THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL 2007

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Betweenplanets was lucky enough to send Ryan, our roving reporter, to cover this years Great Escape Festival, here is what he found out for you….

THURSDAY 17TH MAY AT THE AUDIO

FEAR OF FLYING

Fear Of Flying are a three piece from London. They are made up of three young upstarts. They were playing downstairs at Brighton’s Audio. I was a bit sceptical about these young lads, although as soon as they entered the stage they proper got into it. They were just banging through their top classy tunes that were amazingly catchy. I was surprised that they were unsigned - they should be! They completely nailed their set - Got the crowd jumping to proper alternative new wave pop. These lads were well worth seeing they deserve their chance.

THE KISSAWAY TRAIL

Well this Danish band are a 5 piece and a 5 piece too many. Trying to imitate Arcade Fire but going severely wrong somewhere! It was always going to be hard to follow such an amazing set after Fear Of Flying but this was truly shocking. The crowd were split 50/50 but the severe heckling from some of the audience must have had an affect on their performance. Altogether it was a poor set and largely disappointing.

THE 1990’S

Cookies A fantastic three piece from Glasgow. I had heard a lot of good stuff about this band and I’m pleased I stayed to watch them - they were awesome! For me the best tune they played was the brand new single “see you at the lights”. They had the crowd singing back their tunes and any new band that can make that happen deserves total respect. Well worth seeing and I would encourage anyone to go get their album “Cookies” released on Rough Trade.

THURSDAY 17TH MAY AT THE PAVILLION THEATRE

THE ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT

So bad you barely noticed they were playing. Didn’t seem to get much appreciation from the crowd. They had no stage presence or crowd interaction. The only thing that stood out from this band was a beast of a hairy beard on the singer.

THURSDAY 17TH MAY AT KOMEDIA UPSTAIRS (1 AM GIG)

GALLOWS

I had been hearing good things about Gallows and after seeing the massive queue outside I knew they would live up to my expectations. Not the best of starts for the band as Frank Carter’s brother Steph split his head open after getting smashed round the head with his guitar during the first song. Steph disappeared to get his head sorted and for the next five minutes the band barracked with the crowd – highly amusing! Once Steph returned the band completely kicked arse - this gig was going to be intense. The highlight was the single “abandon ship”. To me this was an immense brutal gig. Gallows went down a storm.

FRIDAY THE 18TH MAY ON THE PIER (SECRET GIG)

FOALS

This was a secret gig in a pub on the pier. I had heard one song by Foals and loved it. The sound was a bit on the dodgy side but considering the venue I think you can let that issue go. They certainly got a crowd through the door. The likes of Preston from the Ordinary Boys and the Maccabees were hanging out watching the band. Poor ‘ole Preston thought he was going to get a fair bit of attention instead of Foals ……but no one cared about his presence, people were fixated on this banging live set from Foals.

FRIDAY 18TH MAY AT THE CORN EXCHANGE

THE HEIGHTS

From Wales via London. If you like you classic 1990s Indie bands, such as Embrace, then these are pretty good. However, boring to watch and slightly tame for me. They just didn’t really stand out enough. The crowd seemed to like them ….just not for me.

ART BRUT
Bang Bang Rock & Roll
THE best gig I have ever been to!! It was Bang Bang Rock & Roll’. Young Eddy Argos came on stage in a very retro 70’s shirt, trousers and socks. A band that begin every song by saying, “Art Brut… GO” and just oozing confidence. They played loads of songs - old and new. He jumped into the crowd who all worshipped this icon. This was not just a gig….. this was a lesson in life! Absolute amazing !! Makes you want to form a band…… Art Brut did just that.

SATURDAY 18TH MAY AT THE BEACH

REVERAND AND THE MAKERS

Really catchy little tunes. The beach crowd were loving ‘The Reverend’. He came across as slightly arrogant and I was unsure if this was part of the act! Respect though, he was meeting people after and giving them the time of day, unlike one other solo artist playing at this venue a bit later that evening!

THE NOISETTES

Whats The Time Mr WolfThe LOUDEST band I have ever seen - I thought my eardrums were going to bleed. Starting out at the very front I quickly retreated to the back of the venue where I could then fully appreciate these awesome performers - sporting amazing haircuts and dishing out catchy heavy tunes. People go on about Beth from the Gossip’s powerful voice….. but sorry, Shingai Shoniwa voice is a truly powerful voice with soul AND body. An ace gig.

