Christine and the Queens will curate the 2023 version of Meltdown Competition on London’s South Financial institution. He picks up the mantle from Grace Jones, who helmed this yr’s version, and follows curators together with David Bowie, Patti Smith, and Scott Walker. A mixture of ticketed exhibits and free outside live shows, the competition will run from June 9-18. The primary acts will probably be introduced within the spring.
In a press launch, Christine and the Queens, also referred to as Redcar, stated, “I’ll truly decide musicians which have some gut-wrenching high quality, and I want for all of us to walk round in these ten days being rejuvenated by creative gestures. Discoveries. The time Meltdown takes is kind of beautiful, the abundance feels appropriately beneficiant too. We want this for ourselves, artwork within the metropolis, artwork for the citizen, collective catharsis, an exquisite purge of the soul. I hope you’ll get pleasure from this wonderful version and once more, lengthy reside poetry that burns and musicians loopy and courageous sufficient to maintain going – they’re shaping the feelings of the longer term. Let’s thank all of them!”
This month, Christine and the Queens launched his new album, Redcar les adorables étoiles. He performs London’s Meltdown venue the Southbank Centre tonight.
