The Great Escape Festival

Dozens more artists join Great Escape 2024 boycott, as half the line-up demands festival drop Barclays sponsor in solidarity with Palestine

Lambrini Girls are the latest band to cancel their appearance at the festival

Alcopop and Big Scary Monsters record labels join The Great Escape boycott over Barclaycard sponsorship in solidarity with Gaza

“To be associating with Barclays doesn’t sit right with our ethical standpoint, and if we can do anything to help raise awareness, and ultimately highlight the corporate greed at the heart of this horrendous genocide in Gaza, we will," Alcopop! said

Cherym pull out of The Great Escape Festival due to its links with Barclays bank

The band cites the bank's investment in companies that are arming the IDF in its "atrocities against Palestinians"

The Great Escape 2024: Lip Critic, HighSchool, Kenya Grace lead 150 new names on line-up

The annual new music festival returns to Brighton from May 15-18

Kneecap, Lauren Mayberry, Wunderhorse, Lambrini Girls lead 150 new names for The Great Escape 2024

Other acts include Been Stellar, Fred Roberts, Soft Play and more

100 more names added to The Great Escape 2024 line-up

The annual festival is set to host more than 450 rising artists across Brighton venues this May

The 10 best new acts we saw at The Great Escape 2023

NME spent three days running across Brighton, catching plenty of exciting and intimate sets

Picture Parlour live at The Great Escape: gasp-inducing rock’n’roll thrills

Led by Katherine Parlour's astonishing voice, the four-piece command rapt attention from a feverish festival crowd

The Pretenders debut new songs during intimate gig at The Great Escape

The band kicked off their tour of intimate club venues last night in Brighton

Katie Gregson-Macleod live at The Great Escape: remarkable, clear-eyed truth-telling

This stunning show demonstrates that the 'Complex' songwriter is far from a one hit wonder
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