final 120 additions for The Great Escape

The final additions to the line-up of more than 300 bands has been announced for next month's The Great Escape which takes place at venues all over Brighton from Thursday 16th until Saturday 18th May.

The acts newly announced are Absynthe Minded, Alarm Bells, Aliment, Andreya Triana, Archipel, Arlissa, Arrows Of Love, Arthur Beatrice, Aufgang, Beataucue, Birkin Jersey, Bipolar Sunshine, Bird, Blek, Boats, Bombay Show Pig, Brother & Bones, C Joynes, Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs, China Rats, Chris Letcher, Clean Bandit, Crystal Fighters, Current Swell, Cut Ribbons, Damerels, Deadboy DJ, Dean McPhee, DENA, Dom Servini, Drop Out Venus, Eamon McGrath, Elle Eyre, Embers, Etta Bond, Fatherson, Faye, Fear of Men, Feathers, Fenech-Soler, Fenster, Filosofische Stilte, FOE, Gavin James, Great Cynics, Guards, Hjaltalin, Hk119, Holy Esque, Honeyblood, Ian Helliwell, In The Valley Below, Instrumenti, Iyes, Jackmaster, Jeremy Loops, Jeremy Neil, John Newman, Khushi, Kid Karate, Kinnie The Explorer, Kid Wave, Knytro, Lauren Aquilina, LULS, Marques Toliver, Melodys Echo Chamber, Mike Dignam, Mikill Pane, Milo Greene, Misty Miller, Moko, and Mt..

Also heading for the Brighton bash will be Natty, Nina Nesbitt, No, Of Rust And Bone, Ofei, Oquadro, Os Nelsons, Oyama, Pope, Popstrangers, Prata Vetra, Pyramid, Rainer, Red River Dialect, Redinho, Seward, Shuyler Jansen, Sibile, Sinead Harnett, The Skints, Sky Ferreira, Sid Batham, Sophie, Soul Sister Dance Revolution, Straw Bear, Symphonic Pictures, The Adelines, The Dancers, The Family Cheese, The Family Rain, The Heatwave with Lady Chann, The Next Men, The Orwellls, The Penelopes, The Temperance Movement, The Wytches, Tom Prior, Torus, Tourist, Vondelpark, Washington Irving, Whirr, Wildflowers, Wounds, YADi, Young Fathers, and Young Husband.

They are the last of the 300+ bands to be announced, performing in more than 30 venues spread across Brighton over the course of three days. For the line-up details as available please click here.

They join a line-up that includes at The Dome acts Everything Everything, Bastille and Billy Bragg. Also confirmed are Unknown Mortal Orchestra, King Krule, Chvrches, Tom Odell, AlunaGeorge, Title Fight, Eddi Front, Awaken I Am, The Black Heart Rebellion, David Rodigan, Dinosaur Pile Up, Drenge, Dune, Ed Harcourt, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Jacco Gardner, Night Engine, Soak, Superfood, The Trouble With Templeton, The 1975, A.M.E, Andreya Triana, Bo Bruce, Sons And Lovers, Spencer, The Blackout, We Were Evergreen, The Nextmen, Brodka, Brooke Candy, Diiv, King Krule, Kodaline, London Grammar, Mac DelMarco, On an On, Only Real, Phosphorescent, Scrufizzer, Ruen Brothers, The 1975, Allah-las, Deap Vally, Ed Harcourt, Evert and the two Dragons, Iggy Azalea, Indians, Klaxons, Luke Sital Singh, Merchandise, The Neighbourhood, Soak, Susanne Sunford, Temples, The Blackout, Tres.B, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Velociraptor, Big Deal, Chloe Howl, Chvrches, David Ram Jam Rodigan (MBE), Jagwar Ma, Little Green Cars, Mary Epworth, Mausi, Nick Mulvey, Parquet Courts, Swim Deep, The Midnight Beast, The Strypes, Three Trapped Tigers, Toddla T Sound, Woods, and many more.

A three day early bird ticket is priced at £49.50. To buy tickets, click here.

It's also possible to book accommodation early at The Great Escape's official hostel partner Journeys, for £45 a bed a night.

The venues are all a close walk from each other with each venue equipped to an international showcase standard. This year's partner country has not yet been confirmed.

As well as the live music, there's also a number of "Parkinson" style interviews with luminaries from the world of Music and Media, to show the way in which success is achieved, as well as educational panels, workshops and networking sessions.

The Alternative Escape will be returning to TGE once again now larger than ever before, taking in over 20 additional venues to the core TGE programme. The Alternative Escape allows promoters, media partners, record labels and anyone else interested in promoting live music to host their own creative showcases as part of the wider Great Escape Festival, all of which can be accessed with a TGE wristband.

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