Chaka Khan to curate Meltdown 2024 to have fun 50 years of music

The Southbank Centre has introduced that Chaka Khan would be the curator of Meltdown Competition 2024.

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Revealed in the present day (January 28), the announcement makes Khan the twenty ninth artist to curate the annual up to date music pageant, and can see her design this yr’s occasion.

Set to happen between Friday, June 14 and Sunday, June 23, Chaka Khan’s instalment of Meltdown comes as a celebration of her 50-year profession, and is ready to see the famend singer deliver her voice and international affect to London’s Southbank Centre through the 10 days.

“Get able to expertise the center and soul of Meltdown 2024, the place the magic of music meets the heat of group. I’m past excited to be part of this legacy, bringing everybody collectively, younger and previous, for a summer time celebration like no different,” Khan mentioned of her newly introduced curatorship in a press launch.

“This pageant isn’t nearly music, it’s a feast for all of your senses, a gathering of hearts and souls. The Southbank Centre’s about to gentle up! We’re going to funk it up, rock each crowd, and contact each soul. It’s a group celebration, an all-ages bash. Be part of us and immerse your self in a world that’s vibrant, numerous, and completely unforgettable.”

Adem Holness, Head of Modern Music at Southbank Centre additionally commented on the reveal, including: “Whoever mentioned ‘by no means meet your heroes’ clearly by no means met Chaka Khan. I’ve learnt how essential group, activism, love and care are to her so these concepts, together with sensible music, would be the basis of Meltdown.

“I can’t imagine we get to have fun 50 years of her legendary profession collectively. Think about ten nights of her fabulousness, depraved sense of humour and iconic genre-defying music unfold throughout the Southbank Centre. I personally can’t wait!”

The function of curator for the 2024 version of the up to date music pageant comes 45 years after the singer’s breakthrough eponymous debit ‘Chaka’ in 1978, and in gentle of 10 Grammy Wins and an induction into the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame final yr. The primary record of artists set to seem on the 2024 instalment is ready to be revealed in March.

Operating yearly since 1993, Meltdown pageant has seen collaborations from a number of the most famed names in music – together with previous curators David Bowie, Robert Smith, Jarvis Cocker, Lou Reed, Jeff Beck and extra.

It has additionally constructed a status for staging distinctive one-off performances through the years. For example, Patti Smith famously carried out her album ‘Horses’ in full for her curation of Meltdown, and Jeff Buckley performed his last ever UK present at Elvis Costello’s version.

Elsewhere, The New York Dolls reunited at Morrissey’s curation, Nick Cave, Grace Jones and Pete Doherty sang Disney songs with Jarvis Cocker at one other version, and each Robert Smith’s (2018) and Grace Jones’ (2022) instalments had been nominated for Music Week Awards Competition of the Yr.

Final yr’s version was curated by Christine And The Queens, and featured performances from Sigur Rós, Yemi Alade, Johnny Jewel, Warpaint, Lynks and extra.

In different Chaka Khan information, final month the singer revealed that she was leaving her days of touring behind to take pleasure in “this rich-ass life” and needed to spend extra time along with her household.

Earlier in 2023, the singer additionally teamed up with Bombay Bicycle Membership for the observe ‘Tekken 2’, which frontman Jack Steadman mentioned he initially felt ‘embarrassed’ about recording.