Friday, March 6, 2015 4:10pm ET by Newsdesk
Nile Rodgers: 'I'll unveil new Chic songs at a special solar eclipse concert in London'Speaking to London's Evening Standard, the superstar explained that he wanted to celebrate the spring equinox and sharing new music by Chic seemed like a perfect way to mark the upcoming solar eclipse. He will perform a concert at the London's Roundhouse venue on March 20 where new material will be played: "When I was a kid I was a junior astronomer. March 20 is the vernal (spring) equinox and you're getting about a 90 per cent solar eclipse. It's a pretty special moment and really cool to me. My record company wanted me to release in the U.S., but I lied to them and said my record wasn't ready. It was ready last year though - I just wanted to save it for London. It's an artistic decision. It makes sense with the artistic approach I made to this record." Chic and Nile Rodgers' full tour schedule is now as follows:
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