Most international musicians barely felt in the bustling Big Apple, but AR Rahman is a show-stopping - and very profitable.
Fans have paid prices of up to $ 1,000 (Rs47, 000) for 11 concerts in North America between June 11 and July 5 is already supposed to have sold out.
Rahman "Jai Ho - The Journey Home Tour" starts June 11 June in New York's fabled Nassau Coliseum, where Pink Floyd played in "The Wall Tour. More recently, Madonna gave three performances of her "Blond Ambition world tour of the enormous Nassau Coliseum.