The Great Escape Announce First Acts
Brighton-based event will be playing host to the likes of Metronomy, Esser, The Soft Pack, Passion Pit and other hot new acts...
The first set of acts for this year's Great Escape festival have been revealed... Metronomy, The Soft Pack, Kissy Sell Out, Esser, Passion Pit, Golden Silvers, Johnny Foreigner and Future Of The Left will all appear across 34 Brighton venues between May 14 and 16.
The event is a chance for the public and industry types alike to see up and coming artists showcased over three days and has already helped to break acts as diverse as The Klaxons, The Kooks, Gossip, Adele, The Ting Tings, Jack Penate, Gallows, Kate Nash, Sam Sparro, Vampire Weekend and Crystal Castles.
The full line-up so far is...
Metronomy
Kissy Sell Out
Future Of The Left
The Big Pink
Passion Pit
Micachu And The Shapes
It Hugs Back
Esser
VV Brown
Ben Kweller
Johnny Foreigner
Dananakroyd
Let’s Wrestle
The Chapman Family
Your Twenties
Golden Silvers
Bell X1
Kasms
The Soft Pack
An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump
Vivian Girls
Middle Class Rut
Pulled Apart By Horses
A Grave With No Name
Tin Can Telephone
Yves Klein Blue
John Steel Blues Band
The Joy Formidable
To The Bones
Cassie And The Cassettes
Fanzine
For more details, see www.escapegreat.com
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