Chic

Ireland’s leading electronic music festival, Celtronic will join forces with Liverpool clubnight, Chibuku for a special summer event with Chic featuring Nile Rodgers.

There is nothing you can say about Nile Rodgers that hasn’t already been heard by billions of people, via millions of radio airwaves, in thousands of cities, in hundreds of countries. The career of Nile Rodgers is one of the most enduring and prolific in music. Nile’s signature is scrawled across an amazing array of music – from Madonna to Diana Ross, from David Bowie to Eric Clapton. Chic was the brainchild of Nile and bassist Bernard Edwards. They arrived in 1976, in a New York City that was already caught in the grip of disco fever. the band went on to produce classics like “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)”, “Everybody Dance”, “Le Freak”, “I Want Your Love” and “Good Times”. Between 1976 and 1983 Chic were the superstars of disco. They were the scene’s most enduring act and they outlasted virtually every other band before eventually disbanding following the anti-disco backlash.

Niles Rodgers went on to become a production legend, producing albums for the likes David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran, Diana Ross and Grace Jones. After a brief reformation in the early nineties Niles reformed Chic permanently in 1998 and they have continued to perform around the world ever since. Nile Rodgers was honoured at the Dance Music Hall of Fame in New York for his many outstanding achievements as a producer, along with former fellow band mate Bernard Edwards. CHIC has been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame six times – 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Nile Rodgers has recently completed production work on the new Daft Punk album.

Tickets priced £21.50 including booking fee are on sale now at the Millennium Forum Box Office and Cool Discs, Foyle Street.