Overview
This year's Meltdown Festival is set to be curated by Unkle's James Lavelle - with Chrissie Hynde, Radkey, Mark Lannegan, Edwyn Collins and more revealed on the line-up. Check out the full line-up so far below.
Lavelle follows in the footsteps of the likes of David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Richard Thompson and Jarvis Cocker in curating the event, which will take place in the Southbank Centre this June.
The festival runs alongside a range of talks and installations, with this year's 21st edition coinciings with with the Mo'Wax label's 21st birthday.
The first line-up announcement is:
Friday 13 June: Unkle + Philip Sheppard
Friday 13 - Sunday 22 June: Urban Archaeology: 21 Years Of Mo'Wax
Saturday 14 June: Chrissie Hynde
Saturday 14 June: Mark Lanegan
Saturday 14 June: Petite Noir
Saturday 14 June: Meltdown Sessions
Sunday 15 June: Meltdown Sessions
Sunday 15 June: Max Richter: Waltz With Bashir with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Monday 16 June: Keaton Henson
Tuesday 17 June: Edwyn Collins & Guests
Tuesday 17 June: Radkey
Wednesday 18 June: Under The Skin: Screening And Live Soundtrack With Mica Levi (Micachu)
Wednesday 18 June: Neneh Cherry & Rocketnumbernine
Wednesday 18 June: Glass Animals
Thursday 19 June: DJ Harvey Saturday 21 June: Goldie & Heritage Orchestra perfrom 'Timeless (Sine Tempore)'
Saturday 21 June: ESG + 23 Skidoo
Sunday 22 June: Acid Brass by Jeremy Deller performed by Fairey Band
Sunday 22 June: Meltdown Sessions
Sunday 22 June: John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme
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