The Great Escape festival in Brighton, England has announced hundreds of new names for their lineup including The Libertines’ Peter Doherty, Jordan Adetunji, Lynks, The K’s and more. On May 14, The ...

The Great Escape festival has officially confirmed its first fifty acts for the weekend event. Folk trio Kingfishr are slated for a huge gig to kick things off.

The Independent is thrilled to announce its lineup for The Great Escape 2025’s First Fifty shows, taking place in London on 13 November. The First Fifty shows offer an early look at the Brighton ...

For nearly 20 years, the UK’s Great Escape festival has served as a kind of mini-SXSW. Once a year, a great many acts descend upon the seaside city of Brighton, playing venues all over town. But as ...

The Independent can unveil the lineup for its First Fifty stage in November, as part of its continuing partnership with The Great Escape Festival. Taking place across eight venues in east London, ...

The full lineup for the Billboard U.K. Live takeover at The Great Escape (May 14-16) in Brighton, England, has been announced. In March, it was announced that Mercury Prize winner English Teacher ...

The first music of the day is a short set by Tamara & the Dreams (pictured left). In fact, it’s Melbourne bedroom indie popster Tamara Reichman and a pick-up band. With pink hair, clad in Adidas ...

This year, one way that many musicians have protested agains Israel's campaign of genocide has been to boycott events sponsored by the British bank Barclays, which has invested huge sums of money into ...

There is a boycott, by around 25% of booked artists, of Brighton’s annual multi-venue showcase for new and rising bands. This is in protest at sponsor Barclays Bank’s involvement with arms companies ...