New Delhi: On the face of it, American rapper Post Malone and the city of Guwahati may not seem like a match made in heaven. But this is where all the action is. The Khanapara Veterinary Ground is preparing to host his first ever solo concert on 8 December. It’s due to be a concert of gargantuan proportions –– 30,000 people, a stage that’s going to be assembled from scratch, bio-toilets, and state-of-the-art green rooms. And above all, it’s not going to be in a tier-1 city.

It’s a nerve-wracking, coming-of-age moment for a fledgling policy, and the stakes are high. Assam is part of a select group of states who have implemented a concert tourism policy—hedging big bets on an ecosystem that is still incipient. After Coldplay performed last year in Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tw

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