Other than writing songs with writer and producer Avicii, Rodgers told the Official Charts Company that he has unearthed Chic music from the disco pioneers that he thought was gone forever.

"The absolute coolest thing is that I finally retrieved some music that I thought was lost, when I was getting my first solo record deal," he said.

"Obviously, I had a lot of my Chic bandmates play on some songs that I was working on. So, I basically call it 'the lost Chic album', even though it’s really a Nile Rodgers record. Bernard Edwards, Tony Thompson, Alfa and Luci singing on it. They’re just demos, but they’re amazing. So now I get to jam with my best friends and I think that I’m going to complete these songs."

He added: "They sound really good to me, after being tucked away in a vault for 35 years. I restored the tapes and they sound absolutely brilliant.”

Watch: Chic performing 'Le Freak' below:

Rodgers also said that getting to no.1 with Daft Punk with  'Get Lucky' felt even more special in the wake of his recent cancer diagnosis.

"I think this particular experience rates very high, because two years ago I was stricken with cancer just right out of the clear blue sky," he said.

"I was facing life and death issues and then to get something so rewarding as a Number 1 record is pretty amazing.”

Below: Daft Punk collaborators - who's who on Random Access Memories

'Happy' is a bright and breezy summer number - perfect for the sunshine and the ideal accompaniment to the upcoming kids' movie. 

While the N.E.R.D and Neptunes star has recently been topping the charts with the likes of Daft Punk, Pharrell hasn't released a solo album since 'In My Mind' in 2006. 

Pharrell is currently enjoying huge success with his Daft Punk collaboration 'Get Lucky', which has spent a fourth week at No.1 in the UK.

Listen to 'Happy' by Pharrell below:

While Daft Punk denied Pharrell's claims of a tour in 2014, he has also recently been working with Kylie Minogue.

Photos: The coolest men in music - Pharrell, Bowie and more

Iggy made a surprise appearance during Haze's show at The Scala to perform 'Otis' with her, a track originally performed by Kanye West and Jay-Z.

There was initially only some fan filmed footage to serve as evidence of the event, which is a bit of a milestone for both ladies who are relatively new to the scene, but now a recording from a rehearsal has been made available online.

The rehearsal audio is unsurprisingly much better quality and allows the rappers' lyrical skill to shine through far more clearly.

At the end of the recording Haze can be heard sayin, "F**k, amazing."

With the media ready and willing to set up a rivalry between Iggy, Haze and Azealia Banks, their collaboration was an important demonstration of mutual support.

Iggy recently told Gigwise about how important the onstage duet at The Scala was in terms of making a public show of support.

Listen to the rehearsal recording and download for free below

She also made clear that she had no problem being a woman in what's considered by many to be a male-dominated industry, saying that anyone who was worried about gender was in the wrong business. Read the full interview here.

You can grab the rehearsal track as a free download.

Hopefully we'll see further collaborations from these two promising rappers in the future.

Below: The coolest women in music, 2013: Iggy Azalea and more

Brian Wilson and co. are set to appear alongside a diverse and 'multi-generational' line-up that also includes The Saturdays, JLS and Paul Young.

A Day At The Park will also feature children's entertainment from The Gruffalo, Horrible Histories and Brainiac on 7th July.

The concert is part of the Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time shows at Hyde Park that will also feature performances from  Elton John, Bon Jovi and The Rolling Stones along with a range of activities including dance workshops, magicians, face painting and fairground rides.

JLS will also be appearing at A Day At The Park

President of International Live Touring and AEG Live Rob Hallett said that the shows would have something for everyone.

"Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park is much, much more than just a music event. I have always wanted to promote a show where you can take your kids and your parents," he said.

"Junior can be enthralled with the Gruffalo and your daughter can scream at JLS while your parents dance around to The Beach Boys. Everyone’s happy!"

For more information on the shows visit Gigwise's gig ticket site here. 

The highly-coveted tickets go on sale on Saturyday 25th May at 9am, and the tickets sales site states that they've already experienced an overwhelming demand from around the world.

A Viagogo spokesman said they the've registered 'over a million ticket searches by fans from Bradford to Beijing'.

"With just four UK dates and an average of 66,500 tickets available per performance, the site is predicting that over half a million fans will be left empty handed at the box office,"they said.

"If everyone who has searched for a ticket so far were successful, Wembley stadium would be filled 14 times over."

Hundreds of thousands of 1D fans could be disappointed on Saturday

Steve Roest from Viagogo added: “One Direction is the most popular boyband on the planet, and following their much-hyped new tour announcement we predict that tickets for the 2014 tour could sell out in as little as 10 minutes.

