The Rose Returns to Manila with Sold-Out Heal Together Concert

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The Rose came back, creating beautiful memories with Philippine Black Roses.

More than three years since their first solo concert in the Philippines, South Korean band The Rose returned to the local concert stage last January 14 at the Skydome, SM North EDSA with a new tour, new music, and new stories to share.

Woosung, Dojoon, Hajoon, and Jaehyeong staged Heal Together in Manila, performing in front of a full-house venue. Tickets to the concert were sold-out immediately following the opening of ticket sales. And indeed, the band’s growing popularity in the Philippines through the years has become evident with the successful conclusion of last Saturday’s show.

With resounding cheers from Philippine Black Roses, The Rose took on the stage with “~” and “Definition of ugly is” from their latest album, Heal, and “Insomnia” and “She’s in the Rain” from The Dawn album. They then closed their opening set with “Modern Life” from Woosung’s solo release, Moth.

The Rose
The Rose

“It’s a perfect weather today. It’s a perfect day for you and us to enjoy,” Dojoon said during the ment where they individually introduced themselves and greeted Black Roses. The energy escalated as the band continued on their performances with “California”, “I Don’t Know You”, “Candy (so good)” from their earlier albums, Red, The Dawn, and Void, respectively. Fans, up on their feet and lightsticks up in the air, sang loud with the band in “Red”.

Awed with the crowd’s energy, the members expressed admiration and appreciation for the superb display of energy. Woosung then looked back on their seven years together as a band and relayed his gratitude to the fans for being with them through the ups and downs. “Salamat po,” he said. “We took a break for two years. Last year, we started again. We started touring. We have a new album called Heal,” he added.

The Rose

Jaehyeong opened up about “having a hard time about two, three years ago” and how his members, music, and fans helped him during those times. “I always want to thank you,” he said. A VCR played with the members gathering together and opening up. With the end of the VCR and Jaehyeong’s words, “I happy I live through music”, The Rose sang “See-Saw” — which Jaehyeong wrote to share his story.

Bringing the nostalgia up a notch, the band performed “I.L.Y.” and “Sorry” from Void, with Woosung introducing “Sorry” as the song that started it all for them. They also sang “Childhood”, “Shift”, “Time”, “Yes”, and “Cure” from Heal and their single “Beauty and the Beast”.

“Thank you so much, Manila,” Woosung said as The Rose sings “Sour” to close their final set prior to the encore. One after the other, the members came back on stage for their final song “Black Rose”. With the song’s lyrics resonating emotionally at the Skydome and Woosung changing up the last lines to “Hello, Manila Black Roses. We ROSE you from the bottom of our hearts,” Woosung, Dojoon, Hajoon, and Jaehyeong closed Heal Together in Manila —loud cheers echoing with the promise of seeing each other again.

The Rose – HEAL TOGETHER World Tour in Manila is presented by Three Angles Production. Special thanks to Three Angles Production for the invitation.

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