Bon Jovi tribute to Rock at ShiRock 2023

 

UK base  Bon Jovi tribute band and Israel- Orphaned Land to perform on ShiRocK 2023

The Dawn Tantak
UKHRUL:  THE 5th Edition of  State level "Shirui Lily Fest 2023" is rolling up it sleeve to bring its glory and majestic hue and this time round  ShiRock 2023 is all set to be headlined by two international bands; Israel's "Orphaned Land" and Bon Jovi's tribute band “Bon
Giovi" from the United Kingdom.

Come May , the rock festival of this year will be performe by two International bands a UK-based Bon Jovi tribute band and Tel Aviv-Israel base  Orphaned Land to rock at ShiRock  2023 .

7SISTERS FOUNDATION HAS ALREADY iNCURRED EXPENSES OF OVER RS 35 LAKH FROM THEIR POCKETS AS THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT SANCTIONED ANY FUNDS FOR THE Festival TILL DATE.

ShiRocK is one of the major entertainment held annually in Ukhrul
town as part of the state-level Shirui
Lily Festival and this year the event management will be managed by 7
Sisters Foundation.

According to a highly-placed
source, 7 Sisters Foundation has
made all necessary arrangements
to bring in the two international
bands to perform on the grand opening
and closing day of the forthcoming
ShiRock festival, which is scheduled to be held on  May 17-20.

Official sources disclosed that the organisers have already confirmed all flights and other arrangements for "Bon Giovi" and their Visa  has also been secured.  Bon Giovi  will open the rock festival on the inaugural day that is on May 17.

The sources furthrer informed that  the advance payments for both the international bands have been completed and the rest of the payments for the other local bands are also getting done.

                        'Orphaned Land'

Nevertheless, all that is now left to be done is to get the Visa for' 'Orphaned Land'", who will be playing to close out the musical festival on May 20.it is expected that everything will be sorted by Monday or  Tuesday,it added.

According to the source, the 7 sisters foundation being the event manager, has already incurred expenses of over Rs 35 lakh from their pocket as the state government has  not sanctioned any funds for the festival till date.

From flight tickets and Visa applications to making bookings for
the two international bands, and
others, the event organisers have
taken care of, keeping in mind the
fast-approaching date of the festival. This is because they simply cannot afford to wait for the allocated funds from the government,"it said.

Orphaned Land Tel Aviv ,Israel

Meanwhile, countdown to the rock festival of the year is all set to roll as the opening day of the rock festival will kick off with spectacular performances from local bands.

The Family Band (Imphal), 1 BHK
(Ukhrul, 2022's runners-up) and
one more band which is yet to be
named.These bands will play ahead of
the headliner"Bon Giovi".

On May 18, the Local Night events will be invigorated by the performance of Pune-based Zyphertone band ahead of the headliner"Bon Giovi"and on May 19, there will be a line-up of various bands from all over the country such as Still Water (Sikkim), Agni (Mumbai), Inner Sanctum (Bangalore),  and also Rajesh
Nepali (Kathmandu).

Finally, on May 20, the festival will come to a crescendo with performance by   Featherheads (Ukhrul), Arogya (Assam), Gingerfeet (Kolkata), Rosy K and Band(  Mizoram),   CLEAVE ( Manipur), and many more bands followed by the head-liner-"Orphaned Land ".