Nile Rodgers & CHIC @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23 Jul

After having seemingly forgotten to book a support act, Vic Galloway is quickly drafted in to provide a DJ set (in a very loose sense of the term), but he gives the people what they want (and with infectious gusto). Certified crowd-pleasers like Once in a Lifetime and a medley of James Brown make sure the audience is limbered up by the time of Nile and co's arrival.

Immediately launching into Le Freak is a serious party-starting move, and the sold out crowd are well up for it, swaying and clapping at the behest of the two lead vocalists. None of the current lineup are original CHIC bar Rodgers, but you wouldn't know it from the intuitive, symbiotic playing of this nine-piece band. Bassist Jerry Barnes is pure sass all night, mugging at the front of the stage, while drummer Ralph Rolle leads a memorably extended intro to Let's Dance with some stellar call and response.

It should be mentioned that most of the set is made up of non-CHIC songs, but songs that Nile Rodgers is in some way involved in (writing, producing or even just being sampled). This allows for brilliant sing- and dance-alongs like I'm Coming Out (Diana Ross), We are Family (Sister Sledge), Material Girl/Like a Virgin (Madonna), CUFF IT (Beyoncé) and many more. The mastery of the material from the experienced players keeps it from descending into mere karaoke, though a star turn on Modern Love (David Bowie) by keys man (and Steven Seagal lookalike) Russell Graham edges pretty close.

Following the emphatic Daft Punk double of Get Lucky and a luxuriant Lose Yourself to Dance, there's a bit of a lull as some lesser-known songs get an airing. It's never less than entertaining, but after almost an hour of some of the biggest hits of the last 40 years (which Rodgers mentions several times), a drop in energy is understandable. But when the aforementioned Let's Dance finally drops, its titular command is duly followed, leading straight into the enduring classic Good Times, which comes complete with the Rapper's Delight rap from Rodgers himself.

It's a swirling, ecstatic finale that whips the crowd into such a rapture that Rodgers decides to honour us with one more tune, apparently spontaneously. His choice: Le Freak, again! Considering his back catalogue (he's won a lot of Grammys, he lets us know), it might seem like a bit of a cop-out, but it's an undeniable winner and no-one seems to mind, even if they did hear it less than two hours previously.