They became international sensations first before hitting it big in the local music scene — and that worked to their advantage — when TNT (from “Tawag Ng Tanghalan Sa Showtime Kids”) Boys Mackie Empuerto, Keifer Sanchez and Francis Concepcion staged their first major concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on November 30.

The sold-out concert, “Listen: The Big Shot Concert,” earned the trio the distiction of being the youngest performers who packed the Big Dome or any other venue for that matter in the Philippines or abroad.