Great Escape First Line Up Announced

Europe's leading new music festival reveals initial acts…

15:57, Tuesday, 25 January 2011

The first acts playing the 2011 Great Escape have been announced.

Friendly Fires, Warpaint, Katy B and Villagers are amongst the artists confirmed to play the festival, which sees over 300 acts play across 30 venues in Brighton on 12-14 May.

The full line up to date is as follows, with many more acts to be announced over the coming months:

Friendly Fires (dome show) / Katy B / Warpaint / Villagers / Twin Shadow / Brother / Little Dragon / D/R/U/G/S / Becoming Real / PVT / Dutch Uncles / Tribes / SBTRKT / The Heartbreaks / Spark / Nedry / Worriedaboutsatan / Big Deal / The Soft Moon / Teeth / Marques Toliver / Tripwires / Lucy Swann / Vision of Trees / Seams / The Holidays / The Jezabels / Said the Whale / Team Me / Bonjay / Deep Sea Arcade / Seekae / The Mountain and the Trees / Winter Gloves / DZ Deathrays / Woodhands / gaBLe

Special Early Bird tickets are on sale for just £35 until February 15, when they go up to £45, and are available now from www.escapegreat.com, where you can also buy tickets for the festival's special Dome Shows.

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