More than 40 new acts join Great Escape line-up

Taking place across 30 venues in Brighton, and incorporating a programme of talks and conferences by some of the key figures in the industry, The Great Escape is one of the biggest deals in the UK new music scene, with over 300 artists playing across three days and nights in the city.

Just added to the already all-emcompassing line-up are 42 new acts from across a broad spectrum of musical genres, including house pioneer DJ Leo Zero, disco-rock leftfielders We Have Band, Norfolk based electro-bumpkin Nathan Fake, groove-metal up setters The Defiled, rapturous indie stalwarts Tribes, soulful songstress Ren Harvieu, Chicago raconteur Willis Earl Beal, soul revivalists The Milk, Australian psych set Pond, poetic scribe Chris T-T, dub-reggae soloist Hollie Cook and hip-hop noise master Dan Le Sac.

The complete list of new acts is as follows: TRIBES, REN HARVIEU, FILTHY BOY, POND, CHRIS T-T, THE MILK, WILLIS EARL BEAL, DAN LE SAC, ZEBRA AND SNAKE, WE HAVE BAND,THOMAS J SPEIGHT, JAKE MATTISON, EUGENE MCGUINNESS, DONOVAN WOODS, DJ LEO ZERO, GORGEOUS GEORGE, THE BOTS, SAM SURE AND GIACOMO, HOLLIE COOK, RAZIKA, CLEAN BANDIT, FRENCH FILMS, THE CROOKES, CHILDHOOD, SUNLESS 97, ECHO LAKE, RED INK, NATHAN FAKE, THE DEFILED, KINNIE THE EXPLORER, LITTLE JINDER, KARIN PARK, DEAR PRUDENCE, LOVEPARK, VINYL JACKET, MAUSI, HYDE & BEAST, FRISKA VILJOR, THE ROYAL CONCEPT, BIG WAVE RIDERS and AGENT SIDE GRINDER.

See the full line-up and buy tickets for The Great Escape at escapegreat.com

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