Ben&Ben Sets Off on Multi-City Tour

Ben&Ben is set to kick off the Philippine leg of their "The Traveller Across Dimensions World Tour," a multi-sensory concert experience blending music, storytelling and animation. The tour brings the band's creative vision to life with shows in Cebu, Bacolod and Davao.

- By Nathalie M. Tomada

The eight-piece group is made up of Paolo and Miguel Benjamin Guico (lead vocals and acoustic guitars), Poch Barretto (electric guitar), Keifer Cabugao (violin), Patricia Lasaten (keyboards), Toni Munoz (percussion), Andrew de Pano (percussion), Agnes Reoma (bass guitar) and Jam Villanueva (drums).

The tour in support of their third studio album (with repertoire also featuring past hits) begins on May 24 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino, to be followed by a June 8 show at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod and June 22 performance at the SMX Convention Center in Davao.

They will head overseas later in the year, including Singapore at the Arena@Expo on Dec. 14 and the US at Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, California on July 12.

Leading tour and concert promotions companies AEG Presents Asia (Singapore leg), NY Entourage Productions (US leg), and Ovation Productions (Philippines and Singapore legs) have teamed up for the tour.

"The Traveller Across Dimensions" album was released on Nov. 29, 2024 and has produced hits such as Could Be Something and Tomorrow with You.

The concept album follows the "story of Liwanag, the Traveller, as she journeys through three Dimensions: Light, depicting innocence; Energy, depicting struggle; and Feel, depicting maturity. She writes 12 songs along the way, which relate her experiences in each of the Dimensions."

Following their Mall of Asia Arena concert in December, which served as a kind of soft launch of their latest album, Ben&Ben shared that the show has evolved since. "We also learned a lot from that show and it was kind of like step one for the whole tour. The beauty of a tour, kada show na lumilipas, lalong gumaganda 'yung palabas," Miguel Benjamin said. "It's like a theater production — it just gets better over time."