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Lazarus Kane, Silverbacks and Boy Scouts among acts playing the Great Escape’s First Fifty live launch in London this week, as more artists are announced for 2020
By Anna Grace on 13 Nov 2019
Self Esteem perform at last year's First Fifty
image © TGE
Fourteen more acts have been added to the Great Escape 2020 line-up, ahead of the showcase festival’s ‘First Fifty’ live launch in London this week.
A total of 50 artists are now on the bill for 2020 event, which will host over 450 acts in total across more than 30 venues.
Newly announced acts include GoGo Penguin, Velvet Negroni, Larry Pink The Human and Evie Irie, joining previously confirmed artists such as Master Peace, Do Nothing, House of Pharaohs and Sons of Raphael.
Many of the TGE 2020 acts are performing tonight (Wednesday 13 November) and tomorrow in ‘First Fifty’ gigs at six venues in East London: Sebright Arms (150-cap.), the Old Blue Last (60-cap.), Colours (300-cap.), the Courtyard Theatre (150-cap.), the Macbeth (300-cap.) and the Curtain – LP Room (160-cap.).
A full list of concerts can be found here, with tickets available for £5 each.
The 15th edition of the Great Escape takes place from 13 to 16 May in Brighton, UK, with South Korea as lead country partner and core conference topics of education, media and global markets. Delegate passes are available here.
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