The Script's Manila Show Becomes

The Script knew how to make an impactful entrance that would leave the fans starstruck.

- CHARMIE JOY PAGULONG

Imagine the shock of the audience, including this writer, when frontman Danny O'Donoghue paraded around the venue with a group of people behind him holding LED light sticks, joined his bandmates on the B-stage and hit the night away with their first three songs, You Won't Feel a Thing, Superheroes and Rain.

The awestruck crowd, especially those who were sitting at 117 and could see the band performing live just a few steps away from them, blurted out, "Oh my God!" coupled with screams that reverberated around the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Surreal.

The STAR was able to attend the first night of their two-day show dubbed "The Script Satellites World Tour" last week. The Manila leg was presented by Wilbros Live and Midas Promotions.

While going back to the main stage, Danny passed the mic to the crowd and let them sing the lyrics of Rain. The Irish pop-rock group kept the energy going with Both Ways and the slow tempo Six Degrees of Separation, with Danny strumming his guitar.

"The man who can't be moved," Danny sat on the corner of the stage and made a heart gesture toward the end of their act for 2008 hit The Man Who Can't Be Moved from their eponymous debut album, with fans chanting along.

"What an amazing moment," Danny told the crowd before crooning The Last Time. "Thank you so much for being part of this... We played here many, many times, seven, eight times. And this is the loudest, the biggest, the best we've ever played."