Nile Rodgers and CHIC will perform at Bootle's Salt and Tar on Sunday, August 16 and Monday, August 17. The five-day music event runs from Thursday, August 13 until Monday, August 17, with Billy Ocean, The Waterboys, Saw Doctors and Nile Rodgers and CHIC scheduled to perform.
Tickets and entry details
According to the Ticketmaster website, tickets are unavailable for the Sunday, August 16 show. Tickets are still available for Monday, August 17, starting at £64.35 each. VIP standing tickets cost £125.50 each.
The event is for over 14s only, and a maximum of six tickets per household applies. Tickets in excess of six will be cancelled.
Set times and support acts
Doors open at 4pm, with last entry at 7pm, and events end at 10pm each day. Performer stage times will be announced on the day, which the ECHO will share on Sunday.
DJ Katie Owen will kick off the evening, followed by Brooke Combe. Nile Rodgers and CHIC have performed a number of shows across the summer. Their most recent set list at the Pacific Amphitheatre in California, shared via Setlist.fm, gives fans a taste of what to expect.
Expected set list
The set list includes: Le Freak, Everybody Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, I Want Your Love, Medley 1, I'm Coming Out (Diana Ross cover), Upside Down (Diana Ross cover), Gettin' Jiggy Wit It (Will Smith cover), He's the Greatest Dancer (Sister Sledge cover), We Are Family (Sister Sledge cover), Medley 2, Like a Virgin (Madonna cover), Material Girl (Madonna cover), Modern Love (David Bowie cover), Lost in Music (Sister Sledge cover), Notorious (Duran Duran cover), Soup for One / Lady (Hear Me Tonight), Chic Cheer, Dress You Up (Madonna cover), China Girl (Iggy Pop cover), Thinking of You (Sister Sledge cover), CUFF IT (Beyonce cover), Get Lucky (Daft Punk cover), Lose Yourself To Dance (Daft Punk cover), Maximum Funkosity, Let's Dance (David Bowie cover), and Good Times / Jam / Rapper's Delight.
Travel and parking
The official car park for Salt and Tar is the Strand Shopping Centre Car Park, with the entrance on Vermont Way, L20 4XZ. Disabled parking spaces and pay machines are on level 5. The car park exit closes at 11pm.
The closest train stations are Bootle Oriel Road and New Strand, around five minutes away, covered by Merseyrail. Bootle New Strand bus station is also a five-minute walk away with regional connections.
