KATHMANDU, Feb 15: It’s official! The English rock band formed in 1968 in Hertford, England, Deep Purple is to rock Kathmanduites. A joint collaboration of Jet Set PR Entertainment and ODC Entertainment and promoted by Utsav Events, the rock band is set to perform in Kathmandu at the Dasrath Rangasala located in Tripuresthwore on March 15, 2013.
“The band is currently touring the world and will be arriving to Kathmandu via Dubai once they finish their concert in Singapore,” informed Simanta Gurung, Director of ODC at the press meet held at Radisson Hotel, Lazimpat on Friday. The band was to play in New Delhi, India before coming to Kathmandu but the concert there has been cancelled.[break]
Considered the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, the band, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, has been referred to as the “unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid 70’s”. Deep Purple have sold over 100 million albums worldwide, including 7.5 million certified units in the US alone.
The band, which ranked number 22 on VH1’s Greatest Artist of Hard Rock Program, currently consists of Ian Paice on percussion, Roger Glover on bass guitar, Ian Gillan on vocals, harmonica and percussion, Steve Morse on guitar and Don Airey on organ and keyboards.
“The production, this time, will be more difficult as Deep Purple has more production requirement than our earlier event, ‘Bryan Adams Live’,” stated the press release. Speaking on the same line, Director Gurung of ODC further added that unlike Atif Aslam’s concert a little earlier, lights, sounds and other production equipments will be brought in from India and the concert, “will be fantastic”.
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Representatives of Jet Set PR Entertainment, ODC Entertainment, Utsav Events and United Brewery during the press meet at the Radisson Hotel on Friday to announce the concert of Deep Purple in Kathmandu. The English rock band are set to perform in the capital on March 15, 2013
Tickets for the concert are priced at Rs 500, Rs 1000, Rs 2000 and Rs 10,000 for VVIP tickets, which will be available on limited number. “We have considered the price for students this time, hence it’s affordable,” said Gurung, adding, “15,000 to 20,000 people attended Bryan Adams’ concert but we hope more people will attend this time.”
The tickets are to go on sale from February 20 and will be available at all the Bakery Café outlets and via www.esewa.com.np.
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