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TJ Monterde wraps up 3-night sold-out solo Araneta Coliseum concert

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<div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1886460000262029670&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-02-04T00%3A57%3A26.332936%3A9c3300c2-f140-4c52-8049-b897685dd761%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=edf757a165e7b1f19d9b36bbadbe375c5f19890a&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:600px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1886460000262029670"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>MANILA -- TJ Monterde just wrapped up his three-night sold-out concert &quot;Sarili Nating Mundo&quot; at the Araneta Coliseum, making history as the first male solo Filipino act to sell out three straight nights at the Big Dome. </p><p>Monterde serenaded the crowd with his old and new hits like &quot;Ikaw at Ako,&quot; &quot;Puhon,&quot; &quot;Huling Luha,&quot; and more. </p><p>Arthur Nery and K-drama OST singer 10CM were the surprise guests on the third night. Monterde and 10CM treated the fans with the first listen to their upcoming collab entitled &quot;Silver.&quot; </p><p>Monterde was obviously emotional throughout the almost three-hour show. “Nung kinakanta ko yung ‘Ikaw at Ako’, paglabas ko nakaganun na lang ako, lutang lang talaga ako. So grateful, about what’s happening. I’m just taking each day as it comes. Kung anong meron, pag sinabi ni Lord na ‘chill ka lang muna’, chill muna ako,” he said.</p><p>He said each of the three nights had its highlights. “For Day 1, the shock nung opening. Kita ng lahat &#x27;yung pagpasok ko, unang Araneta ko &#x27;yun, walang angas at all. Amazed talaga.”</p><p>“Day 2, I sang ‘Aurora’ it’s such a special song and &#x27;yun &#x27;yung pinakahihintay ko sa buong concert na ito.” </p><p>“Day 3, was different also kasi medyo may confidence na ako parang kaya ko nang gawin itong concert na ito. Iba rin &#x27;yung crowd. Siyempre, last night so, all in ako.”</p><p>Another highlight of the night was when Billboard Philippines awarded Monterde and KZ Tandingan for being the number one song on the Hot 100 Billboard Philippines and number one as well on the Billboard Philippines Top Philippine Songs chart. </p><p>“Naiyak ako sa award na &#x27;yun. Di ko alam &#x27;yun. I’m so happy na nangyayari &#x27;yung ganito, but ngayon kasi I’m at this stage na I’m just gonna keep on writing, I don’t want to put so much pressure on myself. There have been several times that when I do, when I think of views, when I think of streams, alam kong pilit &#x27;yung kantang ginagawa ko,” he said.</p><p>Even the surprise proposals that popped out from the audience area in different seat sections was also a &quot;surprise&quot; for Monterde and Tandingan, during the &quot;Palagi&quot; number.  </p><p>“First night, six &#x27;yung nag-propose. Kahapon was four, kasali dun &#x27;yung gitarista ko na si Macoy, &#x27;yun ang alam ko, siya &#x27;yung kilala kong nagpropose sa lahat. Kanina ang pinakamarami, hindi ko na mabilang,” he said.  </p><p>Monterde admits this concert is definitely hard to top. </p><p>“I don’t really know how to feel. I’m so proud of this show. Pinaghirapan namin ito lahat. Puro collaboration ito, Direk John (Prats), the band, everybody, ang saya lang namin lahat. Doon ako pinaka-happy,” he said.</p><p>&quot;Sarili Nating Mundo&quot; will go to Davao on March 1, and will tour the US and Canada for the month of March, to be followed by a Philippine tour. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FfNv_yUHQPA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FMnFj0TO5m4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WySDskvbccs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HxXVbi2UQL8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>TJ Monterde made history as the first male solo Filipino act to sell out three straight nights at the Big Dome.</p>

TJ Monterde made history as the first male solo Filipino act to sell out three straight nights at the Big Dome.