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    Is the Southbank ready for Chaka Khan?

    Feb 10, 2024 3 minutes
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    Every year, a legend lands to take Southbank’s Meltdown festival to new heights. Following in the footsteps of David Bowie, Yoko Ono and Grace Jones, in 2024 Chaka Khan is taking the reins, promising to ‘funk it up, rock every crowd and touch every soul’ with ‘a feast for the senses’.

    Which will mean not only headlining, but booking her favourite acts — an easy job for an icon who has recorded with some of the foremost talents of a generation. ‘I’m, ‘I Feel for You’ with , ‘Do You Love What You Feel’ with her band Rufus, produced by . She’s duetted with and even teamed up with Bombay Bicycle Club for 2023’s ‘Tekken 2’. She doesn’t dwell on the legacy though. When we catch up with her, playing a live gig at Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace, Khan confesses she’s a ‘forward person’.

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