Ray Davies is BACK! He's curating the 2011 Meltdown Festival.

Past curators have included Ornette Coleman, Massive Attack, Patti Smith, John Peel, Nick Cave, and Mr. David Bowie himself. Ray Davies sits in pretty esteemed company to be assigned the duty of curating the festival.

It was the 18th Meltdown Festival, and it took place in Southbank Centre in London for 'nine days of concerts, DJ sets, talks, films, and visual art.'

Meltdown Music Festival Lineup 2011
Arthur Brown
Crouch End Festival Chorus
John Cooper Clarke
John Otway
London Sinfonietta
Lydia Lunch
Madness
Nick Lowe
Ray Davies
Roger McGough
Terry Jones and Michael Palin
The Alan Price Set
The Fugs
The Legendary Pink Dots
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Sonics
Wire
Yo La Tengo