Macklemore & Ryan Lewis live in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - There has been a surge of foreign artists visiting the country to perform and there is no sign of it slowing down.

Grammy Award-winning hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are set to party in Manila on March 16 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Popping tags at second-hand stores was never this much fun to admit or cool until a “white dude from Seattle” named Macklemore (a.k.a. Ben Haggerty) and his DJ/producer Ryan Lewis, turned it into a song that promotes lifestyle-check and then the world just couldn’t get enough of it.

The hip-hop duo from Seattle won four Grammy Awards last January, including Best New Artist and Rap Album for “The Heist.” They also won many major awards following their phenomenal success with hits like Same Love, Can’t Hold Us and Thrift Shop. They also received the titles of Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for Thrift Shop.

American Music Awards applauded the indie hip-hop duo’s efforts with six nominations, winning in the Best Hip-Hop/Rap Album category. American Billboard certainly approved their choice of music, with Thrift Shop sitting comfortably on the No. 1 spot of the yearend Hot 100 charts across all genres. Other songs that made the Billboard charts include White Walls, and Can’t Hold Us, Spotify’s No. 1 streamed song for 2013.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Live in Manila is presented by Concertus Manila and Wize & Ope. Official residence is Solaire Resort and Casino.  Media partners are Monster Radio RX 93.1, 105.9 Radio High, 99.5 PlayFM, 2nd Avenue, ETC, Jack TV, Myx, PEP.ph, ClickTheCity, PhilippineConcerts.com, Odyssey and BusinessWorld.

(Tickets are available at all SM Tickets outlets (call its booking line at 470-2222) and online at www.smtickets.com. For more information, call Concertus Manila at 403-8678, visit www.facebook.com/MacklemoreRyanLewisinManila or www.facebook.com/ConcertusManila.)