A strong mixture of international and local bands have been named as part of the second round line-up for this year’s Great Escape Festival.

UK outfit The Futureheads have been named alongside Mount Eerie (US), and TeenagersInTokyo (UK).

On the local front Perth band Tame Impala will join I Heart Hiroshima, Mission Control, Dash & Will, Young & Restless, The Ned Collette Band, Sophie Koh, The Temper Trap, Cloud Control, Machine Translations, Trial Kennedy, Laura Imbruglia, George Byrne, Guy Blackman, and Emily Ulman at the festival.

Pixies member Frank Black will headline the October festival with his outfit, Black Francis.

Black was last in the country in March touring the Australian leg of the V Festival with a reformed Pixies outfit.

The Great Escape 2008 line-up thus far:
C.W Stoneking, Yeasayer (Usa), The Panics, Black Francis (Usa),Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band (Usa), British India, Supergrass (Uk), The Mess Hall, We Are Scientists (Usa), Ladytron (Uk), Blue King Brown, Paul Kelly, The Galvatrons, Joan As Policewoman (Usa), Lior, Pikelet, Yves Klein Blue, Jackson Jackson, The New Pornographers (Canada), Little Red, The John Steel Singers, The Seabellies, The E.L.F., Firekites, Laura Jean (Vic), Cassette Kids, Wons Phreely, The Scientists Of Modern Music, Theredsunband, The Holidays, Whitley, Spod, Plug In City, Tame Impala, The Futureheads (Uk), Mount Eerie Aka The Microphones (Usa), I Heart Hiroshima, Mission Control, Dash And Will, Young And Restless, The Ned Collette Band, Sophie Koh, The Temper Trap, Cloud Control, Machine Translations (Duo), Trial Kennedy, Teenagersintokyo, Laura Imbruglia, George Byrne, Emily Ulman, Guy Blackman plus more to be announced in one last exciting instalment.

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