The Great Escape '08

Line-up & rumours

= Confirmed  = To be confirmed  = Strong rumour  = Rumour
= Artist's MySpace

Thu 15th Fri 16th Sat 17th day TBC A to Z

All acts in Alphabetical order 4 or 5 Magicians Fri 16th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) A Place To Bury Strangers Fri 16th, Providence A. Human Sat 17th, Providence AA Bondy Thu 15th, Pavilion Theatre Absent Elk Sat 17th, Prince Albert Adam Freeland Fri 16th, Brighton Coalition   Aids Wolf Fri 16th, Revenge Alamo Race Track Fri 16th, The Volks Alan Pownall Fri 16th, Above Audio Alessi day TBC, unknown venue Alex Metric Fri 16th, Brighton Coalition Alphabeat Thu 15th, Horatios Bar Alphabeat Fri 16th, Hectors House Ane Brun Sat 17th, Duke Of Yorks   Annie Nightingale day TBC, unknown venue Artefacts For Space Travel Sat 17th, Horatios Bar Arun Ghosh Thu 15th, Pressure Point   Astrid Swan Thu 15th, Providence   Astrid Swan Fri 16th, Spiegel Tent   Aynzli Jones Thu 15th, Revenge Aziz Ibrahim Fri 16th, Pressure Point Baddies Sat 17th, The Hope Beach House Thu 15th, Spiegel Tent Beardyman Fri 16th, Revenge Beardyman Sat 17th, Revenge Beat Union Sat 17th, The Volks Ben Ottewell Thu 15th, Komedia Betika Sat 17th, Prince Albert   Bishi Fri 16th, Pressure Point Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya Sat 17th, Concorde 2 Black Cherry Thu 15th, Honeyclub Black Lips Fri 16th, Barfly Black Mountain Sat 17th, Old Market Blah Blah Blah Fri 16th, Komedia Bloodgroup Sat 17th, Pressure Point Bobby Cook Fri 16th, The Freebutt   Bombay Bicycle Club Thu 15th, Water Margin Bon Iver Thu 15th, Pressure Point Bon Iver Sat 17th, Redroaster Born Ruffians Fri 16th, Brighton Coalition Bosh DJs Sat 17th, Pressure Point   Boy Cried Wolf Fri 16th, Above Audio Boys In A Band Thu 15th, Barfly Brandon Steep Thu 15th, Horatios Bar   Broken Mirrors Thu 15th, Digital   Broken Records Fri 16th, Pressure Point Broken Records Sat 17th, Levi's OnestoWatch Bryn Christopher Fri 16th, Redroaster Buffalo 77 Thu 15th, Arc   Bunny Rabbit Sat 17th, Revenge   Buttonhead Sat 17th, Honeyclub Cadence Weapon Thu 15th, Revenge   Cadence Weapon Fri 16th, Digital   Cage The Elephant Thu 15th, King & Queen Cage The Elephant Fri 16th, Levi's OnestoWatch Canterbury Fri 16th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Captain Thu 15th, Honeyclub Cassie & The Cassettes Sat 17th, Hectors House Chris T-T Thu 15th, Arc Christopher D Ashley Sat 17th, Pressure Point City Riots Thu 15th, Brighton Coalition   City Riots Sat 17th, Pavilion Theatre   Clocks Fri 16th, Ocean Rooms   CocknBullKid Fri 16th, Honeyclub Collapsing Cities Fri 16th, Levi's OnestoWatch Crystal Castles Fri 16th, Digital Cut Off Your Hands Thu 15th, Water Margin Damn Shames Sat 17th, Arc Dash Delete Fri 16th, Salis Benney Theatre David E Sugar Thu 15th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) David E Sugar Fri 16th, Komedia David J. Roch Fri 16th, Redroaster Dawn Kinnard Sat 17th, Spiegel Tent Dead Kids Fri 16th, Levi's OnestoWatch Dead Wolf Club Sat 17th, King & Queen Derek Meins Thu 15th, Above Audio   Derek Meins Fri 16th, Komedia   Devon Sproule Fri 16th, Duke Of Yorks Dirty Projectors day TBC, unknown venue Doll & The Kicks Thu 15th, Barfly Doping Panda Sat 17th, Above Audio   Dr Usui Sat 17th, Above Audio Drums Of Death Fri 16th, Komedia Dylan Mondegreen Thu 15th, Redroaster   Dylan Mondegreen Fri 16th, Redroaster   Eamon Hamilton (Brakes) Fri 16th, Duke Of Yorks   Eastern Conference Champions Thu 15th, Providence Ebony Bones! Fri 16th, Barfly Ebony Bones! Sat 17th, Concorde 2 Elle Milano