Track Of The Day #693: Robert Smith - ‘There’s A Girl In The Corner’ (The Twilight Sad)
robert smith from the cure shot for the nme magazine 17-10-08.

NEWS: My Bloody Valentine, NIN, Manics, Kristin Hersh and Mogwai amongst first names for Robert Smith’s Meltdown

Southbank Centre has revealed the first names for Robert Smith’s Meltdown in June. For the festival’s 25th anniversary year, the lead singer, guitarist, lyricist and principal songwriter of The Cure curates
a bill of music, taking place across Southbank Centre’s site from 15–24 June 2018.

Meltdown festival is famed for bringing to life the world of its director. For this jubilee year, Robert Smith has hand-picked some of his favourite bands to perform. The line-up promises rare live performances and one-off shows from stadium and arena acts including Deftones, The Libertines, Manic Street Preachers, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Placebo and The Psychedelic Furs – many of them making their debut in Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.

Robert Smith’s Meltdown is also the first major festival to take over Southbank Centre’s newly re-opened venues, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room. After two years of detailed re-design and refurbishment, the spaces provide even more opportunities for intimate gigs and fresh new talent.

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FULL LIST OF ANNOUNCED ACTS BELOW – MORE TO FOLLOW IN COMING MONTHS

65daysofstatic – Friday 15 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS + THE CHURCH – Friday 15 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

PLACEBO – Saturday 16 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

THE NOTWIST – Saturday 16 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

THE LIBERTINES – Sunday 17 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

ALCEST – Sunday 17 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

MANIC STREET PREACHERS + THE ANCHORESS – Tuesday 19 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

DEFTONES – Wednesday 20 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

MOGWAI + KATHRYN JOSEPH – Thursday 21 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

KRISTIN HERSH – Thursday 21 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

NINE INCH NAILS – Friday 22 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

MONO – Friday 22 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

MY BLOODY VALENTINE – Saturday 23 June, 7:30pm, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

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