The singer-songwriter and her band will perform in five cities starting Oct. 3 in Mumbai Shalmali Kholgade and her band will head out on a five-city India tour starting October 2024. Photo: Courtesy of the artist Pop singer-songwriter goes back to the basics in a way with her upcoming This Is Me India Tour 2024, a five-city run throughout October.
The artist first gained national fame for film songs and released records like and 2X in 2021 and 2022, respectively. But on this tour, Kholgade makes it clear that she doesn’t “intend on doing film music at all” as part of her set with her band, comprising guitarist Royce Fernandes, keyboardist Ashwin Iyer and drummer Joy Das. “Although if the audience requests a film song, I won’t let them down,” the singer adds.
The tour kicks off on Oct. 3 in Mumbai, followed by stops in Oct. 6 in Bengaluru, Oct.
18 in Pune, Oct. 26 in New Delhi and Oct. 27 in Hyderabad.
Kholgade says she’s titled it This Is Me “in an effort to acquaint the audience to all shades of me. I believe I have more to offer than the popular side of me.” They’re all indoor club shows, which come at a time when it could be argued that a lot of Kholgade’s singing peers are looking at bigger shows and bigger production.
With this tour, she aims to take apart the misconceptions about artists on her level. “There’s an impression people have of how I do shows now – with an entire production, song and dance, lights and graphics, the works! I wanted .