Posts Tagged ‘bangalore’

It was early in the morning and we never really knew how this would work out, firstly, a 6 AM sound check sounds unreal, follow that up with a show that has to start at 7AM, a time when our fingers, vocal chords and our bodies are fighting with us to get back to bed!

But only when we reached there did we realize what hit us! about 6000 Bangaloreans landed up with their cycles in tow to go out and cycle anything from 5 KM to 60 KM! And thats when we thanked our stars and loved the option we had - to entertain them instead ;)

The event got off to a prompt start with the serious race going first, and we were on for a brief while after that and pulled all the spectators who were on either side of the road watching the race right on to the road for a really early morning party!

After some glitches and a whole load of waiting which was due to the sheer mass of people present and many other factors, we got on stage again for a rocking remainder of the set and quickly bid farewell in time for the boys from Chennai to catch their flight back!

Kudos to the organizers and Mr. Ashok Kheny in particular for pulling something like this off! And also many thanks to Vishnu from VnP Sound who did a stellar job inspite of having to set up behind stage! Thanks also to the volunteers who made a HUGE difference to our experience at the Cyclothon and like Raghu says in his autograph, thanks for being there when we needed you guys!

In all, it was a fun experience and it might just be the start all of required to do something clean and green!

The Folks at Nokia seem to love us! This is the second time this year, we’ve played at the launch of their new phone and its been brilliant!

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The Kyra Theatre in Bangalore re-opens on the 8th of May, 2009 with The Raghu Dixit Project performing in an exclusive intimate setting featuring songs from our upcoming albums and lots of stories!

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I know there are a lot pending articles to come on this blog and but this is a quick note to let you guys know that we are playing at the VTU fest in SBMJCE (Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College of Engineering) on Kanakapura Road tomorrow.

We should be on stage by around 8 PM or so, so make sure you start early if you plan to be at the gig! Its going to be loud and its going to be fun!

Directions to get there - Get on to Kanakapura Road and once you are at the Metro on Kanakapura Road, its 35 kilometers down that road on the left side.

I know its a long drive, but head out anyway, its the weekend and we’ll make sure its worth it.

[UPDATE] - If you couldn’t come yesterday, there are passes left behind at the Coffee Day on Cunningham road. Not the one in Sigma Mall. Please Pick them up on your way to the concert.

Raghu and I went to Coffee Day yesterday for the much awaited meeting with everyone who had asked for passes for our show today! We went armed with about a 100 passes and more importantly went there to meet everyone who would come and were fans of our music :)

We keep hearing how people who really liked us in a show could not come and meet us after the show and are really excited to meet us and thought this was a brilliant way to do just that!

The turnout was a tad lower than we expected, but it is completely understandable that people from a little far away could not really get through the maddening traffic in the city to make it on time and also like someone pointed out to us later, there was another coffee day in Sigma Mall on Cunningham Road, so I am hoping many people din’t go there and miss us that way.

Anyway, for the people that did show up, we had a nice round of introductions and conversation, lots of photos were taken and lots of passes were given out as well! Now we hope all of you turn up for the show and get more with you when you come!

For those that couldn’t make it, we have left the remaining passes at the Coffee Day counter itself. Please go there and pick it up on your way to the concert!

The Raghu Dixit Project plays at the Nokia “Touch The Tune” concert in Bangalore at the Palace Grounds on the 23rd of January at the Palace grounds. Also playing along with us is Karsh Kale (absolutely brilliant contemporary music from India and has worked with the likes of Anoushka Shankar, Norah Jones and Sting!) and Midival Punditz (one of the biggest electronica acts in the country)

The show starts at 7 PM and goes on till about 11 PM. Head to the event page for this concert on Facebook and RSVP! Also, invite all your friends to the show!

I managed to score some passes for the concert and so if any of wants passes to the show, leave a message here and I will tell you how you can pick them up from me personally! The special Raghu Dixit Project friends and family offer :)

So its official! our first public gig in Bangalore after a LONG LONG time will happen on Christmas Eve! The Opus Christmas festival ‘08 plays host to The Raghu Dixit Project on the 24th December 9PM Onwards.

If you haven’t watched the band in a long time or haven’t watched the band at all, then this is a very good place to start. So, on the 24th evening, Opus, in Bangalore is where you need to be!

It has been a long long time since we played in Bangalore and yesterday’s show at ‘Landmark’ in the Garuda Swagath mall was one of the most looked forward to! both by us and a few of the people who have been writing in.

But what it eventually turned out to be was just beyond all our expectations and when Raghu exclaimed that “The crowd in Bangalore is the best!” and that “This is one of the best shows we’ve played” .. it was completely true!

There was an air about the show even before it actually began, and there was a welling crowd filling up all the possible standing space around the stage area. I had honestly not expected so many people to turn up, but then it was brilliant to see all of you there!

The gig started with songs from the first album and each of them had a very vocal Bangalore crowd singing along and I guess video taping the concert like I have never seen before. Like someone right pointed out, this is a great example of social media at work and I hope everyone uploads all the photos and videos they have taken and shares it with others!

Raghu then moved on to some songs from ‘Psycho’, the latest Kannada movie sensation and those songs were like a wildfire through dried hay! the whole store seemed to sing along and at times even remind Raghu of the lyrics!

In all, it was a great gig! lots of people, nice place, good fun! Thanks all of you for coming along and making this special. Upload all your photos and videos and send us a link so we can check them out too! and keep coming back here to check about the next time we play where you are :)

You can check out and you can see the whole set on the Raghu Dixit Project Flickr Page.

As I mentioned earlier, Raghu is playing in Pune, Chennai and Bangalore at the Landmark stores in each city. He will be playing a solo acoustic set and will be accompanied in each city by a guest artiste.

Go there to catch a complete new twist on the songs from the debut album, buy the CD if you haven’t already and get your CD autographed by Raghu!

The details for the shows are -

Pune
Date: 14th November 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Landmark, 1B Moledina Rd, (Next to Dorabjee’s) Camp, Pune. Tel: 4006 8888

Chennai
Date: 15th November 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Landmark, Chennai Citi Centre, R.K Salai, Chennai. Tel: 2847 777

Bangalore
Date: 16th November 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Landmark, Garuda Swagat Mall, Jayanagar, Bangalore

I will put up links here to the posters for all 3 gigs, please feel free to take the right poster, print it out and put it up in your offices and schools and colleges! For now, just send this link out to everyone you think will be interested and come for the shows! Who knows you might get a cool t-shirt as well :D

And while you are at it, go for the gig, take some pics and send it to us or just upload it somewhere and send us a link and I will feature it on the blog :)

Raghu is going to be playing a series of gigs in Landmark Stores across the country this weekend. There are shows planned in Pune, Chennai and Bangalore on the 14th, 15th and 16th of November respectively. I will put up more details about the shows very soon, but if any of you are in these cities, keep those days free to catch Raghu unplugged at a Landmark Store near you!