The cancellation of their scheduled flight to Saipan forced REtroSPECT to call off their scheduled benefit concert that was scheduled last Saturday night at the Hibiscus Hall of Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan.<\/p>\n
The four-member group was supposed to arrive on Saipan at 8am last Saturday from Guam, where they also had a show at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort in Tamuning. But their 7am Cape Air flight was cancelled.<\/p>\n
The other flights going to Saipan were already full. They were offered a 4pm flight to Saipan but it would mean that they would perform right away an hour after landing at the Francisco C. Ada-Saipan International Airport.<\/p>\n
Producers of the reunion concert, where part of the proceeds would have been donated to ABS-CBN\u2019s Bantay Bata International Foundation, had started refunding tickets since Saturday.<\/p>\n
Bantay Bata is a non-profit social welfare program that aims to protect abused and disadvantaged children.<\/p>\n
REtroSPECT is a retro-pop group composed of leader-producer J. Martin Castro; Em-J who now resides in Naples in Italy; Goldie who now lives in Vancouver, while Ogie stays in Manila. Castro, who is now based in Guam, said they are working on a reunion album.<\/p>\n
This was supposed to be REtroSPECT\u2019s second time to hold a show on Saipan after also performing in a sold out back-to-back concert with singer Geneva Cruz last June 11, 2011, as part of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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