Nile Rodgers on 'greatest moment' when Paul McCartney 'formed dance circle' at White House

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Madonna, Dianna Ross and David Bowie.The musician has spoken exclusively to Express.co.uk about the "greatest moment" of his life involving Paul McCartney forming a "dance circle" at the White House.Nile performed along with several other artists at Barack Obama's final party before he left his presidency.He told Express.co.uk of the event: "One of the greatest moments of my life was when I was playing President Obama's final party just two or three days before he left the presidency."I looked out on the dance floor and there was Paul McCartney, with his wife, and he had formed a dance circle, and he was singing the lyrics to my songs."Nile admitted he "couldn't believe" how lucky he was, admitting it was a time he even felt starstruck.He continued: "I couldn't believe it, I was like, what?

The first song I ever learned to play on the guitar was a Paul McCartney, Beatles song, A Day in the Life."And I'm going, how can this be life?

Paul McCartney is singing my song and you could see that he knew all the words!"Nile, along with Nirvana, The Supremes and Slick Rick are among the artists to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Grammys.Ma Rainey, Bobby McFerrin, and Heart’s Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson are also 2023 recipients.Nile recently revealed that he had been in the studio with Coldplay, working on new music, telling The Sun: "What was great working with Coldplay is that we’re all in the room together and it’s sort of like a spiritual thing."Nile has been sober for 28 years after nearly dying from drug and alcohol abuse while also facing two harsh cancer battles in his life.He was first diagnosed with an "aggressive"' prostate cancer in 2010 but after undergoing treatment was given the all-clear.