FKA Twigs Selected to Curate London's Meltdown Festival

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FKA Twigs will curate 10 days of performances at London's prestigious Meltdown festival.

Musician and artist FKA Twigs will curate and headline the upcoming Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London. The annual event hands creative control to a single influential artist to organise 10 days of live performances. Organisers confirm the celebration will span multiple venues across the riverside complex.

  • Event formatThe festival runs for 10 consecutive days featuring music and multidisciplinary arts across several Southbank Centre spaces.
  • Festival heritageFirst staged in 1993, Meltdown selects an individual cultural figure each year to curate its full programme.
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London's Meltdown is the longest-running artist-curated music festival in the world, having previously featured curators such as David Bowie, Patti Smith, and Nick Cave.

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FKA Twigs has been appointed curator and headliner for the 10-day Meltdown festival across the Southbank Centre's venues.

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