Sat 17th, Revenge   Elle S'appelle Thu 15th, Water Margin Emmy the Great Thu 15th, Spiegel Tent Emmy the Great Sat 17th, Barfly Envelopes Thu 15th, Hectors House Envy and Other Sins Thu 15th, Providence Esser Sat 17th, Hectors House Eugene McGuinness Thu 15th, Digital Eugene McGuinness Fri 16th, The Freebutt Example Sat 17th, Pressure Point Fanfarlo Thu 15th, Digital Figure 5 Fri 16th, The Hope   Flamboyant Bella Sat 17th, Ocean Rooms Flykkiller Sat 17th, Above Audio   FM Belfast day TBC, unknown venue Foreign Beggars Thu 15th, Pressure Point Foreign Islands day TBC, unknown venue   Frank Hamilton Fri 16th, King & Queen Frank Hamilton Sat 17th, Prince Albert Friendly Fires Fri 16th, Barfly Friendly Fires Sat 17th, Levi's OnestoWatch Friends Of The Bride day TBC, unknown venue Frightened Rabbit Fri 16th, Theatre Royal FrYars Thu 15th, Concorde 2 Fujiya and Miyagi Sat 17th, Old Market Future Of The Left Thu 15th, Ocean Rooms Gary Go Fri 16th, Dome Concert Hall Gavin Thorpe Sat 17th, Redroaster   Gazelle Twin Thu 15th, Komedia Gentle Friendly Fri 16th, Revenge George Pringle Fri 16th, Digital Glasvegas Sat 17th, Komedia Gloria Cycles Fri 16th, The Hope Godwits Sat 17th, The Hope   Gotye Thu 15th, Honeyclub   Gotye Sat 17th, Pressure Point   Hatcham Social Fri 16th, Water Margin Haunts Sat 17th, Ocean Rooms Hauschka Fri 16th, Theatre Royal Hold Fire Thu 15th, Ocean Rooms Hot Chip (DJ set) Fri 16th, Komedia Hot Club de Paris Fri 16th, Horatios Bar Hot Club de Paris Sat 17th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) I Haunt Wizards Sat 17th, Ocean Rooms Ida Maria Thu 15th, Levi's OnestoWatch Ida Maria Fri 16th, King & Queen illScarlett Thu 15th, The Freebutt illScarlett Sat 17th, The Volks In Case Of Fire day TBC, unknown venue Inner City Dwellers Fri 16th, Revenge Innerpartysystem day TBC, unknown venue Intervurt Fri 16th, Prince Albert   Ipso Facto Fri 16th, Barfly Iron And Wine Thu 15th, Old Market Jacobs Stories Thu 15th, Komedia   Jay Jay Pistolet Sat 17th, Salis Benney Theatre Jennifer Gentle Fri 16th, The Hope Jeremy Warmsley Thu 15th, Komedia Jeremy Warmsley Fri 16th, Pavilion Theatre Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong Fri 16th, Brighton Coalition Johnny Flynn Fri 16th, Pavilion Theatre Johnny Foreigner Thu 15th, Levi's OnestoWatch Johnny Foreigner Fri 16th, Honeyclub Kelley Stoltz Fri 16th, Pressure Point Kid Harpoon Fri 16th, The Freebutt   Krief Fri 16th, King & Queen Krief Sat 17th, King & Queen Kris Demeanour Thu 15th, Unitarian Church   Kris Demeanour Fri 16th, Above Audio   Ladyhawke Thu 15th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Late Of The Pier Thu 15th, Barfly Late Of The Pier Fri 16th, Levi's OnestoWatch Laura Marling Sat 17th, Salis Benney Theatre Laurel Collective Thu 15th, Levi's OnestoWatch   Leon Jean Marie Fri 16th, Spiegel Tent   Let's Wrestle Sat 17th, Horatios Bar Lightspeed Champion Sat 17th, Old Market Lightspeed Champion Sat 17th, Barfly Little Barrie Sat 17th, Providence Little Fish Sat 17th, The Hope   Look See Proof Sat 17th, Arc Los Muertos Thu 15th, Redroaster Lovebox DJs Thu 15th, Brighton Coalition   Lovebox DJs Fri 16th, Brighton Coalition   Lovebox DJs Sat 17th, Brighton Coalition   Lovvers Fri 16th, Digital Lowline Sat 17th, Revenge Lucero Fri 16th, Providence   Lucy and the Caterpillar Sat 17th, Unitarian Church Luke Leighfield Fri 16th, Arc Magic Wands Fri 16th, Ocean Rooms   Magistrates Fri 16th, Concorde 2 Make Model Thu 15th, The Volks   Man From Michael Sat 17th, Pavilion Theatre   Mason Proper day TBC, unknown venue   Matt & Kim