Konser di Monas, Iwan Fals Ingin Pecahkan Rekor di India dan Rusia
Indonesian Singer Aims to Break the Record of Viewers in India and Russia
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Penyanyi Iwan Fals menemui Pelaksana Tugas (Plt) Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama untuk meminta izin mengadakan konser musik di kawasan Monumen Nasional (Monas) pada November mendatang. Namun, Basuki belum bisa memastikan apakah izin konser tersebut bisa digelar lantaran perlu beberapa kajian.
Iwan Fals mengatakan sebagai musisi dirinya merasa sangat peduli dengan berbagai persoalan di tanah air, khususnya masalah ketertiban umum, membuang sampah sembarangan dan kepedulian terhadap lingkungan.
"Soal lingkungan, bagaimana kita sayang sama pohon, nggak nyampah, perlu dan nggak bisa diam saja," kata pelantun lagu Oemar Bakrie di Balaikota, akhir pekan lalu.
Rencananya, kata Iwan, apabila mendapatkan izin penyelenggaraan, konser musik itu diadakan dengan target empat juta penonton dan dapat memecahkan rekor jumlah penonton terbesar dan pelantun lagu kebangsaan terbanyak.
"Jadi di India kan katanya 500 ribu (orang) nyanyikan lagu kebangsaan. Mudah-mudahan kalau kita bisa kumpul empat juta kan rekornya pecah. Lalu jumlah penonton terbesar lainnya seperti di Moskow oleh Metallica ditonton 1,5 juta orang," tuturnya.
Pelaksana Tugas Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, menyambut baik gagasan konser tersebut. Namun demikian, pihaknya akan mengkaji terlebih dahulu terkait rencana teknis dan kelaikannya. Dalam kesempatan itu, Basuki sempat meminta Iwan Fals membuatkan lagu mengenai warga ibu kota yang kerap membuang sampah sembarangan.
“Sedang kita kaji. Kita mau ciptakan lagu baru. Lagi mikir tapi lagunya terlalu kasar. Yang buang sampah (sembarangan) cuma monyet,” ucap Basuki.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian popular singer, Iwan Fals to asked Acting Jakarta Governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for permission to hold a concert at National Monument (Monas) in November. However, Basuki could not confirm whether the concert permit could be held because of several studies.
As a musician, Iwan Fals is very concerned with the problems in the country, in particular with the public order, littering, and environmental awareness.
"The issue of the environment is how we care about trees, not littering, caring and not be ignorant," said Iwan Fals at City Hall, last week.
If he has gotten the concert permit, the music concert is going to be held with the target of four million viewers and can break the record for the largest number of spectators and singers of the national anthem ever.
"In India, it is said that 500 thousand people sang the national anthem. Hopefully if we can gather 4 million people and break the record . Another the largest number of viewers was in Moscow in Metallica concert of 1.5 million people," he added.
Acting Jakarta Governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, welcomed the idea of ΓΆ€‹ΓΆ€‹the concert. Nevertheless, it would be relevant to examine its technical plan and expediency. In that occasion, Basuki asked Iwan Fals to make a song about the capital city residents who often littering.
"We are examining currently. We want to create a new song. We are thinking about the song is too rough in ‘who litter are just monkeys’," Basuki uttered.