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Ray Davies to curate Meltdown
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 26 November 2010
Former Kinks man Ray Davies may not be well enough to tour the US (he cancelled his tour there this week on doctor’s orders) but that doesn’t mean he’s not up to curating the next Meltdown festival. I suppose that is the sort of thing you can do from your bed. Davies will pick the acts that perform at next year’s Southbank Centre based music fest, which takes place from 10-19 Jun.
Confirming his appointment to the director role for 2011, Davies told reporters: “My wish for Meltdown 2011 is that it will be a creative celebration through the decades. A bridge between past, present and future”.
The Southbank Centre’s Jude Kelly added: “Enigmatic, provocative and literate – his razor-sharp observations on British society have coloured perceptions of ourselves for nearly 50 years”.