day TBC, unknown venue Matthew Sawyer And The Ghosts Sat 17th, Horatios Bar Melodica, Melody and Me Fri 16th, Duke Of Yorks Micachu and the Shapes Sat 17th, Hectors House Monobright Thu 15th, King & Queen   Mother Mother day TBC, unknown venue   Ms Sills Thu 15th, Above Audio   Mumdance Thu 15th, Revenge Mumford & Sons Sat 17th, Salis Benney Theatre Munch Munch Sat 17th, Honeyclub My Federation Thu 15th, Brighton Coalition Mystery Jets Sat 17th, Honeyclub Nathan Flutebox Lee Thu 15th, Pressure Point Natty Fri 16th, The Volks Natty Sat 17th, Redroaster Nic Dawson Kelly Thu 15th, Komedia Nic Nell Thu 15th, Hectors House   Nila Raja Fri 16th, Pressure Point Nils Bech Sat 17th, Duke Of Yorks Nina Nastasia Sat 17th, Theatre Royal No Age Thu 15th, Pressure Point Noah and the Whale Fri 16th, Unitarian Church Noah and the Whale Sat 17th, Salis Benney Theatre Oddur Thu 15th, Prince Albert Official Secrets Act Fri 16th, Water Margin OK Tokyo Sat 17th, Brighton Coalition   Okkervil River Thu 15th, Pavilion Theatre Olympian Fall Fri 16th, Ocean Rooms   One Night Only Thu 15th, Brighton Coalition One Night Only Sat 17th, Pavilion Theatre Operahouse Fri 16th, The Hope Operator Please Fri 16th, Water Margin   Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man Fri 16th, Pavilion Theatre Passenger Thu 15th, Revenge Paul Marshall Thu 15th, Spiegel Tent   Peanut Albinos Thu 15th, Prince Albert Peggy Sue and The Pirates Fri 16th, Old Market Pete And The Pirates Fri 16th, Concorde 2 Pete And The Pirates Sat 17th, Horatios Bar Peter Lyons Thu 15th, Komedia Peter Lyons Fri 16th, Prince Albert Peter Von Poehl Thu 15th, Old Market Peter Von Poehl day TBC, unknown venue Phoenix Williams Thu 15th, Prince Albert Plants and Animals day TBC, unknown venue PNAU Fri 16th, Brighton Coalition Polly Scattergood Thu 15th, Unitarian Church Post War Years Thu 15th, Ocean Rooms Primary 1 Fri 16th, Komedia Public Service Announcers Thu 15th, Hectors House   PVT Sat 17th, Water Margin Recoil Fri 16th, Komedia Restlesslist Thu 15th, Revenge   Reuben Sat 17th, The Freebutt   Robots In Disguise Sat 17th, Brighton Coalition   Rodney Fisher day TBC, unknown venue Rolo Tomassi Fri 16th, Revenge Royworld Fri 16th, Spiegel Tent Sam Amidon Thu 15th, Unitarian Church Sam Isaac Fri 16th, Arc Sam Sparro Sat 17th, Brighton Coalition Sammy Decoster Thu 15th, Above Audio Sammy Decoster Sat 17th, Unitarian Church Santigold Sat 17th, Concorde 2 Santigold Sat 17th, Digital Sarabeth Tucek Sat 17th, Unitarian Church Sarah McLeod Thu 15th, Brighton Coalition Satellite State Sat 17th, Prince Albert Satin Peaches Sat 17th, Ocean Rooms (Basement)   Saul Williams Fri 16th, The Volks School Of Language Thu 15th, Concorde 2   School Of Language Sat 17th, Old Market   Screaming Tea Party Sat 17th, Horatios Bar Seeing Scarlet Thu 15th, The Freebutt   Semifinalists Sat 17th, Honeyclub Semifinalists Sat 17th, Pressure Point Sergeant Fri 16th, Dome Concert Hall Sigh and Explode Sat 17th, Barfly Sigh and Explode Sat 17th, The Freebutt Silje Nes Sat 17th, Duke Of Yorks   Silje Nes Sat 17th, Theatre Royal   Sky Larkin Thu 15th, Water Margin Slow Club Fri 16th, Horatios Bar Smallwhitelight Thu 15th, The Freebutt   Soiled Mattress and the Springs Thu 15th, Providence SoKo Fri 16th, Unitarian Church SoKo Sat 17th, Concorde 2 Sometime Thu 15th, Arc Soweto Kinch Thu 15th, Revenge Sportsday Megaphone Fri 16th, Hectors House Stopmakingme Fri 16th, Revenge   Stricken City Thu 15th, Barfly Stricken City Fri 16th, Hectors House Stricken City Sat 17th, King & Queen Sunset Rubdown Thu 15th, Pavilion