As you may already know that recently Atif Aslam performed a charity concert at the “Best Buy Theatre” in New York City with the former members of the American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses including Slash.
In order to watch the video of Atif performing Pink Floyd’s “Wish you were here”, click here.
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Atif Aslam performing with Lanny Cordola and Todd Shea at a Private Dinner Party in New York on September 12th to raise funds for a great cause. View the event pictures below:
Atif Aslam is all set to use his voice to pay tribute to the victims of September 11th, 2001. Atif, who shot up during the same period, will be performing a gig for a charity benefit at an indoor theatre in Times Square in New York City with the former members of the American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses. This will be the first time that all artists of the ‘Pakistan America Peace Through Music Project‘ will be performing together.
He announced the news via his twitter account. He tweeted,
“We are planning to collaborate with John Mayer, Coldplay and Jimmy Page (the founder of Led Zeppelin), but nothing is finalised yet,” tells Atif Aslam in an interview with Hindustan Times.
“Whenever I’m in the US, I keep aside a week to work only on my collaborations with artistes. Be it raising money or tying up with musicians, I’m doing everything on my own,” added Atif Aslam who is the face of the Sonic Peacemakers’ “Pakistan America: Peace Through Music Project” – a project aimed at bringing peace and understanding between the two countries through music.
Lanny Cordola and Atif Aslam also have plans to take U2 on board soon. “I’m keeping my fingers crossed because, after all, they are busy people,” says Atif Aslam.
It has been a long time since we last heard any news about The Pakistan America Peace Through Music Project. So, what have these guys been up to? According to a report released today by the official facebook page of Atif Aslam,
“Sonic Peacemakers: Atif Aslam, Lanny Cordola and Todd Shea got together in July to perform together during Atif Aslam’s U.S. summer tour. Events to raise awareness about Sonic Peacemakers were held in Washington DC, Los Angeles and Seattle
In July 2010, devastating floods took the majority of Pakistan. These floods affected around 20 million people, mostly by the destruction of property, livelihood and infrastructure, which people are still trying to rebuild. Rebuild Pakistan and their lives.
The damage had been caused. Some of the most influential artists in Pakistan, such as Salman Ahmad and Atif Aslam, began to help raise awareness with the aid from International icons.
“Open Your Eyes” – Salman Ahmad, Peter Gabriel and Alison Sudol
Pakistan’s ‘Rockstar’ Salman Ahmad had been back again with “Open Your Eyes”, featuring Englishman Peter Gabriel (of Genesis fame) and American Alison Sudol (recently nominated for a Grammy award for best upcoming artist).
Salman and his wife Dr. Samina launched this song on ITunes and other digital retailers. Each dollar from this download still goes to Pakistan’s flood relief through their charity organisation, Salman and Samina Global Wellness Initiative.
Folks at Dawn Images got to catch up with the two mainstream members of the peace through music project, Atif Aslam and Lanny Cordola. They revealed interesting facts about the on-going ventures in the project and what could we expect from it in the coming years.
When Atif Aslam was asked about the core idea of the project, he said
A visit to Sanjannagar with Todd Shea, spreading the word about the Sonic Peacemaker project. An almost full day filled with music, an in depth tour of the grounds, an introduction to the Sagarveena, speakers that literally bring Edith Piaf and Miles davis into the room, chats with Noori, and mindblowing conversations with The Raza Kazim.
After working with one of the top producers and DJs for his debut album, Pakistan’s most prominent rapper, Adil Omar will soon be seen collaborating with a turntablist and producer Leor Dimant, better known as DJ Lethal, best known as a member of an American Nu metal band Limp Bizkit, and formerly a member of the Irish-American-influenced hip hop group House of Pain on his untitled debut album, coming in 2012.
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As we mentioned earlier, Adil will also be working with the award winning producer Farid Karam Nassar, better known as FredWreck who has worked with Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Cypress Hill, 50 Cent, Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Hilary Duff, The Doors, Xzibit, Everlast aka Whitey Ford and more.