"It seems fans are prepared for a battle to get their hands on tickets which explains why we have had hundreds of thousands of registrations across our international websites before tickets have even gone on sale.”

One Direction's Where We Are Tour sees four UK dates and two Irish dates in May and June.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Saturday. For information visit the Gigwise gig ticket website here

Below: Waxy smiles, vacant stares? It's One Direction at Madame Tussauds

The K-Pop sensation was reported to have been seen at a series of parties in Cannes this week, while walking down red carpets and appearing with celebrities.

However, it then emerged that Psy was in fact thousands of miles away in Singapore - before he took to Twitter to shame the imposter after his manager, Scooter Braun, spotted him at parties. 

Writing on the social network, Psy posted: "Seems like there's another Me at Cannes... say Hi to him Scooter Braun Lol (laugh out loud). Psy in Singapore."

He then went on to post a picture of lookalike, adding: "Here the picture of fake Psy in Cannes spotted by Scooter Braun!!... Real Psy in Singapore."

Watch the video for 'Gentleman' below, if you must:

The world is currently waiting with baited breath for Psy's next move in his career. While his hit 'Gangnam Style' proved a worldwide smash-hit sensation, his follow-up 'Gentleman' was somewhat of a flop.

Below: Psy and more modern-day one hit wonders

Hutchinson's praise comes after Frightened Rabbit have been confirmed to support The National on their forthcoming North American dates, and will head around the US with the band in September.

Hutchinson, who in the past has named The National as an influence told Gigwise: ‘I Love it, it’s grown on me quicker than any of their other records, even faster than their last one. I got it on Monday and then had a long train journey, and by the end of the trip it grabbed me, which is strange because the impact of their albums usually seeps in slowly’.

The singer/songwriter continued ‘I also think the lyrics are less veiled, they’re much more direct and less metaphoric, which is really interesting’.

Watch the Gigwise premier of Frightened Rabbit’s new tour video/EP teaser below

Frightened Rabbit will also be making a variety of festival appearances this summer, including T In The Park, Reading and Leeds, Radio 1’s Big Weekend and End of the Road. For more information visit Gigwise Tickets.

Below: Frightened Rabbit meet fans, sign albums and perform intimate HMV gig

Speaking to Gigwise, frontman Fran Healy said that the Scottish rockers were warned about releasing their no.1 album by NME magazine in fear that it wouldn't sell. 

"Before we brought out The Man Who, we definitely weren't making a record that was a guitar band's album for that time," said Fran. "The NME told us off the record that it was commercial suicide - and we were sat there thinking 'ah f**k, that's rubbish'. Then it just become popular and we got lucky - but this is what happens with everyone.

"It's arbritary - it' like lightning striking." 

The Man Who went on to sell 2.1 million copies, win two Brit Awards and gain the band international success.

See the video for 'Turn' from The Man Who below:

Speaking about the band's success before the decline in the popularity of guitar music, Healy added: "If you take the genre out of the equation and just map out the success of when that kind of crazy success happens, and then change all of the bands' names on the map, you'll find that it's all evenly spread between rock music, dance music and pop music over time. 

"It happened to us, it happened to Coldplay, Adele, The Prodigy and Keane - and the thing that they all have in common is that they became popular and it's not neccessarily anything to do with genre."

Travis will release their seventh album 'Where You Stand' on 19 August.

They are also set to perform at Islington Assembly hall in London on Thursday 13 June and Sandown Park Live on Wednesday 24 July. For information visit Gigwise gig tickets here.

 Watch the new video for Travis' latest single 'Where You Stand' below

Below: Bowie, Daft Punk and more - the big comebacks of 2013

The folk star's new LP Once I Was An Eagle will be released on 27 May - and claims that the imaginative gigs will "bring the album to life"

The events, entitled 'Secret Cinema presents Laura Marling: An immersive live music experience in a secret East London location', are set to take place from 13 - 21 June. 

A statement on her website reads: "Featuring actors, dancers and artists as well as a full live performance from LM, Secret Cinema will be creating a musical adventure that will bring the album to life across the building and invite audiences to become part of a unique, layered and sensory experience."

Watch the video for Laura Marling's 'Master Hunter' below

The shows are for ages 18+ and take place from 7pm – 11pm (Tuesday to Saturday) and 6.30pm – 10.30pm (Sunday). 

Tickets go on sale at 1pm tomorrow (Thursday 23 May) at www.secretcinema.org/lauramarling.

We've trawled the internet to present your guide to making or buying your very own Daft Punk get-up. But be warned - it doesn't come cheap.

Whether you want to send Twitter's rumour mill into a frenzy at your next festival, look like a boss down at Tesco or just completely dominate your next fancy dress party - the complete Daft Punk look is just a few clicks away.

