{"id":301125,"date":"2026-02-16T16:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/301125\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:34:10","slug":"harry-styles-to-curate-and-perform-at-londons-meltdown-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/301125\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles to Curate and Perform at London’s Meltdown Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHarry Styles<\/a> has landed his next new gig: festival curator. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe pop star is set to curate Meltdown at London\u2019s Southbank Centre, which bills itself as the \u201cworld\u2019s longest-running artist-curated music festival.\u201d He\u2019ll also perform a headline concert at the event, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of the famed riverside venue (and the central location for both the London Film Festival and this weekend\u2019s BAFTA Film Awards).<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile no other acts have been yet announced for the 2026 edition of Meltdown, set to run Jun 11-21, it said that Styles would \u201cdraw on his broad influences \u2014 from pop, soul, electronic and rock to underground scenes and emerging young British talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m deeply honoured to curate the Meltdown festival, especially for the Southbank Centre\u2019s 75th anniversary year. My goal as the curator is to share the music and art that I love, and to celebrate the rich history of the venue,\u201d said Styles. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe both share a passionate belief that music is a vital part of life. It brings us together, and the Southbank Centre has been at the heart of it, providing easy access to great music for the past 75 years. I\u2019m incredibly grateful to Southbank for having me \u2013 it\u2019s really exciting for me to have this opportunity in such an iconic venue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2025, Little Sims curated Meltdown, while previous editions have involved the likes of Robert Smith, Grace Jones and Nile Rodgers. <\/p>\n

\n\tStyles recently announced 30 date at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden, prompting more than 11 million people to apply for presale access, and a record-breaking 12 nights at Wembley stadium in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Styles has landed his next new gig: festival curator. The pop star is set to curate Meltdown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,6437,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-301125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-harry-styles","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}