War painnt5/16/2023 ![]() Meanwhile, Christine & The Queens has announced his new album ‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE’ and shared the first taster from the record, ‘To Be Honest‘. Last year’s Meltdown Festival was curated by Grace Jones, and saw performances from Peaches, Skunk Anansie, Dry Cleaning, Greentea Peng, John Grant, Sky Ferreira, Hot Chip and Honey Dijon.Ĭhristine And The Queens CREDIT: Paul Kookier I can’t wait for us all to experience his curation and celebration of selfhood, identity and creativity.” It’s thrilling to see the breadth of his extraordinary imagination come to life across Meltdown, one of the true highlights of the summer at the Southbank Centre. Mark Ball, Artistic Director at the Southbank Centre, said: “Christine & The Queens’ boundary breaking work has made him one of the most compelling artists of our age. With hugely infectious energy and bold ambitions, Meltdown will encompass creativity across Christine and the Queen’s creative spectrum.” Meltdown 2023 is shaping up to be like no other festival we’ve seen. “If you’ve ever had a chance to experience the creativity of Christine & The Queens, you’ll know it’s full of fun and joy, but also somewhere to help us make sense of the world around us, especially as queer people. Sunday 18 – Soap&Skin, Purcell Room 6.30pm and 9.30pm ( tickets)Īdem Holness, Head of Contemporary Music at the Southbank Centre, added: “Meltdown is all about inviting audiences and artists into the imagination of the curator, and the music they love. Sunday 18 – Lynks, Queen Elizabeth Hall 7:30pm ( tickets) Sunday 18 – Christine & The Queens, Royal Festival Hall 7:30pm ( tickets) Saturday 17 – Christine & The Queens, Royal Festival Hall 7:30pm ( tickets) Thursday 15 – Bat For Lashes, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm ( tickets)įriday 16 – Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall 7.30pm ( tickets)įriday 16 – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer 7.30pm ( tickets) ![]() Thursday 15 – Oxlade, Royal Festival Hall 7.30pm ( tickets) Wednesday 14 – Johnny Jewel, Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer 7.30pm ( tickets) Tuesday 13 – KOKOROKO, Royal Festival Hall 7.30pm ( tickets) Monday 12 – Warpaint, Royal Festival Hall 7.30pm ( tickets) Sunday 11 – Sqürl, Queen Elizabeth Hall 7.30pm ( tickets) Saturday 10 – Let’s Eat Grandma, Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer 7.30pm ( tickets) Saturday 10 – Yemi Alade and Moonchild Sanelly, Royal Festival Hall 7.30pm ( tickets) Melting is delivered beautifully a capella, small flickers of calypso snaking around the four-part harmony: “No more armour / no anxiety.” There are refreshingly few phones in the air, fans preferring to capture the moment in their loosening limbs.Friday 09 – Django Django, Royal Festival Hall 7.30pm ( tickets)įriday 09 – Serpentwithfeet, Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer 7.30pm ( tickets) Cutting through their trademark moody grooves, it has a lovely upbeat glitter, an invitation to embrace your inner cheerleader. They begin with origin song Stars and quickly move on to Champion, the lead single from Radiate Like This (the new album, released today). In a room of committed attendees, new cuts are welcomed greedily. This is an opportunity to really revel in one another’s company, to celebrate their latest release with low-pressure intimacy and warmth. Nearly two decades into their career, Warpaint make it clear that they will be doing no such thing. As artists strive to shift copies, in-store album launch shows have become something of an obligation a short showcase of new wares generally delivered in stripped-back arrangements. “T his is not a record store,” quips Emily Kokal, surveying the crowd.
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