Euphoria rocks Mangalore

Mangalore, January 14: The country's most loved rock band Euphoria, which has won many awards and has produced the maximum number of albums, seven on the last count descended on the stage of the 17^th National Youth Festival at Mangala Stadium.

Rightly timed on a Saturday night the youth of Mangalore were poised to experience music of a different kind when the rock band doled out some of their best compositions.

The opening act of the concert was one of their signature numbers 'Dum pe chak Dum'. The crowd which turned out for the performance was a mixed one. Seated in the front were mostly families. But the rear seats were filled with youngsters who were just waiting to be entertained. As the lead singer Palash Sen began to send out his voice into the crowd through the mic, the crowd were on their feet forgetting their chairs.

As the evening went on the crowd came forward and began dancing along with Palash. The lead singer encouraged the audience by pointing his mic towards the crowd which was very interactive by singing along with Euphoria. As the performance went on the band dished out 'Aa Bhi Ja', 'Saason mein Jo' and one of the songs from their latest album which is titled 'Alvida, Shukriya, See you later'. The band also sent in some special numbers like remixed versions of popular Bollywood numbers 'Dil Chahtha Hai' and 'Rang De Basanthi'.

With every number being performed the crowd was getting more and more crazy and one could see the entire young population in the audience dance and sway their hands to encourage the band. With every number it seemed as though the energy levels of the band only increased. The evening saw the band roll out some amazing numbers like their latest song 'Item Song'. As the crowd got more and more intimate with the lead singer who also tried to speak in Tulu and get intimate with the crowd.

The youth went berserk over each number and the Police had a difficult time controlling the enthusiasm of the crowd. As the crowd was mostly youngsters, it was the right choice of the organizers to bring in a band like this.

Rahul one of the dancing youngster from the crowd said, “It is a great thing to see Euphoria live in Mangalore and it is my weekend which I think is well spent at this concert”.

The organisers expressed their gratitude by felicitating the band, Euphoria. Present on the stage were District-in-charge minister Krishna J Palemar, MLA Yogish Bhat, Deputy Commissioner NS Channappa Gowda.