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Nile Rodgers & The Last Dinner Party
Nile Rodgers is an iconic American musician and producer. He co-founded R&B band Chic in the 1970s and has worked with artists from Beyoncé to Mick Jagger and Grace Jones. He is among Bowie’s most important collaborators, producing his popular single and album ‘Let’s Dance’ and later album ‘Black Tie White Noise’. The Last Dinner Party, made up of Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci, is a London-based band formed in 2021. Their award-winning music and electrifying performances have been inspired by their shared love for Bowie.
Written by: Madeleine Haddon, Curator of V&A East
Published: September 2025
Description: The Last Dinner Party
Maker: Timothy Eliot Spurr
- Museum Number
- S.308:1 to 7-2024
- Description
- Serious Moonlight
- Artist/Maker
- Peter Hall
- Location and Date
- Great Britain, 1983
- Materials/Techniques
- Wool, Cotton, Metal, Leather, Plastic, Elastic, Satin, Silk, Machine sewing, Hand sewing
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/68
- Title/Description
- Photograph of David Bowie, Steve Ray Vaughan and Nile Rodgers
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- ca. 1982
- Materials/Techniques
- Black and white photographic print showing a Let's Dance recording session, taken by Chuck Pulin.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/133
- Title/Description
- Photograph of David Bowie and Nile Rodgers with backing vocalists
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- 1992
- Materials/Techniques
- Photograph taken by Peter Gabriel. Black and white photograph of David Bowie, Nile Rodgers and their collaborators taken during the recording of Black Tie White Noise. Photograph taken at The Hit Factory, New York City, USA.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/6
- Title/Description
- Letter from Nile Rodgers to David Bowie
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- ca.1992 - 1993
- Materials/Techniques
- Letter describes feedback and edits made to recordings for the album Black Tie White Noise, which Rodgers produced.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/37
- Title/Description
- Typed piece about Nile Rodgers
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- 2000
- Materials/Techniques
- Short piece by David Bowie on his collaboration with Nile Rodgers. This was published in Billboard magazine, February 5, 2000 as part of a 25th anniversary celebration of Nile Rodgers' career.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/51
- Title/Description
- Photograph of David Bowie poster at Piccadilly Circus
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- 1973
- Materials/Techniques
- Black and white photographic print of the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus, with a billboard poster of Ziggy Stardust in the background. Photograph by Mick Rock.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/38
- Title/Description
- Photograph of David Bowie in a recording studio
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- 1973
- Materials/Techniques
- Black and white photographic print of David Bowie leaning over the control desk in a recording studio in the Ziggy Stardust period. Photograph by Mick Rock.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/69
- Title/Description
- Handwritten Lyrics for 'Win'
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- Dec 1974
- Materials/Techniques
- Draft lyrics, handwritten with illustrations by David Bowie, for 'Win' from the album Young Americans.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/36
- Title/Description
- Advertisement for 'Fame'
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- 1975
- Materials/Techniques
- Magazine advertisment from the June 1975 edition of Record World magazine for the single 'Fame' from the album Young Americans.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/132
- Title/Description
- Handwritten list relating to Station to Station
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- 1976
- Materials/Techniques
- A4 page with a list of words written down the right hand side, which was included with Station to Station material.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/35
- Title/Description
- The Station to Station Tour Set List
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- 1976
- Materials/Techniques
- Handwritten set list written by David Bowie on lined notepaper. Contains drawings.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/134
- Title/Description
- EMS Synthi Users Manual
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- ca. 1975 - 1988
- Materials/Techniques
- Manual for an Electronic Music Studios (EMS) synthesizer used by Brian Eno in the recording of "Heroes". Contains a loose note about the synthesizer in an unknown hand, dated 1988, in page 7.
- Reference Code
- DBA/TEMP/199
- Title/Description
- Photograph of David Bowie and Nile Rodgers
- Archive Department
- Theatre and Performance
- Date
- 1983
- Materials/Techniques
- Black and white photograph by Cindy Rosenthal showing David Bowie and Nile Rodgers in the recording studio during the recording of Let's Dance.