Little Simz confirmed to curate Meltdown 2025 at London’s Southbank

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Little Simz has been announced as curating the 2025 edition of Meltdown at London’s Southbank Centre.The British artist is set to curate a boundary-breaking line-up for this year’s edition of the 11-day festival, and will be taking to the stage herself as one of the performers.Scheduled between Thursday June 12 and Sunday June 22, the event will include a number of live performances from artists hand-selected by Little Simz, as well as two weekends of free participatory programming featuring grassroots collectives and local organisations.The first wave of names set to take part in the 2025 edition of Meltdown Festival will be announced later this spring.“I’m super excited to be the 2025 Meltdown festival curator!

My team and I are preparing 11 days of art, music, workshops and more,” Little Simz said in a new statement. “So many incredible artists have curated this festival so it’s a true honour to be a part of it.

Thank you to the Southbank Centre for having me. Meltdown 2025 the Simz way is going to be epic. I’ll see you there.”With the announcement, the rapper joins the huge list of legendary names that have curated Meltdown at Southbank Centre in the past, including David Bowie, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Grace Jones, Christine and the Queens, Nile Rodgers, Robert Smith, David Byrne, Yoko Ono, Anohni, Massive Attack and Jarvis Cocker.“Little Simz’s ability to forge new genre-defying ideas and her ambition to inspire the next generation of creators aligns with what the Southbank Centre’s artistic programme and vision stands for,” said Jane Beese, Head of Contemporary Music at Southbank. “We’re incredibly excited to witness the lineup she’ll curate and for the power of her great art, leadership and culture to bring people.