Skunk Anansie have released a gritty video for the new remix of the stunningly emotional song ‘Meltdown’, which originally appeared as the closing track of last year’s Top 10 album The Painful Truth. The remix transforms this sparsely ethereal, vocal-led piece of minimalist piano music into a club-based anthem.
Lead singer Skin explains the remix, “’Meltdown’ is this deeply heartbreaking song about isolation. It’s one of the few Skunk songs that doesn’t have a beat, making it a perfect end to the album. We wanted to do a version that grooved a bit, so we called up our friend Nick Sheldon [Blackhill] to add that flavour and we love what he’s done, hope you do too.”
Shot and edited by India Fleming, the video captures this isolation with solitary moments from the British rock icons, cut with backstage reflection on the remix filmed at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow on their recent tour with Alanis Morriestte, one of the many major UK performances Skunk Anansie have completed this summer. Their summer shows have also included a nationwide co-headline run with Garbage, a headline set at Bearded Theory as well as gracing the stage of Wembley Stadium for the first time as support for My Chemical Romance.
The band follow this with an extensive tour across Europe as listed below:
European Festival Tour Dates
14 Jul Tue – Progresja Summer Stage, Warsaw, Poland
15 Jul Wed – Colours of Ostrava, Czechia
17 Jul Fri – Luka Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia
18 Jul Sat – OK Fest, Tjentište, Bosnia And Herzegovina
19 Jul Sun – St Michael’s Fortress, Šibenik, Croatia
20 Jul Mon – St Michael’s Fortress, Šibenik, Croatia
22 Jul Wed – Cielo Aperto Festival, Sogliano Al Rubicone, Italy
23 Jul Thu – Noisy Naples Fest, Italy
24 Jul Fri – Fiera del Levante, Bari, Italy
26 Jul Sun – Summer Knights Festival, Pisa, Italy
27 Jul Mon – Pordenone Blues Festival, Italy
28 Jul Tue – Carroponte, Milan Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
30 Jul Thu – Zorlu Center for Performing Arts, İstanbul, Turkey
20 Aug Thu – Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
21 Aug Fri – Pstereo Festival, Trondheim, Norway
22 Aug Sat – Parkenfestivalen, Norway
Full details and tickets for all live performances can be found at www.skunkanansie.com
Skunk Anansie’s latest album The Painful Truth, is a mesmerising, provocative, powerful and emotional collection, which was greeted by rapturous reviews around the world on its release at the end of May 2026. And to mark that recent one-year anniversary, a brand-new limited-edition zoetrope vinyl version of the album will be released on October 9th, via FLG Records. Pre-order the Zoetrope vinyl here: https://store.skunkanansie.com/
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