🇧🇩 Bangladesh army called in for crowd control at Jal concert in Dhaka

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Bangladesh army called in for crowd control at Jal concert in Dhaka​

The performance had to be stopped midway for security reasons after being relocated to a shopping mall due to rain.

Images Staff
30 Sep, 2024

Jal marked its much-awaited return to Bangladesh after 14 years with its Legends of the Decade concert in Dhaka on Saturday but the event, hoped to be a triumphant moment for the band, was marred by an unruly crowd and managerial issues. The Bangladesh army was eventually called in to intervene and the band had to stop their performance midway.

Hundreds of fans arrived at the venue at Jamuna Future Park — a shopping mall in the capital. A temporary roof above the north court was removed, according to The Business Standard, adding to the chaos. Fans were crammed in every corner, even taking over the elevators.

The event also celebrated two decades since the release of Jal’s debut album Aadat, a record that changed the landscape of South Asian pop-rock. But the night wasn’t just about Jal. It also marked the comeback of Aurthohin, one of Bangladesh’s most beloved bands, to the stage after a year-long hiatus.

Photo: The Daily Star


The Legends of the Decade concert was originally slated to take place on September 27. It was postponed due to heavy rain hours before the event was supposed to be held, and then moved to a different venue altogether, per The Daily Star.

Finally, on Saturday, when it did take place, hundreds of people stormed in due to the lack of proper security, resulting in the event becoming “mired in chaotic disarray”, the Bangladeshi publication stated in its report.

“They brought an international band to a mall to perform,” Sakib, who had attended the concert with high hopes, told the outlet. “It was a total joke. Organisers started taking selfies with the band mid-show, while Jal had to ask 20 times for a light to be turned off.”

Photo: The Daily Star

“I was shopping at JFP when I stumbled across the concert from the balcony,” Saadh, who works at a private bank in Dhaka, was quoted as saying. “I just stood there and enjoyed a better view than people who paid Tk 3,000.”

During the concert, there were multiple skirmishes reported between organisers and people who had tried and succeeded in entering forcefully, before the mall authorities had to call in the army.

“Throughout the first half of the concert, drinking water wasn’t provided to the bands, and I saw Conclusion rather irate because of it. It was hell in there,” The Daily Star photojournalist Thabit Al Bashar shared.

The coup de grâce was when Jal had to be stopped mid-act during their final set for an absurdly abrupt ending to the concert, leaving people furious.

 

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Bangladesh army called in for crowd control at Jal concert in Dhaka​

The performance had to be stopped midway for security reasons after being relocated to a shopping mall due to rain.

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Images Staff
30 Sep, 2024

Jal marked its much-awaited return to Bangladesh after 14 years with its Legends of the Decade concert in Dhaka on Saturday but the event, hoped to be a triumphant moment for the band, was marred by an unruly crowd and managerial issues. The Bangladesh army was eventually called in to intervene and the band had to stop their performance midway.

Hundreds of fans arrived at the venue at Jamuna Future Park — a shopping mall in the capital. A temporary roof above the north court was removed, according to The Business Standard, adding to the chaos. Fans were crammed in every corner, even taking over the elevators.

The event also celebrated two decades since the release of Jal’s debut album Aadat, a record that changed the landscape of South Asian pop-rock. But the night wasn’t just about Jal. It also marked the comeback of Aurthohin, one of Bangladesh’s most beloved bands, to the stage after a year-long hiatus.

Photo: The Daily Star


The Legends of the Decade concert was originally slated to take place on September 27. It was postponed due to heavy rain hours before the event was supposed to be held, and then moved to a different venue altogether, per The Daily Star.

Finally, on Saturday, when it did take place, hundreds of people stormed in due to the lack of proper security, resulting in the event becoming “mired in chaotic disarray”, the Bangladeshi publication stated in its report.

“They brought an international band to a mall to perform,” Sakib, who had attended the concert with high hopes, told the outlet. “It was a total joke. Organisers started taking selfies with the band mid-show, while Jal had to ask 20 times for a light to be turned off.”

Photo: The Daily Star

“I was shopping at JFP when I stumbled across the concert from the balcony,” Saadh, who works at a private bank in Dhaka, was quoted as saying. “I just stood there and enjoyed a better view than people who paid Tk 3,000.”

During the concert, there were multiple skirmishes reported between organisers and people who had tried and succeeded in entering forcefully, before the mall authorities had to call in the army.

“Throughout the first half of the concert, drinking water wasn’t provided to the bands, and I saw Conclusion rather irate because of it. It was hell in there,” The Daily Star photojournalist Thabit Al Bashar shared.

The coup de grâce was when Jal had to be stopped mid-act during their final set for an absurdly abrupt ending to the concert, leaving people furious.

The organizers were totally inept unfortunately. You need far superior skills to put together a big bash like this for a massively popular band, without disaster or incident, which they were fortunate to have avoided.

 

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Pakistan's iconic pop-rock band Jal mesmerises Dhakaites​

Staff Correspondent
29 Sep 2024 19:00:20 | Update: 29 Sep 2024 19:00:20

— Courtesy
The much-anticipated "Legends of the Decade" concert featuring Pakistan's iconic pop-rock band Jal and Bangladeshi bands Aurthohin, Vikings, and Conclusion took place on Saturday at the North Center Court of Jamuna Future Park in the capital.

The night was a celebration of rock music, marking the 20th anniversary of Jal's debut album "Adat", and the gathering of legends. After exactly a decade, Pakistan’s iconic pop-rock band Jal mesmerised the music lovers in Bangladesh as the headliner of the ‘Legends of the Decade’ concert.

The audience fell in love with the melody of Goher Mumtaz. Audiences sang together in the songs “O Lamhe”, “Laiya Laiya”, “Sajni”, “Paanchi”, “Bhanware”. Some of these were mashups. Apart from this, the band also performed a new song for the first time to the audience of Dhaka. They also showed surprise in the instrumental performance.

The concert was supposed to hold at the Dhaka Arena in Purbachal motorway on September 27, which was postponed due to heavy rain.