Check out the best Daft Punk costume parts on sale online below...

 
This beautiful Guy helmet by Moguai Props can be yours for a cool £1,365.19  

This may seem a little pricey, but once you admit to yourself that this hand-made Guy Manual De Homem Christo helmet replica with working LED face and beautiful gold finish is the single greatest thing that you have ever seen and would immediately make your life immeasurably better, then £1,365.19 seems like a small price to pay. Pick one up from Moguai Props at Etsy here

 
Phwoar - this stunning Thomas helmet made by Volpin Props takes just four months to build

If you're a dab-hand at crafts and have a whole lot of time, patience and sanity on your hands, then you may want to have a crack at making this stunning iPhone controlled LED Thomas replica mask. It takes four months, but boy - it's worth it, right? The amazing Volpin Props guide you through it here, here and here. 

See a video of the process below:

You can make this ace Daft Punk chrome gloves yourself

For just £30, you can buy the kit to make these awesome Daft Punk chrome gloves at home yourself. Pick them up on eBay from user sysmicwave here.

The works - make the call and pick up gloves and mask from eBay NOW

What started out as a Halloween costume idea turned into one of the coolest outfits of all time. Not only does it come with cool gloves, but if you pick up this unbelievably stylish Thomas mask with programmable LED screen you can display any message you want. Cheaper than many other online sources, you can buy the works from insanechocobo on eBay for just $500 here. 

Why not buy a few and you and your mates can look as cool as these guys...

Light up your life with this replica Alive tour replica jacket

Currently unavailable for sale but stunning nonetheless is this marvellous replica of jackets worn by Daft Punk on their Alive 2007 tour. Website Enlighted installed some 300 LEDs into a leather jacket to achieve the impressive futuristic impact. For information visit here.

sherberts2000 is selling this slightly less impressive cardboard mask

...or you could just settle for this. To celebrate the release of Random Access Memories, these cardboard masks were produced. If you're after the 'robot on a budget' look, then this could be the one for you. Note: unsuitable for raving in the rain or near open flames. Sherberts2000 is currently selling one one on eBay over here.

Apparently her friend Dave Stewart has been trying to get her to embrace the idea of a solo show, supposedly involving massive video screens telling the story of her life.

Recent documentary In Your Dreams examines the working releationship between Stewart and Nicks, among other things.

After a screening of the film Nicks told a movie theatre full of fans: "He [Stewart] wants me to have video screens, like a big room of video screens where it's all my life (up there). And I (said): 'Dave, I'm not Barbra Streisand'. But maybe. Maybe someday," The Province reports.

She also noted that her live shows were a far cry from the hit-packed Fleetwood Mac shows.

"It's very different. Fleetwood Mac's much more sophisticated and grown up and my show is just like a big slumber party in an auditorium. And I tell everybody the meanings of all these songs. Because that's how I draw people in."

Nicks also conceded that the promotion of her last album was a gruelling ordeal.

Fleetwood Mac are currently on their reunion tour

"I didn't sell a lot of records. For me, for a big act like moi, it didn't. Worldwide I probably sold 300,000. It's awesome if you're an unknown artist and you have a hit single but it's not really that awesome if you're Stevie Nicks."

Fleetwood Mac are currently in the middle of their world tour which reaches the UK in the autumn. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.

Below: Fleetwood Mac, Beyonce and more: the big gigs of 2013

The Dallas show, which was sponsored by ‘Yahoo’, saw the electronic duo premiere new material from their forthcoming second album Ice On The Dune, and was reportedly their first live show in two years.

The video sees the pair perform the single, which dropped last month in typical theatrical style, with backing dancers, strobes, intense visuals, and of course their synonymous headwear.

Empire of the Sun’s second record, ‘Ice on the Dune’ is set to drop on June 18th through Capitol Records.

Watch Empire of the Sun perform ‘Alive’ below

The duo's only future UK appearance at the moment will be an exclusive performance at Wildnerness festival in Charlbury, Oxfordshire alongside Noah and The Whale, Rodriguez, Lucy Rose and a host of others. The event runs from Thursday 8th- Sunday 11th August.

Tickets for Wilderness are on sale now. For more information, visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.

Below: Big albums for summer 2013

The producer, famous for work on tracks such as Donna Summer's iconic 'I Feel Love' and many more disco classics, performed his first ever DJ set at New York's Deep Space club on 21 May, 2013. The producer played 'I Feel Love' in full, as well as another Summer hit, 'Love To Love You Baby'.

