Coke Studio Pakistan (season 8)
| Coke Studio Pakistan (season 8) | |
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Season 8 logo
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| Starring | featured artists see below |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
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| Original network | see below |
| Original release | 16 August – 4 October 2015 |
| Additional information | |
| Website | cokestudio.com.pk/season 8 |
| Season chronology | |
The eighth season of the Pakistani music television series Coke Studio premiered on 16 August 2015 and aired its finale on 4 October 2015. It aired a weekly episode every Sunday on various channels across Pakistan. The season was revived under the tagline of The Sound of Nation.
The debut producers of season 7, Strings duo and series regular producer Coca-Cola, continued their journey as producers in this season. Earlier, rumours were made that Rohail Hyatt would be back as a producer this season but he denied rumors saying "Just for the record, I’m not producing the next season of Coke Studio Pakistan (2015)....... I would like to produce my 7th season of Coke Studio one day. I hope this clears any confusion".
The lead bassist, Khalid Khan, was ruled out of season 8 due to cervical pain; he was replaced by Kamran ‘Mannu’ Zafar. The season featured seven episodes comprising thirty-one artists, thirteen musicians and twenty-eight songs.
Following is the list of thirty-one featured artists line-up, including six bands, that will perform as individuals, duos and with chorus:
For season 8, following is the list of backing vocalist that serves vocal harmony with the lead vocalist. Sara Haider and Rachel return to season 8 as a backing singer, with Sara also appeared as a featured artist.
Almost all the Musician House Band returns to season 8 except Khalid Khan who left the show due to health problem and was replaced by Kamran Mannu Zafar, while pianist Jaffar Zaidi of Kavish also served as a lead vocalist for the first time. Only Sajid Ali returned as a guest musician for this season. Following are the lists of featured line-up musicians:
On 4 August 2015, a special tribute to Sohail Rana and Masroor Anwar was presented by reproducing their patriotic song "Sohni Dharti" as a part of Pakistan's 68th Independence celebration. Season also released the promo with the tribute under the tagline of 'Celebrating the spirit of Independence'. "Sohni Dharti" featured all the artists that were scheduled to lined-up for this season. The promo and tribute release were met with extravagant reception from all over the world. "Sohni Dharti" went viral with in 24-hours of it release, earning wide spread acclaim. The song was declared as "the best of what Coke Studio has ever offered".
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