{"id":29375,"date":"2019-06-04T11:52:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T10:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=29375"},"modified":"2019-07-10T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T10:10:53","slug":"the-west-end-bhangra-musical-amazing-electrifying-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/04\/the-west-end-bhangra-musical-amazing-electrifying-show\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WEST END BHANGRA MUSICAL &#8211; AMAZING &#038; ELECTRIFYING SHOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date: <\/strong>Saturday 1<sup>st<\/sup> of June<br \/>\n<strong>Venue<\/strong>: The Alexandra Theatre Birmingham<\/p>\n<p><strong>Birmingham\u2019s\u00a0 Alexandra Theatre\u00a0 hosted the THE WEST END BHANGRA MUSICAL with performances by legendary bhangra singers Heera , Pardesi, Apna Sangeet, Shin DCS supported by the Legends Band.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tZheJv-W.jpeg-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tZheJv-W.jpeg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tZheJv-W.jpeg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tZheJv-W.jpeg-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tZheJv-W.jpeg-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tZheJv-W.jpeg-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tZheJv-W.jpeg-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It had been a long time since Bhangra fans had witnessed bhangra in a theatre setting and the crowd eagerly awaited for what has been billed as a new bhangra show concept. The show concept was put together by 4 normal people one-night reflecting and reminiscing about UK Bhangra, it\u2019s genre, where it was in the 80s and 90s and where it is now.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night, Bhangra fans were treated to an extravaganza of pure live music, lighting and sound never done before for a bhangra show. The huge led screen was alive with visuals from Punjab, old bhangra videos and of course Soho road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UtmiifQJ.jpeg-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UtmiifQJ.jpeg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UtmiifQJ.jpeg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UtmiifQJ.jpeg-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UtmiifQJ.jpeg-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UtmiifQJ.jpeg-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UtmiifQJ.jpeg-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Each artist performed for over 40mins of Live music with dancers accompanying them for their songs which ranged from fast paced bhangra dance tracks to romantic &amp; traditional folk songs. The auditorium was filled with screams from the crowds singing along to their favourite songs.<\/p>\n<p>The artists loved the audience reactions and responded by putting on amazing performance that got the audience both young &amp; old dancing &amp; clapping in their seats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JR6bOHFU.jpeg-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JR6bOHFU.jpeg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JR6bOHFU.jpeg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JR6bOHFU.jpeg-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JR6bOHFU.jpeg-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JR6bOHFU.jpeg-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JR6bOHFU.jpeg-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>At the end of the show the audience could be seen &amp; heard thanking the promoters for the best bhangra experience they had witnessed for a long time .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AOK3fQLl.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AOK3fQLl.jpeg.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AOK3fQLl.jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Show :Sunday\u00a0 30<sup>th<\/sup> June 2019 at the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewcastleTheatreRoyal\/?eid=ARA2luS_7uJXfcnpcXkMi8j4KUIGfoPv4WsewvgByUlZuf0HIewYJe-AyK329XX4iTTrgwGyKjG0xels\">Newcastle Theatre Royal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Saturday 1st of June Venue: The Alexandra Theatre Birmingham Birmingham\u2019s\u00a0 Alexandra Theatre\u00a0 hosted the THE WEST END BHANGRA MUSICAL with performances by legendary bhangra singers Heera , Pardesi, Apna Sangeet, Shin DCS supported by the Legends Band. It had been a long time since Bhangra fans had witnessed bhangra in a theatre setting and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,53],"tags":[2025,264,2023,2026,2155,2154,2022],"class_list":["post-29375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-latest","tag-apna-sangeet","tag-birmingham","tag-heera","tag-pardesi","tag-shin-dcs","tag-the-alexandra-theatre","tag-the-west-end-bhangra-musical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}