JACK PENATE

This Young shy bloke from London left me disappointed. His sound is possibly more radio friendly but as a live performer he appeared lifeless! His repertoire for me was far too weak and all sounded the same. Hit or miss…..miss!






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T-Mobile Team up with Great Escape 2007

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The Great Escape Festival is delighted to announce that it has a new headline partner for 2007. T-Mobile Street Gigs are joining forces with The Great Escape as the event moves into its second year.

T-Mobile Street Gigs are famed for their surprising and unique take on music and gigs. Intimate and extremely credible, Street Gigs have changed many people’s perception about what is the perfect gig. Head of Sponsorship for T-Mobile, Toby Hester has identified why The Great Escape is the perfect partner. “Although there may be over 5000 people attending across the 3 days, the gigs will take place predominately in small venues, this is similar to Street Gigs, but what we really want to do is surprise people. We will be introducing guest appearances, secret performances and exclusive sets all set in unusual locations across Brighton. We really want everyone to go away having had the best experience ever and I’m sure they will”.

Previously T-Mobile have performed Street Gigs in the Natural History Museum with The Strokes, The Streets in a Lighthouse, Mika in a Circus Tent and The Rakes in a kebab shop. We can’t wait to see what they’re planning for The Great Escape – more details to come soon!

The Great Escape Festival, which, as you all know by now returns on the 17th-19th May and looks set to bring the best of live music from across the World back to Brighton is proud to announce 586 (UK), (We Are) Performance (UK), The Airborne Toxic Event (US), The Alones (UK), British Sea Power (UK), Damn Arms (Austrailia), Dananananaykroyd (UK), The Dykeenies (UK), The Early Years (UK), Findlay Brown (UK), From The Wreckage (UK), Future of The Left (UK), The Holloways (UK), James Yorkston (UK), Karima Francis (UK), Last Gang (UK), The Lawries (UK), The Loose Salute (UK), Luke Toms (UK), Make Good Your Escape (UK), Maps (UK), Maths Class (UK), Micah P Hinson (US), One Night Only (UK), Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man (UK), Polytechnic (UK), Reverend And The Makers (UK), Robots In Disguise (UK), Rosa Fears (UK), Sam Isaacs (UK), Scouting for Girls (UK), Sergeant (UK), Small White Light (UK), Soho Dolls (UK), The Sonic Hearts (UK) and South Central (UK) have all been added to this year’s ever growing line up of hot talent.

Previously The Great Escape Festival announced that the The Magic Numbers will be accompanying the finest up and coming UK artists to be added to this year’s bill including The Rakes, Mumm-Ra and many more. They will join the cream of new talent from around the World including Sex Panther (Australia), Goose (Belgium), CSS (Brazil) Patrick Wilson (Canada) On No Ono (Denmark) Magenta Skycode (Finland), Nouvelle Vague (France), Polarkreis 18 (Germany), The Immediate (Ireland), zZz (The Netherlands), Die Die Die (New Zealand), 12 Days (Norway), 1990’s (Scotland), Nude Girls (South Africa), Hello Saferide (Sweden), Navel (Switzerland), and Willy Mason (United States).

Also included in this exciting selection of the most hotly tipped artists from around the globe for 2007 are:

