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Popular rock band LRB [love runs blind] is going to rock Milan, one of the vivid cities in Europe on 25th August. They will perform their new tracks along with evergreen numbers in the concert in the Italian city being invited by the Non Residential Bangladeshi.The concert will be held at the Pala I Per in Monza in Milan. The band is going to present some of their new tracks such as Juddho, Nai nai bhoy, Agun niye khelo na and others.
Besides presenting their popular tracts, the band will also perform an array of cover songs keeping the style of its live concerts, band members said.
‘It’s really exciting and prestigious to perform concerts abroad. Such shows create opportunity to link with international audience, which helps develop music,’ Ayub Bachchu, the band leader, told the New Age.
Abdullah Al Masud, guitarist of the band, said, ‘We are very excited. We hope we will have a great tour in Italy’, he added.
More good news for LRB fans is that the band will launch its brand new songs on 12th August on Bangla link music station. Such initiative has been taken by LRB after almost five years.
Though during Eid festivity band will be away from country but they will appear in a live studio show on Eid day, confirmed the band members.
Being invited by the Bangladeshi community last year LRB rocked several cities in Australia and New Zealand presenting its powerful music.
The band features Ayub Bachchu on lead guitar and vocals, Abdullah Al Masud on guitar, Romel on drums and Swapan on bass.
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The jam packed crowd was rocked by the electrifying performance of the leading band LRB on Saturday on the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center premises at Dhanmondi.One of the leading bands of the country Country’s one of the famous bands LRB rocked the audience in its distinctive style by presenting an array of its original songs. They also grooved the crowd with cover numbers.
LRB began with the popular soft rock number Ghumonto shohorey. The concert, however, reached its pick when Ayub Bachchu started presenting the alternative rock number Ural dibo akashey and the crowd, mostly the youth, sang, danced and cheered with the song. With its unique music style LRB continued to move the audience playing one after another popular numbers such as Haste dekho, Pherari ei monta, Sei tumi, Dorjar o pashey and Duti mon kadey sharakhon.
Bachchu’s solo guitar recital while presenting Mon chailey mon pabe was a nice entertainer for the audience. He captivated the audience while rendering the evergreen song Tumi ki amar bondhu, originally rendered by RD Burman. Ecstasy of audience increased when the band covered, Smoke on the water, a popular number by the British band Deep Purple.
Bachchu once again set the stage on fire through his maestro on guitar. The audience was enthralled by his guitar skills and gimmick during the concert which turned the evening a memorable one for the audience.
Young spectators went crazy at the presentation of Bachelor. AB’s improvisation skill while presenting songs made the concert even livelier.
The show wrapped up with Bangladesh. AB twisted the song playing the tune of a patriotic Hindi song Bande mataram simultaneously to commemorate the friendship of two neighboring countries between Bangladesh and India in the concert organised by Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre.
It was a wonderful concert and will be remembered by everyone for many days, observed many audiences at the programme. Rafat, a student, told the New Age, ‘I wish duration of the concert was a little longer because when LRB is on stage time just flies in fraction of moment.’
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Fourteen leading bands of the country are going to rock Chittagong MA Aziz Stadium at a grand concert titled Say No to Violence Against Woman: Be a Real Man on 26 November.The concert will begin at 12:30pm.
UNFPA and BAMBA are jointly organising the concert.
To inform more about the upcoming concert, a press conference was held at Hotel Sonargaon on wednesday.
Arthur Erken, UNFPA Bangladesh Representative, attended the event as chief guest and BAMBA President Hamin Ahmed, along with Afsana Taher, its operations manager, Aiyub Bachchu of LBR, Tipu of Warfaze and representatives of media partners — ntv, Radio Foorti, and banglanews24.com were present at the press conference.
The BAMBA president, at the press conference, asked people from all walks of life, specially, the youths, to join the protest concert and voice ‘no’ to all forms of violence against woman at home and work.
He also asked them to put an end to eve-teasing. He further said we would like to convey this message through music.
