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Physical tickets will be in 3D formats and augmented reality enabled. For instance, when a person purchases a ticket he will be able to hear a recorded message from his idol on his phone once he scans the bar-code on his ticket. This is the first time something on these lines is being done at a concert. Entry and exit gates at the event will have holographic projections of Rahman greeting individual ticket holders. Further, fans will get a chance to communicate on their smartphones with photo bombing at the concert itself.

Classic Incantations: The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg performs A.R. Rahman.

Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani will felicitate melody queen Lata Mangeshkar at Mumbai's suburban Andheri Sports Complex on her 75th birthday on September 28. To celebrate her birthday, a musical tribute, Tum Jiyo Hazaron Saal, is being organised by Musicurry Records in association with Rapport Global Events. Playback singers like Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Hariharan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Usha Uthup, Vasundhara Das and Roopkumar Rathod will pay rich musical tributes to the veteran singer on her birthday. Leading personalities from Bollywood are also expected to attend the grand musical extravaganza being held in her honour. The programme is being coordinated by Lata's nephew Adinath Mangeshkar.

A.R. Rahman's Unity of Light concert on Friday night was not just about the seven colours that make up light coming together - it was also about very different people from various walks of life rubbing shoulders and spending one evening together, listening to music that managed to transcend more than just language barriers. It was the coming together of India's finest performers - Sivamani, SPB, Janaki, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwindra Singh, Srinivas, Sadhna Sargam, Mahalakshmi, Anupama, Vasundara Das and Karthik among others. Live and at home for the first time, A.R. Rahman got a rousing reception when he appeared on stage in a shower of golden sparks. The Unity of Light's team had clearly thrown their heart and soul into the project, because the evening went off almost flawlessly ('almost' because sound failed yet again, for a cumulative total of only about 4 minutes during the four-hour-long show). The stage was stunning, with elaborate lights in all the colours of - well - light. And the crowds stretched out right from the front of the stage to the end of the India Pistons Grounds, some sitting, some standing - and practically all singing.