Music
composer
A.R.
Rahman
has
expressed
his
excitement
over
bringing
East
and
West
together
with
his
forthcoming
tour
"The
A.R.
Rahman
Jai
Ho
Concert:
The
Journey
Home
World
Tour."
According
to
Rahman,
they
wanted
to
get
the
best
of
both
worlds,
that
is,
the
premium
team
from
America
and
the
soul
of
the
music
and
the
traditions
of
India
for
the
tour.
As
reported
earlier
by
Sampurn
Wire,
the
tour
begins
on
June
11
at
Nassau
Coliseum
on
Long
Island
and
will
play
at
least
20
shows
in
North
America
and
Europe.
It
will
be
staged
by
American
creative
director
Amy
Tinkham,
who
has
earlier
worked
with
Madonna,
Mariah
Carey,
Britney
Spears
and
Paul
McCartney.
The
show,
which
will
run
for
two-and-a-half-hours,
will
feature
a
number
of
musicians,
dancers
and
acrobats,
along
with
changing
sets
and
an
extensive
video
production.
Rahman
states
that
what
is
added
is
a
new
dimension
which
nobody,
especially
the
Asian
audience,
has
ever
seen.
This
time,
the
concert
will
be
integrated
and
every
musical
bar
and
every
second
is
integrated
with
technology,
unlike
an
ordinary
concert.
Rahman
will
be
playing
keyboards
and
singing
during
the
show,
as
well
as
speaking
to
the
audience
to
explain
the
meanings
and
creation
of
the
songs.
He
reveals
that
they"re
looking
at
a
universal
appeal
to
this.
There
are
some
English
songs
but
even
for
those
that
aren't,
audiences
can
still
come
and
enjoy
the
musicality
and
the
whole
culture
and
colorfulness
and
the
vibrancy
of
Indian
things,
he
states.