FKA Twigs announced as Southbank’s Meltdown 2027 curator, with special guests to curate ‘Hometown’ grassroots events across the UK

FKA Twigs has been announced as the curator for Southbank’s Meltdown 2027, and there is also an inaugural localised Hometown Meltdown on the way to support grassroots venues across the country.

READ MORE: FKA Twigs – ‘EUSEXUA Afterglow’: a throbbing testament to experimental pop artistry The singer, dancer and visual artist will take the reins for 11 days at the London multi-arts centre, and curate a run of performances at the 11-acre site between June 10 and 20.

As well as headlining one of the days herself, Twigs will create a line-up that reflects the diverse influences that shape her own sound, and bring together artists from across musical genres.

The past winner of NME’s Godlike Genius Award will become Meltdown’s 32nd curator, following on from huge names including David Bowie , Nick Cave , Patti Smith , Grace Jones , Christine and the Queens , Harry Styles , Nile Rodgers , Robert Smith , David Byrne , Yoko Ono , Anohni , Massive Attack , Little Simz and Jarvis Cocker .

“I am honoured and excited to be curating Meltdown at the Southbank Centre,” Twigs shared.

“The potent artistic and cultural landscape in London has raised me from Croydon College, to performing in underground cabaret clubs, dancing till sunrise in warehouses on the docks and last year being lucky enough to sing my operatic songs in one of the largest arenas in London.” FKA twigs performing at the NME Awards 2020.

Credit: Andy Ford for NME She continued: “The cultural and artistic clash in this city is like no other.

Where cultures, sounds, stories and traditions from all over the world meet, collide and transform one another.

I intend to bring you a slice of all that has raised me and continues to inspire me: celebrating the diversity, freedom and creative energy that I believe makes London one of the world’s great capitals of music and the arts.” With the announcement, FKA Twigs joins Meltdown’s 2027 season, which already includes scheduled performances from pianist Lang Lang, rock icon Patti Smith and composer Philip Glass.

More information about the line-up and tickets will be announced at a later date.

The first ever Hometown Meltdown is on the way too – a nationwide version of the London Meltdown festival, which will be taking place in grassroots music venues.

Running between December 2026 through to March 2027, the festival will take place at six cities across the country and each span for two days.

In each city, celebrated artists from that area will curate and host programmes in grassroots venues, bringing together local artists alongside more established talent from elsewhere around the country.