Brighton’s Great Escape have announced its first wave of acts for this year’s festival, among them the Allah-ahs and Phosphorescent, who will be appearing on Uncut’s stage.

Other acts announced include Unknown Mortal Orchestra, King Krule, Eddi Front and Tom Odell. A full list of this round of acts is bellow, but more will follow. We will announce more acts appearing on our stage in the April issue.

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“The core aim of TGE is to champion new music,” said Festival Director Kat Morris. “And it’s great to be in a position where we can give festival goers an exciting cross-section of new artists to engage with.”

Running alongside the festival will be the Great North conference, featuring a mixture of speakers and networking events. Speakers include Alan Davy, who will announce the artist-centric The Music Industry Talent Development Fund, and a panel of managers moderated by Convention Programmer Chris Cooke.

Early bird tickets for the concert and conference are £45 and £145 respectively and can be found on the Great Escape website.

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The bands announced so far for the Great Escape are:

The 1975

Allah-las

Alunageorge

Awaken I Am

Bδstille

Bear’s Den

The Black Heart Rebellion

Blackeye

Blaudzun

Brodka

Caitlin park

Charlie Straight

Childhood

Christine and the Queens

Chvrches

Cloud Boat

Cousins

Cub scouts

Dan Croll

Dark Star

David Rodigan

Del Barber

Dingus Khan

Dinosaur Pile-Up

Drenge

Dune

Eagulls

Echo and the Empress

Eddi Front

Ed Harcourt

Eliza and the Bear

Fist City

Foam Lake

Gallops

How to Dress Well

Humans

Hungry Kids of Hungary

Indians

Jacco Gardner

King Krule

Lab Coast

Lawrence Arabia

Lewis Watson

Luke Sital-Singh

Mac Demarco

Made in Japan

Marmozets

The Naturals

The Neighbourhood

Neighbourhood Youth

Nick Mulvey

Night Engine

Phosphorescent

Portasound

Rainy Milo

Royal Canoe

Ryan Keen

San Zhi

Skaters

Skip&Die

Sleepmakewaves

Snakadaktal

Soak

Spectres

Stonefield

Superfood

Sweet Baboo

Swim deep

Teleman

To Kill a King

Tom Odell

Tomorrow’s World

Towns

Tres B

The Trouble with Templeton

The Upskirts

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Velcro Hooks

Velociraptor

Wall

Wolf Alice

Young Rival