{"id":33835,"date":"2018-03-12T16:57:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=33835"},"modified":"2018-03-14T00:55:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T00:55:16","slug":"kristin-hersh-among-first-names-announced-for-robert-smith-curated-meltdown-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/kristin-hersh-among-first-names-announced-for-robert-smith-curated-meltdown-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Hersh Among First Names Announced For Robert Smith Curated Meltdown Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Kristin-Hersh1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/kristin-hersh-among-first-names-announced-for-robert-smith-curated-meltdown-festival\/kristin-hersh1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Kristin-Hersh1.jpg?fit=1717%2C1717&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1717,1717\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Kristin Hersh1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Kristin-Hersh1.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33837\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Kristin-Hersh1.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Meltdown Festival at London&#8217;s Southbank Centre celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and has given the job of curating to The Cure frontman, Robert Smith. Among the first names to be announced for the festival, which will be taking place 15-24 June this year, is US singer, songwriter and guitarist, Kirstin Hersh, known for her prolific solo work, as well as that with alternative rock bands, Throwing Muses, and 50FOOTWAVE.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hersh has also written a much praised memoir based on her teenage diary, about a particularly eventful year. The book is known as &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0143117394\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0143117394&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=afbcd3c769d6535b1df6babeb7ade728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rat Girl<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=essentiallypo-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0143117394\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>&#8216; in the US, while in the UK it was released as &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1848872380\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1848872380&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=17a135ca3afa0ea82a6f195fe6917fd5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paradoxical Undressing<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=essentiallypo-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=1848872380\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kristin Hersh will be performing in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Thursday 21 June. Tickets go on sale to Southbank Centre Members tomorrow, Tuesday 13 March and on sale to the general public on Thursday 15 March. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southbankcentre.co.uk\/whats-on\/festivals-series\/meltdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See here for further information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Kristin Hersh from her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kristinhersh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0RvpEfyi2aQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristin Hersh is one of the first names to be announced as part of the Robert Smith-curated Meltdown Festival to be held this June at London&#8217;s Southbank Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264,7,12133],"tags":[6146,6155,65,13150,13151,13153,13149,13152,357,6147,3678],"class_list":["post-33835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-music","category-news","tag-50footwave","tag-kristin-hersh","tag-london","tag-londons-southbank-centre","tag-meltdown-festival","tag-queen-elizabeth-hall","tag-robert-smith","tag-southbank-centre","tag-the-cure","tag-throwing-muses","tag-wonderland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-8NJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37241,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/waiting-to-exhale-kristin-hersh-showcases-new-track-breathe-in-ahead-of-meltdown-appearance-and-uk-dates\/","url_meta":{"origin":33835,"position":0},"title":"WAITING TO EXHALE &#8211; Kristin Hersh Showcases New Track &#8216;Breathe In&#8217; Ahead of Meltdown Appearance And UK Dates","author":"Matt Catchpole","date":"19\/06\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Kristin Hersh plays a sold out show at London's\u00a0Meltdown\u00a0on Thursday (June 21) - the latest leg of a UK tour to promote her new solo album\u00a0Possible Dust Clouds. The prolific singer-songwriter is previewing a rough mix of Breathe In from the album\u00a0ahead of her appearance at the festival, which is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kristin-3-1.jpg?fit=800%2C446&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kristin-3-1.jpg?fit=800%2C446&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kristin-3-1.jpg?fit=800%2C446&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kristin-3-1.jpg?fit=800%2C446&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21388,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/surfs-up-50footwave-make-a-splash-with-new-bath-white-ep\/","url_meta":{"origin":33835,"position":1},"title":"SURF&#8217;S UP &#8211; 50FOOTWAVE Make A Splash With New Bath White EP","author":"Matt Catchpole","date":"28\/06\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Throwing Muses offshoot 50FOOTWAVE are back with their first release in four years and it's a real humdinger. Louder, faster and heavier than you might expect, the Bath White EP packs more of a punch into its six-tracks than most artists manage on a double album.