MELTDOWN 2008

Spread across eight days the Meltdown Festival takes place over the 21 acres of London's Southbank Centre including the Riverside, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Each year a handpicked musical curator brings their own unique style and vision to the festival with Massive Attack directing and selecting the music this time around.

Following in the footsteps of Morrissey, Nick Cave and David Bowie, the trip-hop group say their choices will be more than just music. They ... read more

Spread across eight days the Meltdown Festival takes place over the 21 acres of London's Southbank Centre including the Riverside, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Each year a handpicked musical curator brings their own unique style and vision to the festival with Massive Attack directing and selecting the music this time around.

Following in the footsteps of Morrissey, Nick Cave and David Bowie, the trip-hop group say their choices will be more than just music. They said: "In addition to the music, we want this year's festival to have a strong political and visual element to it to reflect our influences and obsessions. Our aim is to mix it up a bit by instigating collaborations that make sense and probably some that don't."less