Massive Attack is BACK! They're curating this year's Meltdown Festival and have announced the line up. Highlights include George Clinton and P-Funk, 2 Massive Attack shows, Stiff Little Fingers, Gang of Four, Martina Topley-Bird, and Volume an interactive audio visual collaboration with Robert Del Naja, Neil Davidge and UVA.
Past curators have included Patti Smith, John Peel, Nick Cave, and Mr. David Bowie himself. Massive Attack sits in pretty esteemed company to be assigned the duty of curating the festival.
This will be the 15th Meltdown Festival, which takes place in Southbank Centre in London for 'nine days of concerts, DJ sets, talks, films, and visual art.'
MASSIVE ATTACK
14 & 22 June
GONG
14 June
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
15 June
Reggae Acoustic Songbook
HORACE ANDY + JOHNNY CLARKE + EARL 16 + PRINCE MALACHAI
15 June
REPRIEVE SCREENINGS
Taxi to the Dark Side and post-show talk with Moazzam Begg & Clive Stafford Smith
15 June
ELBOW + FLEET FOXES
16 June
THE NIGHT JAMES BROWN SAVED BOSTON
Screening
16 June
VANGELIS' BLADE RUNNER SOUNDTRACK
performed live by the Heritage Orchestra, mixed by Massive Attack
17 June
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS performing Inflammable Material
+ MARK STEWART & THE MAFFIA Showcase Edit
+ ADRIAN SHERWOOD
18 June
THE SHORTWAVE SET + MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD
18 June
GRACE JONES
19 June
Massive Attack Presents Future Sounds of Hip-hop
DALEK + COOL KIDS + SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS + FLYING LOTUS
19 June
GANG OF FOUR + TOM TOM CLUB
20 June
TERRY CALLIER + ALOE BLACC
20 June
GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT / FUNKADELIC
21 June
TUNNG + LEILA
21 June
SAXON SOUND SYSTEM
+ MUSCLEHEAD + TIPPA IRIE + TREVOR SAX + PAPA LEVI
22 June
UNITED VISUAL ARTISTS
Installation Volume
13 - 22 June
SILENT DISCO
including DJs PEACHES + KIERAN HEBDEN (aka Four Tet)
13, 14 & 19 - 21 June
PLUS SCREENINGS OF:
Shane Meadow's Somers Town, In Prison My Whole Life, BUG: Massive Attack's Videos
Blade Runner: The Final Cut in IMAX
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