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Steve reflects back on last week's Great Escape Festival

Steve's recap of the UK's leading new music festival - The Great Escape - which took place last week in Brighton and featured 450 of the world's best new and emerging artists.

Last week Steve headed down to Brighton for the UK's leading new music festival - The Great Escape. Each May the festival takes over the city to showcase 450 of the world's best new and emerging artists. And this year, Steve traversed the city on the hunt for new music!

2026 marks a major milestone as The Great Escape celebrates its 20th anniversary, and Steve reflects back on the last two decades of the festival being at the forefront of emerging talent.

Alongside this, Steve chats with a handful of artists that he's looking forward to support over the next 12 months including Little Grandad and Any Young Mechanic plus, there is music recorded live from the 91福利社 Introducing stage from The Itch, Bathing Suits, Adjua, and Big Long Sun.

Steve also has brand new music from Wasuremono.

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Mon 18 May 2026 16:00
91福利社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Elastica

    Connection

    • Deceptive Records.

  • Chloe Slater

    UGLY

    • Stolen Juice (AWAL).

  • Way of the West

    Don't Say That's Just For White Boys

  • Little Grandad

    Sleepwalking

  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. vs Jason Nevins

    It's Like That

    • Smile Communications.

  • LIFE

    Wild Grasses

  • La S茅curit茅

    Deny

    • Bella Union.

  • Big Long Sun

    Call it a Voice (91福利社 Introducing at The Great Escape, 14 May 2026)

  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    I Am a Poseur

    • X-Ray Spex.

  • Nation of Language

    Tougher Than the Rest

    • Tougher Than the Rest.
    • Sub Pop Records.
    • 1.

  • 隆Forward, Russia!

    Twelve

    • Give Me A Wall.
    • Mute.
    • 2.

  • Dr. John

    Right Place Wrong Time

    • Warner Special Products.

  • mary in the junkyard

    New Muscles

    • MF RECORDS.

  • The All Seeing I

    Beat Goes On

    • FFRR.

  • Genesis Owusu

    LIFE KEEPS GOING

    • Ourness.

  • Wah!

    The Story Of The Blues (Part 1)

    • Warner ESP.

  • Dorothy Moore

    Misty Blue

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Geneva

    Into The Blue

    • Further.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 2.

  • Band Of Revelations

    All the way home

    • All the way home.
    • GOLDN RETRIEVER RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Lady G

    Nuff Respect

    • Pow Wow.

  • Saint Clair

    Too Young To Notice

    • Black Butter.

  • Lush

    For Love

    • Dino.

  • The Allergies

    Dig It Up (feat. Andy Cooper & BlabberMouf)

    • Jalapeno Records.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Stand And Deliver

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Wasuremono

    Me and the Noise

  • Leftfield & John Lydon

    Open Up

    • Incredible.

  • Faithless

    Salva Mea

    • Cheeky.

  • Wu-Tang Clan

    Gravel Pit

    • LOUD.

  • MORN

    Standard Model

  • Rizzle Kicks

    Down With The Trumpets

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 80 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • MUDRAT

    YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT POOR PEOPLE

  • Any Young Mechanic

    Pretty Strange World

  • Any Young Mechanic

    My House Divides

    • My House Divides.
    • 23 Recordings/Warner Records.
    • 1.

  • Little Grandad

    Unmasked

  • MORN

    Modern Man

    • Modern Man.
    • Speedy Wunderground.
    • 1.

  • Big Truck

    Central Reservation Blues

    • Marshall Records.

  • LEMONSUCKR

    House on Fire (The Great Escape Festival 2026)

  • Mr. Scruff

    Get A Move On

    • Ninja Tune.

  • BODEGA

    Pick up the Check

    • Pick up the Check.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 1.

  • Y

    Skipper

    • Hideous Mink / SO Recordings.

  • Touching Ice

    Praise Kink (Mandy, Indiana Remix)

    Remix Artist: Mandy, Indiana.
    • Praise Kink (Mandy, Indiana Remix).
    • American Death Records.

  • Monobloc

    City

    • Boom.Records.

  • Really Good Time

    Do It

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 May 2026 16:00
    91福利社 Radio 6 Music