Grammy-winner Ricky Kej reveals 'Damrooh India Tour' guest ensemble lineup

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Even as the likes of AR Rahman get ready to perform in the remaining months of 2026, apart from Madhubanti Bagchi in the music concert season, three-time Grammy Award winner and Padma Shri recipient Ricky Kej who is set to embark on ‘Damrooh- Dance To The Cosmic Spirit’ India tour in October, has officially unveiled the guest artist ensemble for his upcoming tour that not only include Indian but also international artists who will join him on stage.

Know more about the ‘Damrooh India Tour’ guest ensemble lineup 

The tour across five cities, produced and promoted by Wizcraft, will be led by the international contingent with Keith Middleton, a lead performer with STOMP for more than eighteen years and a star of the IMAX film Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey. 

The vocal core will feature Bollywood playback stars Sudhir Yaduvanshi, Siddharth Basrur, Anjana Padmanabhan, and Abi K Safa, anchored by classical vocalist Siddhartha Belmannu. Driving the rhythm section will be percussionists Karthik Mani and Arun Kumar, while the instrumental textures will be rounded out by sitarists Mayank Raina and Arjun Anand, sarangi player Manonmani, and electric guitarist Shashank Akella. 

The first artist of Indian origin to top the US Billboard New Age Chart, composer and environmentalist Ricky Kej, who is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador, will trade his usual festival format for an entirely new, fully seated, immersive orchestral experience which will run in support of UNICEF, honouring his long-standing environmental and humanitarian mission.

Anchored around the rhythm of the ‘damrooh’ instrument that represents the cosmic life force and the living planet, audiences will experience a cinematic symphonic orchestra elevated by immersive, tech-driven staging and rare global instruments like the Kora, Hang Drum, Sarod and Didgeridoo.

The all-India tour kicks off on October 31 at the Terraform Arena in Bengaluru, followed by a performance on November 28 at Leisure Valley Park in New Delhi NCR (Gurugram) and wraps up its primary announced dates on December 5, at the MMRDA Grounds in Mumbai. Additional major stops in Hyderabad and Chennai are scheduled to be announced soon. Tickets for this multi-city arena tour are available now exclusively on District by Zomato.

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