KZ Tandingan, Bamboo discuss upcoming North American tour, California shows

By Klarize Medenilla AJPress

THE talented duo will perform at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on April 22 and the Sacramento Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on April

23

Amid a break from their successful stints as coaches on the Philippine version of “The Voice Kids,” singer-musicians

KZ Tandingan and Bamboo

Manalac are embarking on a North American tour this spring, which includes two shows in The Golden State.

On the evening of Saturday, April 22, the pair will perform at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. The following night on April 23, KZ and Bamboo will head north to perform at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Sacramento at Fire Mountain.

KZ, 31, first rose to prominence as the much-loved winner of the first season of “The X Factor Philippines” in 2012, and since then, has emerged as one of the country’s beloved singers and personalities. Known as Asia’s Soul Supreme for her rich vocals, the Davao del Sur native has branded herself as a modern pop star, integrating rap into her music.

KZ’s fellow “Voice” coach Bamboo — real name Francisco Manalac — is a Filipino American singer whose mellow rock sound and singing style have made him a reliable figure in the contemporary Filipino music scene. In a press conference discussing the two’s highly anticipated stateside stretch, both artists shared their excitement for the engagement and look forward to meeting the American audiences.

“Collaboration in the creative process is so important, and that’s the most gratifying thing that I do in this job,”

Bamboo told Philippine and American media representatives in a virtual press conference held on Thursday, March 23.

“It’s all about giving it your all, which makes it such a humbling experience,” Bamboo said, noting that he and the other coaches on “The Voice Kids” preach this message to their young contestants.

Since winning “The X Factor Philippines,” KZ has branded herself as a multi-faceted performer and personality who said she’s most excited about the unpredictable nature of performing.

“We don’t want to be boxed those pieces have to be shared because they’re important.”

The Miracle of Macario

At the book launch held at Forbes Media’s offices near Union Square, Macario was like a regular boy running around, jumping, and screaming. At one point, he sang along as his dad performed onstage. There is no trace that he was born with severe epilepsy and that he had almost 40 percent of his brain removed at five weeks old and was put on every medication.

Most people say that necessity is the mother of invention but in the case of Dr. Anabelle, desperation was. In investigating the options to help Macario’s development, she found out that cannabidiol, or CBD – one of the hundreds of chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant – had therapeutic benefits for numerous conditions, including epilepsy.

Because she was determined to find solutions to save her son, Dr. Annabelle worked to develop the purest and most consistent form of CBD oil, with no other cannabinoids or fillers.

In an op-ed piece, Dr. Anabelle wrote: I took my son off his heavy drug regimen and began administering my creation directly through the feeding tube protruding from his little belly. The results were nearly immediate. Macario soon began to express emotion and had the energy for normal movements. Three years later, in 2019, Macario had caught up to his other preschool classmates. Today, he can walk, run, play, and speak as well as his peers.

“After seeing how this plant saved my son, I felt a strong need to lend my voice to set the record straight, once and for all,” she said. “God gave me a gift not just to hold on to but to give it to others.”

Determined to remove the drug’s historical stigma, Dr. Annabelle’s work is fixated on the future, and what she believes to be an emerging cannabis revolution within medicine. “My work doesn’t look back,” she said. “It looks forward, toward the potential of precision medicine of cannabis medicine, of translational biology and an increasing dialogue between holistic care and modern treatment.”