Kenneth Ilagan

{{short description|Filipino musician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist |

| name = Kenneth Ilagan

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| origin = Philippines

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|07|28}}

| instrument = Guitar

| genre = Rock

| occupation = Musician

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| associated_acts = The Dawn
True Faith
Rivermaya
Violent Playground
Skin
Mulatto Band
The Pin-Ups
Xaga

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Kenneth Ilagan is a Filipino musician who was the guitarist for the rock band the Dawn.{{cite web | last=Sandiego | first=Bettina | title=The Dawn welcomes new member into its fold | url=http://telebisyon.net/balita/The-Dawn-welcomes-new-member-into-its-fold/artikulo/73626/ | accessdate=2009-09-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605164242/http://telebisyon.net/balita/The-Dawn-welcomes-new-member-into-its-fold/artikulo/73626/ | archive-date=June 5, 2011 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Filipino Rock band The Dawn releases its 11th studio album |url=http://www.filipinojournal.com/v2/index.php?pagetype=read&article_num=09102009015316 |accessdate=2009-09-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711001728/http://www.filipinojournal.com/v2/index.php?pagetype=read&article_num=09102009015316 |archivedate=July 11, 2011 }} Before assuming guitar duties for the Dawn, Ilagan also played guitar for Violent Playground, True Faith{{cite news|title=The Dawn embraces change |publisher=Manila Bulletin |date=September 17, 2009 |url=http://ph.news.yahoo.com/mb/20090917/tel-the-dawn-embraces-change-2bf66ac.html |accessdate=2009-09-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923145019/http://ph.news.yahoo.com/mb/20090917/tel-the-dawn-embraces-change-2bf66ac.html |archivedate=September 23, 2009 }} and Xaga (who then became Rivermaya).{{cite web | title =Rivermaya: Filipino music bands and artists | url=http://www.groovenet.ph/filipino-music/rivermaya.html | accessdate = 2009-09-20}}

Ilagan is a cousin of the Pin-Ups frontman Mondo C. Castro.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

Ilagan now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has a son with actress Jaclyn Jose, named Gwen Garimond Ilagan Guck, whom he is estranged with.{{cite news |last1=Licsi |first1= Ayie|title=Veteran actress Jaclyn Jose passes away at 59|url= https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/318702-veteran-actress-jaclyn-jose-passes-away-at-59?page=2|accessdate=March 4, 2024 |publisher= The Philippine Star|date=March 4, 2024}}