Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers asks record labels to be clearer about streaming incomes

Chic guitarist tells committee Sony and Universal not doing enough for artists

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

08, Dec, 2020 @3:14 PM

Kylie, Cher, Robbie Williams and more team up for Children in Need single

Cover of Oasis’s Stop Crying Your Heart Out also features Nile Rodgers, Lenny Kravitz and Jess Glynne among 25 star performers

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

13, Nov, 2020 @8:56 AM

Rock & Roll President: how musicians helped Jimmy Carter to the White House

In a new documentary, stars from Bob Dylan to Nile Rodgers discuss how music played a vital role in the unknown politician’s rise to power

Jim Farber

10, Sep, 2020 @3:17 PM

'Music is as good as gold or oil': meet the man spending billions on old hits

Former Elton John and Beyoncé manager Merck Mercuriadis on championing artists and his business buying over 13,000 songs

Mark Sweney

08, Aug, 2020 @6:00 AM

Rita Ora and Labrinth join music’s protest after Wiley’s antisemitic rant

Artists, producers and executives sign a statement condemning prejudice and hate speech in the industry

Vanessa Thorpe

02, Aug, 2020 @6:41 AM

'Get ready to get down': Nile Rodgers rises to Lloyd Webber Twitter challenge

‘Composers in quarantine’ play-off sees Chic star play a song from Jesus Christ Superstar as Lloyd Webber performs the Rodgers/Daft Punk hit Get Lucky

Chris Wiegand

03, Apr, 2020 @12:16 PM

Nile Rodgers: ‘Madonna was the one who told me to get dreadlocks’

The musician and producer talks about how he got his hands on his Brit awards suit and why he always wears a hat to dinner

As told to Leah Harper

20, Aug, 2019 @1:32 PM

Eurythmics Songbook review – sweet dreams of synthpop heaven

Dave Stewart’s army of guests, including Meltdown host Nile Rodgers, remind the audience how potent his partnership with Annie Lennox was – and leaves them wishing for a reunion

Caroline Sullivan

14, Aug, 2019 @10:48 AM

Nile Rodgers’s Meltdown review – a radical world party

The Chic supremo serves up a genial, all-inclusive musical feast, with Brazilian pop star Anitta leading the charge…

Damien Morris

10, Aug, 2019 @1:00 PM

Nile Rodgers and Chic review – disco springs eternal

The ‘number one producer in the world’ puts on a breathless show packed with colossal hits that has everyone on their feet

Dorian Lynskey

04, Aug, 2019 @10:46 AM

Nile Rodgers | This much I know

The musician, 66, on being united in the disco era, his friendship with Stephen Hawking, and inventing hip-hop

James McMahon

13, Jul, 2019 @1:01 PM

Brits 2019: who will – and should – win every award

Can Dua Lipa have a second successful Brits year in a row, or will George Ezra dominate the biggest categories? Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, we ponder the likely winners

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

20, Feb, 2019 @7:00 AM