Muncie Girls and Diet Cig in the latest The Great Escape announcement

By Ben Tipple

Brighton’s iconic metropolitan showcase festival The Great Escape have added 100 new bands to the line-up, including Punktastic favourites Chastity, Diet Cig, Grumble Bee, Muncie Girls and Shannon & The Clams.

The festival has also revamped The Dome shows as Spotlight Shows, with Oh Wonder, Shura and Mura Masa performing on Thursday 19th May at All Saints Church. These will be ticketed separately.

The event runs from the 19th to the 21st May. The full 100 additions are:

A J Tracey, Actor, Alec Benjamin, Alice Phoebe Lou, Anna Meredith, Anna Of The North, Anteros, Anthonie Tonnon, Ariana & The Rose, Astrid S, Avelino, Babe, Band Of Skulls, Banners, Beaty Heart, Black Peaches, Bleached, Blossoms, Bo Rocha, Callum Beattie, Cameron Ag, Catholic Action, Causes, Chastity, Chastity Belt, Cigarettes After Sex, Coves, D Double E, Dead!, Depresno, Diet Cig, Dolores Haze, Dreller, Egyptian Blue, Elf Kid, Elifantree, Fatoumata Diawara, Frisco, George Taylor, Georgie, Grumble Bee, Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?, Her, Iglooghost, Inheaven, Jacob Collier, Jain, James Canty, Jammz, Joseph J. Jones, Jr Green, Kate Jackson And The Wrong Moves, Khruangbin, Kiko Bun, K-X-P, Lady Leshurr, Lewis Del Mar, Little Hours, Logan Sama, Lusts, Mabel, Mai Kino, Makeness, Man & The Echo, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Michael Kiwanuka, Mossy, Mumdance, Muncie Girls, Nadia Reid, Nadia Rose, Ouzo Bazooka, Pink Oculus, Postaal, Postiljonen, Rømans, Royce Wood Junior, Ruth Koleva, Ry X , Samm Henshaw, Shannon & The Clams, Songhoy Blues, Søren Juul, Spring King, St Lucia, Stephanie Rainey, Sudakistan, Teleman, Ten Fé, The Big Moon, The Prettiots, Tim Vantol, Transviolet, Type Two Error, Uniiqu3, Viola Beach, Vitamin, Wesley Gonzalez, William Singe, Willie J Healey, Yorkston Thorne Khan, Youth Club

For the full line-up and ticket details, head here.

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