29 NOVEMBER 2006
Another APO Experience!

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16 NOVEMBER 2006
APO CONQUERS I-Tunes!

Kami nAPO Muna, the  tribute album to Danny, Jim and Boboy otherwise known as the APO Hiking Society is now on I-Tunes, Apple's highly succesful music download company. By going to I-Tunes and typing Kami nAPO Muna on search, anyone in the world can now have access to the highly succesful album of APO's music as interpreted by 18 of the top bands in the Philippines.

The album has remained solid as the no.1 fastest -selling album in the Philippines for an unprecedented 3 months now going on 4. Four music videos have been made from songs in the album, notably Yakap Sa Dilim, Nakapagtataka, .Doo Bi Doo and Panalangin. Three songs have also hit the no. most requested in ringtone downloads.
 
The APO are of course, delighted!!

Kami nAPO Muna Chords

Due to insistent popular demand, we are putting the chords and lyrics of all the songs from the KAMI NAPO MUNA album. Special thanks to Star Studio Magazine for allowing us to reprint the chords. Click here!

15 NOVEMBER 2006
Kami nAPO Muna Videos

A new addition to the APO website will feature classic APO videos in the coming weeks. Watch out for it! In the meantime, here are links to videos of APO songs from the Kami nAPO Muna album. Enjoy!!

Doo Bi Doo

Yakap sa Dilim

Panalangin

27 SEPTEMBER 2006
APO wows over 3K crowd in 'Kumustahan'

OPM legends Danny Javier, Jim Paredes, and Buboy Garovillo of the Apo Hiking Society wowed a crowd of over 3,000 people with their timeless hits and comic antics during the "Kumustahan Asian Pacific 2006 Concert" Saturday night at the Hopwood Junior High School Amphitheater. Click here to read the full article.

07 SEPTEMBER 2006
Boboy, Danny, Jim’s Music Rules!!

It’s a full-blown APO revival! Ever since the KaminAPO Muna album, a tribute album to Boboy, Danny and Jim’s music by the hottest bands hit the airwaves and the records stores, there seems to be little else playing except APO’s hit songs.

KaminAPO Muna turned Gold a few days after it’s release about three weeks ago and turned platinum on it’s second week. A limited edition CD which contains the original songs as sung by APO and the new tribute versions is selling so briskly it’s no. 2 in sales.

On radio and ringtone downloads, Yakap Sa Dilim and Doo Bi Doo rule the top two slots.

Danny, Boboy and Jim are thrilled no end, of course. They were present during MYX’s tribute to APO at Megamall last August 23 where the bands paid lavish tribute to the three. Their schedules are beginning to fill up as well as more concerts are lined up and TV guestings are scheduled. Their widely viewed appearance at ASAP two weeks ago catapulted the show’s ratings over its competitor and 

Jim Paredes will be with his two APO friends till December until he leaves for Sydney to spend Christmas with his family.

06 SEPTEMBER 2006
INQUIRER APOLOGIZES TO JIM PAREDES

Because of an inaccurate headline last August 20, 2006 which said that “Apo Jim Paredes Finally Gives Up On RP’, the Philippine Daily Inquirer issued an apology to Jim Paredes. PDI publisher Isagani Yambot said Paredes “had valid reason to be angry and upset over the headline.” He added that the headline was “inaccurate and unfair.”

"The damage though is in the headline itself. I know that very few actually read the whole thing and many more just read the headline and came to their own misguided conclusions," says Jim in his blog Writing on Air (haringliwanag.pansitan.net).

On TV Patrol's Mario Dumaual, Paredes said he immigrated with his family to Sydney last March "just to rest."

"I want to try something new. I'm 50 years old. My whole career is based on the fact that I wrote the soundtrack on Filipino lives and then I'm going to give up? That's not right," he said.

"I am glad to be appearing on TV to say this -- everyone who was fooled by that title, don't believe it. I will be the last person to trash the Philippines to feel good about migrating. I love the Philippines, period," he added.

18 JULY 2006
Jim to Join Danny and Boboy for Concerts Soon!

It will be a grand reunion of sorts.  Five months will have passed since Danny, Jim and Boboy last sang together by the time their 2006 tour begins in August. Their last appearance together was in Megamall when they did a send-off for Jim who has changed his residence from Manila to Sydney. But now they are getting together for some shows this August and September.  

KUMUSTAHAN, a roadshow which APO spearheaded throughout Europe and the Middle East last 2004 and 2005 will resume again still with the trio at the helm and very ably supported by Nanette Inventor, who is the mainstay. It begins in Melbourne on August 4 and follows right into Sydney on August 5.   Special guest is Geneva Cruz.  After that power weekend, Danny, Boboy and Jim  will fly back to Manila to do a series of shows - September 2 in Mall of Asia, September 9 in Pampanga and September 15 in Alegria Lounge. On September 23 and 24, APO will be in Guam and Saipan for Kumustahan sa Asia Pacific with Nanette and Rachel Alejandro. This will be a memorable show since it has been some 10 years since they were last in Guam, and it will be their first in Saipan.  After this, they fly back to Manila to do more shows before Jim leaves again for Sydney.  

