Yoko Ono Meltdown

Yoko Ono will be curating this year's Meltdown festival atLondon Southbank centre. She has revealed that The Plastic Ono Band will openthe festival on 14th June 2013, and 'a host of very special guests' willperform Double Fantasy as the closingact.

Siouxsie will make her first appearance in 5 years and willbe joined by acts including Iggy And The Stooges, Patti Smith, MarianneFaithfull, Thurston Moore and Boy George.

'I'm not pursuing big names for the sake of big names. I'mthinking along the lines of a concept, which is more refreshing. There willdefinitely be an element of feminism and theplight of women and I am thinking of having one or two events where I ask mento say something strong about themselves too.' - Yoko Ono

As well as music, the festival will include film screenings,political speeches and performance art. Peaches will perform Yoko Ono's famous CutPiece, in which audience members areinvited to cut away the artist's clothing. This is just one of the many piecesexplored in Yoko's forthcoming limited edition, INFINITE UNIVERSE AT DAWN.To register your interest and be the first to receive updates, click here.Tickets for Meltdown festival go on sale at 10am on Thursday 11th April. Youcan click here to find out more.

Left: Cut Piece performed by Yoko Ono on September 15th2003 at Theatre Le Ranelagh, Paris, France. Image taken from INFINITEUNIVERSE AT DAWN © Yoko Ono