Actor Johnny Depp and musician Alice Cooper joined Aerosmith on Friday at a gala dinner and performance in Los Angeles to celebrate the band’s 50-year career as one of the best-selling American hard rock bands of all times.

Into the rhythm

August 2, 2019 08:49 am

Sarun Tamrakar is a member of the band The Uglyz. And the members of the band live all over the world. Sudip Tamrakar, the band’s guitarist, is in Germany, Rakin Lal Shrestha, the band’s drummer, is in Nepal while Sarun himself, the group’s vocalist, is based in Australia. Sarun thinks that they’re just a group of 30-year olds making and performing music because they are bored.

A Florida woman last week used Linkin Park lyrics to help save a man's life, literally talking a suicidal man off the ledge with portions of the band's bittersweet "One More Light," as Orlando's WKMG-TV reported.

The Convicted Band, an Australian Nepali band released its new song titled ‘Timi Aauna’. The band was formed in 2009 by Non Resident Nepali living in Australia.

Rocking it Girls in music

May 10, 2019 10:21 am

The band primarily performs at events where they cover Nepali classics and sing their original “Thaha Chaina Bholi Ke Hola” before enthusiastic crowds. They have also recently launched their YouTube channel and are currently awaiting the release of their new single “Gunji Rahecha”. “There’s definitely an edge to being an all female rock band and we’re likely to raise more eyebrows than any other band but it also comes with a fair share of pressure,” says Renu.

Three different musicians, already associated with their own bands came together with a powerful trio and named it Shree 3 (pronounced as Shree Tin). Comprising of Sarad Shrestha (vocals and guitar), Rozet Gurung (bass) and Robin Neupane (drums), Shree 3 is a rock band trying stone rock, desert rock and grunge. The band is releasing their debut album, ‘Drabya Dharma’ after three years since the formation.

Heavy metal band Megadeth will be the opening act at this year’s Illinois State Fair.

The Jonas Brothers are back! Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas surprised their fans with the announcement of the comeback of the popular boy band. Welcoming the boy band back to the music scene, Priyanka took to her Instagram account to share the news along with a picture of the three brothers--Nick, Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas.

Nepathya to rock Sikkim Festival

October 25, 2018 18:17 pm

KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Nepali premier folk-rock band Nepathya is all set to perform at Rabong, Sikkim on October 30. Nepathya's performance will close the three day long ‘Rabong Tourism Festival’ that starts from October 28.

Following our dreams is never easy. You have to be willing to put in a lot of hard work and be persistent if you ever want to succeed in your desired field. Examples of people who achieve astounding feat in their preferred fields pop up every single day. A new musical band that started with nothing but is aiming to redefine the Nepalis music scene is Kta Haru.

Crafting new tunes

September 14, 2018 09:07 am

The Week’s Ashma Chhetri caught up with Rana to know about his journey so far as well as find out which songs are on his playlist.

MOSCOW, July 15: Russian punk band ‘Pussy Riot’ claimed responsibility for a pitch invasion during the soccer World Cup final in Moscow on Sunday, after four people briefly interrupted the game.

To mark the 70th Independence Day of India, the Indian Council and Culture Relations sponsored a concert of Astitva: The Band at Nepal Army Auditorium, Bagdurbar on Monday.

DHADING, May 21: Nepal Student Union, a student wing of Nepali Congress, has enforced strike in Dhadingbesi in protest of scuffle with CPN-UML cadres that occurred at Ukhubari of Maidi on Saturday evening.

Band enforcers torch truck in Dhangadi

November 13, 2016 19:46 pm

DHANGADI, Nov 13: Band enforcers torched a truck, Se 1 Pa 437, at Geta along the Dhangadi Aatariya road section at around 7 am on Sunday morning.