According to a report, music concerts generated about 8,000m rupees in revenue last year and by 2025, this figure is set to increase by 25%. Brian Tellis, a veteran in the music business and one of the founders of the Mahindra Blues music festival, says concerts have become a part of an individual's - and the country's - cultural currency.

By Shantasree Sarkar Millions of Indian music enthusiasts sat poised at their computers, fingers hovering over keyboards earlier in September. Moments after the virtual floodgates opened for Coldplay's highly anticipated January 2025 concerts in Mumbai,

Fans hoping to see Coldplay have been left "gutted" after missing out on tickets. There was another chance to secure a place earlier at concerts in Hull's Craven Park and London's Wembley Stadium. However,