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 Fuck.

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 Fuck
• 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

(by Daniel Melia)