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Telephone call, 1:33 am.
Me: Are you dead?
Ely: No.
Me: There’s a text message going around that Saksi reported you kicking the bucket.
Ely: Some asshole started it.
Me: Okay, just checking.
Ely: Thanks. I’m not dead.

So unless cellphones work in the afterlife, I can assure you that Ely Buendia is alive and singing at the Eraserheads one-night-only reunion concert on Saturday August 30 at Fort Bonifacio. You can now buy tickets from Ticketnet. Death rumors may be rock n’ roll but they’re still alarming.  

Ely’s mother, Lisette Buendia, died on Thursday morning. Our condolences to the Buendia family. It’s likely someone heard the news of her passing, and the facts got mixed up in the transmission.