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AR Rahman, Mark Ronson, Flying Lotus To Play At This Year's NH7 Weekender Music Festivals

This Year's NH7 Weekender Line-Up Is Their Biggest Ever
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The NH7 Weekender, one of the country's most well-attended and beloved music festivals, announced the line-up for this year's editions on Wednesday. This was done in a unique manner — instead of using their own social media accounts or having the artistes themselves announce other artistes (as was done last year), they reached out to fans and regular attendees and got them to reveal a total of 107 artiste names playing at the five editions of the festival this year (to be held in Shillong, Kolkata, Bengaluru, New Delhi, and Pune).

The biggest names playing at various legs of the festival this year are Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman and British producer Mark Ronson, best known for his collaboration with Amy Winehouse (the Grammy-winning Back To Black) and Bruno Mars (the mega-hit single 'Uptown Funk'), who will reportedly be playing a DJ set. Aside from that, other big international artistes who will be making their India debut are American multi-genre producer Flying Lotus and Mexican acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Also, rapper Baba Sehgal will be performing at an NH7 Weekender festival for the first time ever.

This is the sixth year for the festival, which began in 2010 with a relatively intimate multi-stage edition at Pune and has since seen attendees and venues swell year-on-year. By many accounts, it is said to be one of the best-organised music festivals in India and boasts of a loyal following that throngs its editions annually to watch a carefully curated pick of artistes — both international and homegrown; independent and obscure as well as mainstream, household names — play live. Arjun Ravi, co-founder of NH7, calls this line-up "by far the biggest we've ever done". Some names, he adds, are yet to be announced.

Here is the complete line-up of artistes across its various editions announced so far which includes, for the first time ever, a leg in Shillong, Meghalaya (popularly considered the 'rock music capital' of India). This list was compiled by Mumbai-based culture website The Daily Pao.

Pune (Friday, December 4 to Sunday, December 6)

Mark Ronson, Flying Lotus, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Erotic Market, Hidden Orchestra, Peasant’s King, Pierce Brothers, Rehan Dalal, Soul Clap, The Clameens, The Map Room, Thumpers, AR Rahman, Aayushi Karnik, Alisha Pais, Arka, Baba Sehgal, Blakc, Bipul Chettri, Dhruv Ghanekar, DJ Uri and the 3Stylers, Dualist Inquiry, Fossils, Gully Gang, Hriday Gattani, Last Remaining Light, Madboy/Mink, Max Godman, Nicholson, Niladri Kumar, Nischay Parekh, Peepal Tree, Peter Cat Recording Co., Prateek Kuhad, Raghav Sachar, Sapta, Soulmate, Swarathma, The Raghu Dixit Project, Until We Last, Vir Das’ Alien Chutney

Bangalore (Saturday December 5 and Sunday, December 6)

Mark Ronson, Flying Lotus, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Erotic Market, Hidden Orchestra, Peasant’s King, Rehan Dalal, Soul Clap, The Clameens, The Map Room, Thumpers, AR Rahman, L. Subramaniam, Arka, Brodha V, Clinton Cerejo, Dhruv Ghanekar, Gabriel Daniel, Mad Orange Fireworks, Mahesh Raghunandan, Nikhil D’Souza, Noori, Swarathma, The Colour Compound, Tails On Fire, Thauikkudam Bridge, The F16’s, The Ganesh Talkies, The Raghu Dixit Project, Undying Inc, Vir Das’ Alien Chutney

Delhi (Saturday, November 28 and Sunday, November 29)

Mark Ronson, Flying Lotus, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Hidden Orchestra, Peasant’s King, Pierce Brothers, Rehan Dalal, The Clameens, The Map Room, Thumpers, AR Rahman, L. Subramaniam, Advaita, Ankur and the Ghalat Family, Begum, Bipul Chettri, Chayan and Smiti, Dhruv Vishvanath, Faridkot, Frisky Pints, Hriday Gattani, Maati Baani, Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Cafe, Noori, Nucleya, Parikrama, Parvaaz, Reggae Rajahs, Sapta, Selvaganesh, Soulmate, Spud In The Box, The Raghu Dixit Project, Vir Das’ Alien Chutney

Kolkata (Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1)

Megadeth, The Wailers, Anish Sood, Arka, Baiju Dharmajan Syndicate, Cactus, Dhruv Ghanekar, Dualist Inquiry, Kailasa, Mike McCleary, Neel and the Lightbulbs, Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Cafe, Nicholson, Nikhil D’Souza, Niladri Kumar, Nischay Parekh, Nucleya, Oh Rocket!, Papon and the East India Company, Parikrama, Parvaaz, PINKNOISE, Prateek Kuhad, Reggae Rajahs, Shaa’ir + Func, Sickflip, Spud In The Box, Sukanti and Anushree, Swarathma, The Bartender, Underground Authority, Zoo, Zygnema

Shillong (Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24)

Megadeth, The Wailers, Acollective, Ankur and the Ghalat Family, Bhayanak Maut, Blackstratblues, Bombay Bassment, Borkung Hrangkhawl, Dualist Inquiry, EZ Riser, Indus Creed, Imphal Talkies, Kailasa, Lou Majaw and Friends, Lucid Recess, Madboy/Mink, Nicholson, Nischay Parekh, Nucleya, Pangea, Papon and the East India Company, Parikrama, Reggae Rajahs, Sandunes, Scribe, Shaa’ir + Func, Skrat, Soulmate, Sound Avtar, Street Stories, Summersault, Swarathma, The F16’s, The Raghu Dixit Project, The Ska Vengers, Undying Inc, Your Chin

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