Thursday, June 10, 2010

A.R. Rahman's world tour begins


The A.R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home Apple Tour, produced by Deepak Gattani and Rapport Productions, will activate on June 11 in New York at The Nassau Coliseum. The artistic administrator of the concert will be Amy Tinkham, who has formed with pop music icons such as Madonna, Paul McCartney and Mariah Carey. ARR will be assuming forth with Indian performers Hariharan, Javed Ali, and Naveen Kumar, besides pop music greats such as Taku Hirano (Lionel Richie, Fleetwood Mac), and John Beasley (Barbara Streisand, James Brown and Miles Davis).This appearance that promises to amaze and adventure is accepted to awning over 20 above venues common such as The Forum in Los Angeles, The Patriot Center in Washington DC, American Airlines Arena in Dallas as able-bodied as Wembley Arena and O2 in London. Another highlight of the shows is the use of 3D Light Mapping, article that has never been acclimated till date in a alive date production. As a advertiser to the concert, ARR and MTV Iggy will accordingly present A.R. RAHMAN'S AMERICA, a programme conceived to ability out to and absorb his American fans. “The barrage of the programme bliss off today with A.R. RAHMAN'S AMERICA Sweepstakes rolling out in 5 cities beyond the US, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Houston. This one-of-a-kind alternate sweepstakes gives admirers the adventitious to accommodated the Academy Award and Grammy Award acceptable artist on the aboriginal leg his above apple tour, The A.R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home. The advantageous admirers will accept the adventitious to accommodated the acclaimed musician, get VIP admission to a show, and accept the befalling to blur their experience,” reveals an abreast source.