Popular bands to rock fans in summer concert
The first-ever Rock Concert, Called Battleship, will entertain local rock fans with two live performances at Hang Day stadium in Hanoi on April 26 and at Hoa Lu stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on May 10.
The Rock Concert is being considered to be a "weighty competitor" to RockStorm which is held nationwide during the last few months of the year. The organising crew will be the same. Japanese audio veteran and sound engineer Masaaki Azuma will be back, following his involvement with RockStorm 2013.
"We promise to bring our best crew. Seven of the 30 rock bands from RockStorm will be singled out and brought on board this 'Battleship'," said general director and musician Tran Lap.
"Often rock fans have to wait a long time for a 'rock tour' and bands too 'hibernate' for at least eight months. Now such a show in summer will help to slake the fans' thirst," said Lap, head of the famous band The Wall.
Battleship aims to convey the message that "Vietnamese rock is sailing on the sea and will soon make landfall, and meet the lovers of rock bands."
Lap was the director of the first three RockStorm seasons.
Rock Concert 2014 will feature famous bands such as The Wall, Hai bot, Quai Vat Ti Hon (Tiny Monsters), Microwave, Ngu Cung (Pentatonic), Oringchains, Black Infinity and PAK band.
The shows expect to attract a 15,000-strong audience. The tickets are priced at VND120,000 each, while the early birds can get them for VND95,000.