Regine Velasquez live performances
A woman in a sequined strapless gown holding a hand-held microphone.
Velasquez performing at her Mall of Asia Arena concert, Silver (2013)
Headlining concerts21
Co-headlining concerts25
Concert residencies13
Benefit concerts6

Filipino singer Regine Velasquez has headlined concerts and performed live at award ceremonies and on television specials. Her first live television performance came when she competed in the reality television talent show Ang Bagong Kampeon (1984), which she won with a performance of George Benson's "In Your Eyes".[1] She released her first single, "Love Me Again", in 1986, under the name Chona.[2] Since adopting the stage name Regine Velasquez, she appeared in televised performances on The Penthouse Live! and Triple Treat.[3][4] She represented the Philippines at the 1989 Asia-Pacific Singing Contest, performing "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".[2] She was a guest act for several performers, including Pops Fernandez, Kuh Ledesma, Martin Nievera and Gary Valenciano,[5] and her debut concert, Regine at 17, was held at the Manila Midtown Hotel.[1]

In 1990, Velasquez headlined Narito Ako, her first major concert, which was held at the Folk Arts Theater to promote her second studio album Nineteen 90, and made her North American concert debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City—a first for an Asian solo artist.[6] She signed an international record deal and released the studio albums Listen Without Prejudice (1994), My Love Emotion (1995) and Retro (1996).[7] During this period, Velasquez performed live at various events across Southeast and East Asia, including an appearance as opening and closing act at the Yoshinogari Ruins Music Festival in Saga Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan.[8] In April 1996, Velasquez staged Isang Pasasalamat, a concert commemorating her ten-year career, at UPD's Sunken Garden. To promote her tenth studio album, R2K (1999), she performed at Regine 2000, a three-day event at the Music Museum. In April 2000, she staged the R2K Concert at the Araneta Coliseum, which was critically acclaimed and earned Velasquez a live entertainment accolade from the Aliw Awards.[9] She also performed a one-off concert at the Westin Philippine Plaza, which was recorded for her first live album, Regine Live: Songbird Sings the Classics (2000).[10] That year, she co-headlined a show called Celebration of Love with Peabo Bryson and Jeffrey Osborne.

Velasquez received the inaugural Favorite Artist Philippines award at the 2002 MTV Asia Awards and performed "Cry" with Mandy Moore to promote the theatrical release of Moore's film A Walk to Remember.[11] In April, at the National Museum of the Philippines, Velasquez headlined a benefit concert called One Night with Regine, which was a collaboration with ABS-CBN to benefit Bantay Bata Foundation's child abuse response fund.[12] In the same year, she co-headlined Two for the Knight, a collaboration with Brian McKnight. In 2003, Velasquez collaborated with Michel Legrand and staged Songbird Sings Legrand at the PICC Plenary Hall. Later that year at Makati's Onstage Theatre, she headlined a twelve-date residency show named Songbird Sings Streisand, which was a tribute to Barbra Streisand.

At the Mall of Asia Arena in November 2012, Velasquez headlined Silver but the show was cut short after she lost her voice because of a viral infection—it was re-staged in January 2013. From 2013 to 2016, she co-headlined annual concerts at the Mall of Asia Arena: Foursome, Voices of Love, Ultimate and Royals. To promote her seventeenth studio album, R3.0 (2017), she staged a two-night show at the Mall of Asia Arena. In 2020, in support of relief efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, Velasquez curated virtual benefit concerts One Night with Regine for Bantay Bata Foundation and Regine: Joy From Home for Jollibee Group Food Aid. She also released the single "Istorya", which she performed at the 25th Asian Television Awards and ASAP Natin 'To.[13][14]

Headlining concerts

List of headlining concerts, with dates, associated albums, venues and number of performances
Title Date Associated album(s) Venue City Shows Ref.
Narito Ako! July 14, 1990 Nineteen 90 Folk Arts Theater Manila 1 [15][16]
Regine in Season July 21, 1991 PhilSports Arena Pasig 1 [16]
Narito Ako sa New York! October 11, 1991 Carnegie Hall New York City 1 [17]
A Song For You August 1, 1992 Tagala Talaga Folk Arts Theater Manila 1 [16]
Music & Me July 30, 1993 – July 31, 1993 Reason Enough 2 [16]
Isang Pasasalamat April 20, 1996 None UPD Sunken Garden Quezon 1 [18][19]
Retro July 18, 1997 – July 19, 1997 Retro Folk Arts Theater Manila 2 [18]
Drawn November 17, 1998 –
December 5, 1998 		Drawn Music Museum San Juan 4 [18]
At Her Very Best August 27, 1999 None Westin Philippine Plaza Pasay 1 [18]
Regine 2000 December 3, 1999 –
December 11, 1999 		R2K Music Museum San Juan 3 [20]
R2K: The Concert April 7, 2000 – April 8, 2000 Araneta Coliseum Quezon 2 [21][22]
Songbird Sings the Classics October 11, 2000 Regine Live: Songbird Sings the Classics Westin Philippine Plaza Pasay 1 [10]
Regine Live in Antipolo December 30, 2000 None Ynares Center Antipolo 1 [18]
R-15 April 21, 2001 Manila Hotel Manila 1 [15]
Reigning Still December 3, 2004 –
December 4, 2004 		Covers, Vol. 1 Araneta Coliseum Quezon 2 [23]
Twenty October 13, 2006 –
October 14, 2006 		None 2 [24]
Regine Most Requested August 1, 2009 –
August 8, 2009 		SkyDome 2 [25]
Silver November 16, 2012;
January 5, 2013 		Mall of Asia Arena Pasay 2 [26][27]
R3.0 October 21, 2017 –
October 22, 2017 		R3.0 2 [28]
Freedom February 28, 2021 None Virtual Quezon[A] 1 [30]
Regine Rocks November 25, 2023 Mall of Asia Arena Pasay 1 [31]

