One of Bollywood’s best Arijit Singh is heading to Pretoria

Arijit Singh, the small town boy who made it big and helped bring Indian music to the global stage, is heading to Pretoria in February 2018. Undoubtedly one of Bollywood’s leading playback singers, Arijit Singh will light up the stage at the Sun Arena, Time Square South Africa, for one night only on 11 February 2018. This is one of only two shows he will perform while on his whirlwind tour to South Africa.

“We are thrilled to be bringing one of Bollywood’s biggest stars to our stage in February 2018. Arijit Singh’s fans have been anxiously awaiting his return to South Africa and now it is confirmed,” says Time Square’s General Manager, Brett Hoppé.

Arijit Singh is more than just a singer; he is a musician and live performer, composer, producer, recordist and music programmer and he has an impressive string of credits behind his name.  He has sung over 150 tracks, won more than 50 awards and his global fan base continues to grow every year. He currently has over 17 million Facebook followers alone.

His music career began when he participated in the reality show Fame Gurukal in 2005.  Although he only made it to 6^th position, he was undeterred and would soon become one of the most celebrated artists in the Indian music industry.

He participated shortly after in another reality show, 10 ke 10 Le Gaye Dil, which he won.  He invested the prize money in building his own recording studio, where he started composing music. His debut as a singer in the film industry came with the film Kedi with the song “Neeve Na Neeve Na”.  In 2011, he made his Bollywood music debut with the Mithoon-composition “Phir Mohabbat” from Murder 2.  He also lent his vocals for Vishal-Shekhar’s composition “Duaa” which fetched him the Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Male Playback Singer.

His major breakthrough came in 2013 as lead and key vocalist in Aashiqui 2. His song “Tum Hi Ho” earned several awards and nominations including the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer.  In 2015, he made his Tamil debut with the song Neeye Vaazhkai Enbena from the film ‘Pugazh’. 

2017 saw him lend his voice for the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and rendered a romantic song duet with Harshdeep Kaur, “Zaalima” for the movie Raees.  He provided his vocals for the Salim-Sulaiman’s compositions “Kuch Parbat Hilayein” and “Babul Mora” for the film Poorna, to name a few.

Arijit Singh – Live In Concert will be an unforgettable musical journey featuring some of his biggest chart-toppers, fan favourites and classics.  His shows are renowned worldwide and this show will be no different. Tickets for the show are priced from R300 at Computicket. The show is at 18h00.