Antony Hegarty’s Meltdown Festival is currently in full swing, with the Southbank Centre having already hosted performances from the likes of Laurie Anderson, Diamanda Galas, Liz Fraser, Matmos and Antony & The Ohnos (see our review of the festival next week for full coverage). On Monday, previous Antony collaborators and current disco operators Hercules & Love Affair played, and as expected, invited Antony onstage for a performance of the group’s debut single ‘Blind’ – the first time they’ve ever performed it onstage together. Normally the quality of crowd-recorded videos isn’t necessarily good enough to make them worthwhile drawing attention to, but this one, which appeared online shortly afterwards – watch it above – that suggests it was a pretty special performance. (via Stereogum)
There’s still a few more nights to go of the festival – for information and tickets for the rest of Antony’s Meltdown, featuring the likes of Marc Almond, Lou Reed, Kembra Pfahler, Karen Black and William Basinski, click here.
