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Coke Studio artists and Xulfi to perform at Dubai’s first-ever live concert

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  • UAE is prepared to hold the first-ever Coke Studio Live performance in Dubai.
  • The music series has significantly contributed to the rise of Pakistan’s most popular singers.
  • It will make its UAE debut at the cutting-edge venue in City Walk.

After the launch of Coke Studio Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan’s music industry has achieved yet another significant milestone.

UAE is prepared to hold the first-ever Coke Studio Live performance in Dubai. On October 14, 2022, Coke Studio Live will make its UAE debut at the cutting-edge venue in City Walk.

With the launch of Coke Studio Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan’s music industry has achieved yet another significant milestone.

According to a press statement, the UAE is prepared to hold the first-ever Coke Studio Live performance in Dubai. On October 14, 2022, Coke Studio Live will make its UAE debut at the cutting-edge venue in City Walk. Coke Studio Live is an exciting and well-loved platform for established and up-and-coming musical talent

The music series, which celebrates the intimate relationship between great music and good moments, has significantly contributed to the rise of Pakistan’s most popular singers, songwriters, and other performers.

Additionally, starting on August 24, tickets for Coke Studio Live will be on sale. The lineup of performers for the first UAE performance at the Coca-Cola Arena will be formally unveiled soon.

However, a fantastic group of musicians from Coke Studio Pakistan’s Season 14 are sure to dazzle the audience.

Zulfiqar (Xulfi) Jabbar Khan, who is the brain behind Pakistan’s chart-topping Coke Studio Season 14 said: “Music is a language that transcends cultures and boundaries. Whether someone is performing a song or listening to one, music provides an opportunity for real and meaningful connection.”

 

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In Tu Jhoom controversy, Nirmala Maghani’s legal team served Xulfi with Rs. 100 million legal notice on Monday for a copyright breach involving Coke Studio season 14th song.

The notification, issued to the musical show’s producer, Xulfi, indicated that Nirmala had provided Tu Mera Ranjha compositions back in June 2021 in the hopes of getting her big break, but Xulfi did not answer. Instead, he came up with the same song for Coke Studio a year later.

The notification demanded that Xulfi stop using her song instead of obtaining formal authorization from Nirmala.

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The issued notice read, “My client (Nirmala Maghani) on June 14, 2021, sent her compositions including the composition of Tu Mera Ranjha to you on your mobile, through WhatsApp messenger which all were in the form of voice notes.”

“That as per the copyright laws you don’t have the right to telecast/broadcast or upload on YouTube the said song unless you have obtained permission from my client as it’s made based on notes and composition of my client.”

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“That you are hereby instructed that you should apply [for] and obtain permission or license from my client and unless said is granted to you please remove the song from every social media website, YouTube and from [the] album of Coke Studio 14 as it is infringing upon the rights of my client.”

GIRAFFE PAKISTAN, the company which Xulfi co-founded, and is also part of Coke Studio 14 responding to the notice, said, “We have received a notice last evening and our legal team will respond to it through the correct channels in due course. As such, we are constrained to limit our responses in deference to the legal process initiated by Ms Maghani.

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