Top bands from Nagaland will be joining Hard Rock Café Tour 2016, commencing next month.
This was announced by parliamentary secretary for Music Task Force, Youth Resources & Sports and State Lotteries Khriehu Liezietsu.
The Hard Rock Café Tour 2016 is an initiative of Music Task Force (MTF) to promote professional Naga bands around the country with the support of The Hard Rock Café and Rollingstone India. The Tour is coordinated by Dream Corp, Nagaland, said Liezietsu while addressing a press conference here today at Dream Café.
Under this music initiative, the best of the best bands from Nagaland will be selected to perform at two Hard Rock Café’s every month in Delhi and Mumbai starting from May.
Alobo Naga and The Band will kick start the tour on May 12 at Hard Rock Café, Delhi, followed by Divine Connection in June this year.
Other names will be announced soon, Liezietsu said.
The parliamentary secretary said the vision for such an initiative is to associate Nagaland and its musicians with international brands.
The initiative is also to expose Naga musicians to serious music audiences across the country, give them greater visibility and earning opportunity.
Theja Meru thanked Hard Rock Café, Rollingstone India and MTF for coming together to push forward this event so that “our musicians are not just play to each other at home but play to global audiences” across the country.
This event will go on till December.
Bendang Kichu of Divine Connection acknowledged Theja Meru and Khriehu Liezietsu for giving opportunity to the band to perform at Hard Rock Café, which he said is the dream and goal of the band.
Alobo Naga was also thankful to MTF for opening door to the band to play outside the state.
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