Music Concerts India - In Full Flow This Year

There are a lot of music concerts India this year as compared to previous years. Earlier, every time a pop star planned a performance in India, there would be some turmoil or the other, the most recent being the Swedish House Mafia cancelling their Mumbai gig. There would either be a problem with protests, curfews, red tape, licenses or logistics. Also, to add to this, only recently have a few decent venues been created, whereas in any European city one would find at least 50 big stadiums or arenas for big name musical artists.

In the Sunburn festival, many famous EDM artists like David Guetta come to play at music concerts India, and are attended by a large number of people. Other than Sunburn, there are plenty of music festivals in India, including the Bacardi NH7 Weekender Festival, Escape Festival of Art & Music, M.A.D. Festival, Hornbill Festival, the Rajasthan Folk Festival and the Bandstand Revival.

In addition to this, there also are other venues for music concerts India, like the Hard Rock Cafe, Blue Frog, and surprisingly, Tihar Jail. A number of performances, by Delhi-based bands like the Ska Vengers, Menwhopause, and Tihar's inmate band - The Flying Souls have been staged there. Also, various artists like John McLaughlin, Chicane, Joshua Redman, Bibi Tanga, Dirty Vegas and Gotye will perform in the close future at Blue Frog. They also have jazz acts like Fauzia Maria Beg, Food, Magic Malik Orchestra and the Louis Banks Matrixx Trio performing there. The Hard Rock Cafe will showcase musicians like PLOK, The Barefaced Liar, Ebonix, Five 8, The Circus, and a show called Mob Marley, which is a tribute to Bob Marley.

An American glam-rock band called Firehouse will be performing in the North-East, while Slayer, Brahma and Inner Sanctum will perform in Bangalore. Also, Guns N' Roses will be performing in Bangalore, Mumbai and Gurgaon this month, while Third Eye Blind performs in Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune. Recently, Lamb of God, a heavy metal act has already performed in Bangalore at the Palace Grounds on 26th May of this year.

International artists are slowly realizing that India has a large fan following for live music concerts India other than that from Bollywood, and are open to new, varying and different styles of music. Artists like Enrique, Akon and Bryan Adams have already realized India's potential as a music destination. Also, the Sunburn festival, particularly the one held in Goa, attracts famous DJs like Armin van Buuren, Avicii and Tiesto.

A destination with a large number of rock fans is the North-Eastern states; they have quite a number of bands who perform for music concerts India. They even have an annual Bob Dylan festival, which is held on his birthday, where all his fans gather to listen to his music. Air Supply recently performed there, at Shillong, in Meghalaya.

Recently, offbeat bands have been gaining interest. Bands that combine different elements from different genres are becoming more and more popular and perform more often for music concerts India.

The year 2012 has been a wonderful year for music concerts India . Artists from a wide plethora of genres have played live in India. Some of the big bands that have come to India are Guns N' Roses, SHM, Sunburn Goa and many more.