more acts for The Great Escape

The Big Pink, The Walkmen, Fionn Regan, The Sunshine Underground, and These New Puritans are amongst the latest acts to be confirmed for The Great Escape Festival, which happens in multiple venues around Brighton from Thursday 13th until Saturday 15th May 2010.

The latest acts to be confirmed are The Big Pink, The Walkmen, Fionn Regan, The Sunshine Underground, These New Puritans, Reverend Soundsystem, White Rabbits, You Say Party! We Say Die!, And So I Watch You From Afar, Chapel Club, Harper Simon, Summer Camp, Fenech Soler, Mount Kimbie, Goldheart Assembly, Feldberg, Tinashe, Born Ruffians, Thomas White, Violens, Jaguar Love, Princeton, Bridezilla, Kid Adrift, Silver Columns, Sharks, Hesta Prynn, The Neat, Dead Wolf Club, Tweak Bird, Final Flash, Samuel & the Dragon, and John Talabot.

They join the previously confirmed acts including headliners Groove Armada plus Wild Beasts, Codeine Velvet Club, Stornoway, Band Of Skulls, Delphic, Chase & Status, Broken Social Scene, Marina And The Diamonds, Ellie Goulding, Crystal Fighters, Slow Club, Cold Cave, Esben And The Witch, Hurts, Japandroids, Real Estate, Chew Lips, Dead Confederate, and Japanese Voyeur. For the full list of confirmed acts to date, day and stage splits as available please see here.

The Great Escape annually features hundreds of international and UK pop, cutting edge, hip hop, electronic, and rock acts showcased at venues all within a close walk from each other with each venue equipped to an international showcase standard.

Tickets are priced at £55 and are available until this coming Friday, and single day tickets are also on sale, Thursday only tickets are priced at £22.50, Friday only tickets are priced at £27.50, and Saturday only tickets are priced at £30.

The ticket entitles you to entry to all gig venues (exceptions see below) over the period your ticket is for (weekend, or a particular day). To buy tickets click here.

The Great Escape has also set aside a good allocation of space for TGE wristband holders at the Chase and Status show. However, as with all Great Escape gigs, entry to it is subject to capacity and so if you're a massive fan you'll be pleased to hear that The Great Escape has also put specific Chase and Status tickets on sale, which will guarantee you access to the show. If you've already bought your TGE wristband you can purchase a single Chase & Status gig ticket for £15. And if not you can buy a combined ticket which includes a TGE 3 day festival wristband as well as guaranteed access to the Chase and Status show for £60. Single tickets to just see Groove Armada are priced at £25. To buy tickets for groove Armada, click here.

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