Shah Rukh Khan to travel world for 'Happy New Year' tour 'SLAM'

Mumbai: Megastar Shah Rukh Khan has planned a world wide tour to promote his upcoming film 'Happy New Year'. The tour that has been named 'Slam!' will start from September 19 in Houston and will continue to New Jersey, Toronto, Chicago, Vancouver and San Jose.

The 48-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the news with his fans. "Seduce u.. love u... amaze u...go mad with u! SLAM The Tour from the 'Happy New Year' Team (sic)," he tweeted.

"USA & Canada slammed in sept. 19th Houston, 20th New Jersey, 21st Toronto, 26th Chicago, 27th vancouver, 28th San Jose," he tweeted.

The tour will also include rest of the cast of the film, including Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and debutante Vivaan Shah. The cast will be joined by the film's director Farah Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh and 'Baby Doll' singer Kanika Kapoor.

'Happy New Year', produced by Gauri Khan, is scheduled to be released this Diwali on 23 October. This will be the third collaboration of Shahrukh Khan with director Farah Khan, after Om Shanti Om, which also starred Deepika Padukone.