Protests put off Rahman’s concert in Colombo

Music maestro AR Rahman on Wednesday announced that his live show at Colombo in Sri Lanka scheduled for April 23 has been postponed following protests. Posters were seen pasted near his residence by some Tamil organisations objecting to his live show. 

Following this, Rahman has postponed the event. The music composer recently performed three back-to-back shows in Chennai and for the first time in Madurai and Coimbatore. The grand show in Colombo was to witness Rahman and 19 of India’s best male and female artistes on one stage, for the first time in Sri Lanka. 

In the past few days, posters were put up outside the Chennai residence of Rahman, asking him how he could shake hands with the government which was accused of killing Tamils. 

Sources close to Rahman said the show was only postponed due to local holidays, because of which there were administrative and logistical difficulties. Rahman has announced his next concert in Malaysia on May four.