unoon, coming back to Pakistan after successful North America tour, rocked here in PAF Golf Course, Karachi on November 27th. For more details and pictures click here
Junoon Rocked the Kalamazoo State Theatre, Michigan on November 15th.
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Asia’s biggest rock band Junoon headlined the first rock concert ever at the Aiwan-e-Sadr (“The Presidency”) in Islamabad in a special Azadi show in honour of Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations. Their Excellencies Prime Minister-designate Mr. Shaukat Aziz and President Pervez Musharraf joined Junoon on stage to sing “Jazba-e-Junoon”! Coinciding with this, Pakistan’s first music awards to be aired on the 22nd on August on Indus Music has dubbed Junoon as “Pakistan’s Best Band!!!”..more...
IM Award!
It was an amazing feeling to be recognised by the industry and the fans. Ali and I were blown away by the applause that we got when we were announced (i had a tear in my eye since this alhamra hall was the first stage I'd ever played on in Pakistan,ali also did the bhangra while going up to the stage) apart from the people even the bands who were nominated came up to congratulate us. There was a real feeling of brotherhood last night and winning the award seemed like that all of the negativity of the past two years had been wiped away - Salman
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Cricketer to doctor to guitarist to ambassador of peace... with no strings attached. Salman Ahmad, lead guitarist and song-writer, is always on song because he strums past jarring notes with the same spirit as he pitches for life's rhythm divine . Purnima Sharma tunes in..more
Ghoom
Taana DVD Buy
Now!
JUNOON launches "Ghoom Taana" for Peace in South Asia.
Asia's leading rock band Junoon is back with a new pioneering and ambitious
audio and video release entitled "Ghoom Taana". The song,
written by Salman Ahmad, is a collaboration between Junoon and classical
Indian vocalist Shubha Mudgal. The semi-autobiographical video, shot
in both India and Pakistan (a first of its kind in this regard), has
been directed by Saqib Malik with cinematography by Sanjay Kapoor. It
features a narrative by Internationally acclaimed Indian actor Naseer-ud-Din
Shah.
The video and a special documentary entitled "Building Bridges"
was screened at a launch ceremony in Karachi in time for the Independence
Day celebrations of Pakistan and India. The video is a short film about
two neighbours, two cities, two nations, and their journey towards building
bridges of Peace since their separation at Partition. Based on the true
story of Salman's family's migration from Patiala to Lahore in 1947,
the video has been shot partially in Salman's ancestors house Haveli
Namdar Khan in Patiala City and in Lahore.. More...
Watch
Ghoom Taana's Video High
Quality - Low Quality
(You will need Latest
Windows Media Player with the latest codecs to play this.)
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Concert in Chennai was awesome!! 8000 Indians stood up in respect when
i played the Pakistani national anthem on the guitar with Ali on vocals!
It was an historic moment in south asian rock and showed the power of
music to bring warring people together in harmony. We're witnessing
a revolutionary socio-cultural transformation in South Asia - Salman
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Cybernet with Junoon & other leading performers presents Summer of '04.
Junoon, in collaboration with Cybernet, will be performing in every province and in most major towns and cities throughout Pakistan. 16 Live Concerts across PAKISTAN from July 16th to August 21st.
Performances in the following cities: Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Quetta, Nawabshah, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Lahore, Sialkot, Islamabad, Muree, Abottabaad, Mir Pur/Jehlum, Peshawar.
Watch TV Promo of Junoon's Pakistan tour here
Junoon has rocked the following cities. For more details and pictures
follow the link of the city.
Statement from Salman Ahmed: "Hey Junoon and Mekaal Hasan watchers!
We, Salman and Ali are really proud to announce the inclusion of the
young and talented Mekaal Hasan on the upcoming Junoon tours as Special
Guest on Electric Bass......."
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The official Junooni forum is back all new and improved!
Salman, Ali and Brian are waiting !
Register now !!!