Aiyub Bachchu said, “A girl, who is either sexually harassed or tortured for dowry or abused in any means, has the right to protest as well, but she does not do so because she knows that she will evidently be treated as the victim by the society.”
Arthur Erken, UNFPA Bangladesh representative, expressed his happiness for having BAMBA associated with the event.
He said, “Every woman has the right to live with dignity. She has the right to live a life free of fear, violence and discrimination.”
He emphasised this issue and said men are are imposing this inhumane practice towards women, so it is our duty to refrain them from doing such and make others, specially the next generation, realise that a real man simply does not commit violence against woman.
On the other hand, renowned singers from BAMBA called upon the women and the girls in the society to be more conscious against the evildoers.
The concert will feature LRB, Nagar Baul, Miles, Warfaze, Feedback, Pentagon, Aurthohin, Prometheus, Artcell, Crypticfate, Black, Nemesis, Powersurge and Beduin.
The media partners of the event are, ntv, Radio Foorti and banglanews24.com.
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QUBEE Junction is an entertainment platform through which QUBEE users will delight. After the successful first Junction on December 25th, 2010, its time to move forward and delight the QUBEE users in a bigger and better fashion.QUBEE junction this time presents “The history of Rock n Roll” for/of Bangladesh. Bangladesh has a rich history of Rock bands with different diversity that has brought so much success in the rock music arena. The the journey starts back from early 70’s. Music lovers have been blessed with super hit tracks from Souls, feedback, Miles of early 70’s to black, Nemesis, Artcell of late 90’s. its time to celebrate this great journey.
Only QUBEE users will be able to join this show by successful online registration. They will be sent an email with “registration link” on 28th of June, 2011. Limited number of Pass will be available for online registration. This will be an “invitation only” Show.
For the first time ever, ONLY QUBEE users will be able to witness the history of rock in Bangladesh as a story. On 2nd July 2011, Mirpur Indoor stadium will be rocked by 11 leading bands of the country who have been a big part of this history. Bands will come on stage, their stories from start to end will be showcased, and even early members of the bands (who left) will also be present to celebrate their story.
Music lovers may hardly know about the “actual events” of those rock band launch, early struggle, peak moments, line ups about their favorite bands and artist. QUBEE Junction will showcase all these information, stories and comments through a “Rockumentry” which will feature both performing as well as non performing Bands on that day.
Other than QUBEE users, 100 Free pass will be given out to the members of QUBEE fan page (www.facebook.com/QubeeZone) . Fans will be asked to answer “Trivia” questions of their favorite bands; first few right answers will get “Free Pass” to the event.
Souls, Miles, , rannasaince, feedback, LRB , Warfaze, Dalchhut, Artcell, cryptic fate, black, Nemesis will perform 3 songs each according to their inception time. Details of the event, pictures, quiz and Videos will be available @facebook.com/QubeeZone.
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On April 5, one of the leading rock bands of the country, LRB celebrated its 20 years. Ayub Bachchu and his band LRB performed at Cafe Thirty3 on Bailey Road, Dhaka to celebrate the landmark occasion, according to a press release.Guitarist and vocalist Ayub Bachchu formed the band on April 5, 1991 with his friend Saidul Hasan Swapan (bass), Shahidul Islam Tutul (keyboard and backup vocals) and Joy (drums and backup vocals). The line-up changed several times. The current line-up (since 2003) retains Bachchu (vocals and lead guitar) and includes Swapan (bass), Masud (guitar), and Romel (drums). Shamim Ahamed is currently the band manager.
LRB released its first double album in 1992 and has released 10 albums so far. Frontman Ayub Bachchu has recorded six solo albums. These albums include “Amader Bishwe”, “Ferari Mon” (unplugged), “Ghumonto Shohore”, “Hawkar”, “Ochena Jibone”, “Mon-e Achhe Naki Nai”, “Shopno”, “Shukh”, “Tobuo” and the band’s last album “Sporsho”. LRB’s top hits are “Cholo Bodle Jai”,”Ghumonto Shohore”, “Rupali Guitar”, “Ghum Bhanga Shohore”, “Hawkar”, “Mahdhobi”, “Ekhon Onek Raat”, “Hashte Dekho”, “Ghor Chhara Ek Shukhi Chele”, “Mon Chaile Mon” and “Baro Mash”. The band addresses contemporary urban issues — love, being lost and harsh reality. Recently, LRB composed two songs in English that will be released soon.
