Jones’ Meltdown Festival will now take place June 10 to 19 next year, with a majority of the previously announced acts – including Solange and Peaches – set to remain on the line-up. Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Jimmy Cliff will no longer be performing.
The Southbank Centre say it will be in touch with all ticket holders with information on how tickets will be transferred to the new dates in 2022.
“While it’s disappointing to be announcing that Grace Jones’ Meltdown will be postponed until June 2022, we are so grateful to everyone involved in helping us reschedule the hugely anticipated festival,” Bengi Ünsal, Head of Contemporary Music at the Southbank Centre, said in a statement.
Saturday Night Live had a big show this weekend. There was musical guest Kid Cudi’s sartorial tribute to Kurt Cobain with a performance in which he wore a stunning floral Off-White dress. Host Carey Mulligan’s skit skewering the recent trend of melancholy period lesbian films (“featuring Academy Award-winning glance choreography” the fake trailer promises). And a musical sketch complete with a flute-playing Timothée Chalamet.
Featuring Cudi and
SNL cast members Pete Davidson and Chris Redd, the skit sees the trio rap about their favorite instrument: the weird little flute. Honouring the instrument that has unexpectedly appeared in rap and hip hop hits like Jay-Z’s “Big Pimpin’” and Future’s “Mask Off”, they describe taking their flutes to the club, cleaning their flutes, and pretending to be Harry Potter with their flutes all while pretending to play their weird little flutes – some (Cudi) better than others (Davidson).
While the dress codes of both Galas have yet to be formally announced, it’s safe to say that it will likely be an all-American affair. Cut to Jason Derulo falling down the stairs in a Ralph Lauren polo, Katy Perry edging her way towards a hot dog stand wearing a polystyrene Statue of Liberty cut-out, and Lady Gaga unveiling herself from a stack of Telfar shoppers like a Russian nesting doll. As America enters a new era under Biden, are we about to witness the renewal of Americana: all stars and stripes, solo cups, varsity jackets, and trucker hats?