibiting and performing the songs that catapulted them into success. For Huge Time Rush, these songs have been from the album that began all of it—“BTR.”
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First was “Until I Neglect About You,” the group’s debut single, then adopted by “Huge Time Rush,” which was the Nickelodeon present’s opening theme.
The live performance ended with “the track that everybody is aware of the phrases to,” which everybody sang alongside loudly to, and is their most profitable track thus far—“Boyfriend.”
It could have taken 15 years for Huge Time Rush to do a present within the Philippines, however their first one was positively well worth the wait. To lastly be an grownup and with the ability to afford the live performance of an artist you’ve watched whereas rising up is satisfying, and listening to all of their songs dwell for the very first time is one thing that Rushers received’t ever neglect.
Watching the Huge Time Rush live performance as a 20-something grownup positively introduced again our childhood, even when it simply lasted nearly 2 hours.
The occasion was made potential by Dwell Nation Philippines.
