100 Artists Added to the TGE Line-Up
Great Escape Festival, the festival of new music, announced one hundred more artists to its line up this week, adding the likes of Billy Lockett, BØRNS, Freya Ridings, Gus Dapperton, Hockey Dad, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Lo Moon, Phoebe Bridgers, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and many more. Joining the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Pale Waves, Sam Fender and Ten Tonnes.
Even though the festival is known for its mixture of music genres, it also announced this week that one of it's partners will be Download Festival, The home of all things rock, punk & metal will be curating their own line-up this year. So watch this space for the next Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden.
Full artists announced today:
ALEX THE ASTRONAUT / ALEXANDER BIGGS / AQUASERGE / BAKAR / BIG TOBZ / BILLY LOCKETT / BLOXX / BOBII LEWIS / BONIFACE / BØRNS / BOSSY LOVE / BOY AZOOGA / BROADSTROKES / CRIMER / CROOKED TEETH / D.A.N. / DAYSORMAY / DECLAN WELSH AND THE DECADENT WEST / DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS / EASY LIFE / ELSA HEWITT / EVES KARYDAS / FIGURE WALKING / FINE CREATURES / FREAK HEAT WAVES / FREYA RIDINGS / GAFFA TAPE SANDY / GEORGE GLEW / GUS DAPPERTON / HALO MAUD / HAPPY MEALS / HATCHIE / HELLO DELAWARE / HER'S / HERO FISHER / HILLSBURN / HOCKEY DAD / IDA MAE / IGUANA DEATH CULT / JACK VALLIER / JAZ KARIS / JOSHUA BURNSIDE / JOYCUT / KAMAAL WILLIAMS / KATE NV / KID KATHARSIS / KIRILL RICHTER / KOFI STONE / KYARY PAMYU PAMYU / LAST TRAIN / LEAH DOU / LION / LO MOON / LOUIS BAKER / LUCIA / MAGIC ISLAND / MAHALIA / MALI HAYES / MALORY / MANU CROOKS / MAVI PHOENIX / MEGAN NASH / MICHAEL JABLONKA / NASHEXX / NÊHIYAWAK / NIKHIL D'SOUZA / NOAH KAHAN / OLYMPIA / ONLY THE POETS / PACESHIFTERS / PEACH PIT / PHOEBE BRIDGERS / POPPY AJUDHA / RAHEEM BAKARÉ / RASCALTON / RIVER MATTHEWS / ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER / ROSEMARY & GARLIC / SADO OPERA / SASSY 009 / SHINERS / SKEGSS / SKINNY PELEMBE / SUZI WU / THE CREASES / THE MODERN STRANGERS / THE PSYCHOTIC MONKS / THE SAXOPHONES / THE VEGAN LEATHER / THREE BODY TRIO / TORS / TOUTS / TSHEGUE / UNDERWATER BOYS / WARMDUSCHER / WET RED / WHENYOUNG / WWWATER / WYVERN LINGO / YAZMIN LACEY / YUKON ERA
This is just the beginning. There are still 300 more artists to be announced over the coming weeks.
Great Escape Festival comes to Brighton on the 17th - 19th May 2018
Words by Ant Adams