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Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah... Chic in 1979: Luci Martin, Nile Rodgers, co-founder Bernard Edwards and Alfa Anderson Nile Rodgers of Chic The golden era of disco was already in full swing when the movement's biggest group arrived on the scene.

Pamela Costelloe, 45, teacher, Corstorphine: "I am absolutely speechless, I've been waiting for this moment for so long! I grew up listening to this music but I never got a chance to see Chic perform first time around or when they reformed in the 90s.

THE Concise Oxford Dictionary has a three-line, one sentence entry for disco music: 'Soul influenced, melodic pop music with a regular bass beat, intended for dancing to'. There's no mention of Nile Rodgers, but there probably should be a ' if he didn't quite give birth to the disco era, then he certainly defined it through hits like Le Freak, ...

NILE Rodgers has plenty of stories to tell. If, for example, you happen to call him at the start of a 45-minute limo ride from his New York home to the airport, he'll gladly fill the whole trip by regaling you with warm and enthusiastic tales of his career beginnings as part of session outfits The Boys and The Big Apple Band in the early 1970s, his ...

Nile Rodgers, the funkmaster general, talks candidly to Nick Coleman about the death of his musical partner Bernard Edwards, why he started touring again and how Chic's biggest hit began as an ode to doormen STEVE SCHOFIELD Rodgers says of Bernard Edwards' death: 'Not only did I feel as if I'd lost my best friend, I felt as if my music was taken ...

NILE Rodgers is the man behind the birth of disco, having formed Chic in 1976 with bassist Bernard Edwards, and echoes of Le Freak, Everybody Dance and Good Times have reverberated through the charts ever since.

In the 1970s and the 1980s, the tracks Good Times, Le Freak and Everybody Dance were all huge hits for Nile Rodgers and Chic, the disco and R&B band he formed in 1976 with bassist Bernard Edwards and drummer Tony Thompson.

Thirty years ago this week, in a Chicago stadium, disgruntled rock fans staged Disco Demolition Night, literally creating a disco inferno by setting fire to the records, rioting and getting arrested.

The Killers: are they human or are they dancer? After totally killing it at Coachella earlier this year, the Killers will make a much-anticipated return visit to the Southland this fall with a headlining gig at the Hollywood Bowl.

Cue up track six on the new Britney and prepare yourself for the Technicolor disco flash-back of the year, swooning string section, chunky Nile Rodgers guitar riff, and all.

After summing up his maverick tendencies on Scary Monsters , David Bowie aimed for the mainstream with Let's Dance .