Mariah Carey Live In Concert:
The Charmbracelet 2003 World Tour

Fast Facts :
- The sold-out one-night Manila concert, with a jam-packed 30,000+ crowd, was the top grosser among all the cities visited by Mariah.

- Mariah arrived in Manila from Shanghai, China, at 9:05 pm on Saturday, November 15 onboard by Philippine Airlines Flight PR-337.

- Upon arrival, Mariah was immediately directed to the presidential lounge of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that the concert organizers rented, when eventually airport police could not control screaming fans inside the airport, which included airport employees.

- Mariah's arrival cause a slight but ridiculous national issue as soon as NAIA's General Manager released negative statements to the media that Mariah's crew allegedly insulted him as the airport's highest official even after giving them a VIP treatment. The incident happened after Mariah's Tour Manager David Miller shooed him out of the presidential lounge while a group of stylist was doing a retouch on Mariah inside.

- Local media however, upon learning the truth (that the lounge was actually rented by the local show organizers for their exclusive use), supported Mariah and criticized the official's disgusting behavior.

- Few minutes after, Mariah was greeted by screaming fans and media people as she went out and walked towards a black limousine waiting outside the building. Before getting inside the car, Mariah stood for a few seconds as she waved and threw a flying-kiss to her fans.

- Mariah arrived at Makati Shangri-La Hotel escorted by 15 Makati City cops in motorcycles.

- According to one of the hotel managers, Mariah's entourage occupied 4 floors (24th-27th) including the Presidential Suite where Mariah slept. The Presidential Suite, supposedly worth $2,500 a night.

- A few hours upon arrival at the Makati Shangri-La, Mariah went down from her room and dined at a French restaurant located at the 2nd floor of the hotel. Afterwards, Mariah faced the fans waiting outside the restaurant and signed autographs for them. Fans however weren't allowed by Mariah's security to have a one-on-one picture taking.

- Mariah's staff bought Macadamia and Chocolate flavored ice creams, early morning Sunday, at a Haagen-Dazs shop located just outside the hotel, according to the store manager.

- A few hours before the concert, Mariah chatted with Ryan Ignacio, 19, a fan who wrote to GMA Network public service program "Wish Ko Lang," wishing to meet his idol. According to the show executive producer, Mariah was really touched to see Ryan that she hugged him eventually.

- The concert venue was already jam-packed as early as 3pm. The show started at 9:45pm.

- There were 7 costume changes as she performed 16 songs.

- During the band introduction, when she's about to introduce keyboardist Eric Daniels, Mariah reacted on a cockroach she saw running towards the dark spot of the stage near where Eric was positioned by saying "There's some sort of bug onstage and it's scaring the hell out of me." That moment cause genuine laughter on everybody as professional Mariah Carey continued singing.

- Just a few minutes after the show started, a makeshift fence in general admission collapsed due to uncontainable reaction of fans, but no one was seriously injured based on reports.

- About 80 bouncers, 200 ushers and 350 Philippine National Police officers were dispatched all over The Fort to insure security throughout the show. Mariah's back-up vocalist Takeytha 'Teka' Johnson said, "I've never seen this much armed men in my life!"

- The show ended at around 11:15 pm.

- Back in the hotel, security was extra strict since the whole hotel lobby was filled with fans who got hold of where she was staying.

- According to some staff, Mariah took a bath after the concert and redone her makeup. She also did some business calls back to US.

- After an hour, at around 1:30 am, Globe (one of the sponsors) VIPs and contest winners were ushered upstairs to the presidential suite where the Meet-and-Greet took place.

- At around 2:30 am, Mariah went downstairs for the after-show party, organized by Tim Yap, which was held at Shangri-La's newest spot called, Red Bar (the former Cheval Blanc).

- Mariah's 35-men entourage left for New York 1:00 pm Monday November 17 boarding China Airlines while Mariah cancelled her Singapore Airline flight and instead took a surprise detour to Amanpulo Resort in Palawan, southeastern part of the Philippines accompanied only by her manager and two bodyguards. Amanpulo is on the private island of Pamalican, 200 km east of Palawan.

- David Miller who shooed NAIA's GM on Nov. 15 incident was already sent back home together with the dancers, etc. without VIP treatment.

- Mariah stayed in Amanpulo, an exclusive resort accessible only by private chartered planes, until Saturday morning. The resort supposedly charges $600 to $1,000 per night.

- Mariah arrived back at the NAIA at around 12 noon and was allowed to stay at the dignitaries’ lounge as VIP while she waited for the Cathay Pacific Airlines flight that was to take her to Hong Kong and then to the US.

- There were reports before that Mariah and her company will pass through another international airport when she returns to the United States due to an earlier promised by NAIA's GM not to give them VIP treatment after an unpleasant incident involving him and Mariah's tour manager last Nov. 15.

- At the lounge, Mariah was seen eating a takeout meal from Kentucky Fried Chicken. At around 1:00 pm, Mariah, wearing a tight white dress with touches of red, proceeded to the airport’s Gate 15 to board her flight.

More concert info:

Tag Line : A once-in-a-lifetime album concert to remember.

Date: November 16, 2003
Time:  8pm/9pm
Place: The Fort Open Field, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig Metro Manila

Capacity:
Around 30,000 + standing crowd
VIP Seats -  unknown
Gold Seats - 3,700
Gold Seats - 3,800
Gold Seats - 9,000
General Admission - 12,000

Ticket Prices :
Gold = P5,150.00
Silver = P2,575.00
Bronze = P1,545.00
General Admission = P515.00
 *Includes 10% VAT

Ticket Sellers :
TicketWorld (site)
National Bookstore (all outlets)

Front Act : AKAFellas

Programme (Songlist):
01. Looking In (Intro)
02. Heartbreaker / Heartbreaker Remix
03. Dreamlover
04. Through The Rain
05. My All / Club Mix (Dancers only)
06. Can't take That Away
07. Honey
08. I Know What You Want
09. My Saving Grace
--- Band Introduction
10. I’ll Be There (Feat Trey Lorenz)
--- Trey Lorenz - Friend of Mine
11. Fantasy (Remix)
12. Always Be My Baby
13. Make It Happen
14. Without You
15. Hero
16. Butterfly (Outro)

Beneficiary: Kilusang Diwa Ng Taguig Foundation.

Venue Maps :

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