AR Rehman has been chosen, alongwith a Finnish folk troupe, to score the music for the musical stage version of The Lord of the Rings

“We are recreating Middle Earth and we needed the music that goes with it to be unique,” said Kevin Wallace, who is producing the West End show.

“Rahman writes brilliant melodies with an exotic quality and we know he will write something which audiences will adore,” he added.

Another feather in Rehman’s already much-feathered cap!!

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Women in Hamburg who want to shop without dragging along grumbling male partners can leave them at the nation’s first kindergarten for men. This adult daycare center has plenty of amenities to keep the big boys occupied.

What next, I wonder!!

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