History of Miles

History

1979–1982: Played at the Hotel Intercontinental, Dhaka, 5 nights a week at the Chambeeli Super Club.
First public appearance on Bangladesh Television as Miles.


1982: First public concert (Miles only) at Shilpakala Academy Auditorium, Dhaka. Capacity attendance of 2,000 people.
First album released in English, titled 'Miles'. 3 original songs, 7 cover songs.


1983–1990: Played at the Sonargaon Pan Pacific Hotel's discotheque & Coffee Shop in Dhaka 6 nights a week.
Many solo & joint concerts performed.


1986: Second album released, in English, titled 'A Step Further'. 7 original & 3 cover songs.


1991: First Bangla album 'Protisruti' was released with 12 original bangla songs. This album launched the Band to unprecedented popularity with a number of hit songs.


1991–1992: A number of TV appearances with the Bangla songs.


1992: First concert outside Bangladesh in Bangalore, India. 3 hour English Rock music performed in the solo concert. Attendance 7,000 people.
Second Bangla album 'Prottasha' was released with 12 original Bangla songs. Enjoyed record breaking sales. Till date the highest selling album of Band music in Bangladesh.


1993: Numerous TV appearances.
Many large concerts of 12,000+ attendances were performed.
Signed with Pepsi Cola for a sponsorship agreement of one year, which included exclusive concerts organized by Pepsi.


1994: First Compact Disk of the Band was released as the Best of Miles, from Hollywood, USA. This was the first ever CD of a Bangladeshi Band. Sold very well in USA, UK, Japan, UAE & in Bangladesh.
Performed in Chandigarh, India for a successful Rock Concert. English rock music was performed in the 3 hour solo concert. Attendance 5,000. Received good press coverage.
Performed two concerts in the Gulf states of Abu Dhabi & Dubai. Audience 1000 - 1500.
Numerous concerts performed in Bangladesh.
Asia's largest cable TV network Star TV's music channel 'V' & 'MTV' Asia covered MILES's concert & tour news.


1995: Many Concerts in Colleges / Universities performed in different cities in Bangladesh.
Many private Dinner-Dance shows were performed.


1996: Performed again in India in Calcutta for a very successful concert. Mostly Bangla songs were performed in the 2 and half hour concert. Audience 7,000.
Released 3rd Bangla album (5th of the Band), 'Prottoy' containing 11 original songs. This album is also a high selling album in Bangladesh and abroad, giving the Band it's 3rd consecutive hit album.
Had a successful major tour of USA & Canada over two months. Performed in New York, Dallas, Oklahoma, Chicago, Florida & Montreal to audiences of 500 to 2500 people. ticket prices ranged from $20 to $100.


1997: Saw increasing air-play of MILES's Bangla & English songs in India's FM Radio & increasing press & record company interests there.
Released the Band's first single's cassette (2 songs) titled 'Prayash'. Two original Bangla songs as extended dance songs of 7 & half minutes each. Supported by earlier TV performance, the songs were very well received.
BBC took & aired a number of MILES's interviews in their different programes along with some popular Bangla songs of the Band.
Interview of 'MILES' was published in the oldest Bangla newspaper of London called JANOMOT.
Have been recording the Band's 7th record, partly in India & partly in Bangladesh.


1998: Performed in many Charity Concerts for Rotary Club, Zonta Club, etc. to audiences of 1,000 to 20,000 people.
Performed another successful concert in Calcutta, India to an audience of about 6,000 people.
Made a number of music videos through the year for satellite TV channels including MTV.
First compilation album released in India as BEST OF MILES (Vol. I). A 'perennial seller' in the language of the record company. Received huge radio play.
The second compilation album BEST OF MILES (Vol. II) was released 6 months later. This also topped the charts. The two albums received great review in the local press & made 'MILES' very well known to the young people of West Bengal, India.


1999: Performed in the largest concert at Chittagong stadium with over 30,000 audience.
A 2nd guitar player has been taken in the Band.
Released 4th Bangla album 'Probaho' containing 12 original songs.
Performed at Shibpur Engineering College, Calcutta in front of 5,000 audiences. With this 'MILES' has performed five times in India, the highest number of concerts by any band from Bangladesh.
Performed at some University gigs on return from India.


2006: Miles released their another album 'Protiddhoni' with 13 original bangla songs.

2010: Shafin Ahmed left Miles & Schumann Zaman joined in Miles as a bass guitarist.


Now, Miles are very busy to make a new album & how to popular the new album like past albums............

source : wikipedia