that Tiny Dancers (UK), Captain (UK), Candie Payne (UK), Consequences (SWE), Cut Off Your Hands (NZ), Foals (UK), Gallows (UK), Jason Pegg (Clearlake) (UK), Land of Talk (CAN), Look See Proof (UK), The Midway State (CAN), Minotaurs (UK), The Moths (UK), Palladium (UK), The Race (UK), These New Puritans (UK), The Young Plan (UK), Children Collide (AUS), Dance With Voices (AUS), Hilltop Hoods (AUS), Bonde do role (BRA), Circlesquare (CAN), Dan Mangan (CAN), Land of Talk (CAN), Les Breastfeeders (CAN), Patrick Watson (CAN), The Besnard Lakes (CAN), We’re Marching On (CAN), On No Ono (DEN), Adele (UK), Air Traffic (UK), Ali Love (UK), Archie Bronson Outfit (UK), Art Brut (UK), Black Ghosts (UK), Cherry Ghost (UK), Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (UK), Does It Offend You Yeah (DJ Set) (UK), Fear of Flying (UK), Foals (UK), Frank Turner(UK), Friendly Fires (UK), Gallows (UK), Ghosts (UK), Good Shoes (UK), Hadouken (UK), Help She Can’t Swim (UK), Hot Club De Paris (UK), I LiKE TRAiNS (UK), I Say Marvin (UK), I Was a Cub Scout (UK), Indigo Moss (UK), Jack Penate (UK), Johnny Panic (UK), Kate Nash (UK), Kid Harpoon (UK), Kubichek (UK), Laura Marling (UK), Mechanical Bride (UK), Metro Riots (UK), Mr Hudson (UK), Mumm-Ra (UK), Neil’s Children (UK), Neon Plastix (UK), Orange Lights (UK), Passenger (UK), Peggy Sue and the Pirates (UK) The Pigeon Detectives (UK), Ripchord (UK), The Dash (UK), The Draytones (UK), The Enemy (UK), The Heights (UK), The Hours (UK), The Kissaway Trail (UK), The Metros (UK), The Moths (UK), The Noisettes (UK), The Rakes (UK), The Sigma (UK), The Strange Death Of Liberal England (UK), The Whip (UK), Trailing Laces (UK), Vincent Vincent and the Villains (UK), Xerox Teens (UK),Yes Boss (UK), Yourcodenameis:milo (UK), Youth Movies (UK), Damn Seagulls (FIN) Rubik (FIN), Peter Von Poehl (FRA), Spleen (FRA), Daniel Benjamin (GER), Jakobinarina (IRE), Channel One (IRE), Textures (HL), Adjagas (NOR), The Lionheart Brothers (NOR), We Are The Physics (SCO), Johnossi (SWE), Elvis Perkins (USA), The Envy Corps (USA) and The Prayers (USA).

The Great Escape Festival will be making regular announcements over the coming weeks as more and more bands and speakers are confirmed for this highly anticipated event.

The Great Escape Festival will continue every night into the wee hours with parties hosted by some of the most respected labels, DJs and club promoters – more details to come soon!

There are a very limited number of tickets still for sale through The Great Escape website: www.escapegreat.com/tickets. You can also purchase tickets from our box office: 08700 400 076, Rounder Records: 19, Brighton Square, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1HD Tel: 01273 325440 and from Resident 28, Kensington Gardens, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 4AL Tel: 01273 606312.

Good news for Londoners attending The Great Escape

Thanks to a special new night train service which leaves Brighton at 23.19, you can soak up all the entertainment at this year’s Great Escape Festival with no worries about getting back to London. The train will stop at East Croydon and Clapham Junction and arrive at Victoria just after midnight in time for the last tubes home.
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Tickets are selling fast for The Great Escape in Brighton, and you can play there!

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Barfly are proud to present the return of The Great Escape in Brighton on 17th – 19th May 2007

The Great Escape Festival returns on the 17th-19th May bringing the best of live music from across the World back to Brighton.

ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT! 

The Great Escape is proud to announce that The Rakes, Jack Penate, Gallows and Does It Offend You Yeah are the latest additions to this years’ exceptional line up.

Other fighters for the title of ‘next big thing’ to be announced this week are: Ali love, Children Collide, Daniel Benjamin, My Device, The Envy Corps, Frank Turner, The Hours, The Immediate, Indigo Moss, The Noisettes, Oh No Ono and The Whip.

The rest of the line up so far includes an exciting selection of the most hotly tipped artists for 2007 including: Archie Bronson Outfit, Magenta Skycode, The Pigeon Detectives, Les Breastfeeders, The Draytones, We Are The Physics, Hello Saferide, The Immediate, The Metros, Cherry Ghost, Ghosts, 1990s, Polarkreis 18, The Lionheart Brothers, Black Ghosts, Good Shoes, Hot Club De Paris, Kate Nash, Art Brut, The Dash, The Enemy, Goose, The Heights, I Say Marvin, Navel, Neil’s Children, Trailing Laces, The Besnard Lakes, Blood Red Shoes, CSS, Dan Mangan, Foals, Hadouken, Help She Can’t Swim, I Like Trains, Kubichek, Mechanical Bride, Mumm-ra, Mr. Hudson & The Library, Nouvelle Vague, Orange Lights, Passenger, Patrick Watson, The Prayers, The Strange Death Of Liberal England, Ripchord, Rubik, We’re Marching On, Willy Mason, Wintersleep and Yes Boss.

