Meltdown festival announces how to get £20 tickets for Harry Styles' orchestra-backed performance
The prize draw is open!
Earlier this year, Harry Styles was announced as the curator for this year's Meltdown festival, taking place at the Southbank Centre in London. Last month, the singer announced the full line-up, with the festival including a headline performance from Harry himself - and now more details have been announced.
It has been confirmed that Harry's headline performance on 16th June 2026, at Royal Festival Hall. He will be joined by the Jules Buckley Orchestra, where the orchestra will bring Harry's music to life with new arrangements.
Harry and Jules previously worked together on a track from Harry's album 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally', and he said of the partnership: "'Coming Up Roses' was my first time working with Jules, he’s now helping us with the string arrangements for the 'Together, Together Tour'.
"He’s incredibly talented, and is such a generous collaborator. He’s become someone I love working with. It was obvious as soon as Southbank asked me to curate Meltdown, it was the perfect opportunity to do something really beautiful with him."
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Speaking about Meltdown, Mark Ball, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre, said: "Meltdown has always been about the greatest artists of our time taking creative control of the Southbank Centre’s venues and shaping something that feels of its moment.
"This year, that spirit is matched by a clear charitable intent from its curator: to help sustain access to creativity for young people where it is needed most. Entries into this prize draw support the Southbank Centre’s artistic and community programmes at a time when access to the arts, creative health and wellbeing for young people matter more than ever. It’s a simple idea with real impact – an extraordinary cultural moment helping to sustain access to culture in the long term."
How to get tickets to Harry Styles' Meltdown festival
There are 1,900 seats (950 pairs of tickets) which are available via a prize draw by the Southbank Centre. Entry to the prize draw is for a pair of tickets and priced at £20, £40, or £60 depending on how many entries you purchase. Fans can only win a maximum of two tickets (one pair).
It is possible to enter the draw online and by post. Online entries close at 12pm on Friday 15th May 2026, while a free postal entry must be received by Tuesday 19th May 2026 at 6pm.
Winners will be chosen at random and notified by 2nd June 2026.
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