Nile Rodgers will curate this 12 months’s Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee will hand-pick artists for the 2019 version, which runs from August Three-11.
While no names have been introduced up to now, Rodgers has hinted at what’s to return.
The Chic frontman stated: “Anyone who is aware of my profession is aware of that funk, disco, jazz, soul, classical, pop, new wave, r’n’b, fusion, punk rock, afrobeat, digital and dance music all play a task and you may anticipate that to be mirrored within the performances we're planning. It’s all concerning the groove and this August everybody in London might be dancing to unbelievable reside performances!”
These performances will mark Meltdown’s 26th 12 months, with earlier curators together with David Bowie, M.I.A, Massive Attack and Patti Smith.
“To have the ability to curate and produce 9 days of reside music for the town of London, the UK and music lovers visiting from all around the world is really a dream come true,” Rodgers additionally stated.
With a music profession spanning over 50 years and donning an inventory of earlier accolades lengthy sufficient to make even probably the most persistent of workaholics seem like full-time slobs, to say Rodgers is match for the job can be considerably of an understatement. Who higher to curate Meltdown Festival than the person behind serving to ascend the music profession of Madonna, songwriter of chart-topping tracks and a Three-time Grammy award winner?
Bengi Ünsal of the Southbank Centre stated: “It’s onerous to overstate the impression that this 12 months’s curator has had each as a part of Chic and as a solo producer on what we name common music at this time. He is consistently creating and collaborating, and I can’t wait to see what he'll create throughout our venues. One factor is for sure: this would be the funkiest Meltdown but.”