The line-up for Antony Hegarty‘s Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre has been revealed.

The Antony And The Johnsons singer is curating the annual festival, following in the footsteps of Jarvis Cocker, David Bowie and, most recently, The Kinks’ Ray Davies, by curating the 12-day festival which runs August 1-12.

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This summer the event will see performances from the Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser, Diamanda Galás, Laurie Anderson, CocoRosie and Buffy Sainte-Marie while Marc Almond will present Marc and The Mambas’ Torment and Toreros.

For more information visit: Meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk. Scroll down for the full line-up. Tickets for the events go on general sale May 10 at 12pm (BST). Southbank Centre members can purchase tickets two days earlier, from May 8.

Hegarty is no stranger to the festival, having performed at Patti Smith‘s Meltdown in 2005 and American Jazz composer Ornette Coleman’s in 2009. The Southbank’s artistic director, Jude Kelly, described Hegarty as “one of the most fascinating artists of our age”.

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Meltdown runs from August 1 to 12. The line-up is as follows:

Diamanda Galás:

The Hour Will Come

1 August

Royal Festival Hall

Planningtorock

& Light Asylum

1 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Selda

2 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Laurie Anderson: Dirtday!

3 August

Royal Festival Hall

Diamanda Galás

Schrei 27 Screening and talk

3 August

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

CocoRosie

We Are On Fire

4 August

Royal Festival Hall

Cyclobe

Derek Jarman Films

Myrninerest

4 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Marina Abramovi?

5 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Elizabeth Fraser

6 August

Royal Festival Hall

Buffy Sainte-Marie

in conversation

6 August

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Elizabeth Fraser

7 August

Royal Festival Hall

Buffy Sainte-Marie

7 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Joey Arias: Strange Fruit

The Songs of Billie Holiday

8 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Marc Almond presents Marc & The Mambas’ Torment and Toreros

9 August

Royal Festival Hall

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black

Tenderloin

10 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Charles Atlas: Turning

(Film premiere featuring Antony)

11 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Kembra Pfahler

Claywoman

11 August

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Hal Willner: Freedom Riders with Special Guests

12 August

Royal Festival Hall

William Basinski: Disintegration Loops

12 August

Queen Elizabeth Hall