“The song actually came about around four or five weeks ago, during the Egypt protests.

A while ago, a popular music publication published its countdown list of “live acts you must see before you die”, as such publications often do.

Live collaborations at festivals are no recent development. But what unfolded at Pune’s Ishanya Mall on Saturday will definitely go down as one of the more unique onstage collaborations ever seen. Baajaa Gaajaa — the music confluence whose third edition took place from February 4 to 6 — was meant to feature fusion band

“Did you know that long before starting up Bombay Vikings and working on Bollywood music, Neeraj Shridhar was a part of Electric Plant, one of Delhi’s biggest bands in the late 1970s/early 1980s?

“The Eristoff Invasion sound and lights setup in Bengaluru will officially be the largest for any concert in India. Delhi will be a close second. That’s 5,000 kg of cargo being flown in overnight,” tweets an excited Only Much Louder CEO, Vijay Nair mere days before the circus rolls into town. Aside from The Prodigy who will naturally make the most of this massive setup, second headliners Pendulum (who will be performing a DJ set at both shows) too, are all set to blow Indian audiences away.

“The Prodigy’s music is meant to be played loud.

“In August, we played at the London Mela as part of a lineup where nearly 99 per cent of the acts were urban Punjabi bhangra-type artistes.

“When The Beatles visited India, they came and took away a lot of influences, ideas and concepts without really giving anything back,” says Reverend Sound System’s Jon McClure as he reflects on the st

Christmas, it would appear, came early to Pune this year... And twice, no less.

It’s a little before 8.30 pm on Sunday evening. The biggest crowd in three days (a few thousand or so at the very least) has thronged to the Eristoff Wolves’ Den stage. People squeeze past each other to get a good view of the stage. The battle of supply and demand at the bar has been over for a while and it’s fair to say demand handed supply a crushing defeat. More than 50 bands have performed over three days. This, ladies and gentlemen is the main event. The dark stage is suddenly bathed in a