In the tradition of the Anne Curtis armpits post, let me present to you, the underarms of Alicia Keys, lol. In fairness, despite Alicia Keys being black, her armpits are not ewww black. By the way, Alicia Keys will be back in Manila after her very successful concert in Manila years ago. Alicia Keys Live in Manila was held last night, August 5 at the open grounds of the SM Mall of Asia Complex (moved inside the Convention Comlex because of rain). The SM Mall of Asia Complex is where the MTV Music Summit was held. Alicia Keys Live in Manila was brought to you by MTV Philippines. Meanwhile, Alicia Keys and Jack White have recorded the theme song for the new James Bond film”Quantum of Solace.” The R&B singer and White Stripes frontman Jack White  have teamed up for “Another Way to Die,” the first duet to be chosen as a Bond theme.

Before the Philippines, Alicia Keys came from successful concerts in Jakarta, Indonesia; Hongkong, and Singapore. Alicia Keys has rolled out a number of concert dates in North America too.

• Sept 12: Mashantucket, CT The MGM Grand at Foxwoods
• Sept 13: Hammond, IN The Venue
• Sept 14: Cincinnati, OH Procter and Gamble Hall
• Sept 17: Denver, CO Wells Fargo Theatre
• Sept 18: Salt Lake City, UT Abravenel Hall
• Sept 20: Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
• Sept 21: Vancouver, British Columbia Orpheum Theatre
• Sept 26: Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
• Sept 27: Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre

Charice Pempengco wowed Las Vegas when she performed with Producer/Musician David Foster, in his one-night tribute concert, David Foster & Friends on May 23, 2008 which featured Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble and Josh Groban, artists under his own record label, 143 Records, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip. David Foster has worked as a producer with the likes of Céline Dion, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, among others..

David Foster is reportedly managing Charice’s US carreer. In the concert, David Foster proclaimed that she will only be simply called as “Charice” just as world famous divas as Madonna (?!), Cher and Celine are famously known. Charice did not forget her Filipino heritage, she asked at one point, in Tagalog (Filipino) if there were Filipinos in the audience. Charice Pempengco sang I will Always Love You and And I am Tellin’ You (I’m Not Going) to the standing ovation of the audience in MGM Grand. Josh Groban hailed Charice as one of the most beautiful voices he has ever heard of all time. (Wow, amazing, but i think you Josh Groban has one of the most amazing voices too!)