Co-headlining concerts

List of co-headlining concerts, with co-headliners, dates, venues and number of performances
Title Co-headliner(s) Date Venue City Shows Ref.
Foolish Hearts Janno Gibbs February 13, 1991 – February 14, 1991 PICC Plenary Hall Pasay 2 [16]
Voices Martin Nievera October 4, 1991 –
October 5, 1991 		PhilSports Arena Pasig 2 [16]
Dream Team Janno Gibbs
The Tux 		March 13, 1993 Folk Arts Theater Manila 1 [16]
For the Record Martin Nievera
Zsa Zsa Padilla
Gary Valenciano 		August 7, 1993 1 [16]
Two Hearts, One Beat Ariel Rivera July 15, 1994 –
July 16, 1994 		PICC Plenary Hall Pasay 2 [16]
Power of Two Kuh Ledesma June 15, 1996 –
July 13, 1996 		Music Museum San Juan 5 [18][32]
A Love Affair Janno Gibbs February 13, 1997 – February 14, 1997 PICC Plenary Hall Pasay 2 [18]
Celebration of Love Peabo Bryson
Jeffrey Osborne 		November 10, 2000 – November 11, 2000 Araneta Coliseum Quezon 2 [33]
Independent Women Jaya February 10, 2001 PICC Plenary Hall Pasay 1 [34]
Two for the Knight Brian McKnight February 14, 2002 – February 15, 2002 Araneta Coliseum Quezon 2 [35]
Songbird Sings Legrand Michel Legrand February 14, 2003 – February 16, 2003 PICC Plenary Hall Pasay 3 [36]
Martin & Regine: The World Concert Tour Martin Nievera May 9, 2003 –
July 5, 2003 		Araneta Coliseum Quezon 4 [37]
The Songbird & The Songwriter Ogie Alcasid February 13, 2004 – February 14, 2004 2 [38]
Queens on Fire Pops Fernandez February 11, 2005 – February 12, 2005 PhilSports Arena Pasig 2 [39]
Forever After Ogie Alcasid
Ai-Ai delas Alas 		February 10, 2006 – February 11, 2006 Araneta Coliseum Quezon 2 [40]
Divas 4 Divas Pops Fernandez
Kuh Ledesma
Zsa Zsa Padilla 		December 6, 2008 1 [41]
Mr. & Mrs. A Ogie Alcasid February 14, 2012 1 [42]
Foursome Ogie Alcasid
Pops Fernandez
Martin Nievera 		February 14, 2013 1 [43]
Voices of Love Martin Nievera February 14, 2014 1 [44]
Ultimate Lani Misalucha
Martin Nievera
Gary Valenciano 		February 13, 2015 – February 14, 2015 Mall of Asia Arena Pasay 2 [45]
Royals Martin Nievera
Angeline Quinto
Erik Santos 		February 13, 2016 – February 14, 2016 2 [46]
#PaMore Martin Nievera
Angeline Quinto
Erik Santos 		February 12, 2018 1 [47]
The Songbird & The Songhorse Vice Ganda February 14, 2019 – February 16, 2019 Araneta Coliseum Quezon 3 [48]
Iconic Sharon Cuneta October 18, 2019 –
October 19, 2019 		2 [49]
Unified Sarah Geronimo February 14, 2020 – February 15, 2020 2 [50]

Concert residencies

List of concerts residencies, with dates, venues and number of performances
Title Date Venue City Shows Ref.
Regine at Circus Circus July 1, 1987 – August 19, 1987
November 5, 1988 – December 28, 1988 		Circus Circus Music Lounge Manila 11 [16]
Regine… of Age October 12, 1988 – December 7, 1988 Birdland Manila 8 [16]
Sangkatutux Na… Regine Pa! February 2, 1990 – March 22, 1990 Music Museum San Juan 12 [16]
Regine Animated December 8, 1994 – December 17, 1994 6 [16]
Regine Unplugged August 11, 1995 – December 23, 1995 6 [18]
Regine at the Movies November 9, 2001 – December 30, 2001 Onstage Theatre Makati 17 [51]
Songbird Sings November 8, 2002 – December 28, 2002 15 [52]
Songbird Sings Streisand November 14, 2003 – December 20, 2003 12 [53]
Reflections November 4, 2005 – December 10, 2005 Aliw Theater Pasay 8 [54]
Ang Ating Musika November 9, 2007 – November 24, 2007 6 [55]
Regine at the Theater November 6, 2015 – November 21, 2015 The Theatre at Solaire Parañaque 4 [56]
Regine at the Movies November 17, 2018 – November 25, 2018 New Frontier Theater Quezon 3 [57]
Solo February 17, 2023 – April 29, 2023 Samsung Performing Arts Theater Makati 6 [58]

Benefit concerts

List of benefit concerts, with dates, venues and number of performances
Title Date Venue City Shows Ref.
Songbird Sings for the River April 30, 1999 MET Museum Manila 1 [18]
One Night with Regine April 26, 2002 National Museum of the Philippines 1 [12]
One Enchanting Songbird May 27, 2003 Le Pavillon Pasay 1 [59]
Bridges of Love September 18, 2003 Makati Shangri-La Makati 1 [59]
One Night with Regine April 25, 2020 Virtual Quezon[B] 1 [61]
Regine: Joy From Home June 7, 2020 1 [62]

Notes

  1. ^ Freedom was produced by ABS-CBN Events and filmed at their studios in Quezon City.[29]
  2. ^ The digital benefit concerts were filmed at Velasquez's residence in Quezon City.[60]

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