Legendary British Crooner Engelbert Humperdinck will serenade his Filipino fans once again in several concerts happening at the Newport Performing Arts Theater on September nine and ten and in Naga city on September 12.
Engelbert joins us now live via Zoom.
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00:00 The king of romance is set to return to the Philippines next month.
00:03 Legendary British crooner Engelbert Humperdinck will serenade his Filipino fans once again
00:09 in several concerts happening at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre.
00:12 That will be on September 9 and 10 and in Naga City on September 12.
00:16 Engelbert joins us now live via Zoom.
00:19 Hello and welcome to New Day, the Philippines.
00:22 Welcome.
00:23 Hello, I'm looking forward to coming over.
00:26 I really am.
00:27 It's been four years so I'm a little bit excited about coming over there.
00:34 Well, we are excited as well.
00:37 I mean, the Filipinos have once again the chance to witness a legendary performance.
00:42 And lucky for us, you are so busy.
00:46 You are touring the US and whatnot.
00:49 And we're happy that you decided to include Manila as part of your world tour.
00:55 Well, I'm always on a world tour, Christine.
00:59 You know, and this show that I'm bringing, I know the Filipino people love music.
01:06 And I know that for a fact because I get online and I watch them sing some of my songs on
01:11 karaoke.
01:13 So anyway, I'm coming, bringing all my standards there and some new material.
01:18 And it's an exciting moment for me and I hope it will be for you all there.
01:23 Well, I mean, speaking of your set list, OK, we do have our fan favorites.
01:27 I mean, we have it's on karaoke.
01:29 It's on repeat and karaoke.
01:32 But how do you choose for your set list of, you know, all the songs that, of course, we
01:37 love as well?
01:38 Well, I'll tell you what, it's a sort of a trial and trial and tested routine.
01:43 You know, I take the show all over the world and I try out all my songs and whichever one
01:48 works, I keep in the show, you know.
01:51 But at this moment in time, I'm bringing some new songs from my new album and I have a little
01:57 surprise for when I come there, you know, a little surprise.
02:00 Not saying anything yet, but I do have a little surprise for the Filipino people when I get
02:04 there.
02:05 OK, and your new album is all about love.
02:08 Tell me a little bit about that.
02:09 It is.
02:10 Yes, it is.
02:11 And I'll be doing tracks from there, too, you know.
02:14 Besides all my big hits like "Release Me" and "Last Walk" and "Le Bessie Cliff" of
02:18 the Bellsides, you know.
02:21 How does one reinvent such a classic and timeless hit and make it your own?
02:30 Well, God has been good to me and the kind of music that I record seems to be timeless
02:37 and it's as fresh today as I recorded it, you know, in the past.
02:42 And I don't get tired of singing them.
02:45 I never get tired, especially the first song that I recorded was "Release Me" and it stopped
02:50 the Beatles from going to number one.
02:52 And this poor, this unknown person stopped the almighty Beatles who by a door, you know,
02:57 go into number one.
02:59 And I'll be singing that song when I get there, too.
03:01 I mean, let's talk about "Release Me".
03:04 I mean, that pretty much catapulted you to where you are now.
03:09 You were known because of that song.
03:10 It is in the Guinness Book of World Records.
03:13 You were what, 56 consecutive weeks, number one in 11 countries with just one song.
03:22 Just that one.
03:23 I got lucky.
03:24 I really got lucky.
03:25 And it doesn't happen in today's world.
03:27 You know, so I came into the show business at the right time and it was just a magical
03:35 song for me.
03:36 And it's kept me in show business all this time.
03:39 And it's been, music has been my passport to the world and it's given, made me see countries
03:45 I've never seen before in my life.
03:47 And it's just a wonderful, wonderful way of making a living.
03:52 I mean, you, okay, you mentioned already the Beatles.
03:55 You were performing with them.
03:56 You performed with Three Degrees.
03:58 You performed with Elvis Presley.
04:00 You are 87 years old.
04:03 You are four-time Grammy nominee, sold over 150 million records.
04:07 And I could go on and on.
04:09 And to this day, you're still touring the world.
04:13 You're still releasing albums.
04:16 You are actually in music, in films now, and Netflix.
04:20 I mean, you know, you must have some incredible secret.
04:25 What is it?
04:26 Your secret to all of the success?
04:27 Well, I just don't want to get...
04:28 Go ahead.
04:29 I don't want to give it up.
04:31 I don't want to give it up.
04:32 I don't, I don't...
04:34 Following is not a word that I use.
04:38 As a matter of fact, I've got such a great following that I don't want to let them down.
04:42 You know, wherever I go, I get such a great reception.
04:47 And I'm really thrilled with the kind of music that I record.
04:52 They love it.
04:53 And the people come in, just adorable.
04:55 They're wonderful people.
04:57 Well, it seems like you've done it all.
05:00 Is there anything else that you still want to do at this point in your career?
05:04 A different type of music that you want to make or go a different part of the world that
05:09 you have never been to?
05:10 Yes, I have some surprises in the box and it's coming up.
05:16 I can't talk about it because it's brand new.
05:18 And as a matter of fact, I was doing a little bit of rehearsing today about that.
05:22 And it's going to happen within the next two, three months.
05:26 So I'm working on it.
05:28 It's a brand new project.
05:30 Okay.
05:31 Well, we hope to have you back on the show two or three months to talk more about it.
05:35 Thank you so much for being with us.
05:37 And you know, we can't wait to have you here in the Philippines, September 9 and 10.
05:40 And of course, in Naga, you're going to be visiting them as well.
05:43 September 12.
05:44 There you go.
05:45 We're just going to keep singing your songs all morning.
05:47 Thank you so much.
05:48 Thank you for joining us.
05:49 Thank you so much.
05:50 Indeed.
05:51 God bless you all.
05:52 Thank you.
05:53 Thank you.
05:53 Thank you.