Kathy Sledge to Perform at Electric Paradise on Aug 8
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- Kathy Sledge will perform at the Electric Paradise festival in Milton Keynes on 8 August.
- Electric Paradise festival will also feature legends such as Grace Jones, Candi Staton, and Kool & the Gang.
- Fans can submit questions for Kathy Sledge in the comments before 6 pm GMT on Wednesday, with answers to be published later in the week.
- Sister Sledge formed in the mid‑1960s in Philadelphia and achieved their first UK Top‑20 hit Mama Never Told Me in 1973.
- Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic wrote the hits collected on Sister Sledge’s album We Are Family, with the title track reaching No. 2 in the US.
- Kathy Sledge took lead vocals on many of those hits, pursued a solo career after the group’s 1987 hiatus, and has faced legal disputes with her sisters.
Why it matters: Fans gain a rare opportunity to hear Kathy Sledge live and ask her directly about her decades‑long career, while the Electric Paradise festival benefits from the draw of a disco legend, reinforcing its appeal to nostalgia‑driven audiences and generating media buzz.
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