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Pakistan’s Famous Pop Singer Haroon will Perform in Melbourne on 6 Dec
MS Entertainment proudly presents first time in Melbourne a Pakistani singer
Haroon. Dont miss out this opportunity and registers your interest to be the
first ones to grab the ticket. Haroon’s Show will be at La Trobe University
Union Hall Bundoora VIC on Sunday 6 December 2009 at 6.30pm. For further
information the readers of Sada-e-Watan can Contact on Mobile No: 0406 161 364.
Entry Tickets will be not sold on Concert Site.
Haroon Rashid
Profile
Haroon is a Pakistan’s famous & Leading Pop singer, composer, musician and
producer. He has sold nearly three million CDs and tapes worldwide. He was born
in London on 11th May 1976.He have a Pakistani father and a New Zealander
mother. Haroon began playing the guitar and composing songs at the age of 13. He
formed his first band, Idiosyncracies, in school with schoolmates at the age of
14 years old.
After graduating with a degree in Business Administration from the George
Washington University in the United States in the early 1990s, he formed the
band Awaz with a couple of musician friends. Haroon and the band made a video
for "Janeman", a song which Haroon had composed when he was 16. Haroon sent it
to MTV Asia, and the song became the first Urdu/Hindi pop song to air on MTV.
At their peak, Awaz was the biggest band in Pakistan, and released three
successful albums and two big singles between 1993 and 1999. Awaz was one of the
pioneering bands in Pakistani pop music, and influenced many future
musicians.Haroon's first solo album, Haroon Ki Awaz, which he produced,
engineered and recorded, was successfully released in October 2000.
The songs "Yara", "Pyareya", "Jeekay Dekha", "Chan vergay" from the album Haroon
Ki Awaz were released as singles with music videos. Other songs such as "Fire
Inside" and "Paisa" commented on the socio-economic and political situation in
south Asia at the time.In 2001 and 2002, Haroon toured the UK and USA. In 2001,
Haroon received the "Outstanding contribution to Asian music" Award from the BBC
Asia Awards show.
Haroon's second solo album was the melodic Lagan. This included "Mahbooba", a
fusion of Asian and Arabic music with Lebanese singers accompanying Haroon. The
song was a major hit, with a music video shot at the Pyramids of Giza.Following
this success, Haroon embarked on a world tour from early 2003 to mid 2005,
performing in Oslo, Madrid, Copenhagen, Brussels, Glasgow, New York, Toronto and
smaller cities such as Calgary and Oakland.Some of his performances draw crowds
in the tens of thousands, and he boasts a strong fan base in the UK, US, and
Dubai. He performed several times in front of sellout audiences at Wembley
Arena, London, and at the BBC Asia awards (Birmingham, NEC) watched by two
million on television. Haroon released his third solo album, Haroon Ka Nasha, in
March 2007, again composed, recorded, produced, engineered and mixed by himself
at his personal studio.Haroon have only one show in Australia at La Trobe
University Union Hall, Bundoora Melbourne on Sunday 6th Dec 2009.
