Not A Substitute For Tria, Iqbaal Ramadhan Becomes A Special Guest In The Changcuters' 20-Year Series

JAKARTA - The appearance of Iqbaal Ramadhan when The Changcuters appeared on the RI Fest 2024 stage was widely discussed by netizens. The reason is, the former Coboy Junior appeared when Tria (vocals) were unable to appear because she had not yet recovered.

Meanwhile, Iqbaal appeared with The Changcuters on the second day of the RI Fest 2024 which took place at Gambir Expo Kemayoran, North Jakarta on Saturday, August 17 last week.

The Changcuters bassist Dipa explained that Iqbaal's presence that night was because he was invited as a special guest.

Dipa did not confirm the news stating that Iqbaal appeared as the temporary vocalist of The Changcuters to replace Tria.

"For Iqbaal to replace Tria, it's not (true). Because of that it only happened at the RI Fest event, and yesterday only (provided) three songs," Dipa said when contacted by the media crew on Monday, August 19.

Dipa explained that some of The Changcuters' recent performances were designed differently as a celebration of their 20 years of musical travel.

"In several events in 2024, we bring campaigns 'The Changcuters 20 Years Tough', which indicates that we are 20 years old in music this year," said Dipa.

"So for example, at The Sound's Project we brought an orchestra, then yesterday at the RI Fest we brought Iqbaal Ramadhan as a special guest. So every big festival we have a theme," he concluded.