A. R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour

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A. R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour
Tour by A. R. Rahman
Start dateJune 11, 2010
End dateNovember 26, 2010
No. of shows20

A. R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour is the first world tour by Indian musician A. R. Rahman. Rahman organised the tour in 2010, following the success of his soundtrack album Slumdog Millionaire , and particularly the song "Jai Ho". The tour was kicked off on June 11 at the Nassau Coliseum in New York and was initially decided to span 16 major cities worldwide. [1] Amy Tinkham is the choreographer and director of the tour, John Beasley, Music Director, and Deepak Gattani of Rapport Productions produces it. [2] [3] The tour features 23 playback singers from India, along with several instrumentalists and dancers.

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The tour was highly successful, with tickets of many of the concerts being sold out several days before the respective event. [4] The Detroit concert was originally planned on 19 June but was postponed when the stage at Pontiac Silverdome collapsed. [5] No injuries were reported, but the concerts had to be rescheduled and the U. S. concerts were resumed only in September. [6]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
June 11, 2010 Uninodale United States Nassau Coliseum
June 12, 2010 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Arena
June 13, 2010 Fairfax Patriot Center
June 18, 2010 Chicago Sears Center Arena
July 23, 2010 Birmingham England LG Arena
July 24, 2010 London The O2 Arena
July 25, 2010 Wembley Arena
September 11, 2010 Inglewood United States L.A. Forum
September 12, 2010 Oakland Oracle Arena
September 14, 2010 Vancouver Canada PNE Colesium
September 17, 2010 Houston United States Houston Toyota Center
September 18, 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center
September 22, 2010 Worcester DCU Center
September 23, 2010 Newark Prudential Center
September 25, 2010 Pontiac Pontiac Silverdome
September 26, 2010 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
September 29, 2010 Raleigh United States RBC Center
November 20, 2010 Johannesburg South Africa The Sun City Super Bowl
November 24, 2010 Cape Town The Grand Arena, Grand West
November 26, 2010 Durban Moses Mabhida Stadium

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