Loads added to The Great Escape bill

The Automatic, Vampire Weekend and more

Loads added to The Great Escape bill: The Automatic, performing at last year's Glastonbury Festival

The Automatic, performing at last year's Glastonbury Festival

United Kingdom | 27 February 2008

The Automatic and Vampire Weekend are among the latest acts heading for the Great Escape Festival which takes place at various venues in Brighton 15-17 May.

Operator Please, Late of the Pier and XX Teens will also play the seaside event alongside Cut Off Your Hands, Elle S’Appelle and Johnny Flynn who were also confirmed today.

Other acts added to the bill include Saul Williams, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Okkervil River, Ladyhawke, Lovvers, We Smoke Fags, Lucero and The Video Nasties.

They all join a line-up that already includes The Wombats, Young Knives, Lightspeed Champion, Ida Maria and Glasvegas. Click HERE to see the acts announced so far.

Tickets are still on sale for the event priced at £35 for a three-day gig pass. Click HERE to buy tickets.