Southbank Centre

We’re very excited to announce three very special new shows for this year’s Meltdown. 

Tickets go on sale to Southbank Centre Members at 10am Tuesday 29 May and on general sale at 10am on Thursday 31 May.

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown  / 0844 847 9944

www.ticketmaster.co.uk / 0844 844 0006

For your best chance to get tickets become a Southbank Centre Member today.

Joan as Policewoman
+ Julia Kent
+ Matteah Baim 
Friday 3 August
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Joan Wasser (aka Joan As Police Woman) has spent over 20 years performing and recording alongside acts such as Lou Reed, Sparklehorse, musical director and Meltdown co-performer Hal Willner’s projects, and Damon Albarn’s Africa Express.

She’s joined on the bill by singer-songwriter Matteah Baim plus Julia Kent, who uses multitracked cello, found sounds, and electronics to create music that is cinematic, powerful and impressionistic.

Matmos 
+ o F F Love
Monday 6 August
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Matmos duo Martin Schmidt and Drew Daniel’s music takes field recordings and varied elements of glitch, techno and electonica morphing them into records that have garnered acclaim across the world. Support comes from the Berlin-based o F F Love whose record ‘Probably Love’ came out on the leftfield tastemakers M=Maximal label at the start of 2012.

Lou Reed
Friday 10 August
Royal Festival Hall

Lou Reed performs for this year’s Meltdown, curated by his friend and collaborator Antony.