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The crowds
rolled in with his voice singing with him. The chilling cold was
not a hindrance as over more than 15,000 crowds were rocking in
at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Polo grounds till 10 pm.
The concert is
christened as the 'Festival of Rock' and was part of Meghalaya
Autumn Festival – an annual gala event organized by the
Meghalaya Tourism Development Forum (MTDF).
The concert was
organized by Centre Point Entertainment Network (CPEN) in
collaboration with Royal Tripura Heritage Foundation, Aircel and
others.
Local
heartthrob Amit Paul – the Indian Idol finalist shared the stage
with the band, opening the festival backed by an equally
proficient and experienced band from Mizoram – Magdelene.
The famed local
band – Snowwhite sharing the stage rocked the crowd with its
melodious soft and hard rock music attracting lots of
appreciation.
Eric also sang
duet with Amit and Timmy.
Over the last
few years, Shillong has witnessed bands like Fire House, MLTR,
Petra, Paul Diano of AK-47 rocking Shillong like never before.
Again Shillong will rock with Scorpions performing in this hill
city on December 12.
Eric sharing
the stage with the local bands felt that it was a privilege for
him to perform with them. He said that Timmy of Snowwhite had a
fabulous voice. He also said that he decided to come to Shillong
when he learnt from band like Fire House that the crowd in
Shillong understands and loves music.
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