NORTH EAST INDIA: The Mother of all rock concerts-Fire House and White Lion together under one roof

THE HIMALAYAN BEACON [BEACON ONLINE] EXCLUSIVE

 

This show is billed as the “mother of all concert in the country”, this is the first time when two internationally acclaimed bands ‘White Lion’ and ‘FireHouse’ will perform together at the rock capital on the same plate form and same place J.N. Stadium, Shillong.

Mike Tramp the lead vocalist of the band White Lion told that they chose Shillong for their maiden rock concert in India because they have heard from friends like Eric Martin of Mr. Big that Shillong is the rock capital of India.

The pricing has been kept at a flat rate of Rs 400 which makes it affordable for all the genuine rock lovers and fans alike.

This is the second coming for the band Firehouse to Shillong as they had played in the same venue 4 years ago at the same date (13th December) in front of a record 35,000 fans.

White lion and Firehouse are no stranger to the North-eastern people with their Evergreen hit songs such as ‘When the children cry’, ‘You are all I need’, ‘Cry for freedom’, ‘When I looked into your eyes’ and ‘love of a lifetime’ getting regular airtime in Radio and local concerts and festivals. As a matter of fact a lot of their songs have been re-sung in the local dialects says ‘Angelina Diengdoh an avid White Lion fan. She further adds that to see her heroes in person will be a dream come true and a chance of a lifetime. “I can’t believe that White Lion will be here” says Ranjeev Barua who insists that he will be coming to Shillong for sure I grew up listening to when the children cry and their other hits and now I can see them live, it’s a dream come true”

 

Firehouse

Already there is a group in the social networking community Face book under White Lion and Firehouse to rock Shillong and the numbers of members are increasing day by day.

According to C.J. Snare of Firehouse “there is no place to rock in India but in Shillong, besides very few people know that after our show in Shillong I proposed to my wife Brenda so this place is very close to my heart”.

Part of the proceeds of the show will also be in Aid of clean drinking water and enhanced nutrition for the children of the providence school in Shillong. This school is run by Brother Dsouza who himself has a legendary status in the St Edmunds school. Reliance Telecom has been kind enough to sponsor this show and hopes that such shows will go a long way in promoting the music loving image of the region.

According to the organiser Rajoo Sharma the managing editor of TNT -The Northeast Today magazine which is also the premier monthly magazine from Northeast events will also go a long way in promoting local talent, he further adds ‘colours a local band will be opening for these two huge bands now that will be a big platform for these local bands’

It may be noted that the publisher and editor of the TNT -the northeast today Magazine is also the present King of Tripura ,Pradyot Bikram Kishore who himself is an avid fan of rock music ,he has also been involved with shows such as Mr Big ,Firehouse and MLTR before. Lately he has also been seen supporting the new singing sensation from Tripura Sourabhee Deb Burman in the Indian Idol.

We grew up in an era when rock was the only way to express our point of view ,and who says that royalty should only cater to a specific genre of music .Music has no barriers and we indigenous people ar genuinely fond and inclined to this genre of music’ the maharaja retariates.

Whatever may be the cause, one thing is sure if you want to a chance of a lifetime then your destination should be Shillong for all the rock fans who have dared to dream hold on to the 13th of December because you are going to get two legendary bands under one venue ….now it does not get bigger and louder than this.