{"id":768859,"date":"2026-09-13T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/768859\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T01:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T01:16:09","slug":"diljit-dosanjh-punjabi-singer-makes-history-under-the-famous-wembley-arch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/768859\/","title":{"rendered":"Diljit Dosanjh: Punjabi singer makes history under the famous Wembley arch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dosanjh likes a “first”.<\/p>\n

From humble beginnings as a small village boy from Punjab, he made history in 2023 by becoming the first Punjabi-language singer to perform at the US music festival Coachella.<\/p>\n

He also famously made his Met Gala debut<\/a> decked in majestic Punjabi attire.<\/p>\n

His meteoric rise has seen him perform across America and Europe, and collaborate with pop stars from Sia to Sheeran.<\/p>\n

His authenticity is a big part of his appeal. He remains true to his Punjabi roots, wears his turban as a sign of pride, and sings in his mother tongue.<\/p>\n

Away from music, Dosanjh is also a popular Bollywood actor – and a social media sensation. Even those who haven’t heard his music have probably viewed his funny Instagram videos – such as him arguing with an Amazon Alexa device, external<\/a> that couldn’t understand his accent.<\/p>\n

Now, he’s performed on a stage that’s previously been home to titans of music from Taylor Swift to Coldplay.<\/p>\n

For Dosanjh and his millions of global fans, it means Punjabi music, Punjabi culture and Punjabi vibrancy has reached an historic moment.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the BBC before his gig, he said he felt “thankful” to be here.<\/p>\n

“When we were going to book this venue, everyone said, ‘Think again before you book, it’s a big stadium’,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I said: ‘We’ll see whatever comes. I want that our people are happy and can say yes, we can do this too!'”<\/p>\n

He reflected on the many artists who had performed there before him, adding that to follow their footsteps “means a lot, a lot”.<\/p>\n

“It may not mean as much for someone like Harry Styles, as much as it means for us. He has performed on such stages, but for us, it’s very special. Coming from a village to here – it’s very special.”<\/p>\n

“I feel good. I feel happy. And I feel good for my people. I feel good for the next generation,” he said.<\/p>\n

And of course, there was only one way he could end.<\/p>\n

“We are here. Punjabi Aa Gaye Oye!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dosanjh likes a “first”. From humble beginnings as a small village boy from Punjab, he made history in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-768859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}