RAY DAVIES’ MELTDOWN
10 – 19 JUNE
SOUTHBANK CENTRE
SOUTHBANK CENTRE
This year The Kinks’ frontman Ray Davies is in charge of the annual Meltdown festival at Southbank Centre in London, picking some of his favourite artists and putting together a rather special line-up of concerts. Click here to see the full line –up.
Our Record Collector highlights include:
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
+ The Legendary Pink Dots
Friday 10 June
Always electrifying live, the man behind the iconic single ‘Fire’ plays a rare London show.
Ready Steady Go!
Featuring The Animals’ Eric Burdon, Dave Berry, Paloma Faith, Nona Hendryx, The Manfreds, Sandie Shaw, The Ronettes’ Ronnie Spector and more to be announced
Saturday 11 June
Meltdown is famous for its never-to-be-repeated shows and this one is certainly one not to miss as an all-star cast recreates the legendary TV pop show Ready Steady Go!
Featuring The Animals’ Eric Burdon, Dave Berry, Paloma Faith, Nona Hendryx, The Manfreds, Sandie Shaw, The Ronettes’ Ronnie Spector and more to be announced
Saturday 11 June
Meltdown is famous for its never-to-be-repeated shows and this one is certainly one not to miss as an all-star cast recreates the legendary TV pop show Ready Steady Go!
| The Fugs + Lewis Floyd Henry Saturday 11 June It was 42 years ago that New York Beat generation iconoclasts The Fugs last played in London. We strongly recommend you see what we’ve been waiting for all the years. |  |
Yo La Tengo
Reinventing The Wheel
Sunday 12 June
Fittingly for Meltdown, alt-rockers Yo La Tengo’s gig sees them spin a wheel of fortune which will decide what they will play on the night. It could even see them act out a classic sitcom...
Reinventing The Wheel
Sunday 12 June
Fittingly for Meltdown, alt-rockers Yo La Tengo’s gig sees them spin a wheel of fortune which will decide what they will play on the night. It could even see them act out a classic sitcom...
 | Dengue Fever Sunday 12 June 1960s Cambodian pop meets US garage-surf guitars and psychedelic soul. |
Alan Price Set
Tuesday 14 June
The keyboardist of seminal 60s pop group The Animals plays live.
Nick Lowe & special guests
+ Rainy Boy Sleep
Wednesday 15 June
One of the greats who has sold-out venues across the world with his timeless back-catalogue.
| Ron Sexsmith + Anna Calvi Two great talents together on a double-bill that mixes Sexsmith’s tender songwriting and Calvi’s boldly seductive, cinematic tunes.Thursday 16 June |  |
London Sinfonietta
Birtwistle & Maxwell Davies
Secret Theatre & Eight Songs for a Mad King
Thursday 16 June
Landmark works from two of the UK’s greatest living composers. Undoubtedly a highlight at the festival.
Birtwistle & Maxwell Davies
Secret Theatre & Eight Songs for a Mad King
Thursday 16 June
Landmark works from two of the UK’s greatest living composers. Undoubtedly a highlight at the festival.
The Great Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live and Direct from New Orleans
Friday 17 June
One of the original New Orleans jazz bands - in the words of their collaborator Louis Armstrong ‘Preservation Hall. Now that's where you'll find all of the greats.'
Live and Direct from New Orleans
Friday 17 June
One of the original New Orleans jazz bands - in the words of their collaborator Louis Armstrong ‘Preservation Hall. Now that's where you'll find all of the greats.'
 | The Sonics + Wire Saturday 18 June Rarely does such a special double-bill come around; garage-rockers The Sonics led where The Stooges and Nirvana followed and they are joined by the ever-brilliant Wire. |
Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the Sixties and Beyond
Saturday 18 June
One-half of Peter and Gordon and former Head of A&R at The Beatles’ Apple Records, this will be a fascinating insight into the era, the music and the stars.
Saturday 18 June
One-half of Peter and Gordon and former Head of A&R at The Beatles’ Apple Records, this will be a fascinating insight into the era, the music and the stars.
Current 93
Honeysuckle Sunset
Sunday 19 June
Utterly idiosyncratic and utterly engrossing, Current 93’s David Tibet is joined by guests including Baby Dee.
Honeysuckle Sunset
Sunday 19 June
Utterly idiosyncratic and utterly engrossing, Current 93’s David Tibet is joined by guests including Baby Dee.
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