The 73-year-old Moroder has seen a resurgence in popularity since he appeared on Daft Punk's new album, Random Access Memories. He appears on tribute track 'Giorgio By Moroder' - a track on which he narrates his own music career. Moroder's work was widely credited with starting the disco movement in the seventies.

Listen to his Deep Space DJ set in full below

Below: Daft Punk collaborators - who's who on Random Access Memories

Hip hop stars often like to brag about their stacks of money, but in this case it seems Meek's wealth has been more of a curse than a blessing.

The exchange began when the friend, a music producer called Conway, asked the rapper: "Wassup cuz? I need 5grand to make some moves out here...you got me?

Meek replied: "Yoooo what's wrong wit you cuz?"

"Nothin wrong I'm good," Conway responded.

"Jus tryna make some moves my son will b born in July and I'm jus not Tryna tell my BM no when she ask me for somethin."

The soliciting of financial aid obviously didn't impress the rapper, who wrote, "You tripping ni**a.. Don't b coming thru no twitter talking about no 5 stacks what's wrong wit u... Everbody I b wit got kids.

"How u call another man talking about you got a kid on da way."

To add insult to injury Meek posted a screen grab of the conversation to his Instagram account with the caption, "This why I lose ni**as I'm cool wit everyday!"

The inital request

Unsurprisingly hurt by having the exchange revealed to the world, Conway posted a series of tweets in response.

"@meekmill know he owe me way more the 5stack."

Conway, who has apparently done production work for Meek Mill in the past, feels the rapper has made money off work they did together but never gave him his cut.

The subsequent tweets

The rapper promptly screen grabbed the tweets and posted those as well.

Whatever the truth, it musdt hurt to have this all aired on a public social network.

Below: World's richest rappers - find out who's worth what

The sometime-singer has been recording a new album for several years, and now has a label to release her music through. Her signing to Cash Money was confirmed by the label's founder, Bryan 'Birdman' Williams on Twitter. He tweeted: "Welcome @ParisHilton to tha Family. RichgangRichgirl."

Paris Hilton and Lil Wayne previously appear on a 2012 track together, titled 'I Wanna Bang You'. Hilton premiered the track during a DJ set at Brazil's Sao Paulo Pop Music festival in 2012. Other rumoured collaborators on Hilton's second album include LMFAO and Flo Rida, who will no doubt maintain the lofty standards set by 'I Wanna Bang You'.

Listen to 'I Wanna Bang You' below

Paris Hilton enjoyed fleeting pop success in 2006 with her debut album Paris, which spawned the UK Top Ten single, 'Stars Are Blind'. Since then, the star has struggled to reclaim the glory of her debut release, most recently releasing a politically themed single in 2008 entitled 'Paris For President'.

Below: worst ever attempts at a pop career - Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and more

The robotic stars have revealed that they will remix their No.1 hit 'Get Lucky', the first time they have rarely reworked one of their own tracks, and release a new version next month. They plan to follow suit with the rest of their new album.

"We're working on some mixes ourselves," says Thomas Bangalter in an interview with Pete Tong for Radio One. "So, yes, there will probably be Daft Punk mixes of Daft Punk.

"Usually, we never mix ourselves, that's something we feel we're interested in doing this time.

"The first track we're remixing is 'Get Lucky'. That will be out by the end of June."

Listen to Daft Punk's 'maximum overdrive' mix of their 'Robot Rock' single

Daft Punk have released three previous remix albums - but reworked by other artists. Tracks from their first two studio albums, Homework and Discovery, were remixed by the likes of Boris D'Lugosh, The Neptunes and Basement Jaxx, and released as Daft Club in 2001.

Human After All tracks were remixed by Soulwax, SebastiAn, Erol Alkan, Justice and Vitalic and released in 2006. Their Tron: Legacy soundtrack was remixed by M83, Paul Oakenfold, Boys Noize, Kaskade and more in 2011.

Below: pop groups we like a lot more after a Daft Punk makeover

Performing a 21 song set at the at the 1,200 capacity Ventura Theatre in California, the Sheffield four-piece gave the track its first live airing ahead of their appearance at Glastonbury and the release of their fifth album.

Continuing in a similar vein to last year's 'R U Mine', the new song carries a similar darker, rockier tone to material from their last two albums with a harsh, blues-based sound. 

No release date or title has been given to the follow up to 2011's Suck It And See, but the album is expected to be released later this year.

