Ayub Bachchu
Ayub Bachchu’s unreleased song ‘Inbox’ to drop this Eid
A new unreleased song by Ayub Bachchu is set to debut after a significant time. The title of the song is “Inbox” with lyrics penned by lyricist Niaz Ahmed Aungshu. The Ayub Bachchu Foundation intends to unveil the song on Eid.
10 March 2024
Chandrabindoo, Fossils showered with love in Dhaka
The concert, organised by the Dhaka University Chhatra League, took place at the central sports field of Dhaka University on Friday (December 8) to usher in the new academic year and extend a warm welcome to the incoming students.
11 December 2023
Ibrar Tipu’s first solo concert in New York
Noted singer and music director Ibrar Tipu, has contributed to the music industry of Bangladesh for 26 years. The artiste will perform in New York for the first time on November 5, 2023, at Queens Palace.
2 November 2023
Durbin tributes their new song in remembrance of Ayub Bachchu
Paying their respects to the legendary singer Ayub Bachchu, the music band Durbin released a new song “Tomar Bhanga Shohore” on the singer’s 5th death anniversary.
23 October 2023
AB Foundation announces Ayub Bachchu museum, release of 200 songs in tribute
Today marks the fifth death anniversary of rock legend Ayub Bachchu. On this day in 2018, the iconic singer left us at the age of 56. Ayub Bachchu's untimely demise left a void in the music industry and the hearts of countless fans. Born in Chattogram on August 16, 1962, he was not only a rock guitarist but also a composer, singer, and songwriter.
18 October 2023
Ayub Bachchu’s unreleased melodies to echo once more
In honour of the late rock legend Ayub Bachchu, the Ayub Bachchu Foundation is set to release a treasure trove of unreleased songs by the iconic artiste. These songs, carefully preserved by the foundation, will finally see the light of day, as they plan to share those with the audience starting next year.
8 September 2023
The story of Ayub Bachchu’s ‘Eksho Ta Shopno’
While reminiscing about what inspired “Eksho Ta Shopno”, Asif mentioned that he wrote the song about the shattered dreams and aspirations of a lyricist, the uncertainty that a lyricist goes through with their songs, whether anyone would want to sing or not.
16 August 2023
Ayub Bachchu’s guitars, memorabilia on display
What does one normally expect from an exhibition? Intricate pieces of framed art, curious art connoisseurs quietly observing the pieces?
Strangely enough, as I walked into the houseful gallery, I found everyone singing out loud to legendary rock songs of the late great Ayub Bachchu.
5 November 2022
The show must go on!
At a Pohela Boishakh programme held at a restaurant in the capital, LRB resurfaced as 'Balam and the Legacy' to put on a performance in tribute to the late great Ayub Bachchu.
16 April 2019
Toronto pays tribute to AB
10 Bangladeshi bands from Canada paid tribute to legendary musician Ayub Bachchu in a stellar concert organised at the Blessed Cardinal Newman High School in Toronto on
23 December 2018
BAMBA's farewell tribute to Ayub Bachchu
It was difficult for the members of Bangladesh Musical Bands Association (BAMBA) to process the shock that was the passing of Ayub Bachchu, whom they dearly referred to as simply 'AB'.
2 December 2018
While a Nation Gently Weeps...Ayub Bachchu
The harmony of the artiste's life was far from being lost. Always full of life and laughter, his contemplations were anything but weary.
26 October 2018
AB home, for good
Bangladesh’s band music legend and founder of LRB, Ayub Bachchu has been laid to eternal rest beside his mother at their family graveyard in Chattogram.
20 October 2018
Adieu, AB
AB is no more. The nation is in his debt, and there's nothing we can do about it. There are murmured demands for some sort of a national tribute or recognition. If you ask me, a man, who has won over hearts, has no use for medals.
20 October 2018
Chattogram's final tribute to THE MAESTRO
Chattogram City Corporation Mayor, A J M Nasir Uddin received Ayub Bachchu's body at Shah Amanat International Airport at 10:55 am and escorted it to the Balur Math area of Purba Madarbari in the port city, where hundreds of people gathered to see their favourite artiste for the last time.
20 October 2018
A sea of mourners at Shaheed Minar
Lining up for hours at Central Shaheed Minar, thousands of mourning fans and followers pay their tributes to legendary rockstar Ayub Bachchu, who died of heart attack yesterday.
19 October 2018
Heart to Heart
The thin fused me corrects myself in the nick of time. After all, I have a six-year-old right in front of me. They are blotting papers, more so, when it comes to audio-visual equivalent of the Apple of Eden.
19 October 2018
Memories with the Legend
The first time I had met Ayub Bachchu was years ago at a recording in a studio called Art of Noise in Shegun Bagicha. The studio belonged to yet another music legend Foad Nasser Babu from the band Feedback.
19 October 2018
The maestro's final journey
Many were in tears as the maestro whose music played an integral part in their formative years was no more. Present during the tributes were Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor
19 October 2018
Silence of the strings
Music was not just a passion to the self-taught guitarist, it was his sole profession, and fortune did not let him down either. The word “legend” is generously used to refer to celebrities nowadays but Ayub Bachchu was and remains a legend in the truest sense.
18 October 2018