Black Eyed Peas set for Manila in August

Six-time Grammy Award-winning trio and one of the best-selling groups of all time, Black Eyed Peas (BEP) is coming to Manila on 27 August at the Mall of Asia Arena. Tickets go on-sale on Saturday, 15 March 12 p.m. via SMTickets.com and SM Tickets outlets nationwide. The concert is presented by Wilbros Live.

Over the past 30 years, the Los Angeles trio — will.i.am, Apl.de.Ap and Taboo — have achieved sales of 35 million albums and 120 million singles across seminal releases such as “Elephunk,” “The E.N.D.” and more. One of the era’s biggest acts, they emerged as “the second best-selling artist/group of all time for downloaded tracks” (Nielsen) and landed on Billboard’s “Hot 100 Artists of the Decade.” In 2011, they dazzled the world with a landmark performance at the Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show.

They have released several chart-topping hits, including “I Gotta Feeling,” “Where is the Love?” “Pump It,” “Boom Boom Pow,” “My Humps,” “Meet Me Halfway,” “Let’s Get It Started,” “The Time (Dirty Bit),” “Don’t Stop The Party” and many more.

The album resulted in a series of chart-topping singles, including the massively successful “Ritmo (Bad Boys For Life)” [feat. J Balvin] and “Mamacita” [feat. Ozuna and J.Rey Soul], both of which achieved No. 1 status on three Billboard Charts each, numerous award nominations, and gold, platinum and diamond certifications globally. The knockout album single from December 2020, “Girl Like Me” [feat. Shakira] continued this streak, achieving success on Latin and Top 40 radio, sparking a viral TikTok challenge in late 2020, and scooping Best Latin award at the MTV VMAs, while 2021’s “Hit It” with Saweetie and Lele Pons racked up 5.8 million global audio streams, 1.1 million US audio streams and almost 10 million YouTube views in its first week alone.

The success of Translation demonstrated Black Eyed Peas’ ability to reinvent themselves along with the changing times, a fact reconfirmed in 2022 when the band reunited with Shakira and David Guetta for Don’t You Worry, the first single to drop from their ninth studio album Elevation. The hugely successful lead single was swiftly followed by the Anitta and El Alfa collaboration “Simply the Best.” In 2023 true BEP fashion, harnessing the musical forces of the Americas, the next single “Bailar Contigo” (with reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee) followed by “Guarantee (Summer Mix),” has opened up yet another brilliant chapter in the continuing story of the Black Eyed Peas in nothing less than international chart-topping style.