LRB has performed over 1,000 gigs at home and abroad. Their first show outside the country was in India (at Jadavpur University) in 1997. Over the years, the band has performed in United States, Qatar, Japan, Germany, Vienna, United Kingdom, Australia and Italy.
LRB also uses its music to support social causes in conjunction with other Bangladeshi rock groups. LRB has performed in support of campaigns — Say No to Drugs, Save Motherhood Project (Organised by Northern Light), and Victims Against Nonviolence.
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One of the leading mobile operators in the country, Robi, marked the first anniversary of its re-branding. Robi, earlier known as AKTEL, arranged ‘Bangladesh Mela’ for the second time. Showcasing Bangladesh’s opulent culture and heritage, the daylong fair was held at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on March 28. Robi also arranged cultural programmes countrywide on the day.Pop star Mila performed her hits “Dola” and “Tumi Ki Shara Debey” while the uncrowned queen of folk songs Momtaj rendered her ever-popular “Morar Kokiley” and “Nantu Ghatok” at the event. Lux-Channel i Superstar Bidya Sinha Saha Mim danced to the song “Amar Achhey Jol” [recorded by actress-singer Shaon]. Rock bands LRB, Metal Maze and others also performed on the day.
Robi also honoured 11 Birangana [woman freedom fighters]. Following a brief speech, Axiata Bangladesh Ltd’s Chief Marketing Officer, Bidyut Kumar Basu, awarded them. The awardees also expressed their views on the occasion.
The highlight of the event was the launch of the Robi theme Song “Amar Robi”. Singer Hridoy Khan has lent his voice to the song that was formerly recorded by singer Momtaj. Filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has directed the music video for the song. An exclusive laser show featuring Bangladesh’s cultural elements, history, heritage and architecture followed.
The stage was aesthetically designed. Seeing phanush (traditional balloons) making their way to the sky was an amazing experience. Replicas of Cox’s Bazar, Sundarban, Shaheed Minar, the gate of Lalbagh Fort, several book stalls, nagardola and more were big draws at the fair.
The turnout was impressive, especially in the evening. People from all walks of life enjoyed the event.
Courtesy of The Daily Star
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Popular Bangladeshi bands — Warfaze, Aurthohin, LRB and Miles — played to a huge crowd at the Rajshahi District Stadium on March 18.The event, ‘Banglalink Music Fest 2011’, was an initiative to popularise and promote local culture and heritage.
Ayub Bachchu of LRB, Shafin Ahmed and Hamin Ahmed of Miles, along with Warfaze, Aurthohin and a local band of Rajshahi entertained hundreds of people at the five-and-a-half hour concert.
Mobile phone operator Banglalink organised the concert to support the dynamic and diverse musical traditions of Bangladesh.
The viewers began queuing up from noon onwards at the stadium, picking up tickets. Their patience was finally rewarded when Rajshahi’s local band Salvation took the stage at 3pm.
Sumon of Aurthohin took the stage with “Gaibo Na Aar Kono Gaan Tomake Chhara” and performed some of their other favourite numbers.
Miles played several of their classics, while Warfaze’s Mizan rendered “Tomakey Mon-e Porey” and “Boshey Achhi Eka”.
Finally, Ayub Bachchu and LRB appeared on stage and performed the band’s popular songs like “Meye” and others. The concert ended at 9:30pm.
The Rajshahi event was part of a nationwide series of concerts, which Banglalink initiated in Khulna last December. The concert was held in Chittagong in January this year before it came to Rajshahi.
Banglalink officials said they would organise more such concerts across the country as part of their plan to make a difference through music.
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