Meltdown Hots Up

• 3rd May 2005

The latest lineup for this years Meltdown Festival curated by legendary Patti Smith, has been revealed. And so far its looking pretty good, with Ms Smith announcing she'll be playing her awesome 'Horses' album in full.

The lineup looks like this:

Friday 17th June:
Royal Festival Hall: Rachid Taha with special guest Patti Smith
Queen Elizabeth Hall: Yoko Ono

Saturday 18th June:
RFH: Songs of Innocence Protest Songs and Lullabies Feat. Patti Smith, Sinead O'Connor, Beth Orton, Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses)
QEH: Billy Bragg

Sunday 19th June:
RFH: Steve Earle & Patti Smith

Wednesday 22nd June:
QEH: The Coral Sea Feat. Patti Smith, Cat Power and Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)

Thursday 23rd June:
RFH: Stand Bravely Brothers A homage to Berthold Brecht Feat. Patti Smith, Marc Almond, Neil & Tim Finn, Antony & The Johnsons, Dresden Dolls, London Sinfonietta

Friday 24th June:
QEH: Antony & The Johnsons

Saturday 25th June:
RFH: Patti Smith performs Horses With special guest John Cale

Sunday 26th June:
RFH: Songs Of Experience The work of Jimi Hendrix and the music that inspired him Feat. Patti Smith, Jeff Beck, Flea & John Frusciante (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)

plus many more…..

Tickets on sale Thursday 5th May, 9am Box Office Number 08703 808 300

Check out link for the latest line up info