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Music

Celebrating Test Status in Urban Way

Pleasure and pain reign the Pepsi BCB Mega Live Concert at Bangabandhu Stadium

By Nafid Imran Ahmed
£ j—i ('STATIC is I he 1—1 perfect word to describe 1 J how everybody felt after Bangladeshi boys achieved their long-awaited Test status. Celebrations began, in many ways. The most significant of was the mega live concert organised by world famous soft drinks PEPSI and BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on June 30. It was also the largest ever concert in Bangladesh.
Miles. LRB and Nagar Bank three front ranking bands of this generation, performed live in this spectacular event marking Bangladesh’s Joining the elite club of Test cricket. The soft-drink company. PEPSI, gave away tickets for the concert with one of their latest items. Almost 30.000 enthusiasts enjoyed this live show and celebrated the accomplishment of their boys.
People in thousands started in the stadium premises even before the twilight. The gates opened around 6.00 p in. Bandmusic fans rushed in. and the entire stadium was filled within minutes. Still hundreds of them stood outside trying to get in and be part of the celebrations. The police tried to stop them and put the situation under control.
The concert started around 7.30 p.m. Miles took the stage first. Pepsi BCB Mega Live Concert started with the song Bis-moy Jatra. The members of Miles delivered their famous songs Jala Jala. Tumi Nai and Chand Tara without any break. But the audience were not in their usual cheering mood. The reason was simple, the sound system was not sufficient and the placement of speakers was also wrong, and so the crowd of the eastern gallery, eastern clubhouse and a part of the western gallery did nt have access to the perfect sound. The eastern club house audience was very angry because they were not only missing the sound, but they were at the rear of the stage. It was a problem for them to see the perfonnance properly
Being irritated, they became angry. Some tried to get Inside
the ground while the police tried to stop them
By then. Miles performed another song Birayi Mon. Alter performing tills song the band realised that there was a problem with the sound system and stopped their music. The audio technicians tried to solve it by placing speakers in front of the galleries, which worked to some extent. This whole process took almost 45 minutes. Se Kon Dorodiya Amay was the song Miles started playing after the break. Still the sound was not good enough for the listeners. Miles gave a sound check for individual galleries after performing the songs Tumi Ki Shukhi and Sonali Rode Shishir. At last it was pleasing and most of the audience was quite happy. It seemed like the
concert Just became alive. The sound system should have been ILxed before the concert started. Without any break they performed their favourite song Dhiki Dhiki. The crowd loved the song and danced with it. The last song Miles performed at the concert was Firiye Dao, which actually made the galleries move. Before Miles left the stage they gave a thank you note for PEPSI. BCB and to those who worked hard for the hard earned Test status.
The LRB came next. Ayub Bachhu gave a sound check while he ran through the stadium with a chord-less guitar. Before he started his performance he thanked all who worked hard for turning lhis day into a reality. LRB started with the song Prem, and the
give mimhri l>ig hand to BCB and then asked them to sing with them. Then they started playing their famous songs Shel Tumi and Madhabi. While LRB was playing the songs, some crowds from the western gallery managed to enter the ground, with the police personnel chasing them all over the ground. The last song LRB performed was Sure Tin Hat Matl. The audience enthralled by their performance.
Then It was time for the last performer of the night -- Nagar Baul. As James walked on stage, hundreds dashed Into the stadium-ground. The police were unable to stop them. Though they were all over the field, yet they kept themselves off from the cricket pitch. James spoke congratulating the boys who worked so hard in earning the precious stature of Test cricket. Nagar Baul started with the fa-
trled to escape through that Most ol them were either tun over oi utterly beaten by the police. Even this < <>i icspondent was not spared. Several others were severely Injured during stampede accompanied with police lathi charge. The police even came charging in the galleries. Those who took shelter in the Baitul Mukarram mosque were also lathl-charged. After a while, the angry crowd started breaking glasses of public vehicles on the roads.
Apart from the last-minute skirmishes, the Pepsi BCB Mega Live Concert
was very successful and was probably the best ever concert in Bangladesh, which the audience will remember for a long lime to come, with both pleasure and pain.
crowd loved it. After this LRB gave a thrashing performance playing Ghum Bhanga Shohor. Tumi Bhul Korecho and Raaler Tara. While LRB was performing the present and former players of Bangladesh National Cricket Team entered the ground. They danced along with the music. Bachhu again came to the ground, playing his guitar. He then Invited the players and officials of BCB to join him on the stage. The cricketers came up and enjoyed singing and dancing along with the band. The band then played Hashte Dekho Gaite Dekho. Before starting the next number Bacchu asked the audience to
mous song Dukhini Dukkha Koro Na; the audience cheered and sang along with him. Then, the Nagar Baul gave an astonishing performance by playing Jedin Bondhu Chole Jabe. Nag-naginir Khela and Pakhi Ure Ja Jare. There was magic among the audience when this band came to perform. The audience ran. jumped, sang and went crazy James again started Sultana Bibiana. Zikir and Lila Bai. The spectators once again rejoiced with their favourites. While singing James asked the audience to keep themselves off the pitch and his request worked. Time to time, the law’ enforcers continued chasing the audience. Before James, the Baul. started his last song. TV anchor Abdur Noor Tushar came on the stage and asked the crowd inside the ground to sit wherever they w’ere till the concert ends. He promised that arrangements would be made and the gates will be opened so that they can go out. James started performing his last song Jatra. and as it started the obvious took place.
The policemen on the ground started chasing and hitting the audience from all sides. The crowd ran but most of them were victims of baton-charge There was a small exit at the western gallery, and hundreds