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Music brings people together, says Harry Styles after ‘unforgettable’ Meltdown

The singer, 32, curated the 2026 Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre.

Evening Standard

“It's an intimidating field to step into as someone who doesn’t - cannot - read music”: Harry Styles reinterprets a Simon and Garfunkel classic plus his back catalogue with help from Jules Buckley Orchestra and Gospel House Choir

Singer is halfway through curating the Meltdown Festival

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Harry Styles gets standing ovation after ‘stunning’ Simon & Garfunkel cover

Performing with a full orchestra at Meltdown festival, pop star says it feels strange to be ‘in the middle of your own career highlight’, calling it ‘an incredibly special week for me’

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Harry Styles to headline London Meltdown festival with a one-off orchestral show

The special event will also serve as a fundraiser for the Southbank Centre’s charitable initiatives

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Thursday news quiz: spaceship crews, planning news and who is in a meltdown?

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Harry Styles reveals Meltdown festival line-up including Royal Festival Hall gig

The event will be held at the Southbank Centre in London this summer

Evening Standard

Harry Styles reveals diverse line-up for 2026 Meltdown festival featuring jazz, pop, indie and electronic artists

The event will be held at the Southbank Centre in London this summer

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Harry Styles announces jazz, pop, indie and electronic artists for his Meltdown festival

London festival will feature an intimate Styles performance as well as appearances from Warpaint, Kamasi Washington, Devonté Hynes and more

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Harry Styles to curate Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre – and play an intimate gig

The pop superstar will oversee the annual music and art celebration in June, marking the festival’s 31st edition and the venue’s 75th anniversary

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Harry Styles to curate Meltdown Festival 2026

Harry Styles has been named as the curator of this year's Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank Centre.

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Harry Styles to curate 2026 Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre: 'I'm deeply honoured'

Harry Styles follows the likes of David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Chaka Khan, Grace Jones and Patti Smith in arranging the festival’s line-up

Evening Standard

Little Simz & Chineke! Orchestra review – rap-classical crossover is spectacularly realised

Closing out a Simz-curated Meltdown festival, and with a host of star guests helping out, these songs gain extra nuance as orchestra and star meld perfectly together

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s been incredible’: Little Simz ends Meltdown festival with orchestral show

Little Simz curated this year’s event.

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Little Simz announces more artists for Meltdown 2025

Mercury Prize-winning rapper is overseeing the 30th edition of the prestigious event

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Mahalia among artists added to Little Simz' Meltdown festival

Mahalia, Tiwa Savage, and more artists will join Little Simz for an unforgettable Meltdown festival at London's Southbank Centre this June

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Little Simz’s Meltdown 2025: first acts announced, including The Streets and Ghetts

All performances will be between June 12 and 22 at the Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, with Meltdown based at the Southbank Centre

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Little Simz to curate Meltdown Festival 2025

The 2025 edition of London's Meltdown festival will be curated by Little Simz.

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Little Simz named as curator of Southbank music festival Meltdown 2025

It’s “going to be epic” promises the London rapper and Top Boy star

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Little Simz to curate 2025 Meltdown festival

British rapper is the youngest artist to take on the mantle of curator, following stars such as David Bowie and Patti Smith

The Independent UK

Meltdown, the Little Simz way: Pioneering rapper to curate Southbank music festival

Mercury Prize-winning artist will bring together 11 days of art, music and workshops, as well as performing herself

The Guardian - UK

Chaka Khan review – queen of funk sounds as majestic as ever

The peerless 71-year-old opens this year’s Meltdown festival sounding very much like the Chaka Khan of the 70s and 80s used to, and performs 50 years’ worth of potent disco, soul and jazz classics with effortless vibrancy

The Guardian - UK

Chaka Khan to curate 2024’s Meltdown festival in London

Funk and disco star promises June event series at London’s Southbank Centre will be ‘where magic of music meets the warmth of community’

The Guardian - UK

Christine and the Queens review – phantasmagoric drama and musical transcendence

A two-hour rock opera version of their new album – which is in turn inspired by Tony Kushner’s Aids drama Angels in America – the band’s feverish Meltdown performance was overwhelming

Evening Standard

Oxlade at Meltdown Festival review: sporadically dazzling, but the Nigerian star is still a work in progress

A glittery catwalk show of fabulous outfits and high-voltage glamour – and that was just the audience

Evening Standard

Christine and the Queens Southbank’s Meltdown Festival line-up announced, including Warpaint and Sigur Rós

The 28th edition of the festival will take place in London in June

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