All-star line-up at the Southbank Centre’s Meltdown Festival this June

Yemi Alade

CHRISTINE AND the Queens’ Meltdown takes place at the Southbank Centre from Friday 9 June until Sunday 18 June 2023.

For this year’s edition of Meltdown, the French musical phenomenon Christine and the Queens has invited artists who have influenced his musical identity, and those who continue to shape it today.

In addition to ticketed shows, there’s two weekends of outdoor parties, drag, dance and free events to celebrate all across the Southbank Centre site.

Here are some of our highlights from the 10-day festival.

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Serpentwithfeet + Shaé Universe (Fri 9 Jun)

serpentwithfeet has an overwhelming gift for writing heartbreakingly tender love songs. He not only imagines, but explores a world where Black love is paramount. Through his music, serpentwithfeet allows compassion to be the backbone of his art, as he communes with his most loving self. With support from rising star Shaé Universe.

Yemi Alade + Moonchild Sanelly (Sat 10 Jun)

Come ready to dance as Afropop superstar Yemi Alade brings her hits to Meltdown festival.

Yemi is supported by Moonchild Sanelly, a South-African rapper-singer applying her sex-positive lyrics to two of the most hyped genres of recent years: gqom and amapiano.

As with Alade, she featured on Beyonce’s soundtrack album, and Moonchild has also worked with Gorillaz and Ghetts (on ‘Mozambique’). She’s an artist on the up, and an extremely exciting addition to the Meltdown line-up.

Oxlade (Thu 15 Jun)

Singing passionate falsetto over lively Afrobeats, Oxlade is changing the face of the Nigerian music industry and capturing hearts and minds. For a sign of that popularity, his recent COLORS show, where he sang his track ‘Ku Lo Sa’, was a runaway viral success. His performance at Meltdown is a chance to catch a star in the making.

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Petite Noir

Petite Noir (Sat 17 Jun)

Meet the musician behind Noirwave, a movement drawing energy from punk and African diaspora identity. As Petite Noir explains about his new album MotherFather,: ‘It’s about going through the darkness. But it’s also about rebirth. Because the dark times are needed for us to grow.’

Commenting on their curated line-up, Christine and the Queens, said: ““Art to save the city! Ten nights that are ours. Southbank Centre filled with beloved artists, some I discovered recently, some I know are amazing performers and poets. Dance. Theatre. Words and music. Friends and future friends. Raving, hopefully. Art to save the city! To free its contours and enliven the soul – it’s the why we do what we do. I can’t effing wait.”

See the full line up and book your tickets at southbankcentre.co.uk                       

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/meltdown?tab=events&utm_source=voice-online.co.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=MAR_2303_Meltdown23&utm_content=

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  1. | Chaka Artwell

    African-heritage female artists appear half naked; whilst African-heritage male artists adopt a custom and hairstyles I am unable to categorise, and names I have great difficulty pronouncing.

    One can only hope their music is more appealing.

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