Watch the Arctic Monkeys play new track 'Do I Wanna Know' in California below:

 Arctic Monkeys played:

1. Do I Wanna Know?
2. R U Mine?
3. Dancing Shoes
4. Brianstorm
5. Brick by Brick
6. Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
7. Evil Twin
8. Old Yellow Bricks  
9. The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
10. Crying Lightning
11.Pretty Visitors
12. Do Me a Favour
13. Cornerstone
14. She's Thunderstorms
15. The View from the Afternoon
16. Fake Tales of San Francisco  
17. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
18. That's Where You're Wrong

Encore:

19. Suck It and See
20. Fluorescent Adolescent
21. 505

Arctic Monkeys will also be headlining the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival on Friday 28th June. 

Below: everything we know about Arctic Monkeys' next album

Renowned for their over-the-top stage shows, their new live up features giant flamethrower chimneys and a vast wall of LED screens showing the usual sci-fi imagery including robots, aliens and even a dancing Barack Obama. 

With a mammoth 26 song performance, Muse's set was heavy on material from latest album The 2nd Law, but also dipped into their back catalogue to treat fans to rarities and lesser-played tracks.

Among them 'Sunburn' from their 1999 Showbiz, the 2002 stand-alone single 'Dead Star' and a cover of Lightning Bolt's 'Dracula Mountain'.

Muse unveiled a stunning new stage show at Coventry's Ricoh Arena - photo by RobEddington

They also aired 'Unintended' for the first time since 2010, 'Blackout' for the first time since 2007 and 'Guiding Light' for the first time since 2011.

Watch Muse open the show with pyro-technics and 'Supremacy' below:

Muse played:

1. Supremacy
2. Supermassive Black Hole
3. Panic Station
4. Bliss
5. Resistance
6. Animals
7. Knights of Cydonia
8. Dracula Mountain (Lightning Bolt cover)
9. Sunburn
10. Dead Star
11. Feeling Good
12. Follow Me
13. Liquid State
14. Madness
15. Time Is Running Out
16. Stockholm Syndrome (with Rage Against the Machine's Freedom outro)
17. Unintended
18. Blackout
19. Guiding Light
20. Undisclosed Desires

Encore 1:

21. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
22. Plug In Baby
23. Survival

Encore 2:

24. The 2nd Law: Isolated System
25. Uprising
26. Starlight

Muse continue their UK tour with dates at the Emirates Stadium in London on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May, and at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Saturday 1st June.

For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets. 

Below: Muse live (in Finland, in 2012)

Listening to new single ‘Wasting My Young Years’ , one would be hard pressed to make the trio sound any more cinematic, that is until ‘Kids Of The Apocalypse’ got their elusive hands on it.

Upping the ante with a huge computerised trap beat and horn section, the mysterious collective take the single to ambitious new electronic heights without losing the simplistic nuances that made the original so appealing.

Listen to the ‘Kids of the Apocalypse’ remix of Wasting My Younger Years below

London Grammar will play a series of festival dates this summer, including Dot to Dot, Wilderness, Blissfields and Bestival. For more information visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.

Below: London Grammar and more bands we SHOULD have tipped for 2013 success

The one-day city festival, now in its seventh year, has a reputation for welcoming quality acts from both the musical mainstream and the underground scene.

Hosted by indie tastemakers Eat Your Own Ears and with stages from the dance-centric Bugged Out!, BleeD and the very cool Shackwell Arms, it's a day festival that delivers everything you'd expect from an East London event.

Casper, the curator of the BleeD/Lanzarote/Bleep.com stage recently promsed the best in past, present and future electronic music with acts like Charanjit Singh performing a live set, and acts like How To Dress Well and Shed bringing exciting new takes on R&B and techno respectively.

Meanwhile the Bugged Out! stage is welcoming one of the UK's hottest tipped new dance acts, Disclosure, while dance heavy-weights like Julio Bashmore and Pangaea are set to grace the same stage.

Check out the full line-up below

Field Day co-founder Tom Baker promises a day and night perfect for discovering new music from around the world, with Zimbabwe's Thomas Mapfumo taking to the mainstage.

Baker admitted to Coggles recently that he's toyed with the idea of making the event bigger, but that he feels that would change the vibe of the festival and stop it being the intimate city festival it's built its fanbase on.

This year's event is welcoming a wealth of indie talent, from established acts like Animal Collective and Bat For Lashes, to performers who have risen through the music scene at an alarming rate, like Solange and Daughter.

Having done a great job of holding on to its ethos of providing a platform new, up-and-coming acts and maintaining an intimate environment.

Hopefully this bank holiday will be full of sunshine and punters won't have to put up with dancing in the rain this year.

Listen to our Field Day playlist below

Need another reason to head down to Field Day this weekend? How about this for audience participation at the 2012 festival...

Alternatively, you might bump into people like this...

And if you need any recommendations of who to see, check out our 10 must-see bands at Field Day 2013 (click here, or see below)