To call Sarah Geronimo a star is an understatement. A record breaker – now, that drives home the point.
The Pop Princess lives up to the description with her annual habitation at the Araneta Coliseum getting bigger and bigger as time passes. Her “Record Breaker” concert at the venue last Nov. 7 was no exception.
Filled to the rafters, as the term goes, people came expecting another topnotch performance from the singer. Sarah did not disappoint.
The show began with music from a lone violin cutting through the din. The sound crescendos to pyrotechnic explosions that signaled the intro to the edgy dance number, “Record Breaker.” The countdown leading to it was rendered in 3D effect flashed on a giant screen. All around, hundreds of green luminous sticks illuminated excited faces.
Sarah was in step with her backup dance group, the G Force, as she segued through a non-stop medley of “Unstoppable,” “Love Game,” and “I Gotta Feeling.” As frenetic as that intro was, she opted to slow things down next with a cover of “Right Here Waiting for You.”
A highlight of the show was hearing Sarah rework her hit song, “Sa Iyo,” from her first album “Popstar: A Dream Come True.” The updated version saw a sexy Sarah singing and dancing to the strains of an R&B feel.
Her guests also shined that night. Christian Bautista (in full on Jose-Mari-Chan-mode) sang with Sarah on “Please Be Careful with My Heart.” Up and coming all-girl group Pop Girls, on the other hand, gave a phenomenal performance of “Nobody.” Brit-Pinoy and “Britain’s Got Talent” child star Charlie Green was superb, too.
Enter the Kanto Boys. Comprised by actors Luis Manzano, Billy Crawford, Vhong Navarro, and John Lloyd Cruz [who, curiously, wasn’t around that night], they shared hilarious moments with Sarah Geronimo during their spot.
Another peak was Sarah’s rendition of a Michael Jackson medley during which she executed the King of Pop’s signature moves to cheers from spectators.
Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez, who was one of many celebrities who watched “Record Breaker,” gave Sarah a pearl necklace when the latter sang “You Changed My Life.” Many saw the gesture as a symbolic ‘passing of the torch’ moment between two music royalties.
The show lasted three hours with a repertoire consisting of songs from Sarah’s previous albums as well as her current one, “Music & Me.”
Sarah closed “Record Breaker” with a medley of her biggest hits namely “Forever Is Not Enough,” “How Could You Say You Love Me,” and “To Love You More.” By then, everyone knew that another title for the concert would not have been apt.
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