{"id":61871,"date":"2026-04-07T18:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/harry-styles-programs-genre-spanning-meltdown-festival-for-london\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:11:44","slug":"harry-styles-programs-genre-spanning-meltdown-festival-for-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/harry-styles-programs-genre-spanning-meltdown-festival-for-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles Programs Genre-Spanning Meltdown Festival for London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Every artist involved in this year&#8217;s Meltdown festival means so much to me, both as a fan and a musician,&#8221; singer says<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/harry-styles\/\" id=\"auto-tag_harry-styles\" data-tag=\"harry-styles\">Harry Styles<\/a>, who will curate this year\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southbankcentre.co.uk\/events\/meltdown\/\">Meltdown Festival<\/a> in London, has assembled a lineup that spans genres. Although the lengthy event, which will run at the Southbank Centre from June 11 to June 21, does not feature hard-rock hitmakers Kiss at all (let alone all the time), it does feature disco occasionally. Styles will perform a headlining set at the Royal Festival Hall on June 16, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.co.uk\/music\/news\/harry-styles-announces-eclectic-line-up-for-his-meltdown-festival-60183\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>Rolling Stone UK <\/em>reports<\/a>. Details on tickets for his show have not yet been announced, but tickets for everything else go on sale Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cMusic is my life; every artist involved in this year\u2019s Meltdown festival means so much to me, both as a fan and a musician,\u201d Styles said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s a true honor to host legends who have paved the way for the generations that follow them, as well as new acts that have inspired me to push my creative boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lcd-soundsystem\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lcd-soundsystem\" data-tag=\"lcd-soundsystem\">LCD Soundsystem<\/a> frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/james-murphy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-murphy\" data-tag=\"james-murphy\">James Murphy<\/a> will perform a DJ set, and electronic artist Jon Hopkins will perform a live set with multi-instrumentalist Maddie Ashman and composer Leo Abrahams. The Devont\u00e9 Hynes Ensembled is slated to perform new compositions, while singer and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland will perform with his wife and artistic partner Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIndie rockers Bar Italia and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/warpaint\/\" id=\"auto-tag_warpaint\" data-tag=\"warpaint\">Warpaint<\/a> are both scheduled, as are jazz musicians Mulatu Astatke and Kamasi Washington, the latter of whom will perform two sets (a tribute to Miles Davis and John Coltrane and selections from his own 2024 album, <em>Fearless Movement<\/em>). Other artists booked for the event include electronic artist Ninajirachi, singer-songwriter Stephen Fretwell, jazz composer Shabaka Hutchings, and trip-hop artist Erika de Casier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tStyles\u2019 edition of the Meltdown Festival marks the 31st installment of the annual event. Previous programmers have included Robert Smith, David Byrne, Nick Cave, Scott Walker, and Patti Smith, among many others.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/harry-styles-meltdown-festival-lineup-london-1235543128\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every artist involved in this year&#8217;s Meltdown festival means so much to me, both as a fan and a musician,&#8221; singer says Harry Styles,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":61872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}