FKA Twigs to headline and curate Meltdown festival

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 11:02 · Archive

FKA Twigs will headline and curate the Meltdown festival at London's Southbank Centre.

FKA Twigs will headline and curate this year's Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London. The annual festival, first held in 1993, invites a different cultural figure each year to curate 10 days of concerts and performances across the centre's venues.

Twigs, whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, said she was 'honoured and excited' to curate the festival. She described how London's 'cultural and artistic clash' has shaped her journey from Croydon College through performing in underground cabaret clubs and warehouses to singing operatic songs in large arenas. She said the city's diversity, freedom and creative energy made it 'one of the world's great capitals of music and the arts'.

Twigs released two albums in 2025, Eusexua and Eusexua Afterglow, and completed her Body High Tour in June. The 2027 season at the Southbank Centre also includes Italian playwright Romeo Castellucci's first London performance in 16 years, featuring the play Bros, and a performance by Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

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• FKA Twigs to headline and curate major UK festivalThe annual festival, first held in 1993, sees a different cultural figure curate 10 days of concerts and performances across the centre’s venues.Worcester News · 21 Oct, 10:44
• FKA Twigs to headline and curate major UK festivalThe annual festival, first held in 1993, sees a different cultural figure curate 10 days of concerts and performances across the centre’s venues.Malvern Gazette · 21 Oct, 10:44

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