Legendary crew Shakti returns to celebrate 50th Anniversary with World Tour in 2023

by  EVENTFAQS Bureau Entertainment | November 17, 2022 | News

Shakti Indo-jazz group

Legendary indo-jazz fusion supergroup ‘Shakti’ is all set to sweep the music lovers off their feet in a ‘east-meets-west musical confluence’ when they take centrestage in January 2023 for their ‘50th Anniversary World Tour’. Presented by Hyperlink Brand Solutions and Paytm Insider, the historic concert tours to take place in India and a super start to 2023 in the cities of Bangalore (January 20) Mumbai (January 22) Kolkata (January 24) and New Delhi (January 28) before it travels to Europe and the US over summer and fall.

With Hussain, violinist Shankar, and ghatam player T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram, McLaughlin founded Shakti. Together they honed an ecstatic new fusion, blazing uncharted pathways and demonstrating the potential of such global composites to generations of musicians around the world.

Now McLaughlin and Hussain are preparing to resume their journey – joined by percussionist V. Selvaganesh (T.H. Vinayakram’s son), vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, and violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan – for an album of new compositions and a world tour marking Shakti’s 50th anniversary. 

Speaking about Shakti’s 50th anniversary plans, John McLaughlin, said, “It’s really a thrill. I’m delighted to be part of this marvellous tradition of the Shakti group”

Zakir Hussain, further added, “As far as I’m concerned, it is the pinnacle, the musical nirvana of my musical career.”

Varun Khare, Business Head, Paytm Insider, said, “We, at Paytm Insider, have been working towards bringing a wide range of curated music and musicians to our audiences and we definitely jumped at the opportunity of working with a world renowned supergroup that is Shakti who have been mesmerizing audiences across the globe with the magic and power of their music. The band is returning to perform after three years, and we are certain that the supergroup will sweep music lovers off their feet in an ‘east-meets-west musical confluence'. We're so stoked to be a part of their 50th Year Tour!”

Rachna Panikker, Vice President, Culture Marketing & Intellectual Properties at Hyperlink Brand Solutions, stated, “It gives us immense pleasure to have the opportunity of promoting and producing an India tour with the most iconic and groundbreaking global fusion artists of all time, Shakti. The India tour kicks off the global celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of Shakti and its music. We invite Shakti fans from across the nation to witness this one-of-a-kind musical fusion featuring the celebrated group of legends while you soak yourselves in a spectacular musical atmosphere.”

The tickets are available on Paytm Insider’s official website.

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