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Georg Hólm takes us behind the scenes as Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra rehearse for their appearance at 2023’s Meltdown festival.

Christine and the Queens discusses the experience of curating Meltdown and conversations around queerness in this exclusive video

A playlist curated by artists – Ackroyd & Harvey, Aluaiy Kaumakan, Otobong Nkanga and Imani Jacqueline Brown – from Hayward Gallery exhibition Dear Earth.

Bat for Lashes talks about her upcoming sixth studio album The Dream of Delphi ahead of her appearance at Christine and the Queens Meltdown festival.

Watch an exclusive acoustic performance of ‘Come Down’ by Django Django’s Vincent Neff inside the Royal Festival Hall auditorium.

Listen to a specially curated playlist by Django Django’s David Maclean of tracks which gave inspiration and influence for the band’s fifth album.

Iconic Def Leppard performances from the 1980s and 1990s revisited ahead of the launch of the band’s new anthology.

Multi-instrumentalist The Anchoress gives a special insight into her 2021 album The Art of Losing, with a playlist of some of its inspirations.

Queer House Party DJs Harry Gay and Wacha share a special Spotify mixtape of go-to dancefloor fillers.

Akeil Onwukwe-Adamson of Queer Bruk shared this mixtape of favourite tracks ahead of their 2023 Concrete Lates event at the Southbank Centre.

Listen to the artists on Christine and the Queens’ Meltdown line-up with this special playlist featuring music from all the festival’s acts.

Find out what David Bowie and his Aladdin Sane album means to artists including Lynks, Tawiah, Roxanne Tataei.