The last show of the tour was simply the most amazing thing we’ve experienced in a LONG time! The Regal Room exploded with friends and fans resulting in a magical experience!
After a few initial hiccups, the gig got started with 3 other artists performing before Raghu who was playing a solo show after a long long time. We were quite amazed to see the place packed and buzzing with people who had come to watch Raghu. It was really touching to see all of them come by and make this so special for us.
Raghu got on stage by around 9PM, and from the word go, it was a fun gig, he played a very different set from what happens with the whole band bringing songs like Ambar and Sorutihudu Maneya Maligi out of the woodwork to serenade the bunch of us who were by now fully into it.
The format of the Regal Room gigs means that there is a break in the artist’s set after 3 songs and in that break, Raghu was overwhelmed by requests for the ‘hit’ song “Ninna Poojege Bande Mahadeshwara” which he kindly obliged and played a nice short solo version of. But this is where things got very interesting!
In the middle of the song, Raghu went out and asked the crowd to sing along and then just stepped back from the microphone and was just playing the guitar and to the amazement of the entire club, there was a loud chorus of the song reverberating through the Regal Room and I couldn’t help but smile at the fact that a club in London was singing the words to one of Raghu’s songs louder than Raghu himself!
The show could only get better after that, Raghu topped off his set with a brilliant rendition of Sajna (my absolute favourite from the new bunch of songs the band has written) and finally Sorutihudu Maniya Maligi much to the appreciation of the boys from Karnataka at the show.
Many thanks to Paul and Lorraine for putting this together, to everyone who came to watch the show and made it so special!
It was a brilliant set and a grand finale to the short but very eventful tour of the UK that we embarked on. Much good should come off this .. very soon!
The very few photos from this gig are up here – http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=289618&id=522175007&l=81f2799d3b
12 Responses to The Regal Room Explodes!
kakashi_
on August 3, 2009
Video pleej
Gaurav
on August 3, 2009
Someone was taking video of the whole show I’m hoping it will go online very soon! – the show was broadcast live on the Internet though
Raj Chari
on August 3, 2009
It was a great evening indeed… I will take the credit of singing the Mahadeshwara song loud among others cos I was shouting my throat out…. it was madness!
Dave B
on August 3, 2009
Hey,
I just wanted to say that, as a regular of the Regal Room, I just wandered into the gig that night and had no idea who was playing. What an amazing night – so much energy, great music and you have yourself a new fan!
Good luck with the rest of the musical endeavors and hope to see you again soon in London.
Sunil Swamy
on August 3, 2009
It was an amazing experience, the regal room would not have had such an event before i guess. Raghu is a great singer (as we all agree) and that night he was simply amazing with his humour. As Raghu said “I should try and translate every word of the song to English… but it would just spoil the beauty of the song” there was big applause from every one in the room. Offcourse everything he did was applauded and whilsts.
He has now added many brits also into his fan club
Hope to give more support in the next tour of England.
Vardaraja
on August 4, 2009
Hi..Everyone..First of All i want to say thnks to tnks of Sasikumar & my friend who has given me an opportunity to see a raghu dixit & talk to him..it was an memorable experience to me..Raghu was signing the song from the bottom of the heart..got sweat himself..such an talented singer…tnks to regal rooms,raghu sir & everbody who has sing the song..i hope we will seen him soon
shashi
on August 4, 2009
Hi. I have this gig video. Tried uploading in You tube. They rejected because it was too long. Could anyone suggest how or where to upload again please.
shashi
on August 4, 2009
My friend vinay could not control his emotions.Please check his article in thatskannada.
http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/nri/article/2009/0803-raghu-dixit-london-musical-evening.html
Athresh.S
on August 4, 2009
Namaskara,
A Fantastic Musical Evening , and some awesome Trademark Tracks made it even more memorable. Crowds Went Crazzzy when “Ninna Puje ge Bandhe” was sung as we joined raghu and the British crowd praising raghu and his music made Us all Proud!!!!
Looking 4ward to c’ing u soon..Thanks Raghu for an Amazing Evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKErVhlOA-Y
chetan
on August 6, 2009
shashi, put in http://www.megavideo.com
Vijayalaxmi
on August 7, 2009
fantabulous man you are rocking everywhere…
kiran verneker
on August 29, 2009
u r doing a fabulous job, u r the one and only rock star in kannada industry so please try and bring out another album asap. best of luck