Forest Live have announced disco icons Nile Rodgers & CHIC as the latest artists set to appear at the event’s 2025 edition.

Following four triumphant headline shows at the concert series in 2024, Nile Rodgers & CHIC will bring their ultimate dance party to Forestry England Cannock Chase on Wednesday 25 June 2025. 

Nile Rodgers is a Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame inductee and multiple GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter, composer, producer, arranger and guitarist and, along with his band CHIC, they will take to the stunning woodland stage this summer.

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 classic ‘Good Times’.

His work with the CHIC Organization including ‘We Are Family’ with Sister Sledge, ‘I’m Coming Out’ with Diana Ross and his production work for artists like David Bowie (‘Let’s Dance’), Madonna (‘Like A Virgin’) and Duran Duran (‘The Reflex’) has seen Rodgers sell over 750 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide. 

Meanwhile, his innovative, trendsetting collaborations with Daft Punk (‘Get Lucky’), Daddy Yankee (‘Agua’) and Beyoncé ('Cuff It’, ‘Leviis Jeans’) reflect the vanguard of contemporary hits. 

Forestry England manage and care for the nation’s 1,500 woods and forests. They use the money Forest Live raises to maintain these beautiful natural areas for everyone to enjoy, run important conservation projects and keep growing trees. Last year they planted some 7.4 million trees and welcomed 285 million visits in 2023/24. Everyone in England lives within a one-hour drive of one of the nation’s forests. Over two million people have enjoyed the Forest Live gigs over the last 23 years.  

Tickets for Nile Rodgers & CHIC will go on sale at 9am on Friday 31 January 2025 at forestlive.com.