The first edition of the album featured many well known musicians like Bilal Khan, Outlandish, Aag, Usman Riaz and Laal’s Taimur Rahman, paying tribute to Junoon by covering some of the band's famous songs.

In August 2010, Salman Ahmad was interviewed by American music magazine The Rolling Stone; he talked about his novel and the soundtrack album based on the novel.

[3] On August 16, in an interview with BBC World Service, Salman Ahmad confirmed that he was writing a song named "Khwab" for the Pakistan flood victims in order to raise funds for them.

[4] After a few days, it was confirmed that Salman Ahmad would collaborate with Peter Gabriel on the song "Khwab", in an attempt to raise funds for the Pakistan flood victims.

[5] On August 25, Salman Ahmad talked to Dutch TV about organizing a charity concert with various artists to collect money for the flood victims in Pakistan.

[8] On October 29, Salman Ahmad released the song "Open Your Eyes" with Peter Gabriel and Alison Sudol for the Pakistan flood relief.

On August 12, in an interview with The Express Tribune Ahmad confirmed that he was set to celebrate Junoon’s 20th anniversary with the band's former bassist Brian O'Connell.

In response to the 20th Anniversary of the band, former vocalist, Ali Azmat in an interview with Newsweek magazine said that he does not want to associate his name with Junoon as there are some personal issues between Salman Ahmad and him.