Music
23 May 13

Chic working on new album and musical

Nile Rodgers has revealed that a new Chic record is in the pipeline along with a stage show that could eventually hit the big screens….

Speaking in the latest issue of Hot Press Nile Rodgers has revealed that he is working on a new Chic album. When asked if recent blogs posts he's been making spell out a new Chic LP he said,

"Yeah, it does. Daft Punk is a great mirror in that it's actually a new old Chic record!"

"Not only do I have a load of new songs that I'm really excited about, but I've also found tapes from around the time I was doing my first solo album and also working on Bowie's Let's Dance. "

The disco legend went on to confirm that we could be see him coming to a cinema screen near you soon.

"I'm working on it now, or more precisely, I'm working on the stage play version of it that may eventually turn into a film. It'll go way back because the musical motifs that became Chic songs and Diana Ross songs and Sister Sledge songs were written when I was a child."

To hear more about what Nile Rodgers has to say about a new Chic record, working with Daft Punk and his upcoming Forbidden Fruit headline slot pick up the latest issue of Hot Press now. Order this issue