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Mr Big and Amit Paul sizzles at
``Festival of Rock: Shillong``
Shillong, Oct 28: Eric Martin, lead vocalist of international rock band 'Mr
Big', set the stage on fire here, as he played his greatest hit ''To Be With
you'' for the first time in India in an exclusive concert- ''Festival of Rock:
Shillong''.
Thousands of his fans from across the North Eastern states flocked the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium yesterday to soak themselves in the spell of soft
love ballads.
Bollywood star Priety Zinta, who was here for the shooting of her next movie 'Har
Pal', also made a special appearance at the concert. ''I am enjoying the
concert in this beautiful place,'' Ms Zinta said.
The atmosphere was charged up with the first stroke on the guitar and the
audiences burst into thunderous clamour as Eric Martin and his Argentinean
band members- Charlie Giardine (bass guitar), Christian Vida (guitar) and
Pablo Garrochi (drum sets), took the stage.
'Indian Idol-3' finalist Amit Paul, Mizoram-based rock band and winners of the
great Indian rock 2006 ''Magdalene'', alongwith Meghalaya's leading band ''Snowhite''
kicked-off the concert, which lasted for more than four hours.
''Snowhite'' lead vocalist Timmy Kharhujon and local singing sensation Amit
Paul also performed a duet with Eric Martin's numbers - 'Wild World,' and 'To
Be With You'.
Earlier, Eric Martin thanked the music lovers for keeping his dream alive and
said, ''I didn't expect that people out here love music and I am glad to have
set foot in this picturesque hill state''.
Martin also belted out for the first time his new original number ''You Are
Too Good For Him'' from his album ''Destroy All Monsters''.
The city, known for its passion for western music, has emerged as a 'hot'
destination for international music bands with recent performances by 'Petra',
'Fire House', 'Michael Learns To Rock' (MLTR), Paul Di Ano, the lead vocalist
of iron maiden.
Sepultura, a Brazilian-based heavy rock metal international band is also to
set to serenade music lovers on October 31 here after the performance in New
Delhi on October 28. They would be performing in Bangalore on November 3.
Bureau Report