Rock, heavy metal band ‘Shunno’ and ‘Cryptic Fate’, who performed in ‘Joy Bangla Concert’--the biggest concert for youths in the country organised every year commemorating the March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman--in previous years, this year too they pay tribute to the event online since the concert is put to a halt this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
“We will release a song virtually aligned with ‘Joy Bangla Concert’. We will also present a visual highlighting the best moments of our performances in the previous years starting from 2015,” said Emil of the band ‘Shunno’.
“Joy Bangla Concert, based on the theme of the father of the nation’s historic March 7 speech, is the first of its kind in the country as no other event blended history with music so adeptly and for so many years,” he added. “Thanks to Centre for Research & Information (CRI), this concert is connecting youths with the country’s glorious past. Their selection of bands and the choice of environment won every heart,” he further said.
Another band ‘Cryptic Fate’ also took to their official Facebook page, writing, “Here's an acoustic, raw rendition of Cholo Bangladesh to celebrate the Joy Bangla concerts on 7th March and 50 years of Bangladesh!” They performed the song in addition to expressing their emotion rolling with the concert that bridged history with music. This year the concert is put to a halt as the Coronavirus pandemic hasn’t yet been fully eradicated. But it will grow “bigger and louder” the next year, said Radwan Mujib Siddiq, a trustee of CRI, the ruling Awami League’s research wing. To compensate for the halt of the event, there will be some virtual programmes, said the organisers. A short audiovisual highlighting the best moments of the concert in the last years screened on the Facebook page of Young Bangla. —UNB