A.R. Rahman's Gurgaon show postponed, 11 days out

A.R. Rahman’s Delhi NCR stop on the Wonderment Tour is off. The concert, set for November 21 at the Backyard Sports Club in Gurgaon, has been postponed to next year, and ticket holders have received cancellation emails along with full refunds.

Eva Live, the tour’s national producer, put it down to “unforeseen circumstances” and “last minute critical developments that cannot be avoided”, without saying what those were. No new date has been announced.

The ticketing side is less hopeful about the word postponed. District by Zomato lists the show as cancelled, and its support handle told one fan as much: “Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the AR Rahman concert in Delhi on 21st November has been cancelled. We sincerely regret that things didn’t work out as expected and apologise for the disappointment caused.” Tickets had ranged from ₹2,499 for general standing to ₹1,50,000 for the premium VIP decks.

It is not the only date on the tour to move. The Kolkata concert, planned for January 11, has been pushed to April 11 over what local partner Rhythm Box India called “scheduling considerations”.

Delhi audiences have been here before. Last year, a large number of tickets for Rahman’s Harmony of Hearts show at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium were cancelled 24 hours before it began, with the organisers citing “production constraints”. Some fans had already travelled in from other cities, and those who got in said the venue looked overbooked.

The cancellation lands in a busy stretch for the composer. His score for Ramayana, written with Hans Zimmer, is in theatres, and he led the live performances at the film’s music event in Chennai last month. His next confirmed Delhi date is January 29, when he headlines the opening day of the 11th Jashn-e-Rekhta at Baansera Park with a concert titled Noor-e-Ishq.