Bollywood Song From 1960s Makes It Way To Linkin Park Mumbai Concert! ‘Baar Baar Din Ye Aaye’

A 1960s Bollywood song being sung at the Linkin Park concert was surely not in the 2026 Bingo card– however, that is exactly what ended up happening– thanks to Mumbai fans and their rather thoughtful thinking!

For those somehow confused, Linkin Park recently held concerts in India- in Bengaluru and in Mumbai. Both concerts saw some of the most beautiful moments between the band and its fans. The Mumbai concert, however, witnessed something unexpected– that turned into one of the most wholesome moments; fans singing Bollywood’s ‘Happy Birthday to you, Sunita’ for a band member’s birthday celebration.A clip was shared online, which showed the band celebrating one of the band members’ birthdays, by cutting the cake on stage. As soon as the crowd saw it, they did not waste a single second in taking the opportunity to sing the ‘OG’ Birthday song of India; ‘Baar Baar Din Ye Aaye’ from 1967.The entire crowd broke into singing the song, while the band patiently waited for it to be over. Only after the song was over did the band begin their performance. The video went viral and left netizens amused.The ‘Happy Birthday to you, Sunita’ song is from the hit film ‘Farz’ and was sung by Mohammed Rafi.Linkin Park’s India concerts were part of their From Zero World Tour. The Bengaluru concert was held on January 23, while the Mumbai concert was held on January 25 at the Lollapalooza India 2026. Check out the viral video:“Mumbai crowd’s the best vibe,” the post read.The video was shared on Instagram by the handle ‘archives_ha’. The post was shared 2 days ago and pulled more than 21K views from netizens.

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Internet’s reactions: “@m_shinoda mentioned his crew member Mark, who has been with them since the band started, it was his birthday, hence the cake celebration, along with the wish by singing it in Hindi. It was amazing,” a user wrote.ALSO READ:Linkin Park Summons OG Fans! Viral Video Shows Elderly Fans Enjoying Band’s Mumbai Concert “Love how Emily doesn't care and starts screaming the next second,” commented the next person. “Hahaha! I just posted a video of the birthday where at least my side of the audience was singing what Linkin Park were singing too,” commented the next. “The Mumbai crowd is always the best,” commented the next person. “Did they respectfully wait for y’all to finish singing?” added the next person. “Context: Mike mentioned it was their crew member’s birthday and the whole crowd just started chanting this,” wrote the next.

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