The U.K’s Girl Group, Swedish musician Isak Benjamin, and Nigeria-born singer-songwriter Tommy WÁ are among the showcasing artists confirmed for The Great Escape 2026. The new music extravaganza ...

The Independent is thrilled to announce its lineup for The Great Escape 2025’s First Fifty shows, taking place in London on 13 November. The First Fifty shows offer an early look at the Brighton ...

Quarter of an hour later, the singer Luna Roja (pictured left) takes to the small indoor stage. She tells the small crowd that she wants her music to “connect South America and spaghetti westerns”.

First up is Luvcat, the project of Liverpudlian singer Sophie Morgan (pictured left). They appeared last year with a luscious series of retro-poppy singles. She adopts the time-honoured tactic of ...