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SURF'S UP - Kristin Hersh's 50FOOTWAVE Make A Splash With Bath White","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/50-foot-wave.jpg?fit=630%2C372&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/50-foot-wave.jpg?fit=630%2C372&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/50-foot-wave.jpg?fit=630%2C372&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23686,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/10\/call-of-the-wild-kristin-hersh-dices-with-death-on-solo-double-album-wyatt-at-the-coyote-palace\/","url_meta":{"origin":33835,"position":2},"title":"CALL OF THE WILD &#8211; Kristin Hersh Dices With Death On Solo Double Album Wyatt At The Coyote Palace","author":"Matt Catchpole","date":"23\/10\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A dream-like and at times nightmarish ride, Kristin Hersh's new album is an extraordinarily multi-layered work that's tough\u00a0to de-code. It's a wilfully oblique mosaic of half-realised\u00a0memories of past events and emotions. Five years in the making, it's a solo effort\u00a0in every sense, with Hersh not only writing the songs, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-Wyatt-at-the-Coyote-Palace-book-cover-1.jpg?fit=851%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-Wyatt-at-the-Coyote-Palace-book-cover-1.jpg?fit=851%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-Wyatt-at-the-Coyote-Palace-book-cover-1.jpg?fit=851%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-Wyatt-at-the-Coyote-Palace-book-cover-1.jpg?fit=851%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23568,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/10\/wolf-mother-kristin-hersh-on-songwriting-4ad-and-new-double-album-wyatt-at-the-coyote-palace\/","url_meta":{"origin":33835,"position":3},"title":"WOLF MOTHER &#8211; Kristin Hersh On Songwriting, 4AD And New Double Album Wyatt At The Coyote Palace","author":"Matt Catchpole","date":"07\/10\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Thirty years on from the release of the first\u00a0Throwing Muses EP\u00a0Chains Changed\u00a0Kristin Hersh is showing no signs of slowing down. Just six months after the release of the\u00a0Bath White\u00a0mini-album with power trio\u00a050FOOTWAVE, she's back with a new solo 24-truck double CD on which she plays all the instruments. Inspired by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interviews","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/interviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-3-color-photo-credit-Peter-Mellekas.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-3-color-photo-credit-Peter-Mellekas.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-3-color-photo-credit-Peter-Mellekas.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-3-color-photo-credit-Peter-Mellekas.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kristin-Hersh-3-color-photo-credit-Peter-Mellekas.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24421,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/11\/preaching-to-the-converted-kristin-hersh-beguiles-with-intimate-set-at-st-john-on-bethnal-green\/","url_meta":{"origin":33835,"position":4},"title":"PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED \u2013 Kristin Hersh Beguiles With Intimate Set At St John on Bethnal Green","author":"Matt Catchpole","date":"26\/11\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Kristin Hersh is an artist who inspires religious devotion on behalf of her fans, so what more appropriate venue for her than a church.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Picture By Sam Wells","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/MG_7810.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/MG_7810.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/MG_7810.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/MG_7810.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51909,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/08\/onda-diferente-anitta-shows-london-what-shes-made-of-at-meltdown-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":33835,"position":5},"title":"Onda Diferente &#8211; Anitta Shows London What She&#8217;s Made Of At Meltdown Festival","author":"Daniel John","date":"07\/08\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Dan went to see Brazilian songstress Anitta, as part of Nile Rodgers' Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank Centre.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/52A36E0A-E1F1-427B-8D3F-C77FF5013EB5.jpeg?fit=750%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/52A36E0A-E1F1-427B-8D3F-C77FF5013EB5.jpeg?fit=750%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/52A36E0A-E1F1-427B-8D3F-C77FF5013EB5.jpeg?fit=750%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/52A36E0A-E1F1-427B-8D3F-C77FF5013EB5.jpeg?fit=750%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Kristin-Hersh.jpg?fit=1600%2C630&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}