Shankar Ehsaan Loy in talks for their world tour, Bappi Lahiri

Bollywood composers are now collaborating with international artistes on their ventures. While the music director trio of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa are hoping to rope in international names for their world tour, Bappi Lahiri has gone a step ahead and composed an album for world peace with a few big names.

Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy will soon embark on their first world tour, called the Inspiration Rock On Live in Concert. The group will perform 12 concerts in cities in the US, UK and Canada in a span of one month.

This will be the first time the trio will be hosting a solo show. Friends Mahalaxmi Iyer and Richa Sharma will also be part of the tour. The trio is also in talks with various international artistes to join them in their concerts, but names are yet to be finalised. The concerts will take place between July 15 and August 15.

Meanwhile, Bappi has been composing music in Los Angeles, USA, for the past month. While work was going on his album with Jackson Five, he decided to make an album for world peace. He then got in touch with Gerald Albright, a legendary American saxophonist, Walter sisters Julia and Maxine and U