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Take a look behind the scenes at past Meltdown festivals, including those curated by Nick Cave, David Bowie, M.I.A., Robert Smith and Jarvis Cocker.

Revisiting the legendary Pink Floyd concert in our Queen Elizabeth Hall which cemented the band a place in rock history… and a ban from our venues.

Ben Watt, formerly of Everything But The Girl, talks about going solo again and collaborations in this interview ahead of a 2021 Southbank Centre gig.

Celebrate the musical life of our Grace Jones, our 27th Meltdown festival curator, with this playlist featuring her most iconic tracks.

How many of these artists were you lucky enough to see perform here?

Everything you need to know about Brazilian superstar Anitta from this profile produced ahead her appearance at Nile Rodgers’ Meltdown.

Enjoy a playlist of hits inspired by or involving Trevor Horn, founder member of The Buggles and Art of Noise, and influential producer of the 1980s.

Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, the men behind the soundtrack to Stranger Things talk S U R V I V E and synthesisers in this interview from 2019.

Listen to this hip-hop playlist of tracks which sample the work of Nile Rodgers, highlighting Rodgers’ remarkable influence on contemporary music.

Take a look back at the first 25 years of Meltdown festival with these items from our archive collections

Relive the summer of 1998 with this playlist of acts from John Peel’s Meltdown, including Sonic Youth, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Cornershop.

Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke talks about his life and work in this podcast recorded during our 2016 Being a Man festival.