Icona Pop releases new album

Multi-platinum, award-winning duo Icona Pop has released its new album, Ritual, now available via Ultra Records/Iconic Sound Recordings. Alongside the album, Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo have unveiled the deeply personal focus single “Hurt,” which comes with a new official music video co-directed by Icona Pop and Nicole Walker. Ritual is described as “a late-night conjuration of emotional electro-pop, offering club-ready rhythms, synths, bittersweet pop melodies, and raw, vulnerable lyrics,” and the release adds a new chapter for the duo after a career built on high-energy pop anthems.

Cinemalaya calls for entries for its 2027 edition

The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is accepting entries for the Full-Length Film category of its 2027 edition. The deadline for submissions is on or before 6 p.m. on Sept. 17. Interested participants may submit entries online through . The call continues Cinemalaya’s role as one of the country’s main entry points for independent feature filmmaking, giving filmmakers a chance to reach a wider festival audience.

Engelbert Humperdinck coming to Manila

Renowned performer Engelbert Humperdinck is returning to Manila for The Legend Continues… The Celebration Tour 2026 on Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. at the New Frontier Theater, Araneta City, Quezon City. The concert marks Mr. Humperdinck’s 150 million records sold worldwide in a career spanning more than six decades. Fans can expect songs including “Release Me,” “Quando Quando Quando,” “A Man Without Love,” “The Last Waltz,” and “Spanish Eyes.” Tickets are available through TicketNet.

Moana concert to include local singers

With less than two months to go before Disney’s Moana Live-to-Film Concert, Film Concerts PH has announced that Janella Salvador and Gian Magdangal will serve as guest vocalists and bring Moana and Maui to life. The show is scheduled for Oct. 3 to 4 at The Theatre at Solaire, Parañaque City. Panasonic is supporting the film concert as its official projector sponsor. Tickets are available via this link: .

Ace Banzuelo releases debut album

Filipino singer-songwriter and producer Ace Banzuelo has released Supernatural, his debut full-length album, now streaming on all platforms via Sony Music Entertainment. Across nine tracks, the album traces stories of love, betrayal, longing, healing, and transcendence through an otherworldly sonic palette. Its concept took years to develop, beginning eight years ago before its broader creative vision crystallized in 2024, and it moves between dance, R&B, and dream pop.

Negros filmmakers compete at Oroquieta Film Fest

With the aim of helping regional cinema break geographical boundaries, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental, will host the 6th Oroquieta Film Festival from Oct. 12 to 15. Twenty-eight independent films have been selected from across the Visayas and Mindanao. This year’s Lumayagan Shorts Competition includes three entries representing the creative depth and social consciousness of Negrense filmmakers: Manami Guid Man Mag **** sa Mansion, Sa Duta sang Kabuhi (In the Soil of Life), and Those Little Things. The lineup highlights how regional festivals continue to provide screening opportunities beyond the country’s major production centers.

Film Concerts PH adds two dates for UNDERTALE

Following sold-out performances in 15 cities worldwide and strong demand for its Manila debut, Film Concerts PH has announced two additional performances of UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony on Oct. 18 at the Proscenium Theater, Makati City. Tickets for the additional concert dates are available via .

Insidious: Out of the Further in Philippine cinemas

In Insidious: Out of the Further, Amelia Eve stars as Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house where she grew up and who discovers she can travel into The Further, the purgatorial realm of lost souls at the heart of the Insidious universe. When something evil comes after her, Gemma learns that her ability changes everything: she does not just enter The Further, she can bring what lives there back to the real world. Lin Shaye reprises her role as Elise Rainier in director Jacob Chase’s Insidious: Out of the Further, now showing in Philippine cinemas. The film expands the long-running franchise’s mythology while returning one of its most recognizable characters to the screen.