SB19 to headline 'Sama sa Roma' celebration, cancels Riyadh tour stop
MANILA, Philippines — P-Pop kings SB19 will take a short detour from its ongoing "Simula at Wakas" world tour to perform at this year's "Sama sa Roma" celebration in the Italian capital.
The group announced on its social media accounts that it would be headlining annual celebration of Filipinos in Rome, with the 2025 edition being particularly special as a Jubilee Year.
SB19 will be performing at the Spazio Atlantico in Rome on October 12 and the first 1,700 registrants will get in for free.
This year's "Sama sa Roma" events began with a Pilgrimage to the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica and an audience with Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter's Square last October 4, followed by a Jubilee Mass for Migrants the next day.
On Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11, will be the Jubilee Conference bearing the theme "Deepening, Unifying Faith and Culture of the Global Filipino" for church leaders, lay organization enablers, and government representatives.
Also on October 11 will be a procession of holy images from the Philippines, namely the Black Nazarene, Sto. Nino de Cebu, Our Lady of La Naval, Our Lady of Good Harvest, St. Lorenzo Ruiz, and St. Pedro Calungsod.
Events taking place before SB19's concert on Sunday are a Jubilee Mass for the Global Filipino presided by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and a "Pista ng Pag-Asa" Barrio Fiesta.
The Rome show will be just a day after the group performs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for its "Simula at Wakas" world tour which is reaching its tail-end.
SB19 were initially also going to a have a stop in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia on October 9 but organizers recently announced that concert was canceled due to unforeseen circumstances and all tickets to that show will be refunded.
The tour will continue after Rome into Qatar, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand, with a "Fast Zone" event on October 26 in collaboration with designer Francis Libiran to celebrate the group's seventh anniversary.
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