We will be making regular announcements over the coming weeks as more and more bands and speakers are confirmed for this highly anticipated event.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Tickets are now on sale and are expected to sell fast, so get your Early Bird tickets from www.escapegreat.com/tickets or call the ticket hotline on 08700 600 100 and join us for round 2 of this fabulous festival by the sea.  1 wristband will get you access to over 15 venues showcasing more than 150 of the world’s best new artists over 3 days.  There are a limited number of these £35, 3 day wristbands available – don’t miss out!

Artist Submissions for 2007 – it’s not too late to apply!

For the second year running, The Great Escape has teamed up with Windows Live Spaces and this year are offering a unique registration process for bands wishing to submit unsolicited applications to perform at the Great Escape Festival 2007.

The Windows Live Spaces mechanism is free for artists and enables them to register their details and maintain their Spaces profile for viewing by the public as well as The Great Escape Bookings Team.

So if you think you’ve got what it takes go to www.escapegreat.com or http://livesessions.spaces.live.com/ to register!






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NOISEttes March tour dates

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The NOISEttes begin their next set of dates this week with a series of parties for Vice/Top Man tour. Other acts appearing include Rumble Strips and Foals. You must get tickets!

The next release on the cards is the awesome “Scratch Your Name” on April 30th.

March

7th - Sheffield - The Plug
8th - Leeds - Faversham
9th - London - 93 Feet East
14th - Birmingham - Custard Factory
15th - Manchester - Sankeys
16th - Glasgow - The Arches






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Acts line up for Camden Crawl 2007

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Camden Crawl 2007CAMDEN CRAWL 2007
THURSDAY 19TH & FRIDAY 20TH APRIL
2 DAYS * 90 ARTISTS * 15 VENUES
FREE DBL CD PROGRAMME * AFTERSHOW PARTIES & DJS
DAYTIME ACTIVITIES & PERFORMANCES
1 ALL-ACCESS TICKET * CAMDEN TOWN

Off the back of two sold out years, London’s annual promenade of the best in cutting edge British and International music expands to a new format this April. An event billed by the NME as “the unofficial start of the Festival Season” and established as an essential appointment in the live music connoisseur’s diary, the 2007 Crawl brings together a diverse line up of 90 of the most exciting new talents performing throughout 15 central Camden venues over 2 days.

Kicking off at noon each day the extra hours promise a varied host of new events ranging from acoustic & impromptu live performances and panel led fan forums to pop quizzes and rock ‘n’ roll walking tours leading into each evening’s unique showcase of new artists, DJs and surprise guests and continuing into the wee hours with club nights and after show parties.

This year 40 artists will appear on both the 19th and 20th, giving festival goers a second chance to catch the hottest new acts they may have missed due to line up clashes and venue capacity limitations. Fifty additional acts will perform one-off shows on each of the days.

Upon arrival, each ‘Crawler’ is presented with an all-access wristband and double CD programme featuring a track by each artist performing across both days of the event as well as guide map and timetable for the evening’s proceedings. In keeping with the exploratory spirit and musical democracy of past Crawls, the full line-ups and stage times remain a closely guarded secret until each night. Surprise guests may appear at any time or any venue, so festival-goers are advised to arrive early.

History…

Prior to the sold out events in 2005 and 2006, London’s Camden Town hosted the event for three consecutive years (1995 - 1997).

The Crawl brought together a huge line up of inventive new bands and established artists with an aim to support the development of new music in Britain through the aesthetic quality of the bill, a low cost ticket for music fans and by building a sense of camaraderie with the equal billing of artists. These now legendary historic Crawls featured early performances by Snow Patrol, Beth Orton, Mogwai and such luminaries as Echo and the Bunnymen, Moby, Tanya Donnelly and the venerable Wedding Present.

The re-inauguration event in 2005 and subsequent 2006 Crawl showcased early performances by then rising talents who went on to make a significant impression on these shores.

These artists include:, The Magic Numbers, Hard-Fi, Maximo Park, The Subways, Kooks, Mystery Jets, The Cribs, Hope Of The States, Hot Chip, Nine Black Alps, Secret Machines, Sway, The Fratellis, Klaxons, The Automatic, Paolo Nutini, Guillemots, Plan B, The Pipettes, Lethal Bizzle, Dirty Pretty Things and many more….

