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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

The Independent UK

Harry Styles to headline Meltdown festival with orchestral performance

The one-off event will take place on June 16 at the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank Centre where the festival is held yearly.

Evening Standard

Southbank salutes half a century of love and skate

The Southbank Centre celebrates 50 years of skateboarding with an exhibition of films, audio, photos and boards

Evening Standard

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‘We’ve had people storm out’: Max Richter and Yulia Mahr stage a hopeful show for hard times

IN FOCUS: As part of its 75th anniversary, the Southbank Centre hosts the Oscar-nominated composer and his creative partner for a sweeping orchestral show that dares to imagine a more hopeful future. Yulia Mahr speaks to Annabel Nugent

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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Carolina Bianchi will drug herself unconscious on stage — but shock is not the point

The Bride and The Goodnight Cinderella is coming to the Southbank. It’s an intense exploration of violence against women, but the creator doesn’t want to linger on the shock factor of her performance

Evening Standard

Suede on Oasis, anti-nostalgia and 'society at breaking point'

Suede are taking over the Southbank Centre this month but with a killer new album out this will be far from a wallowing in the past

Evening Standard

Livingetc Style Awards 2025 — Kitchen

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Little Simz reveals first acts for Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank Centre

The first acts have been announced for this year’s Meltdown Festival, curated by British rapper Little Simz.

Euronews

Rangers locked in £338,000 legal battle over kiosk payment system at Ibrox

The club are being sued by Southbank Asset Finance Ltd.

Daily Record

Nicholas Snowman obituary

Arts administrator who founded the London Sinfonietta and led the Southbank Centre and Glyndebourne

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: my dream job healed my excruciating pain

The autoimmune disease lupus had ruined my life until I landed an interview at the Southbank Centre. After years of trying to fit in I’d found my tribe – and a way to get better

The Guardian - UK

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