Jim for now resides in Sydney with his family. Asked what he missed most from back home, he replied, “My two friends. I wish they were here.”  It will be a rare treat to catch them in these very limited engagement shows so make sure you get your tickets while it’s still early.

11 MARCH 2006
TATLONG DEKADA PA!

It took just one rehearsal for the three of us and our intrepid musicians and this happened one day before we went up the stage at Cinema 3 in Megamall on the evening of March 11. But then again, we have been performing for some 36 years now and so the rehearsal was really just something we had to do--like an athlete needs to do stretching. We already knew what we were going to do for the show, more or less. We just needed to be psychologically attuned. And being together practicing with our musicians does it for us. Click here to read the full article.

27 FEBRUARY 2006
More Pictures from Calgary and Edmonton

Ricky Tanpoco was kind enough to send us pictures from the Calgary and Edmonton concerts. Click here to view the slideshow.

26 FEBRUARY 2006
Jim Migrating to OZ

I wasn't going write about this until I was ready. I am ready now. Yes, it’s true. I am moving with my family to Australia. Click here to read the full article.

23 FEBRUARY 2006
Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo

Mga kababayan,

Kami po ay nagpapaabot sa inyo ng isang maalab na pagbati sa pagdiriwang ng ika dalawampung anibersaryo ng EDSA People Power. Mabuhay tayong lahat. Maaaring pakinggan ang awiting Handog Ng Pilipino Sa Mundo sa Songs section

-Danny, Boboy, Jim

16 FEBRUARY 2006
APO MELTS EDMONTON AND CALGARY

Here are the first reviews from our audience in Calgary , Alberta about the concert last February 14, 2006 at the Jubilee Theater. For those who wish to see their letters online, please send them to the Forum Section of the APO website. Click here to read the reviews.

16 FEBRUARY 2006
The Way We Were

Thirty three years ago, we sang for the wedding of Artie and Miche Atienza. Recently, we caught up with them in Edmonton. They sent us photos. To see them click here. To send your own APO memorabilias or pictures please drop us an email with your name and a caption explaining the date and circumstances and we will proudly put them in the Trivia section.

31 JANUARY 2006
The APO Experience in Megamall, March 11!

06 JANUARY 2006
The Way We Were

We got a new submission for the Way We Were section from our good friend Maricar Lopez, she made this collage of us last year. Click to enlarge or visit the Way We Were section!

06 JANUARY 2006
My APO Valentine

It's all set.

Boboy, Danny and Jim have started hearts a-fluttering as producers in Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta, Canada have announced that APO will be doing two concerts there. Dubbed as My APO Valentine, this Valentine treat will surely excite Pinoys and their special someones enough to melt the still freezing weather in Canada.

This early, the APO are asking people to write in their favorite love songs so that they can prepare them. After all, Jim, Danny and Boboy have written some of the biggest, most enduring OPMs in Philippine pop history spread over a recording career which produced 26 albums all in all. They have a long list of gold, platinum albums but more than that, they have captured the hearts and minds of Filipinos of all generations everywhere in the world.

The trio will be accompanied by their very able band which has kept them company for many years now. They are Boyet Pigao on drums and is the musical director, Ernie Baladjay on main keyboards, JD Villanueva on second keyboards, Noel Santiago on guitar, and Colby dela Calzada on bass. APO is managed by Butch and Betta Dans of The Thirdline,Inc.

2007

February 2
Metrobar
West Ave, Quezon City

February 3
De La Salle Gym
Bacolod City

February 14
Grand Ballroom, Bellevue Hotel
Alabang

February 16
Astoria Regency Convention Center
Zamboanga City

February 17
"Magkayakap Sa Dilim"..An APO Love Experience
Ateneo De Manila Lee Irwin Theatre

February 23
The Atrium, Limketkai Mall
Cagayan De Oro City

March 2
Leyte Academic Center Gym
Tacloban City

March 3
NCCC Mall Function Hall
Davao City

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2006

November 25
50th Anniversary Celebration of Xavier University
Xavier School Fr. Cortina Sports Center

December 9
Car World’s Pre-Christmas Treat
Car World Showroom
San Fernando, Pampanga

December 11
Awit ng Barkada
A Concert for PGH
Music Museum

December 14
Metrobar
47 West Ave., QC

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September 15
"Sa Alegria nAPO sila"
Casino Filipino Pavilion

October 1
PBA Opening
Araneta Coliseum

October 7
Gawad Kalinga Expo 2006
Mall Of Asia, Pasay

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KUMUSTAHAN 2006

August 4
Hammer Hall Victoria Arts Center
Melbourne

August 5
Capitol Theater Sydney

September 23, 2006
Fieldhouse University of Guam, Guam, U.S.A.

September 24, 2006
Hopwood High Northern Marianas Island,Saipan

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THE APO EXPERIENCE

September 2
APO Experience!
SM Mall of Asia

September 9
APO Experience!
Casino Filipino
Angeles Pampanga

October 27, 2006
APO Experience! The Repeat Concert!
Megamall Cinema 10, 830PM