{"id":7581,"date":"2014-04-03T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T11:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.21.21.161\/epop\/?p=7581"},"modified":"2018-05-27T17:28:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T16:28:14","slug":"nile-rodgers-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/04\/nile-rodgers-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Nile Rodgers &#8211; Official Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nile-rodgers.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7582\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/04\/nile-rodgers-legend\/nile-rodgers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nile-rodgers.jpg?fit=625%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"625,365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"nile-rodgers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nile-rodgers.jpg?fit=625%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nile-rodgers.jpg?resize=625%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"nile-rodgers\" width=\"625\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><strong>The always lovely Nile Rodgers is to receive the International Music Summit Legends Award, it was confirmed today.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The conferment will take place at the IMS Legends Dinner, at Sessions Restaurant in Ibiza&#8217;s Hard Rock Hotel, on May 21.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nile said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am extremely honoured to follow Pete Tong, Carl Cox and Fatboy Slim as the fourth recipient of the IMS Legends Award and the IMS Legends Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The award means a lot from the IMS &#8211; an event which has been instrumental in introducing me to so many incredible artists in the electronic space. The award also takes me back to Ibiza for a third year in a row and I look forward to whatever surprises the dinner may bring my way!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out Nile (with Pharrell Williams) at this year&#8217;s BRIT Awards:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P_4fLO0WnDo?version=3&#038;rel=0&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The always lovely Nile Rodgers is to receive the International Music Summit Legends Award, it was confirmed today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[118,193,194,195,12,196,197],"class_list":["post-7581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-award","tag-brits","tag-international-music-summit","tag-legend","tag-music","tag-nile-rodgers","tag-pharrell-williams"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-1Yh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60297,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/nile-rodgers-chic-to-play-lloyds-amphitheatre-this-summer\/","url_meta":{"origin":7581,"position":0},"title":"Nile Rodgers &#038; CHIC To Play Lloyd&#8217;s Amphitheatre This Summer","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"26\/02\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Iconic music legends Nile Rodgers and CHIC will take to The Amphitheatre on Bristol\u2019s Harbourside for a night of dance and Good Times as part of the Colston Hall Presents programme on Thursday 16th July.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nile-Rodgers2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nile-Rodgers2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nile-Rodgers2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nile-Rodgers2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nile-Rodgers2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32285,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/01\/happy-birthday-david-bowie-essentially-pop-celebrates-the-legend\/","url_meta":{"origin":7581,"position":1},"title":"Happy Birthday David Bowie &#8211; Essentially Pop Celebrates The Legend","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"08\/01\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Two years ago we were celebrating David Bowie's 69th birthday, for the most part blissfully unaware that he had only days to live. 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