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I was going through pictures posted on various social networks that everyone had tagged the band in and I came across this amazing piece of work that was done by Tamagna Ghosh @HAMI which just blew my mind away!

I really want to put together a show case of everything that has been done by you guys for the band and our music and thank each of you guys personally for doing that! So if you have done something that we haven’t seen, please put it up somewhere, on Facebook, on Flickr, on Youtube, on anything you want and send us a link or write us an email and let us know!

Lets plan to get all of you guys together sometime soon and we’d love to personally thank each of you for doing that!

Much has been said about what we refer to as “The Mysore Incident” and it has to do more about things around the show than the show itself!

We have kept our silence about the whole issue for long and atleast from our point of view, it was one of our best shows! there were some 25,000 people who all seemed to love and enjoy our music and infact, it was one of the most energetic crowds we have had at a show!

We were as surprised as you were about the article in the Times of India which was clearly not how things went down that night! we pointed to other references about the same show and asked you guys to make up your own minds!

Featured here is the article that appeared in the very same newspaper the next day about the show and how well it was received, so now again we ask you to do the very same thing - make up your own minds on what happened :) - Also, head over to our guestbook to read what people saw and felt and also tell us what you think!

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From our side, we were thrilled to bits to be playing in Mysore finally and it was a momentous occasion for the band. The crowd at that show were just awesome and it was an experience we won’t forget in a long time!

Our sincere thanks to the organizers and for everyone who did their part in getting us to play in Mysore, we would LOVE to come back again :)

What started as a general discussion about taking our music to new audiences is taking form now! We are playing at the *LOVEBOX* festival!

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I apologize firstly for the delay in doing this and its about time I did! So here we go ..

The show was something all of us in the band were looking forward to with the greatest enthusiasm. We were dying to play a big show in Bangalore and it was after a long time that we got such a show in place.

Also, the day before the concert, we met a lot of our friends who wanted to come for the show and couldn’t find tickets elsewhere and gave them passes for the show. Before the show began however, it was a little grim because none of us were sure of the turn out and considering the fact that we were to go on by 8 PM on a work day with Bangalore’s traffic being what it is, it was not looking any good!

But when we did get on stage, it was a treat to see about 6000 screaming people in the audience who as it turned out were very familiar with our music and loved it!

That was enough of a push for us to put together a wonderful set and we got going from the first song onward! The band was full of energy and enthusiasm and were jumping around like wild teenagers on stage! The sound had a few issues on stage but we were in no mood to worry about any of that. The response we got was absolutely fantastic and we made quite a few fans that day I must say!

Karsh Kale and the Punditz who followed us were in a league of their own and were a fitting finale to the event. The organizers managed to get the concert extended long enough for a nice set from the band though I think it was Pappon who stole the show after he taught all of us how to ‘Banaao’!

A huge round of thanks to Kalyan Varma and Noella D’sa for the super photos of that night! We are still to see the rest of them though :P

[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 :)

The picture says it all! I have nothing to add .. This was in Jeonju, Korea!

PS: The note reads “You are MY Hero”

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.

Just got wind of some photos of Raghu that the wonderful Kushal Das took of the Landmark store shows. Anyone with reviews?

Check out this pic and the rest of the photo set here

Raghu plays along with Vijay Joseph at the Jayanagar Landmark store tomorrow. Make sure you get there!

Its that time of the year again! so ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together, stand up while you are at it (because its not nice to play to an audience who is not having fun with us ;) ) and lets sing along ..

“Happy Birthday Raghu”!

Its been one of the most eventful years as far as the band goes and its only going to get crazier! right from breaking his hand to a mini-world tour to a superhit movie score, its been stuff that dreams are made of .. and all of you have been with us on this journey! So here is to a great new year ahead for Raghu and some more crazy stories to tell!

I will leave you with a Raghu Dixit Classic .. this is a classic ‘Raghu-Dixit-Involved-In-The-Song-with-No-Care-For-The-World’ pose!

Do leave your wishes here!