Massive Attack's meltdown bingo

OK, who wouldn't have Lee Perry at their Meltdown?

(OK, sit down Morrissey)

Sort of ties in with the return of Portishead, so um them maybe?

It'll also coincide with MBV's tour in June.

Cocteau Twins reunion too far-fetched?

When's that new album supposed to be coming out? I remember seeing an interview with Del Naja after 100th Window where he was all like "Yeah, we're gonna be quick with the next one and stop being so precious about things". What a lying bastard.

Everything But The Girl
Horace Andy
5 x useless current indie acts put in by South Bank management to attract thrusting Thatcherkid audience

Sinead O'Connor
Terry Callier

Don't suppose we'll be seeing Tricky and/or Maximum Joy reunion

"Yeah, we're gonna be quick with the next one"

Artists, off the top of my head, who said this:

Kate Bush, Scott Walker, New Order...

Akala or Ty or some other go-nowhere British "conscious" rapper

I'm wondering which reggae artists are going to be wheeled on, apart from Horace, of course.

an original 90/91 line up reunion i would die for.

maybe we'll get a decent remaster of BLUE LINES now.

were my ears deceiving me or did the interviewer on the Today programme this morning call him Robert Del Monte?

Alice Russell
Talvin Singh
Vincent Gallo
Allen Touissaint
Cortney Tidwell

Mark Stewart
Bristol Dubstep Artists
Dragons
Burial in a face mask
Zan Lyons

paint drying

Elizabeth Fraser

Dragons - Bristol's answer to Depeche Mode
http://www.myspace.com/dragons1

Barry Adamson
Gavin Friday
Matt Johnson
Julian Cope
Peter Murphy

music from and inspired by drug sequences in the bill

Mark Stewart

very likely. he's touring and good to go with new album so this has to be part of the promotion.
he was fantastic at the Venn festival a couple of years ago in bristol.
genuinely fantastic.

Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The Cribs
Mystikal
Kansas
Mario Lanza

in fact a repeat of that live episode of the bill on stage at the south bank centre with a 32 piece live orchestra playing mezzanine. did reg kill himself the other week or did i make that up?

more ideas:

a.r.kane (exclusive reunion show)
Ulver (exclusive)
Bark Psychosis (performing Hex improvised live)

Annie
Bat for Lashes
Broadcast
Cannibal Ox
Nathan Fake
Fujiya & Miyagi
Gang of Four
Glass Candy
Robin Guthrie
PJ Harvey
HTRK
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness
J2 (Jarboe & Justin)
Junior Boys
Late of the Pier
The Whip
Lorraine
Mew
Monomen
New Violators
The Notwist
120 Days
Polar Bear
Rico
Sophie and Peter Johnston
Spiritualized
Superfamily
Susanna
Tindersticks
Max Tundra
Vitalic
Patrick Wolf
The Woodentops

Me. You know, because.

Secret Shine [They are from Bristol] - Legendary Bristolian Shoegazers

AR Kane! What a lovely thought that is

Mark Hollis - performing his studio album - ten years on

A R Kane performing I in its entirety in sequence!

Oh do stop it, Grandpont. I'm all flustered now.

So who got it right?

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/all-events/meltdown

well it wasn't that big a surprise re Mark Stewart + Mafia, but WTF is a "Showcase Edit".

Quite tempted by Gang Of Four/Tom Tom Club.

Fucking hell YMO are playing?

Stiff Little Fingers? Awesome.
I would have predicted Yaz(oo).

I was wondering which reggae people they'd invite, not least given the lack of talent still alive. I'm happy about Johnny Clarke, but I'm slightly concerned about the term 'reggae acoustic songbook'.

Stiff Little Fingers play all the time. I dunno what they're like these days - I have a chance to see them this summer as they're playing a festival I'm going to.

well it wasn't that big a surprise re Mark Stewart + Mafia, but WTF is a "Showcase Edit".

They have a new album called Edit. My guess is they will be showcasing it.

Nice looking lineup.

More meh (Orchestral "Blade Runner" -- dudes, the point of this sndtrk is that it's all synths/) than whoa!! (YMO // Reggae showcase) but still pretty heavy lineup.

I agree with Capitaine. Unlike in previous years, there's nothing in this meltdown lineup that makes me hyperventilate and go 'wow, omg, I never thought I'd get to see them play'.

id go to see saxon sound and grace jones, definitely. dont want to see p-funk in 2008. one of the most interesting (ie non 100% rock) meltdown lineups in a while.

By the by, playing Daddy G's DJ Kicks earlier and wondering if there are links to any of his other sets and/or recommendations for more in a similar vein?

Anyone got the codes from The Observer for the MA tickets being released Monday?

I should point out that the Gong show is their first with Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy back in the line-up since 1975. (Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mike Howlett are also performing.) The same line-up are playing the Forum on the following night, for those (like me) who prefer a standing venue. I AM VERY EXCITED.

Interesting to see the two Dangermouse acts sharing a bill (Shortwave Set/Martina Topley-Bird).

Also: seriously, go see Elbow. Best live act I've seen in months, and the current album's nothing short of a masterpiece. There, I've said it.

No Laurie Allen? It's a DISGRACE!

Can't stand Elbow, I'm afraid, least of all their recent remake of "Just The One" by the Levellers which they retitled "Grounds For Divorce."

Oh and Fleet Foxes are the most overhyped pile of tripe you'll hear all year and if Massive Attack personally had anything to do with their inclusion I would be very surprised.

Anyone got the codes from The Observer for the MA tickets being released Monday?

Yeah, ring the southbank centre's ticket line and quote 'blue lines'.