Kasabian To Headline The Great Escape

Kasabian are to follow up their appearance at this year's Teenage Cancer Trust gigs by headlining The Great Escape.

The band will be using the shows to debut new material from their third album which was once again produced by Dan the Automator and is set for release in April.

A host of other new acts have also been confirmed for the Great Escape today including Little Botts, Lightspeed Champion, The Black Lips, Mongrel and Holy ****.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Cage The Elephant, The Temper Trap, Everything Everything and British Sea Power are also set to perform over the three days.

Tickets for The Great Escape are on sale now at an early bird price of £39.50 while a joint three day pass and guaranteed entry Kasabian ticket will set you back £62.

This year The Great Escape takes place from May 14-16.

The full line up so far is:

Kasabian
British Sea Power
The Big Pink
Holy ****
Little Boots
The Chapman Family
Passion Pit
Lightspeed Champion
Metronomy
The Handsome Family
Future Of The Left
Johnny Foreigner
Danananakroyd
The Joy Formidable
Chew Lips
To The Bones
Kasms
Your Twenties
Esser
Pulled Apart By Horses
The Soft Pack
Cage The Elephant
Kissy Sellout
The Pipettes
VV Brown
Let's Wrestle
Official secrets Act
Televised Crimewave
Golden Silvers
Ben Kweller
Beth Jeans Houghton
Micachu And The Shapes
The Invisible
Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man.
It Hugs Back
Screaming Tea Party
Artefacts for Space Travel
Vivian Girls
The Pains Of Being Pure Of Heart
The Miserable Rich
Woodpigeon
Beast
A Grave With No Name
Yves Klein Blue
The John Steel Singers
Middle Class Rut
The Arkells
An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump
Fanzine
Cassie And The Casettes