The Doors

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Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s)	Psychedelic Rock Blues Rock Hard Rock Rock
Years active	1965—1973
Label(s)	Elektra Records Rhino Records
Associated acts	Manzarek-Krieger The Butts Band Nite City Marc Benno
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Former members
Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
John Densmore
Robby Krieger

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Broken Bells, Seasick Steve, Paolo Nutini To Play Meltdown Festival

April 8, 2010

Broken Bells, Seasick Steve and Paolo Nutini are set to appear at this summer's Meltdown festival in London, it's been announced.

The event, which has been curated by Richard Thompson, takes place at the Southbank Centre throughout June.

Meltdown will begin with Thompson's Cabaret of Souls on June 11.

It will be followed on June 12 by A Celebration of Kate McGarrigle, which features the late singer's children, Rufus and Martha Wainwright.

Other performers include Codeine Velvet Club (June 12), Seasick Steve (14), Paolo Nutini (15) and Elvis Costello (20).

Broken Bells, the side project of Danger Mouse and The Shins' James Mercer, will close the event on June 21.

The full line-up is:

Richard Thompson's Cabaret of Souls - June 11
A Celebration of Kate McGarrigle - June 12
Codeine Velvet Club - June 12
Joe Henry - June 12
Raihan - June 13
Krystle Warren - June 13
Seasick Steve - June 14
Martin Simpson, John Etheridge and special guests - Jun 14
Paolo Nutini - June 15
Field Music - June 15
Beausoleil - June 16
Ollabelle - June 16
An Evening of Political Song - June 17
The Duckworth Lewis Method - June 17
Bettye LaVette - June 17
Van Dyke Parks & Clare and The Reasons - June 18
Richard Thompson's 1000 Years of Popular Music - June 19
Loudon Wainwright III & Richard Thompson: Loud & Rich - June 19
Taqwacore Punks: The Kominas, Al-Thawra, Fun-Da-Mental & Michael Muhammad Knight - June 19
Elvis Costello - June 20
String Quartets: Dutilleux, Ravel & Shostakovich - June 20
Broken Bells - June 21

(by Jason Gregory)

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