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Nile Rodgers & Chic have announced a UK tour for summer 2023 with special guest Sophie Ellis-Bextor – find all the details below and purchase tickets here.Rodgers and his band will be performing five shows across the UK next year starting at The Piece Hall in Halifax in June 16.From there they will play Southampton Summer Sessions on June 23rd, followed by Bedford Summer Sessions on July 7, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod on July 11, and Dreamland Margate July 13.“Thrilled to announce we’re bringing the ‘Good Times’ back across England and Wales in 2024!” Rodgers shared in a social post today (October 23). “Mark your calendars because we’re gonna light up the night, celebrate life, and dance like there’s no tomorrow.”Alongside Ellis-Bextor, Deco will also be joining the tour as special guests.General sale tickets go live this Friday, October 27 at 9am BST, and you can purchase yours here.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor opened the famed Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2023 today (Sunday, June 25), but fans aren’t happy that the set wasn’t live-streamed.Following the end of Ellis-Bextor’s set today, fans took to social media to voice their disappointment that her performance wasn’t broadcast on the BBC’s iPlayer. Instead, a rerun of Saturday’s Pretenders set was shown.Ellis-Bextor was the first artist to play the Pyramid Stage on Sunday, following the Bristol Reggae Orchestra And Windrush Choir, with many fans regarding her as the stage’s opening act for the day.Check out several tweets about Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s set below.Adding my voice to the many people complaining about Sophie Ellis-Bextor's set not being broadcast by the BBC.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is on the shortlist to become the UK’s entry to Eurovision 2024, according to a source.The country was represented by Mae Muller at this month’s home competition in Liverpool, scoring just a few points.As Mail Online report, a source believes that only one name is currently being touted for next year’s entry.The source said: A source shared: “At the moment there is only one artist on the BBC’s list for Eurovision 2024, and they don’t intend to add to it.“Sophie Ellis-Bextor is seen as the ideal fit for the contest – she’s a great singer and performer, and she is already known to audiences, both straight and gay, across Europe.”Speaking to NME backstage after her performance at Liverpool’s Eurovision Village on ‘EuroEve’, the night before the Song Contest’s Grand Final in the city (Friday, May 12), Ellis-Bextor discussed her chances of appearing as the UK’s entry in 2024.“I think doing it is an amazing opportunity, and that Mae Muller will smash it, but it was never the right thing at the right time – and I’m a big believer in serendipity like that,” she said.She continued: “Recent times have seen Eurovision artists release amazing songs outside of it and these amazing careers being launched. Sam Ryder’s approach to it last year where we always just so positive and upbeat just saw him really seize the opportunity a bit.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has spoken to NME about the chances of her representing the UK at Eurovision, and what to expect from her “psychedelic, proggy” new album ‘Hana’.The British pop icon was speaking to NME backstage after her performance at Liverpool’s Eurovision Village on ‘EuroEve’, the night before the Song Contest’s Grand Final in the city (Friday May 12).Stepping off stage, she told NME: “I really enjoyed myself, the crowd were gorgeous. I was up in Liverpool yesterday so I already had a sense of the atmosphere here and I was really looking forward to tonight.“I’ve loved Eurovision since I can remember.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Charlotte Church are among the names who have been lined up to perform at the official Eurovision 2023 village in Liverpool.According to the official website, the Eurovision Village, located in Pier Head, “is the first port of call for anyone touching down in the city and hoping to soak up as much Eurovision atmosphere as possible”. A nine day programme of events will be taking place, kicking off on May 5 and running until the day of the final on May 13.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest ever disco dance at Camp Bestival.The singer kicked off proceedings at the Dorset festival as 598 festival goers busted moves under a giant disco ball to Sister Sledge‘s ‘We Are Family’.Ellis-Bextor told The Sun: “From my own Kitchen Disco to a fully-fledged all-sequin disco extravaganza in the glorious grounds of Lulworth Castle, I am so thrilled to have played a sparkling part in helping Camp Bestival achieve the official Guinness World Records title for the Largest Disco Dance.

