{"id":5499,"date":"2011-09-15T15:38:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/09\/15\/nyc-diwali-delight-for-birmingham-teen\/"},"modified":"2011-09-15T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:38:11","slug":"nyc-diwali-delight-for-birmingham-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/15\/nyc-diwali-delight-for-birmingham-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Diwali Delight for Birmingham Teen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Samar Sidhu, 17, to perform at New York Diwali Mela<\/h3>\n
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A BIRMINGHAM teenager is jetting off to the Big Apple next month to take part in one of America\u2019s biggest Diwali events.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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Singer Samar Sidhu will perform at the Diwali Mela in New York on 2 October in what can only be described as the biggest show of the teen\u2019s pop career.<\/div>\n

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The 17-year-old \u2013 dubbed the \u2018Asian Justin Bieber\u2019 – launched his singing career in July with the debut release of his single \u2018Mukhara\u2019.<\/div>\n

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And he\u2019s gearing up for the release of his next two singles \u2013 \u2018Tu Hi Tu\u2019 and \u2018Chorniye\u2019 – with an amazing trip to the Big Apple.<\/div>\n

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\u201cI never thought that I\u2019d be flying off to the Big Apple this early in my career,\u201d Samar told The Asian Today.<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis has been an incredible Summer for me \u2013 from releasing \u2018Mukhara\u2019 to performing live at the Melas and meeting so many of my new fans \u2013 it\u2019s been awesome. The feedback I got from the public inspired me to go back into the studio again to complete these two tracks ready for the pre-Diwali party season.<\/div>\n

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I can\u2019t wait to see how fans both here and in the United States like \u2018Tu Hi Tu\u2019 and \u2018Chorniye\u2019,\u201d he added. <\/div>\n

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Despite only being 17, Samar is already becoming a recognised name on the Asian music scene. His father may be one of the most recognised names on the Asian music scene – British Bhangra pioneer Amarjit Sidhu \u2013 but this teen is already becoming the topic of conversation amongst some of Asian music industries most respected stars. <\/div>\n

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Shin, lead singer of DCS, said: \u201cSamar is the new generation of talent, and it\u2019s great to create music for someone with such passion. He is young, energetic and hungry for success. <\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic for me to see what we all created back in the day living on \u2013 not just with us, but with the new audiences.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Samar Sidhu, 17, to perform at New York Diwali Mela A BIRMINGHAM teenager is jetting off to the Big Apple next month to take part in one of America\u2019s biggest Diwali events. Singer Samar Sidhu will perform at the Diwali Mela in New York on 2 October in what can only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499","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=5499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}