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Amitabh Bachchan and co. rock London
26th Aug 2008 09.01 IST
By Agencies

The 'Unforgettable' tour of the Bachchans, ended the first leg of the successful concert series in London at the O2 Arena, before a capacity crowd of fans and cinema lovers, who cheered every move of the stars on stage Saturday night.

The 'Unforgettable' became the first concert to be staged at the iconic O2 Arena.

The tour brought together the greatest icons of Indian Cinema Amitabh Bachchan , his son Abhishek Bachchan , his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Ritesh Deshmukh , in a spectacular production, which fans have been eagerly awaiting.

The concert tour had several guest stars: Toronto had the sensational Akshay Kumar , while the American cities featured the dancing diva Madhuri Dixit and the London concert featured the local favourite Shilpa Shetty .

Shilpa joined the UK leg of the tour and mesmerised the audience with her dazzling moves. She grooved to some of the most current chartbusters including Race , 'Beedi', 'Its Rocking' and 'Mauja Hi Mauja', and London couldn’t get enough of their favourite star.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan got a standing ovation by a 20,000 strong audience as he recited in his inimitable baritone dialogues from all time hits like Deewar and 'Agnipath' as part of the star studded 'Unforgettable' Show.

Bachchan became emotional while delivering dialogues from Deewar -- in which he plays an agnostic role who goes to the temple for the first time asking God to save the life of his mother -- and said: "Whenever I do the scene I get emotional about my mother whom I lost last year."

Besides the three-hour long glitz, glamour of Bollywood songs and dance sequences, performed last night, Bachchan read out some of the poems from ‘Agnipath’ penned by his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

The stars were assisted by a cast of 130 stage artists, who kept the crowd spell bound with their scintillating performances.

Wizcraft International Entertainment, the global promoters of the tour, had earlier terminated the agreements with the tour’s Dutch promoter Sekier Entertainment Services and German promoters SensAsian Media Ltd, due to the promoters defaulting on the terms of the agreement.

Wizcraft in their efforts to implement the highest standards of technical excellence, financial and legal compliance have taken a firm stand with regard to local promoters throughout the tour, thereby ensuring perfect experiences for the audience and the performing artistes.

The concerts, to be staged in Rotterdam on August 29 and in Oberhausen on August 30, were cancelled much to the disappointment of all the stars and the promoters, who were looking forward to performing before their fans in the two cities.

Wizcraft director Sabbas Joseph commented in a release that the decision to cancel the last two performances was taken after every possible attempt was made to try and find a solution. The local promoters defaulted making it impossible to progress forward.

''We are truly saddened for those fans who purchased tickets in Rotterdam and Oberhausen in anticipation of experiencing this extravaganza. We are certain that we will be touring the European region and we will come back to embrace more cities soon,'' he added.

The tour would continue its journey across India, West Asia, Australia, Africa and other Asia-Pacific countries. So far, all cities have witnessed full capacity crowds and it is the biggest reward to the high-profile performers and the spectacular production that has been painstakingly put together.

The show partners with TERI project to light a billion homes across the globe.

"We (Unforgettable Show) have decided to light 1 billion houses (in the world). About 1.6 billion people in the world do not have electricity. The Lighting a Billion lives campaign provides solar lanterns to people living in villages that don't have electricity," Jaya Bachchan said.

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