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Hundred more acts added to Great Escape line-up
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 28 January 2016
The next batch of acts set to play this year’s Great Escape festival in Brighton was unleashed yesterday, including news on the second of this year’s ‘spotlight shows’, which will present key acts in key venues, and which are open to both TGE wristband holders with a ‘top-up’ and standalone ticket holders too.
Oh Wonder had already been confirmed for the first of those, playing All Saints Church, and now it’s been announced that Songhoy Blues will headline the second, this time at Brighton’s Old Market.
Originally from Timbuktu in Northern Mali, Songhoy Blues actually formed in the country’s capital, Bamako, after they were forced to leave their homes in the North due to a civil war and the imposition of Sharia Law. With a mission to “recreate the lost ambience” of their home region, the band released their debut album on Transgressive Records last year, and will share that sound with the TGE audience, with support from another Malian singer, Fatoumata Diawara.
The spotlight shows are just the tip of the iceberg at TGE, of course, with 450 acts set to play across the three days of the festival in May. A hundred more were added to the line-up yesterday, including, in something nearing alphabetical order: AJ 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 and D Double E.
But there’s more! Don’t forget 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 and Man & The Echo.
And if you thought that was it, fools! Look at this lot: 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, 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 and Youth Club.
TGE 2016 takes place from 19-21 May and, of course, in amongst all that lot there is the convention for music industry delegates, which includes the 2016 edition of CMU Insights @ The Great Escape. Two rooms, two days, putting the spotlight on four key areas of the music business in 2016: CDs and merch; data and transparency; training, diversity and mental health in the industry; and bloody YouTube. Get top line info here, book your delegate passes here, and look out for more info on the CMU strands very soon.
