{"id":129025,"date":"2016-07-28T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129025\/popular-boy-band-to-take-to-the-stage-at-emperors-palace\/"},"modified":"2016-07-28T13:02:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T11:02:37","slug":"popular-boy-band-to-take-to-the-stage-at-emperors-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/07\/28\/popular-boy-band-to-take-to-the-stage-at-emperors-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular boy band to take to the stage at Emperors Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubbed the Indian equivalent of One Direction, boy band heartthrobs Sanam will head to Emperors Palace on August 28.<\/p>\n<p>The band will be performing in the Centre Court and this is a must-see concert for all fans.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Having taken the internet by storm, this popular pop rock group can\u2019t wait to perform in this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are really looking forward to our first visit to South Africa and we\u2019ve planned a power-packed show,\u201d said band member Samar Puri.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The band, who rose to fame after composing renditions of Bollywood hit songs and uploading them to YouTube, consists of frontman Sanam Puri, Samar Puri on lead guitar and vocals, Venky S on bass guitar and Keshay Dhanrai on drums.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Coq2t0vcVfs' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Sanam\u2019s YouTube channel, featuring both original and cover songs, boasts over 650 000 subscribers with millions of views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYouTube was a blessing,&#8221; said Samar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to store some videos online that we could share with our friends in the industry, but we didn\u2019t have enough money to hire a team to shoot or edit the videos, so we did it ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a dream of making music videos for the whole world to see, and had no idea where this would lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Humble about their fame, the musicians describe their sound as a mix of contemporary pop rock, with their distinct blend of Omani and Indian musicians.<\/p>\n<p>Sanam is set to take both young and old on an unforgettable musical journey.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the show, contact the Emperors Palace Box Office on 011 928-1297\/1213 or visit www.emperorspalace.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129015\/hotel-gets-upgrade\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hotel gets upgrade<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129023\/nataniel-brings-new-show-to-emperors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Natani\u00ebl brings new show to Emperors<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='3b3d4710f25b714245d8fd5b4ea98edc'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of Sanam must not miss out on this show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":129026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[509,5,3686],"tags":[1837,1339,980,972,969,2734,974,11850],"class_list":["post-129025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-note","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-centre-court","tag-concert","tag-emperors-palace","tag-entertainment-2","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-music","tag-sanam"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["centre court","concert","Emperors Palace","entertainment","germiston city news","melissa hart","music","sanam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}