Festival season will soon be upon us and who are the acts we are most likely to see on the European festival circuit this summer?

Well, we can now reveal the new results of the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) 2015, which reflect the number of confirmed shows of European acts at European festivals.

British bands lead the way this year with 3 artists in the top 10, Years & Years, Kate Tempest and Jack Garratt. Female artists are also popular this year with the Frecnh Duo Ibeyi taking joint first place with Years & Years, Danish female vocalist MØ, new Irish singer songwriter SOAK and the sun loving Spanish pop band Hinds. See the full results below.

At Eurosonic Noorderslag 2015, which took place in Groningen, The Netherlands January 14 to 17, the ETEP festivals and EBU public radio stations taking part in the European Talent Exchange Programme and we can now reveal the new results which reflect the number of confirmed shows of European acts at European festivals.

This is the complete list of ETEP artists and confirmed bookings at this point. Next ETEP press release will follow 29 april 2015.

See the top 10 scoring acts;

IBEYI (FR) – 7
Years & Years (UK) – 7
Kate Tempest (UK) – 6
Jack Garratt (UK) – 6
MØ (DK) – 6
SOAK (IE) – 5
Seinabo Sey (SE) – 4
Joy Cut (IT)  – 3
Hinds (ES) – 3
Oscar and the Wolf – 3

ETEP Results: 97 confirmed shows by 47 artists from 15 different European countries.
Check out the ETEP website for all new results in alphabetic order here:

ETEP are also happy and proud to welcome MENT Ljubliana (LV) into the ETEP family.

About ETEP
The European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) is an initiative of the Noorderslag Foundation aimed at stimulating the circulation of European repertoire at festivals, on radio and in the media throughout Europe. Given that the exchange and support of new European music in Europe is one of the main goals of Eurosonic Noorderslag, ETEP was introduced in 2003. Each year ETEP brings together the leading European festivals, radio and other media, and encourages them to ‘exchange’ a selection of artists. Since the start of the ETEP programme in 2003 a total of 2294 shows by 810 European artists have been presented at 90 ETEP festivals in 30 countries (2003-2014). The next ETEP and CEETEP press release with new results will follow March, 2015.

More information about ETEP here: www.etep.nl

About Eurosonic Noorderslag
Eurosonic Noorderslag is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, with a proven track record for helping new acts break into the international music scene. Selling out each year Eurosonic Noorderslag attracts over 3,200 delegates, including 400 international festivals. It presents showcases by more than 300 artists and a conference programme featuring 150 panels, keynote speakers, interviews, workshops, dinners, pitches, parties and meetings on the latest developments in the international music, media and interactive industry

Eurosonic Noorderslag has been responsible for kick-starting the careers of European acts like Ásgeir, Benjamin Clementine, Birth of Joy, Coely, Emilie Nicolas, Ewert and the Two Dragons, George Ezra, Hozier, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Jungle, Kadebostany, Larry Gus, Mighty Oaks, Milky Chance and MØ. The start of ticket sales for the festival programme will be announced later this autumn.

More info about Eurosonic Noorderslag here www.eurosonic-noorderlag.nl

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