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    Christine and the Queens' Meltdown

    June 2023

    Musician, Christine and The Queens pictured in black and white from the back in a suite
    © Rémy Solomon

    Christine and the Queens, the French musical phenomenon, curated Meltdown 2023

    The 28th edition of the UK’s longest-running artist-curated music festival, Meltdown, took place in June 2023 and was curated by Christine and the Queens.

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    1. Victor Frankowski

      Christine and the Queens on queerness and an enlightened death

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    2. Vincent Neff of Django Django plays guitar inside an empty Royal Festival Hall. He is standing at a microphone stand among the auditorium seats, the stage and organ and boxes can be seen behind hime
      Southbank Centre; screengrab from inhouse video

      Django Django perform 'Come Down', acoustic version

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    3. Bat for Lashes Natasha Khan, a woman with short dark hair, being interviewed seated on a sofa in her recording studio
      Southbank Centre

      Bat for Lashes on motherhood, embodiment and creation

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    4. A man with his head leaning on his knee, wearing a sheer black top
      Charly Gosp

      Meltdown 2023: Beyond the music

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    5. Meltdown 2023: 'Christine and the Queens is a big time icon'

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    6. A concert being held at Riverside Terrace outside Royal Festival Hall with an audience in summery colthing
      Victor Frankowski

      Meltdown 2023: The artists of the Riverside Terrace

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    7. Musician, Christine and the Queens pictured in black and white from the back, wearing a suit. The word ‘Playlist’ sits over the top of the image in yellow text.
      Base image © Rémy Solomon

      Playlist: Christine and the Queens' Meltdown

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    8. Victor Frankowski

      Grace Jones' Meltdown wrapped

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    9. Victor Frankowski

      Nile Rodgers' Meltdown revisited

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    10. Robert Smith performs with CUREATION-25 at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall as part of Meltdown 2018
      Victor Frankowski

      Robert Smith's Meltdown revisited

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    11. David Bowie's Meltdown revisited

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    12. Ray Davies performing at Meltdown Festival
      Ray Davies at Meltdown Festival 2011

      Meltdown: the first 25 years

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    Previous Meltdown festivals

    1. Victor Frankowski

      Grace Jones' Meltdown

      Grace Jones, international music, fashion and film icon, curated Meltdown 2022
    2. Nile Rodgers, curator of Meltdown 2019. Photo: Britt Lloyd
      Britt Lloyd

      Nile Rodgers' Meltdown

      Producer, songwriter, musician and sonic trendsetter Nile Rodgers curated the 26th Meltdown
    3. Robert Smith from the band The Cure.

      Robert Smith's Meltdown

      The lead singer and principal songwriter of The Cure curated Meltdown in its 25th year

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