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Remember Eddie Mesa? 'Elvis Presley of PH' returns to concert scene

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Reyma Buan Deveza, ABS-CBN News

<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:32.70142180094787% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYIKmAdhSz7/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Reyma Buan Deveza (@reymabd)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-08-23T07:16:12+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 23, 2017 at 12:16am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>MANILA -- Former matinee idol Eddie Mesa, who was once dubbed the Elvis Presley of the Philippines, is staging a full concert after more than 25 years.</p><p>In an interview with reporters on Tuesday, the 78-year-old Eigenmann patriarch announced that his comeback concert, &quot;Sing Us Your Song Again: The Music &amp; Legacy of Eddie Mesa,&quot; is set for September 23 at the Meralco Theatre.</p><p>The concert is being produced by My Own Mann Productions, owned by Mesa&#x27;s daughter Cherie Gil, who will also be part of the show along with her brother Michael de Mesa.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Video_Widget_1_Container"><ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Video_Widget_1" allow="autoplay" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-wid="f5fb7bd1-3880"></ivs-player><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script></div></figure><figcaption><p style="text-align:center">Cherie Gil turns emotional as she pays tribute to her parents Rosemarie Gil and Eddie Mesa.</p></figcaption><p>Mesa&#x27;s grandchildren Sid Lucero and Ryan, Geoff, Max, Gabby, and Andi Eigenmann will also be part of the concert.</p><p>&quot;I am grateful, so grateful and so humbled,&quot; said Mesa, adding that he is proud of his children and grandchildren.</p><p>&quot;I feel like I am more excited now doing this than when I was introduced in showbiz. I am excited. I am really preparing for this. I&#x27;m going to be singing a lot of songs so with God&#x27;s grace I get to do it,&quot; he said.</p><p>According to Mesa, he will be singing hits from his era and some special songs in the concert, which will trace his showbiz career until &quot;the time I encountered a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and everything changed.&quot;</p><p>Also joining him in the concert are Pilita Corrales, Christopher de Leon, Edgar Mortiz, Tirso Cruz III, Ciara Sotto and The Hotlegs.</p><p>It will be directed by Bert de Leon with musical direction by Mel Villena.</p>

<p>Former matinee idol Eddie Mesa, who was once dubbed the Elvis Presley of the Philippines, is staging a full concert after more than 25 years.</p>

Former matinee idol Eddie Mesa, who was once dubbed the Elvis Presley of the Philippines, is staging a full concert after more than 25 years.

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Remember Eddie Mesa? 'Elvis Presley of PH' returns to concert scene

Reyma Buan Deveza,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 23, 2017 03:48 PM PHT

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Updated August 23, 2017 05:16 PM PHT

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