Influential established artists such as Graham Coxon, Andrew Weatherall, Le Tigre and Supergrass also made an appearance alongside seminal heroes Buzzcocks and The Slits.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

THURSDAY 19TH & FRIDAY 20TH APRIL 12PM - 4AM

2 day passes priced at £45.00 & single day tickets £26.50

Tickets are to be exchanged for wristbands which allow free entry to each of the participating venues throughout the night as individual capacities per- mit. Wristbands and CD programmes announcing the full line ups and timings for the event are obtainable from 12:00 pm onward each day at the Camden Crawl ticket exchange point located at: MONSTA(18 Kentish Town Road, Camden, London NW1).

Please note that 2-day pass holders will need to return to ticket exchange to collect Friday’s timetable.

Festival goers are advised to arrive early as there will be a full daytime programme on both days from 1:00 pm. Doors open for evening schedule at 5:30 pm most venues. There will be late night after show parties featuring live bands and renowned DJs until 4:00 am both days.

INITIAL LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT

APPEARING BOTH DAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

Air Traffic / Akala / The Barker Band / Blood Red Shoes / Bonde Do Role / Cajun Dance Party / Calvin Harris / Cherry Ghost / Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip / Emmy The Great / Example / Findlay Brown / Foals / Friendly Fires / Hadouken! / Hot Club De Paris /I Am Kloot / I Was ACub Scout / Kid Harpoon / Killa Kella / Kitty Daisy & Lewis / Late Of The Pier / Marvin The Martian / Kate Nash / Jack Penate Professor Green / Pull Tiger Tail / Shy Child / Statik / These New Puritans / Tigerforce / Xerox Teens

THURSDAY ONLY:
Adele / Fear Of Music / Foreign Beggars / Goose / i Like Trains / Johnossi / Loney, Dear / Laura Marling / Malcom Middleton / New Young Pony Club / Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man / Popular Workshop / Shakes / Simple Kid

FRIDAY ONLY:
Alterkicks / Chrome Hoof / The Dykeenies / Fear Of Flying / Eamon Hamilton (Brakes) / The Hot Puppies / Hafdis Huld / I Say Marvin / Ali Love / Pete And The Pirates / Polytechnic / Roll Deep / Vincent Vincent And The Villains / The Whip

WITH MANY MORE ARTISTS & SURPRISE GUESTS….PLUS matinee performances, fringe activity, aftershow parties and MUCH more….TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON….

15 Participating Venues & curators are as follows:
Koko (Sonic Mook) / Electric Ballroom (FROG) / Barfly (John Kennedy X-Posure) NW1 (Drowned In Sound ) Underworld (Kerrang!) / Dublin Castle (Bugbear) / Lock 17 (Club Fandango) / Enterprise (Boss Music) / Purple Turtle (Artrocker) / Oh! Bar (Steve Lamacq) / Bullit (Moshi Moshi & Grecoroman) / Earl Of Camden (Fallout) / The Black Cap (Queens Of Noize) / Monsta (Shuffle - 250) / Cuban Bar (Adventures Close To Home)

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The Great Escape Festival returns

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Barfly are proud to present the return of The Great Escape in Brighton on 17th – 19th May 2007

More Artists announced for 2007:

We are excited to announce that the following artists have been added to the bill for this year’s Great Escape Festival: Archie Bronson Outfit, Magenta Skycode, The Pigeon Detectives, Les Breastfeeders, The Draytones, We Are The Physics, Hello Saferide, The Immediate, The Metros, Cherry Ghost, Ghosts, 1990s, Polarkreis 18, The Lionheart Brothers, Black Ghosts, Good Shoes, Hot Club De Paris, Kate Nash, Art Brut, The Dash, The Enemy, Goose, The Heights, I Say Marvin, Navel, Neil’s Children and Trailing Laces!

This follows last week’s announcement where we confirmed that The Besnard Lakes, Blood Red Shoes, CSS, Dan Mangan, Foals, Hadouken, Help She Can’t Swim, I Like Trains, Kubichek, Mechanical Bride, Mumm-ra, Mr. Hudson & The Library, Nouvelle Vague, Orange Lights, Passenger, Patrick Watson, The Prayers, The Strange Death Of Liberal England, Ripchord, Rubik, We’re Marching On, Willy Mason, Wintersleep and Yes Boss will all be taking to the stage at this year’s event.

We will be making regular announcements over the coming weeks as more and more bands and speakers are confirmed for this hotly tipped event.

