CHIC feat. NILE RODGERS Headline Liverpool Music Week 2017


Plus: MOUNT KIMBIE / PRINCESS NOKIA / AJ TRACEY / PERFUME GENIUS / ZOLA JESUS / BELLA UNION 20th Anniversary feat. LOST HORIZONS CHILDHOOD / GENGAHR / GIRL RAY / GOAT GIRL / BC CAMPLIGHT / SPINNING COIN / LITTLE CUB + more TBA

Monday 31st July 2017; Liverpool Music Week are delighted to announce that disco legends CHIC feat. NILE RODGERS will headline the 15th Anniversary Year Opening Night Party of the prestigious Liverpool-based metropolitan music festival on 26th October 2017, in an extremely special performance at the Liverpool Echo Arena for the most exciting Opening Night Party the festival has seen to date, at one of the city’s biggest venues.

Liverpool Music Week was recently crowned Best Metropolitan Festival at the UK Festival Awards 2016, and the Opening Night Party will be CHIC feat. NILE RODGERS’ first show in the city in over four decades. Among music legends, Rodgers is truly exceptional. He amplifies his legacy as a multi-Grammy-winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist by constantly traversing new musical terrain and successfully expanding the boundaries of popular music.

Commenting on the news, Festival Director Mike Deane said: "It's been quite the journey since starting Liverpool Music Week as a single venue venture back in 2003, but there’s no doubt that today is our single proudest moment as we announce CHIC & Nile Rodgers as our 2017 headliners. There aren't many individuals in music who compare to their legendary status, importance, and continued iconic relevance. We are utterly thrilled that both Nile and the band have agreed to join us this year. There really isn't a live music show quite like CHIC, and we can't think of anyone better to open this milestone year."

Incredible value at just £65, full LMW17 Wristbands giving access to all shows, as well as all individual show tickets go on sale 9am Thursday 3rd August 2017.

All tickets will be available from: www.liverpoolmusicweek.com

Also joining the bill on the first wave of announcements are London electronic duo MOUNT KIMBIE whose performance is the first date of a tour promoting their forthcoming new album Love What Survives which features collaborations with King Krule and James Blake.

Motown-infused London indie pop quintet CHILDHOOD will be gracing the stage of Buyers’ Club, whilst fellow indie darlings GENGAHR will be showcasing their otherworldly take on the genre at The Magnet, and PRINCESS NOKIA joins us for an exclusive UK show outside of London from this New York City-based independent alternative hip-hop and R&B star, lauded as one of the most important artists out there right now.

Elsewhere at the Liverpool Guild of Students, the legendary LMW Closing Night Party returns for what’s sure to be another sell out. British grime MC AJ TRACEY will be showing Liverpool why The Guardian listed him as "one of the best new acts to catch at festivals” last year, PERFUME GENIUS graces us with his debut Liverpool performance following one of the year’s most critically lauded album releases, and ZOLA JESUS returns for her first Liverpool show in 6 years to promote her new album Okovi, released this September on hugely well-respected label Sacred Bones in their 10th anniversary year. A very special headline artist for the Closing Night Party will be announced over the coming weeks.

Much-loved city centre venue Leaf will play host to LOST HORIZONS, the new live project from Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins) who feature as part of a special BELLA UNION 20th Anniversary Show celebrating the much-loved independent UK label. Further acts TBA.

Finally, returning once more is the much-loved 'BREAKING OUT' series in partnership with DIY. Always one of the most popular parts of LMW in recent years, it has seen the likes of The Big Moon, Dream Wife, Let's Eat Grandma and more take to the stage. Taking place at the new home of EBGB's the first acts announced are: GIRL RAY, GOAT GIRL, SPINNING COIN, and LITTLE CUB.

This year, LMW17 will run from Thursday 26th October – Saturday 4th November 2017 and will once again be utilising Liverpool’s ever-growing arsenal of venues, with the Invisible Wind Factory hosting two of the biggest shows this year, as well as some of its lesser-known hidden gems and secret live spaces, proving beyond a doubt that there’s something special happening on the banks of the River Mersey, and bringing national attention to this bustling hub of creativity.

