hello,
this is vijay from chennai,the photos r really
awesome.thanks a lot wired beats.arr is the master
--- Wired Beats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I was there at the concert from Hyderabad. My heart
> just broke when the rains poured. I had managed to
> take some mediocre snaps from my cell phone. As very
> few photos are actually available, i hope you make
> do with these untill someone posts better ones.
>
> My Blog Entry
>
> After a lot of planning and deliberations me and
> heman decided to head to Bangalore for the dream of
> watching AR Rahman Live and Direct in his global 3rd
> Dimension Global Tour. The concert was being held at
> Bangalore's Palace Grounds with an expected crowd
> turn out of over 65,000. Thats a lof of people i
> must say.
>
> Like any true die hard fan, i along with my pal
> heman spend the first part of the saturday roaming
> around randomly in Bangalore, redeeming tickets and
> shopping to come back to our room at about 6:00 PM
> only to be damped by Rain!
>
> It rained like hell and broke hearts.
>
> Some way or the other we hurried towards the venue
> of the concert when the rain gods decided to go full
> swing on what they do best. They turned their taps
> full and it poured like hell!
>
> Me and Heman were under a shelter interacting with
> other Rahmaniacs ( as we prefer to be called) to
> come to terms with what then seemed a possibility -
> The Concert being rescheduled. I was in for a huge
> disappointment, especially when i and heman had to
> catch the next day morning flight back home! No way
> i thought, I wanted the concert to happen and i
> wanted to be a part of it. Even if it means being
> drenched every inch inside out. I ran out of the
> shelter to find my place and heman followed me,
> getting drenched.
>
> It was 6:45 PM, and there was no news if the concert
> was to happen or being rescheduled. I kept asking
> every face i had eye contact with. " Is the concert
> on...?" i asked, desperatly seeking some positive
> signs. Many said " I don't think so...!" While few
> others said " The Show must go on"
>
> 7:15 PM, me and heman stood hoplessly next to a
> power generator in an attempt to dry our soaked
> shirts and then we heard the voice of the man
> himself. Mr Rahman came to the stage and said " Hi
> Bangalore, its the month of Ramadan and the lord is
> showing his blessings. These are his blessings.
> Please give us an hour to set things right and we
> will be back. We will rock!" The soaked crowed went
> mad. There was now a glimmer of hope that the show
> would happen, a shorterned one at that. I was ok
> with it. Shorterned show was much better than no
> show. We were still wet wet wet, all the way in. It
> was irritating but anything for the showman and it
> was little ok because you had atleast 25,000 folks
> as company! many went back home to return with
> umbrellas
>
> Time 8:30 PM, Rahman appeared in white suit to kick
> start with 'Fanaa..." . And then there was no
> looking back. All cadre of ticket holders were soon
> asked to join in one huge group of 35000 to jive
> along with rahman and his troupe.
>
> Still wet, the crowd jived to Humma Humma, Fanaa and
> several other chart busters momentarily forgetting
> the muggy wet clothes! Atleast i forgot about my wet
> and muddy jeans
>
> Come 11:50, the rain gods wanted to resume their
> jobs. The end of the concert was pretty close when
> the rains poured even harder. It was as if, the gods
> paused their duty for the concert.
>
> The concert was crippled. Only two speakers were
> active. The 3-D display equipment went kaput.
> Rahman's back stage screen hung precariously with
> the projection screen evidently torn.People stood on
> slippery soil, wore muddy clothes. But then Rahman
> pulled if off despite all this. Only he can do such
> a thing. He and his troupe of renowned bollywood
> singers saluted the audience for being so supportive
> of the concertAlltough he did admit to have learnt
> two things 1. That not to have a concert during
> Ramadan and 2 Of how much we - the fans love him!
>
> All in all, it was worth it!
>
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