Tickets are now on sale and are expected to sell fast, so get your Early Bird tickets from http://www.escapegreat.com/tickets/ and join us for round 2 of this fabulous festival by the sea.  1 wristband will get you access to over 15 venues showcasing more than 150 of the world’s best new artists over 3 days.  There are a limited number of these £35, 3 day wristbands available – don’t miss out!

Artist Submissions for 2007 – it’s not too late to apply!

For the second year running, The Great Escape has teamed up with Windows Live Spaces and this year are offering a unique registration process for bands wishing to submit unsolicited applications to perform at the Great Escape Festival 2007.   The Windows Live Spaces mechanism is free for artists and enables them to register their details and maintain their Spaces profile for viewing by the public as well as The Great Escape Bookings Team.

So if you think you’ve got what it takes go to www.escapegreat.com or http://livesessions.spaces.live.com/ to register!

What happened last year?

In 2006, its debut year, the Great Escape Festival immediately became Europe’s best global export ready showcase festival.

THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL 2006 IN NUMBERS:

* 20 venues
* 180+ of the hottest new artists
* 3 days and nights
* 200 key media attended from the UK and around the world
* 650 international music industry professionals in attendance.
* 4500 music lovers
* The festival was SOLD OUT

The first Great Escape Festival was a rip roaring success, but how do you measure it?  One way is by taking a look at what just a few of the relatively unknown bands that were put on the bill by Martin Elbourne and the Barfly Bookings Team are doing now:

FOUR of the top ten debut albums in the UK in 2006 played as relative unknowns at this year’s festival:

The Fratellis – debut album went to No 2 in September and is now platinum.
The Kooks – have now achieved over one million album sales in the UK
The Feeling – has now achieved mutli platinum sales in the UK since TGE
Paolo Nutini – has now achieved multi platinum sales in the UK since TGE

Other highlights included:

The Gossip – Lead singer was named coolest person in the world by NME this year
Guillemots – received a Mercury Music Prize Nomination since TGE
Richard Hawley - received a Mercury Music Prize Nomination since TGE
The Klaxons – have gone on to be NME darlings and will be headlining the NME Awards tour early this year

International acts like Metric (CAN), You Say Party We Say Die! (CAN), Holy Fuck (CAN), Disco Ensemble (FIN), Scissors for Lefty (USA) Tapes N Tapes (USA), Spleen United (DNK) Spinto Band (US) and Howling Bells (AUS) all saw their UK profiles significantly enhanced following their Great Escape shows in 2006.

After a hard night of gigs and parties the world’s music industry took to the streets of Brighton, espresso in hand to attend talks and speed dating networking sessions.  Speakers included Michael Eavis (Glastonbury Festival), Laurence Bell (Domino), Tony Wadsworth (EMI), Peter Hook (New Order) and Rob da Bank (Radio1 / Sunday Best).

The Great Escape Festival is unique in its International appeal.  Year one saw it become the key event for an export ready international act to showcase at, in order to grab the attention of the UK music industry and media.  It has also earned itself the reputation of being the best place to come and catch the UK’s ‘next big things’ just before they hit the big time.

2007’s Great Escape Festival plans to be bigger and better.

With Brighton’s larger capacity venues on board for year two it has made it possible to book even bigger bands than last year, enabling even more music fans to share in the experience.  We can now confirm that these venues include The Corn Exchange and The Pavilion Theatre.






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Don’t miss the TRANSGRESSIVE ROADSHOW - this weekend!

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Try www.seetickets.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk, type in ‘transgressive roadshow’, for final tickets…

*Manchester Warehouse Project - Friday 17th November*

THE SUBWAYS
THE YOUNG KNIVES / MYSTERY JETS
LARRIKIN LOVE
BATTLE
JEREMY WARMSLEY
LADYFUZZ
POLYTECHNIC
FOALS
MECHANICAL BRIDE

*Sheffield Plug - Saturday 18th November*

THE YOUNG KNIVES / MYSTERY JETS
LARRIKIN LOVE
BATTLE
JEREMY WARMSLEY
LADYFUZZ
POLYTECHNIC
FOALS

*Leeds University - Sunday 19th November*

THE YOUNG KNIVES / MYSTERY JETS
LARRIKIN LOVE
BATTLE
LADYFUZZ
POLYTECHNIC
FOALS
JOHNNY FLYNN

DJs for all shows, an illustrious cast… Simian Mobile Disco, Statik, MSTRCRFT, Goldierocks (except Leeds), Transgressive, EYOE.






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