The line-up for South By Southwest has been announced and it includes just about every new band from Britain.

Just a few of the acts repping for the UK are: Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, Adele- whos at number one in the album chart, The Cribs, Emmy The Great, Lightspeed Champion, One Night Only, The Ting Tings, Simian Mobile Disco and rapper Akala

More established acts playing the festival- which takes place in Austin, Texas in mid March- include R.E.M and NERD.

Also on the exhaustive schedule are our top tips for 2008- MGMT and Neon Neon.