Dry The River, A Winged Victory For The Sullen and Perfume Genius are among the bands confirmed to play sets at The Great Escape this year.

The Brighton festival, which takes place between May 10 and 12 at various venues in the city, has announced its first set of artists, with many more to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

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Also among the first acts announced for the festival are Zulu Winter, Django Django, Grimes, Spector and Howler.

Uncut will once again host a stage during the weekend, with more details about this to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

See Escapegreat.com for more information about the event.

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The line-up so far for The Great Escape is:

Dry The River

Spector

We Are the Ocean

Friends

Howler

Zulu Winter

Grimes

DZ Deathrays

Nils Frahm

A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Jamie N Commons

Django Django

Eagulls

Perfume Genius

Com Truise

Alt-J

When Saints Go Machine

Sonic Boom Six

François And The Atlas Mountains

Bos Angeles

Young Dreams

Doldrums

Weird Dreams

Young Magic

The British Expeditionary Force

Max Cooper

Jinja Safari

College, Graphics

Slow Down,

Molasses

Mojo Fury

Mallory Knox

Hawk Eyes

Peace

Yukon Blonde

Emma Louise

Juveniles

Binary Sing Tank

The Soft

Karlmarx

Inland Sea

Half Moon Run

Owlle

Princess Chelsea

Mesparrow

Stranded Horse

Avalanche City

Trust

The Darcys

Jordan Cook