Musical legend Nile Rodgers & CHIC are the Saturday headline act playing Ludlow Castle in July 2023.

Nile Rodgers is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee
and a multiple Grammy Award winning songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, and guitarist.

As the co-founder of CHIC, Rodgers pioneered a musical language that generated chart
topping hits like "Le Freak”, the biggest selling single in the history of Atlantic Records, and sparked the advent of hip-hop with "Good Times."

His. work in the CHIC Organization including “We Are Family” with Sister Sledge and “I’m Coming Out” with Diana Ross and his productions for artists like David Bowie (“Let’s Dance”), Madonna (“Like A Virgin”) and Duran Duran (“The Reflex”) have sold over 500 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide while his innovative, trendsetting collaborations with Daft Punk, Daddy Yankee and Beyoncé reflect the vanguard of contemporary hits. 

Speaking about next year’s performance, Ludlow Castle General Manager, Gemma England said:

And last, but by no means least Nile Rogers & Chic are the final act to join our line-up for Ludlow’s new Within the Walls event, together with Futuresound we are incredibly excited and proud to be bringing world renowned artists to our medieval Castle. The response to the concerts so far has been incredible and we have no doubt that this really will be a summer to remember”

 

Residents of Ludlow and surrounding areas with post codes SY7, SY8 & HR6 will have access to an exclusive 48-hour priority pre-sale from 10am Wednesday 25th January HERE

General admission tickets go on sale 10am Friday 20th January via seetickets.com

The event is being coordinated by Futuresound Events; As Yorkshire’s largest live music brand Futuresound has been successfully hosting concerts nationwide for over 20 years. Putting on over 400 shows a year the company has worked with a number of world-famous acts from their first gig in the region to arena and large-scale outdoor shows including Sam Fender, Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi. ​ Futuresound run events include award winning Live at Leeds in the City, Live at Leeds in the Park and The Live at The Piece Hall series....we are thrilled that they are bringing Nile Rodgers to Ludlow!