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Curates Meltdown Fest 2017 Lineup with Crystal Castles, Young Lean, Mykki Blanco</div><div class="description">+ Young Fathers, Afrikan Boy, and Young M.A!</div><div class="articleTypeContainer"><div class="ArticleType__ArticleTypeStyle-dyohwx-0 cNIvdW">News</div></div><div class="dateAndAuthor">Mar 28, 2017<!-- --> | <!-- -->Taylor Irwin</div><div class="shareButtons"><div class="Button__ButtonStyle-sc-1j8pidu-0 cjxwhX"><a target="_blank" class="button facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=1860911374192910&display=popup&href=https://news.bandsintown.com/article/2017-03-28-m-i-a-curates-meltdown-fest-2017-lineup-with-crystal-castles-young-lean-mykki-blanco/&redirect_uri=https://news.bandsintown.com/article/2017-03-28-m-i-a-curates-meltdown-fest-2017-lineup-with-crystal-castles-young-lean-mykki-blanco/"><img src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,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" alt="" layout="fixed"/><span>Share on facebook</span></a></div><div class="Button__ButtonStyle-sc-1j8pidu-0 cjxwhX"><a target="_blank" class="button twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://news.bandsintown.com/article/2017-03-28-m-i-a-curates-meltdown-fest-2017-lineup-with-crystal-castles-young-lean-mykki-blanco/&text=M.I.A. 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The 24th annual festivities will once again be celebrating all that music, art, performance, and film have to offer, and will be held at its regular Southbank Centre location in London. Joining the ranks of other musicians enlisted in the past to handpick the lineup (such as David Byrne, <a href="https://news.bandsintown.com/view-article/2015/10/30/patti-smith-performs-with-u2-in-london">Patti Smith</a>, Elvis Costello, and <a href="https://news.bandsintown.com/view-article/2016/01/08/11-times-we-were-reminded-that-david-bowie-is-amazing">David Bowie</a>), the "Go Off" performer decided to do it big for the 2017 event.</p><p>Earlier today the political activist revealed the initial batch of artists who will be performing June 9-18, including Young Fathers, Afrikan Boy, MHD/Mr Eazi, Young Lean, Crystal Castles, <a href="https://news.bandsintown.com/view-article/2017/03/14/25-sxsw-breakout-artists-featuring-maggie-rogers-frenship-and-young-m-a">Young M.A</a>, Tommy Genesis, and Mykki Blanco.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">💥🚨🚨🚨🚨💥 <a href="https://t.co/VeokVCCHCY">https://t.co/VeokVCCHCY</a></p>— M.I.A P.O.W.A (@MIAuniverse) <a href="https://twitter.com/MIAuniverse/status/846680912167358464">March 28, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Elaborating on her selection via the <a href="https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/meltdown">festival's website</a>, the "Paper Planes" brainchild stated, "I'm bringing together new outlaw musicians from everywhere, who have contributed to keeping things weird, exciting, opinionated, loud, emotional and brave or off the grid in the present climate."</p><p>Tickets to the event go on sale Friday <a href="https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/meltdown?banner&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MeltdownLine-upteaserfollow-up280317&utm_content=version_A#events">here</a>. Make sure you're Tracking all the artists performing below!</p><iframe width="768" height="432" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YeTkxy-sid8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="">
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