Now in its 25th year, Meltdown Festival takes place at London’s Southbank Centre, the arts complex covering 21 acres and including the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and The Hayward, from June 15th-24th, 2018. The Cure’s Robert Smith serves as this year’s curator.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 65daysofstatic
- Black Moth Super Rainbow
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Deftones
- Fear of Men
- Frightened Rabbit
- God Is An Astronaut
- I Like Trains
- Kathryn Joseph
- Kristin Hersh
- Liminal (featuring Jónsi, Alex Somers & Paul Corley)
- Loop
- Low
- Manic Street Preachers
- Maybeshewill
- Mogwai
- Mono
- Moon Duo
- My Bloody Valentine
- Nine Inch Nails
- Pg.lost
- Placebo
- Suzanne Vega
- The Anchoress
- The Church
- The Cure
- The Joy Formidable
- The Libertines
- The Notwist
- The Psychedelic Furs
- The Soft Moon
- The Twilight Sad
- Vessels
- Vex Red
- Yonaka
Festival News and Rumors

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