Meltdown Festival
The Meltdown Festival is a two-week music festival held annually at the Royal Festival Hall in London . The festival has been taking place since 1993 and one artist (usually a well-known musician or composer, with the exception of disc jockey John Peel in 1998 ) sponsors the festival . This determines the artists who appear on the individual evenings.
Godparents
- 1993 - George Benjamin
- 1994 - Louis Andriessen
- 1995 - Elvis Costello
- 1996 - Magnus Lindberg
- 1997 - Laurie Anderson
- 1998 - John Peel
- 1999 - Nick Cave
- 2000 - Scott Walker
- 2001 - Robert Wyatt
- 2002 - David Bowie
- 2003 - Lee "Scratch" Perry
- 2004 - Morrissey
- 2005 - Patti Smith
- 2007 - Jarvis Cocker
- 2008 - Massive Attack
- 2009 - Ornette Coleman
- 2010 - Richard Thompson
- 2011 - Ray Davies
- 2012 - Anohni
- 2013 - Yoko Ono
- 2014 - James Lavelle
- 2015 - David Byrne
- 2016 - Guy Garvey
- 2017 - MIA
- 2018 - Robert Smith