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Indus Creed Will Open For Europe Once Again, After 36 Years
RollingStone India
|November 2024
Then known as Rock Machine, vocalist-guitarist Uday Benegal looks back at their 1988 tryst with the Swedish rock legends, whom they'll see again at the Me:Gong Festival in Meghalaya
It's been just a week since Swedish rock band Europe have been announced as headliners at Me:Gong Festival in Meghalaya, performing on Nov. 30, 2024. It marks “The Final Countdown” hitmakers’ return to India after 36 years, last performing in Mumbai in 1988.
Whether by coincidence or curation, Europe’s return to India has another thing in common – that they’re sharing the stage with Indian rock veterans Indus Creed (then known as Rock Machine), just like they did at their 1988 show at Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai. What’s more, Me:Gong Festival takes place on Nov. 29 and 30, 2024 and Europe’s debut show in India reportedly took place on Nov. 26, 1988, marking their return down to the same week, three decades apart.
This story is from the November 2024 edition of RollingStone India.
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