BBC News that an appropriate performer could not be found at such short notice.Keane, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Eliza Shaddad and Newton Faulkner are still set to play at the Priory. Front Street and the Metro station will also host free acts and performances.I’m so sorry to let you know that our headline show at Mouth Of The Tyne Festival on 9th July has been cancelled.

On Saturday, singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor urged the public to help with any information about her friend’s missing 14 year old daughter, who has now been found “safe and well”. Clementine Reardon went missing on Thursday, April 21, after she left her home in Twickenham, sparking huge concern for her welfare. Sophie, 43, took to Twitter to urge the public to get in touch with the police if they had seen Clementine.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Orlando Weeks and House Gospel Choir added to the line-up.Wilderness Festival 2022 will take place at Cornbury Park near Charlbury, Oxfordshire between August 4 and August 7. Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be opening the main stage on Friday, August 5 with former Maccabees frontman Orlando Weeks performing in the same slot on the Saturday and House Gospel Choir on the Sunday.The event will be headlined by Underworld, Years & Years and Jungle.​​Elsewhere, there’ll be performances from Roisin Murphy, Willie J Healey, Billie Marten, Pip Blom, Craig Charles, Peggy Gou, Jordan Rakei, Gabriels and more across the weekend.Additionally, Wilderness has confirmed a schedule of feasting and dining experiences as well as a programme of talks, ideas and spoken word events from the likes of Russell Kane and actor/comedian Michelle De Swarte.Tickets are on sale now and available here.A post shared by Wilderness Festival (@wildernesshq)Weeks released his second solo album earlier this year.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who made her mainstream breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 2000s, Theaudience were active for three years, between 1996 and 1999.The Britpop group had a string of singles from their debut LP, including ‘If You Can’t Do It When You’re Young; When Can You Do It?’ and ‘A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed’. They disbanded after a set of demos recorded for their second album – which was never formally released – were rejected by Mercury Records.Now, guitarist Billy Reeves has announced a reissue of Theaudience’s self-titled album will arrive on April 30.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ – you can listen to it below.The London trio – comprised of Poppy Hankin, Iris McConnell and Sophie Moss – started performing Ellis-Bextor’s 2001 hit during their sets this past festival season, calling it a “truly perfect pop song”.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor and her husband Richard Jones have one of the most long standing and strongest marriages in showbiz. After 19 years together and five children later, they’re still more in love than ever.The couple felt ‘instant chemistry’ after meeting and their first child was born just eight months after they met So who is the man married to the popstar? Let’s take a look.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has raised over £1million in a 24-hour charity dance marathon for Children In Need.Ellis-Bextor started dancing on Tuesday morning (November 16), moving non-stop for an entire day and night.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has said she was once raped by an older musician when she was 17.Writing in her new memoir Spinning Plates, the singer said she lost her virginity in the incident at the apartment of a guitarist, who was 29 at the time.“I heard myself saying ‘No’ and ‘I don’t want to,'” she wrote in the book which is being serialised in the Mail On Sunday, “but it didn’t make any difference”.“He had sex with me and I felt so ashamed.

Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has shared an extract from her new book where she claims she was raped when she was 17 by a 29 year old musician after going to his flat. The now 42 year old shared an extract from her book, Spinning Plates, with The Daily Mail and reveals she was left feeling “stupid” and “ashamed” following the incident.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has invited HELLO! magazine into her colourful London home.MORE: Sophie Ellis-Bextor shows off ultra-chic kitchen renovation just weeks after welcoming 5th sonAnd she tells HELLO! how the house, which she shares with her musician husband of 12 years Richard Jones and their five sons, is a true reflection of her personality."I've no qualms about putting who I am into interior form," she tells the magazine. "I'm a maximalist.

Australia and New Zealand’s So Pop festival, headlined by the Pussycat Dolls, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.