Line Up Revealed For Patti Smith's Meltdown Festival

The line up has been revealed for this year's Meltdown Festival that will be curated by Patti Smith.

Beth Orton, Sinead O’Connor, Billy Bragg, Jeff Beck plus The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea and John Frusciante have all confirmed they will be performing the series of events taking place at the South Bank Centre in London.

All performers have been had picked by Smith who will be performing herself, playing the whole of her album ‘Horses’ with the help of former Velvet Underground member John Cale.

Other performing at the event include Yoko Ono Kristin Hersh, Kevin Shields, Cat Power and Billy Bragg.

The full line up is:

• Yoko Ono - Queen Elizabeth Hall - June 17
• Rachid Taha + special guest Patti Smith - Royal Festival Hall - June 17
• ‘Songs Of Innocence, Protest Songs and Lullabies’ featuring Patti Smith, Beth Orton, Sinead O’Connor, Kristin Hersh plus special guests - Royal Festival Hall - June 18
• Billy Bragg - Queen Elizabeth Hall - June 18
Steve Earle and Patti Smith - Royal Festival Hall - June 19
• ‘The Coral Sea' Patti Smith Music: Patti Smith, Kevin Shields, Cat Power - Queen Elizabeth Hall - June 22
• A homage to Bertolt Brecht featuring Patti Smith, Antony, Dresdon Dolls, Marc Almond, Neil Finn, Tim Finn, London Sinfonietta and more - Royal Festival Hall - June 23
• Antony And The Johnsons  - Queen Elizabeth Hall - June 24
• Patti Smith performs ‘Horses’ with special guest John Cale - Royal Festival Hall - June 25
• ‘Songs Of Experience’ Featuring Patti Smith, Jeff Beck, Flea, John Frusciante and special guests - June 26

Tickets for all the shows go on sale at 9am on May 5 from the South Bank Centre Box.