MUMBAI: After the riveting performance of David Guetta and Katy Perry, international music sensation ‘Norman Quentin Cook’ aka ‘Fat Boy Slim’ is all set to enthrall audience with his maiden tour in India.
Organized by 6th Dimension, ‘Fat Boy Slim Live in Concert’ will be held from 4 May 2012. The tour details are yet to be announced.
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MUMBAI: Within the first week of its release, Queen of pop Madonna’s latest album ‘MDNA’ is certified with the Gold status in India. The album released on 26 March 2012 worldwide has become singer’s fifth number one studio album in a row.
MDNA has debuted at number one position on the national Planet M retail charts and has also ranked as one of the fastest selling international albums of 2012 in India.
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MUMBAI: The Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) awards has called for entries in its third edition. Entries for the awards will close on 25 April, 2012.
This year, GiMA has included new categories like pop, rock, dance and ghazal making it a total of 13 awards in the non-film music category and 10 awards for film music.
Nominees are selected by an eminent jury panel of over 30 members. The academy, comprises of over 300 members from the music and film industry who vote for the final winners in a secret ballot process.
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MUMBAI: Radio One, a joint venture of Next Media Works and BBC worldwide, is fighting tough to create differentiated content and stand apart from the herd.
Besides hindi play in Bangalore and international music in Mumbai and Delhi, Radio One has now turned 100 % retro hindi station in Kolkata. It is the only radio station in the city to give listeners pure hindi classics all throughout the day.
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MUMBAI: Based on the format of popularity reality show ‘Indian Idol’, Tihar Jail has organised a talent hunt for its inmates titled ‘Tihar Idol’. The auditions for the contest are scheduled to begin next week.
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MUMBAI: Delhi based rock ‘n’ roll band ‘Half Step Down’ are all set to groove on 12 April at Hard Rock Café . The band will perform on some of their popular tracks commonly acknowledged as a ‘versatile mish-mash’.
The five-piece band comprises of Dhaval Mudgal (Vocalist), Srijan Mahajan (Drums), Shiv Lumba (Keyboards), Karan Dutta (Guitar) and Carl Abraham (Bass).
Known for their antics on stage, the band incorporates elements of the blues, alt-rock, funk and reg...
MUMBAI: Renowned sound engineer KJ Singh, the man who has contributed immensely to the award winning music of AR Rahman and Vishal Bhardwaj, is now set to launch his record label called Asli Music.
Music maestro AR Rahman will release the record label with the first album on Friday 13 April at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.
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