Two popular Bangladeshi music bands ‘Aftermath’ and ‘Meghdol’ will be performing as the headliner bands at the ‘Maitree Concert 2023’ to be held in Kolkata, India on July 22 and July 23.  The fifth season of this concert is being held at Rabindra Bhavan in Kolkata.

Bangladeshi band AK Rahul will also perform in the same concert along with Indian ‘Kalpurush’, ‘Missing Link’, ‘Blood’, ‘Fire in the Rodeo’ and many other bands.    

‘Maitree Concert’ is a large-scale Bangla rock music event organised for the two countries. This has been one of the biggest music festivals organised in Kolkata for several years. Rock music has been strongly performed and loved for decades in both Bangladesh and West Bengal - Maitree Concert has therefore become a platform of unity for the rock music lovers of the two Bengals.

About their upcoming performance, Aftermath’s founder and guitarist Faheem Hossain said, “We are very proud to be able to represent Bangladesh in such an event of international level. We hope that we will be able to bring glory for our country’s name”

 “The participation of three bands from Bangladesh in the biggest Bangla rock event featuring artistes of the two countries together is a great honour. We were supposed to participate in this event last year as well but due to visa complications, we could not make it. We are grateful to the Gennext Group and the Kolkata audience for inviting us to perform this year again”, said Navid Iftekhar Chowdhury, the vocalist of Aftermath.
The journey of the rock band Aftermath began in 2007. In its 16-year run, Aftermath has received many awards, including Radio ABC Best Campus Band, BBMFC Best Album 2021. Their album ‘Jed’ gained huge popularity among their listeners as soon as being released in 2021. Songs like ‘Moho’, ‘Dhoa’, ‘Matirroudand’ and ‘Utshorgo’ from the album have become very popular among the new generation of listeners.

 On the other hand, Meghdol was formed in 2003 by Shibu Kumer Shil, Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, Rasheed Sharif Shoaib and Masud hasan Ujjal, while they were studying Fine Arts at University of Dhaka. The band's name was inspired by the Charles Baudelaire poem L'Étranger. The band released their eponymous album Meghdol, subtitled Droher Montre Bhalobasha, in 2004.The second album Shohorbondi came out in 2009, after which the band went on a nine-year hiatus.