Four well-known rock bands hope to take Ho Chi Minh City by storm on September 14.

Unlimited, Microwave, Pham Anh Khoa&PAK Band, and Bui Gio will bejoined by Phuong Thanh, Minh Thu, Siu Black, Ngoc Tuyen, and Kim Loansisters, who are among the city's few women rock singers.

In a city where people's taste usually runs to pop and dance music,they are expected to perform in front of at least 2,000 fans at the LanAnh Club.

Their message will be: "Rock is freedom. Rock never dies".

Pham Anh Khoa, leader of Pham Anh Khoa and PAK Band, said: "Throughour event, we hope to encourage rock musicians in a music marketdominated by pop and dance."

A television celebrity,Khoa declined offers from leading music producers and entertainmentcompanies who wanted to promote him as a pop idol.

"I like rock music. It is exciting and fierce like us, like youngpeople," Khoa, who has been working with his band for five years, said.

The concert will feature soft rock, including someof their most popular works like Ra Khoi (Going To The Sea), Con HacGiay (The Paper Crane), and Dung Nhin Lai (Don't Look Back), mostlycreated by young artists like Tuan Khanh and Vo Thien Thanh.

The highlight will be a performance by Unlimited and Microwave, whohave worked hard to create a glamorous image for themselves.

"The members of Microwave are as wild as American rockers, but arewarm and friendly, not weird," Tran Minh Phong, a fan of the band, said.

The show will open at 8pm at the club at 291 Cach Mang Thang Tam Street , District 10.-VNA