Rahman will perform at massive venues in North America and Europe, but there will be one night per city instead of a run, so more places will be pumped up with enthusiasm and keen for Rahman souvenirs.
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TIME magazine rated the soundtrack of Roja in the top 10 of their all-time best movie soundtracks of the world.įinancially the “Jai Ho.” tour is being run like a Swiss watch. He has sold 150 million records and 200 million cassettes and is counted among the top 25 recording artists of all times. “So I wanted to do my best and then leave it.”įor a man who was going to do his “best and then leave it” Rahman has come a long way. “My first movie, I thought it was going to be my last movie,” said Rahman. That pushed me to compose different types of music - Indian and Western,” Rahman told DNA on the sidelines of an event in the Asia Society.įor a musician who has won two Grammys, Rahman started out as an engineer who was clueless about the depth of his prodigious musical talent. In India, the director expects everything from one person.
“In America, they typecast a person - he is a good horror movie soundtrack composer or he is a good classical music composer. Americans find his music “easy listening” as it is brewed with an unerring feel for melody, swing and soul.Īhead of his concert, Rahman who has been writing musical scores for Bollywood since the 1990s credited the film industry for his versatility. It also helps that Rahman is a prolific composer who has astaggering range. soundtrack, which earned him two Academy Awards and two Grammys, has made him a recognisable name in America. Two years after Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars, interest in all things Indian is still going strong. Just like AR’s music, it breaks all borders,” said the show’s artistic director Amy Tinkham, who has run tours for Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey. “It’s definitely an East-meets-West kind of show where there’s technology and tradition. More recently, Madonna held three performances of her “Blond Ambition World Tour” in the massive Nassau Coliseum.
Rahman’s “Jai Ho - The Journey Home Tour” begins on June 11 at New York’s fabled Nassau Coliseum where Pink Floyd performed during “The Wall Tour”. Most international musicians barely get noticed in the bustling Big Apple, but AR Rahman is a show-stopper - and very profitable.įans have paid prices of up to $1,000 (Rs47,000) for 11 concerts in North America between June 11 and July 5, which are already thought to be sold out.
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