Chp 486. Boomarang Rocks Hyderabad

Update from Hyderabad :)

I'm currently in Hyderabad on a business trip. The nature of my travel is confidential, but what goes on at night is not :D

So last night, my colleagues and I decided to catch the awesome band Boomarang live gig at Hard Rock Cafe Hyderabad. Boomarang are currently on an all India Hard Rock Cafe tour, playing at every HRC pub across India. And it's quite funny because I saw their performance at HRC Worli and HRC Andheri just recently, and there I was watching their show again in a completely different city. Made me feel like I'm some kind of a hardcore fan :) or a stalker... or a groupie.

But whatever be it, there were a few perks to being such a loyal audience. For starters, having known them quite well by now, I managed to get 9 VIP passes last night! :)

We tried booking a Meru cab to the venue but none of them were free at the moment, so for the first time in my life, I got to experience Uber, a luxury car service. Through its mobile app, we were able to see all the available cars nearby, and since our guest house was located at Jubilee Hills, one of the poshest areas in Hyderabad, there were a hell lot of Uber affiliated cars nearby. From a choice of Mercs, BMWs, Audis, Jags etc, we finally chose a Volvo S60 D3 luxury sports sedan since it was the closest. The driver reached within 10 minutes.

The interiors of the car was filled with the latest gizmos and GPS devices, and the driver spoke English fluently. Our location could be continously tracked real time via its mobile app, and there were various modes of payments using the app itself.

We reached the venue, and as promised by the band, the VIP passes were waiting for us at the gate. We were ushered to an exclusive VIP designated area where the drinks were free and the girls were a plenty :P Here are a few photos I took from where I was standing.

Was great to finally meet FB friend Dinnie Chongte in person too. She came to the show with her Univ. Of Hyderabad mates, in spite of the fact that she had an early flight to catch the next day. She planned to go to the airport directly from Hard Rock Cafe. Was really cute and funny watching her headbang like crazy to RATM while clutching a travelling bag in one hand with a sweater hanging around it while her other hand was dragging a large strolley in the middle of the dance floor :)

Here's us, enjoying the awesome music...

Once the show was over, we hung out with the band at the VIP area. Atea, the vocalist, told me I'll get VIP passes at their next destination – Imphal, if I turn up there as well. Haha... now I'm seriously contemplating. Lolz.

Suddenly we heard this loud shriek, and it was Dinnie, asking if she could take a photo with the band members too. The manager of Hard Rock Cafe along with two bouncers moved towards her but Joshua signaled to them that he'd take care of it and they backtracked...

Ok just kidding about that manager and bouncer part. Such a sweet girl she is :)

I too wanted to take a photo with just the band members alone, and just as Sumeet was about to take the pic, this random white lady came into the frame as well. Grrrrrr.... And of course it would be rude to tell her I wanted to take a pic only with the band. Atea and Booma tried their best not to laugh...

And I guess this here is the University of Hyderabad crowd. Watching them enjoy the show so much brought back fond memories of college days.

Two big differences I noticed between HRC Hyderabad and the HRC's of Mumbai – One was that Hyderabad closed down too damn early. Maybe its a city regulatory thing. And the other difference was that the free drinks at HRC Hyderabad were extremelyyyyy watered down! At first I thought it was just me, but all my friends, and even the other VIP guests I was chatting with in the smoking room all said the same thing! I had at least 7-8 glasses of Bacardi, and only felt like I had a glass or two, with extreme sensation to pee all the time. My friends too felt the same way. I still remember how sloshed I was at HRC Andheri and HRC Worli having drank the same amount of free drinks at the VIP sections over there.

Really disappointed about that, HRC Hyderabad.

Was freaking cold by the time we reached our guesthouse, and here is us with the final pic of the night. Great time indeed. Cheers :)

:)

Chp 484. Boomarang @ Hard Rock Café, part II

So after watching the extremely talented band Boomarang perform at Hard Rock Café Worli last month, I decided to catch them again at Hard Rock Café Andheri yesterday.

I went yesterday because of two main reasons – to enjoy their awesome performance, and to get their autographs on the new “Home” album I recently ordered from Flipkart.

I kept listening to their songs trying to memorize them so I could sing along with them as they performed on stage, lolz. But fortunately for most people who hadn’t heard of their songs yet, they only played covers of popular bands (though they did sing “Stellar” and it was amazing, as the entire Pub joined in).

Here’s the band rocking the scene. CLICK ON ALL PHOTOS TO ENLARGE.

Met a lot of old friends. Really great to see the Powai gang after a long time. The Hauhnar bros, Dee Knyte and I were one of the few privileged people on the VIP guest list :) That means free booze :D

Was a nice surprise to see the Maliani Kuri gang turning up too. Had a great time catching up with them and met Abigail for the first time and she didn’t feel a stranger to me at all because I’ve seen her regularly on Facebook due to so many mutual friends.

The Kalina gang was there too, being the life of the party as usual. When Mel parties, trust me, it is THE party, lolz. One of the best company to be with when you want to laugh like crazy.

The Worli gang too turned up in good numbers. Good to see Chhana, Mimi, Zoni etc coming all the way from town to this side of the suburbs, though sometimes they did look a bit lost. Them Townies. :P

One good thing about being a little bit tipsy was taking a few pics of those taking a pic, you know, the unsung heroes, the comrades always on the other side of the camera, always unseen. Well, this is me putting them in the limelight :)

I also finally managed to get my “Home” album signed by the band once their show was over, yaaaay. This is one album I’m gonna treasure for a long time.

This is the second Boomarang event I had attended during this ongoing All India Hard Rock Café tour. And here’s the funny part – I’m gonna be in Hyderabad next week on a business trip, and they’re gonna be performing at Hard Rock Café Hyderabad during that same time. So I got yet another VIP guest invitation from the Band to attend that as well too, lolz. These guys are awesome!

And here are the rest of the photos. Some of them may be blurry but one thing is evident from all these pics… everybody had a blast. Boomarang sure knows how to rock the party.

And of course, to end this long photoblog, here is the BEST photo I’ve EVER captured on my mobile phone. EVER! I’m not even going to caption this. Just look at the beer bottle on the right carefully. PRICELESS! :D :D :D :D



HAHA… Cheers :)