Antony Hegarty’s Meltdown festival: full line-up revealed

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. 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". 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