The Great Escape Festival Announces Mist and Mostack As Its Spotlight Show and Reveals More Artists Playing In 2018

It's official, festival season 2018 starts here. The Great Escape, internationally renowned for breaking the best and brightest new talent and an industry hotbed for music networking is now in its 13th year and today announces even more incredible artists playing next year's festival.

Not one but two MOBO nominated headliners are ready to set Brighton Dome ablaze. Arguably one of Birmingham's biggest rappers, MIST is making waves with his honest and thoughtful lyrics, sell-out UK tour and millions of YouTube views. Joining him is North London MC MoStack whose catchy hooks and Afrotrap sound have been gaining him attention and have led to collaborations with some of the biggest UK rap artists on the scene including Krept N Konan, J Hus and Dave. High energy, intense and with a few surprises along the way, this show will be anything but dull.

Mist says: "I'm excited to play at The Great Escape It's gonna be a madness! Me and MoStack gonna shut the place down. Gang Business"

MoStack says: "Had such a sick time last year, happy to be coming back to the festival that supports new acts"

Brighton's own Grace Carter is on the path to greatness and will be hitting up her home crowd fresh off her first tour supporting Dua Lipa. With only one song available online - she shot to attention with her soul-pop track 'Silence' - Grace is on the cusp of super stardom and TGE provides the perfect platform to catch her before she makes it huge.

Previously part of grime collective Bomb Squad, Hak Baker has effortlessly crossed music genres, having picked up a guitar he's gaining incredible momentum as a singer-songwriter whose guitar-led ballads and gruff vocals have a distinctive, heart-warming sound. Duo Girlhood, made up of writer/producer Christian Pinchbeck and singer Tessa Cavanna also join the bill with their polished fusion of late 80s hip-hop, piano house and UK soul, all created on Christian's houseboat.

Manchester foursome Pale Waves' indie-pop bangers have been turning heads in 2017 since dropping their first single "There's A Honey" earlier this year -which was produced by the 1975's Matthew Healy and George Daniel. They have continued to produce musical gems, with plans for a North American tour underway and of course an electric show in Brighton on the cards....And there's massive buzz around Nashville-based dream-pop band COIN, who sold out their FIRST FIFTY show in a matter of days.

Joining them will be classically trained Ama Lou, who at only eighteen years old is creating smooth RnB sounds with powerful lyrics and perfectly produced electronic beats, whilst Scotland's Lewis Capaldi will captivate crowds with his honest songwriting, raw soulful vocals and gentle instrumentation. M.I.L.K. (real name Emil Wilk) from Copenhagen will bring his own brand of RnB-tinged yacht rock to the festival, perfect in the lead up to summer.

Joy Crookes from South London is already grabbing industry attention with her pop and RnB-soaked sounds, unique lyrics and haunting voice, whilst George Ezra's brother Ten Tonnes will have audiences singing along with his Indie guitar driven songs and Dutch-Kurdish singer-songwriter Naaz will capture audiences with her distinctive ethereal voice, with lyrics that relay tales of personal struggle.

When not supporting the likes of Catfish and The Bottlemen and Ben Howard, Sam Fender can often be found working and playing in a 400 year-old Tyneside fishing pub. Now he'll be taking festival go-ers through a range of emotions with his euphoric and heart-wrenching songs (as supported by BBC Introducing). With sounds deriving from the early noughties, Coventry indie-rockers FEET, will bring fresh mayhem to the festival, whilst Spanish rapper and 'Dancehall Queen' Bad Gyal's career has skyrocketed ever since her cover of Rihanna's 'Work' became a viral phenomenon. Ready to make 2018 her year, this will be Bad Gyal's first live festival performance in the UK.

Mama Festivals CEO, Rory Bett says: "The Great Escape is all about championing and celebrating new music and next year we have such an exciting selection of new artists across every music genre to engage with. In our 13th year we are completely focussed on delivering another programme that wholly embodies this ethos, and today we announce the latest helping of the very best emerging talent from around the world plus 2 outstanding spotlight show stoppers."

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