"The Best of Junoon" worldwide!
This new compilation by EMI features top new tracks by the South Asian sensation such as "Pappu Yar", "Taara Jala", etc. as well as the classic hits of "Sayonee", "Saeein", and many others. Also included on the disc is runaway hit "Garaj Baras" which featured on the original soundtrack of the Pooja Bhatt directorial debut Bollywood film "Paap". Previously unreleased anti-violence anthem "No More" is part of this new compilation. "Dewaar - The Best of Junoon" has already reached the stores in India and the Persian Gulf, and will shortly be in the US and UK/Europe as well. The album can be ordered from
J - Mart Area and a DOUBLE CD of it will be available at all of Junoon's shows in the US!!!
In 2001 Salman was made U.N. spokesman for HIV/AIDs in Pakistan. He has personalized the "I care, do you" poster campaign by paraphrasing a popular Quranic saying "saving one life (from aids) is like saving the whole of humanity". He has appeared on television, radio and in the print media and gone into colleges in Pakistan to hold seminars with faculty and students about HIV/aids awareness. On Junoon's latest album Deewar he dedicated a very popular Junoon song "Khwab" to highlight the scourge of HIV/aids.
Salman is a passionate and committed artist/social activist who recently won an award for a documentary entitled, "Rockstar and the Mullahs", which he did for the American and British television channels PBS and the BBC respectively. More...
on INDUS MUSIC!!!
Indus Music has just recorded their LIVE SESSION with Junoon which will be aired shortly on the channel. More...
For pictures click IM Live Session Photo Gallery.
The BBC internationally aired a documentary starring Salman Ahmad of Junoon recently entitled, "The Rock Star and the Mullahs". The documentary which covered Salman and Junoon taking on fundamentalists in Pakistan, has won the first place award at the South Asian Journalists Association Awards in the category of "Outstanding story on South Asia - Broadcast" category! The production company, "Wide Angle" beat out competition from top news outfits like 60 Minutes, Nightline, and CNN for first place!!!! The Awards ceremony will be held at Columbia University in New York City on the 20th of June where Junoon has been invited to attend to receive the award.
The results of all the awards are listed here:
Junoon has been invited to perform at the upcoming First Indus Music Awards ceremony to be held in Karachi in August. Junoon has been nominated for several awards. The Pioneers of rock in the region's #1 controversial rock hit "Pappu Yaar" has been nominated for Best song and Best video. The band's latest album "Dewaar" has been nominated for the Best Album category, among other nominations.
Fore more...
Junoon, Pakistan’s biggest rock band, had the crowds dancing in the aisles at a rare performance in Lahore at the Alhamra Cultural Complex on Sunday night.
However, once Salman Ahmed hit the first chords for ‘Garaj baras’, the crowd forgot their anger and jumped out of their seats. In fact, all hell broke loose: some jumped on the railings, some on their chairs, others stood and swayed their hands in the air singing with the band. Salman Ahmad said that Junoon's next video, Ghoom Tana, will be released on August 14.
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more details click:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
Junoon, coming back to Pakistan after successful Dewaar tour, rocked here in Karachi at MariTime Museum. The jazzy public of Junoon-style crazily performed on Junoon tunes. The mega hit event of the month was enjoyed by Karachi Public after long time. For pictures click here.
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Junoon New Video : " Ghoom Tana "
Artist : Salman Ahmad / Shubha Mudgal
Featuring : Nandita das / Naseer-ud-din shah
On Location : Patiala, India and Lahore, Pakistan
Director : Saqib Malik
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Junoon
have released their platinum-selling album Dewaar, which has caused a
furore in Pakistan with the hit singles "Pappu Yaar", "Garaj
Baras", "Taara Jala", "No More", and others,
in India and internationally through EMI Records. Junoon has also been
invited to perform at the Shivratri Festival in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh,
by the Government of Himachal Pradesh on the 24th of February.
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