The group at Russ’ India debut present in Mumbai in October 2022. Photograph: Avrik Stay
On Mar. 25, 2025, Travis Scott introduced his debut India present, slated to happen on Oct. 18 at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium as a part of his Circus Maximus stadium tour world wide.
Tickets went on sale on Apr. 5 and shortly after, a second present was introduced to happen on Oct. 19, 2025 on the identical venue. The present permits anybody from the age of 10 years and upwards to attend and new stats from BookMyShow Stay—the promoters of the “Fe!n” hitmaker’s hotly-anticipated India debut—say tickets for each dates offered out inside three hours.
Whereas BookMyShow is utilizing the stats to hail hip-hop as a “official, fan-powered motion in India,” it’s additionally a mirrored image of the rising demand for worldwide rappers to carry out in India over the previous couple of years. The likes of Atlanta rap star Offset performed on the SteppinOut Music Competition in Bengaluru, and fellow Atlanta-bred artist Russ did a two-city tour in 2022. 50 Cent additionally performed a stadium show in Navi Mumbai in 2023, although such exhibits have arguably been a hit and miss when it comes to drawing bigger crowds.
At festivals like Lollapalooza India in 2024, nevertheless, the visceral rap of JPEGMAFIA drew a large crowd. A veteran title like Huge Boi (from OutKast) was anticipated on the 2025 version of the competition in Mumbai, however it was the Indian rappers who really made their mark, with standout units from Hanumankind, Raftaar and KR$NA.
Travis Scott’s sold-out India debut will possible turn out to be a key second for reside hip-hop within the nation, and it’ll be adopted by the inaugural version of globe-trotting competition Rolling Loud in Mumbai, which has been headlined by the likes of Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky and extra at earlier editions. Whereas dates are but to be introduced for Rolling Loud India, these are possible landmark occasions that may arguably draw extra worldwide highlight to India from hip-hop artists.
We’ve had no dearth of followers displaying up for homegrown hip-hop heroes, although. The likes of Seedhe Maut–who’re at present within the U.Ok. on tour and slated to perform at Glastonbury Festival–have offered out massive stage venues in India, as have the likes of Divine, King and Punjabi stars like Karan Aujla. Even Spotify’s free annual occasion, Rap 91 Stay held in Mumbai, has been a celebration of their flagship playlist for desi hip-hop, packing massive rooms like Mehboob Studios and Jio World Conference Centre during the last three years. It’s a transparent (and sometimes profitable) bid to point how the numbers on the streaming platform convert into followers offline.
As for the “Sicko Mode” rapper, a complete of over 500 cities in India booked tickets for each Travis Scott exhibits, and in a real reflection of hip-hop fandom within the nation, Gen-Z dominated the fanbase of ticket-buyers—2/3rds of ticket browsers have been underneath the age of 25.
Tickets ranged from ₹4,000 to ₹18,000 within the gold zone and ₹30,000 for lounge entry to the present. BookMyShow reviews that over 150 cities purchased into the premium lounge expertise, with high contributors coming from Delhi NCR (27 p.c) and Mumbai (24 p.c). A press launch provides, “Audiences from metros and non-metros alike are tuning in—high hip-hop ticket patrons in 2024 included these from cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Shillong, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Raipur, Thrissur and Nashik.”
With a capability of 60,000 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the 2 sold-out exhibits meant that BookMyShow had offered extra hip-hop present tickets in India in 2025 (from January to Could) than that they had in all of 2024. For context, the leisure firm mentioned they ticketed over 250 hip-hop occasions final 12 months.
Demand for tickets to Scott’s upcoming exhibits in Delhi NCR reached nearly 4 instances the full variety of tickets obtainable throughout each exhibits, in line with BookMyShow. That tracks, contemplating the lakhs who have been within the queue when tickets went reside. Now, all that’s left is for the rapper to take the stage, full with grandiose tour manufacturing that features pyrotechnics, huge LEDs and extra.