When 'Shape of You' Met 'Urvashi': AR Rahman Joins Ed Sheeran's Chennai Concert (Image-Insatagram/teddysphotos)
The night of February 5 might have been etched in the history of Chennai. The city witnessed the rhythmic collaboration of two musical geniuses. Guess who joined the stage of Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics tour in Chennai? It’s none other than the Oscar-winning musician A. R. Rahman.
The city was filled with the colourful and melodic performance of the duo, Ed Sheeran and AR Rahman. The Aadujeevitham music composer joined the British pop singer on stage and surprised the crowd. This collaboration offered a completely mesmerising remix of Ed’s Shape of You X Rahman’s Urvasi.
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Shortly after the concert, Ed Sheeran shared a video from the show on Instagram, where he brought AR Rahman on the stage. “Will you make some noise for AR Rahman?” he screamed, as the audience went wild with loud cheers. Rahman greeted the British singer, saying, “Ed Sheeran, welcome to Chennai!”
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The composer joined him in his iconic all-black look and sunglasses. However, something seemed to be wrong with Rahman’s mic, as he wasn’t audible for much of the performance. Ed supported him by taking over the song while Rahman vocalised parts of Urvasi, and this set the crowd on fire.
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The British musician is currently on his six-city Indian music tour, which includes stops in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Shillong, and Delhi. And the Chennai concert of the Grammy-winning singer took place at the YMCA grounds of Chennai.
After Chennai, the British singer-songwriter will next perform in Bengaluru and Shillong on February 8 and 12, respectively. He will conclude the India leg of his tour with his concert on February 15 in Delhi-NCR, where he will be joined by singer-actor Lisa Mishra on stage. Sheeran performed in Hyderabad on Sunday.
