Only five more days to go before the ultimate epitome of technical musicianship makes their historic return to Manila at SM Mall of Asia Arena on May 4, 2025. Presented by Ovation Productions.

Only five more days left left before Toto performs in the Philippines!

Toto is making a comeback to Manila to perform a show at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on May 4, 2025. The concert by the multi award-winning band and arguably the epitome of technical musicianship will be presented by Ovation Productions with Blast TV as the official media partner. The event will surely be a concert to look forward to with Toto doing their much-loved hits by their long-time Filipino fans.

The band made their Manila debut 1992 at the Folk Arts Theater, and in 2008 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and Waterfront Hotel in Cebu. Toto’s upcoming May 2025 show marks their return to the country after 17 years and their first appearance at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

Toto has attainment one milestone after another throughout the past year. The song “Africa” has been certified Diamond for sales of 10 million copies by the RIAA in the United States. Current cumulative sales now exceed 10.5M. Additionally, “Hold the Line” has been certified Triple Platinum for sales of three million copies, while “Rosanna” hit the milestone of Double Platinum with sales of two million copies. “Africa” has now been streamed over 2.1 billion times, while “Hold the Line” has reached over 1.1 billion streams. Cumulative Toto album sales now surpassed 50 million copies, while the band’s repertoire is played more than three milliontimes daily on Spotify alone by an audience that continues to get younger month to month. Consistently, over 50% of the band’s streams are from those 34 years or younger. Total streams now exceed 4 billion on Spotify, and 6 billion across all platforms. Seminal 90's band Weezer's cover of "Africa" has brought the band in the periphery of Gen Z and millennials.

Aside from the aforementioned big guns, Toto’s other hits include "I’ll Be Over You", "99", "I Won’t Hold You Back", "Lea", "Georgy Porgy", "With A Little Help From My Friends", among others. Individually and collectively the band’s family tree can be heard on countless Grammy Award-winning albums across all genres.

The legacy of Toto is that they have managed to display and maximize their superior sense of musicality without btaking away the attention from their songs and their respective messages and stories.

Ticket prices to TOTO’s Philippine tour are PHP 9,280, PHP 8,280, PHP 7,180, PHP 6,680, PHP 4,980, and PHP 2,880 inclusive of ticketing charges and are available at SM Ticket outlets and smtickets.com.    

Withour further ado, here are our Top 10 Toto picks:

10). Lea (1986)

A delicate love song.

9). I Will Remember (1995)

Drummer Sam Phillips making a theatrical mark.

8). Pamela (1988)

What Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder collaborating with Toto would sound like.

7). I Won't Hold You Back (1982)

The definition of an "easy rock blockbuster".

6). Stop Loving You (1988)

Toto's yacht rock masterpiece.

5). Georgy Porgy (1978)

A soul number with disco elements.

4). I'll Be Over You (1986)

The mushiness of this powerful hit is counterpointed by the nifty keyboard arrangements of this one.

3). Rosanna (1982)

The tale of heartbreak matched to a springy beat.

2). Hold the Line (1978)

Straightforward, unremittingly infectious, pop rock power ballad.

1). Africa (1982)

A pop-rock classic that's half-delightful tacky exuberance, half-musical wizardry.