The Great Escape have released news of the latest confirmations for their 2008 line-up, and recent additions include The Wombats, The Hold Steady, The Subways, Glasvegas, Black Lips, White Lies, Monobright, Iron And Wine, Public Service Announcers, Born Ruffians, Broken Mirrors, Ipso Facto, Beat Union, Mother Mother, This City, One Night Only and Teenagers. They join the likes of Young Knives, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, Black Mountain, Tunng, Lightspeed Champion, Fujiya & Miyagi, Peter Von Poehl and School Of Language on the bill for the event, which takes place from 15 - 17 May in Brighton.
And it's not just the actual music, of course. For the industry convention side of things, organisers have announced the appearance of guest speaker Terry McBride, CEO and one of three founders of the Nettwerk Music Group.