2016’s leg of LMW drew over 12,000 music fans together for a celebration of Liverpool’s vibrant and ever-changing music scene, and in 2017 the festival continues to showcase a mix of the finest in world renowned touring artists and the best in upcoming local talent, as well as the thriving musical community here in the North West region.

Further details and line-up additions TBA

FULL FESTIVAL LMW17 FESTIVAL WRISTBANDS & INDIVIDUAL SHOW TICKETS ON SALE 9AM THURSDAY 3RD AUGUST

LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK 2017 OPENING NIGHT:
Date: 26 Oct 2017
Event: THE 2017 OPENING NIGHT -  CHIC feat. NILE RODGERS
Where: Liverpool Arena
Price: £40/£45/£55adv  

Further listings info TBA on 3rd August 2017. 

Notes to Editors
More info on CHIC feat. Nile Rodgers:
As the co-founder of CHIC and 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award winner for Musical Excellence, Rodgers pioneered a musical language that sparked the advent of hip-hop with "Good Times," distinguished CHIC as the "most sampled band in history" (The Guardian, 2011), and generated groundbreaking pop hits like "Le Freak," which was inducted into the 2015 Grammy Hall of Fame.

His career-defining productions for David Bowie (Let's Dance), Madonna (Like A Virgin), Diana Ross (diana), and Sister Sledge (We Are Family), plus his work with artists like Duran Duran, INXS, Mick Jagger, Grace Jones, Steve Winwood, Peter Gabriel, The B-52s, and Michael Jackson, have sold over 200 million albums and 50 million singles worldwide while his innovative, trendsetting collaborations with Daft Punk, Avicii, Disclosure, and Sam Smith reflect the vanguard of contemporary music.

As a cultural icon and music innovator with more than 200 production credits to his name, Nile Rodgers transcends all styles of music across every generation. Signed to Warner Bros., Rodgers is currently recording It's About Time, the first new CHIC album in 25 years. "I'll Be There," the album's first single, went to #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart while the accompanying video generated nearly three million views in less than a week. This June, Nile Rodgers (and Bernard Edwards) became the latest inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2015, he produced, performed, and hosted the inaugural FOLD Festival, a two-day, all-star concert presented at Martha Clara Vineyards on Long Island featuring an "eclectic, genre-spanning set" (Rolling Stone). The success of FOLD 2015 inspired Rodgers to expand the brand worldwide and take it to the UK with the three-day FREAK OUT! LET’S DANCE!! LONDON Festival in June 2016. It was the first ever music event at London's historic Fulham Palace.

In addition to headlining the world's most prestigious venues, Rodgers' many endeavours include his roles as Chairman and Founder of the We Are Family Foundation (WAFF), serving on the NARAS Board of Governors, giving keynote talks at events for noted media companies like FremantleMedia and conferences like Google Zeitgeist, scoring music for blockbuster films, writing the critically acclaimed autobiography Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny (2011), and distributing soundtracks for popular AAA video games via his national distribution company and record label Sumthing Distribution and Sumthing Else Music Works. "The full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom, and it's not just on-going, it's in overdrive," Rolling Stone recently remarked, naming Rodgers one of "the 50 Most Important People in EDM” (2014). Indeed, Rodgers' unrivalled track record is a mere glimpse of what's yet to come.

More info on Liverpool Music Week:
Now entering its 15th year, Liverpool Music Week is the UK’s largest indoor winter music festival and attracts tens of thousands people to the city each year, previously playing host to the likes of JOHN CARPENTER, WARPAINT, DINOSAUR JR., GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, DEERHUNTER, GRANDMASTER FLASH, RICHARD HAWLEY, BEST COAST, JOSH T PEARSON, HOLLY HERNDON, MOGWAI, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, CHVRCHES, CARIBOU, THE WAR ON DRUGS, WILD BEASTS, FOREST SWORDS, LIARS, FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE, EVIAN CHRIST, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, SUPER FURRY ANIMALS and many, many more over the years. Sponsors and partners have included MTV, DIY, BBC Electric Proms, Liverpool Biennial, Sennheiser and Heineken.

Liverpool Music Week online:
www.facebook.com/officialliverpoolmusicweek
www.twitter.com/livmusicweek
www.liverpoolmusicweek.com

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