Theatre   Syd Matters Fri 16th, Redroaster Syd Matters Sat 17th, Unitarian Church Talk Taxis Sat 17th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Tapedeck DJs Sat 17th, Pressure Point   Team Waterpolo Fri 16th, Hectors House Team Waterpolo Sat 17th, Levi's OnestoWatch Telegraphs Sat 17th, The Freebutt Telepathe Fri 16th, Revenge Telepathe Sat 17th, Digital Tellison Fri 16th, Arc The Ape Drape Escape Thu 15th, The Volks   The Automatic Sat 17th, Brighton Coalition The Bad Robots Sat 17th, The Hope The Black Angels Fri 16th, The Volks The Boat People Thu 15th, Horatios Bar   The Boat People Fri 16th, Honeyclub   The Bookhouse Boys day TBC, unknown venue The Boxer Rebellion Thu 15th, Brighton Coalition The Burning Leaves Thu 15th, Spiegel Tent The Cheek Sat 17th, Revenge The Clik Clik Sat 17th, Arc The Crash Thu 15th, Horatios Bar   The Crash Sat 17th, The Volks   The Dirty Disco Thu 15th, King & Queen The Displacements Sat 17th, Levi's OnestoWatch   The Displacements Sat 17th, Komedia   The Dykeenies Thu 15th, Honeyclub The Electric City Fri 16th, Salis Benney Theatre The Fratellis Fri 16th, Dome Concert Hall The Futureheads Thu 15th, Digital The Ghost Frequency Sat 17th, The Volks The Go! Team Thu 15th, Concorde 2 The Golden Dogs Fri 16th, King & Queen The Golden Dogs Sat 17th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) The Hold Steady Fri 16th, Old Market The King Blues Thu 15th, The Freebutt The Lionheart Brothers Thu 15th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) The Lionheart Brothers Fri 16th, Old Market The Mae Shi Fri 16th, Horatios Bar The Modelz Sat 17th, Ocean Rooms The Modern Fighting Vehicles Fri 16th, Prince Albert The More Assured Thu 15th, Revenge   The Natives Sat 17th, Revenge The New York Fund Fri 16th, Old Market   The Pack A.D Fri 16th, The Freebutt The Pack A.D Sat 17th, Arc The Pepys Thu 15th, Hectors House The Rascals Sat 17th, Barfly The RGBs Sat 17th, Brighton Coalition The Rifles Fri 16th, Salis Benney Theatre The Ruby Suns Sat 17th, King & Queen The Rushes Thu 15th, Komedia   The Rushes Thu 15th, Pavilion Theatre   The Shoes Fri 16th, Barfly The Shortwave Set Sat 17th, Providence The Slips Fri 16th, Brighton Coalition   The Strange Death Of Liberal England Fri 16th, Ocean Rooms The Subways Sat 17th, Concorde 2 The Teenagers Fri 16th, Honeyclub The Ting Tings Thu 15th, Barfly The Ting Tings Fri 16th, Concorde 2 The Twilight Sad Sat 17th, Theatre Royal The Unthanks Sat 17th, Spiegel Tent The Valentines Thu 15th, Redroaster The Velvet Hearts Thu 15th, Prince Albert The Wallbirds Sat 17th, Redroaster The Whip Thu 15th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) The Wombats Fri 16th, Concorde 2 The Xcerts Sat 17th, Providence The xx Thu 15th, Ocean Rooms The xx Sat 17th, Hectors House These New Puritans Sat 17th, Digital This City Fri 16th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Thomas Tantrum Sat 17th, Water Margin Thomas White Fri 16th, Komedia Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam Fri 16th, Arc Times New Viking Fri 16th, Providence Times New Viking Sat 17th, Digital Times New Viking Sat 17th, Pressure Point Tom Baxter Fri 16th, Spiegel Tent Tom Brosseau Fri 16th, Theatre Royal Tomb Crew Sat 17th, Above Audio Tomb Crew Sat 17th, Revenge Torngat Thu 15th, Arc   Torngat Fri 16th, Unitarian Church   Tubelord Fri 16th, Horatios Bar Tunng Thu 15th, Old Market Turncoat Fri 16th, Ocean Rooms (Basement)   Turning Green Fri 16th, Prince Albert Twentyone Crows Thu 15th, Komedia Twisted Wheel Thu 15th, Revenge Twisted Wheel Fri 16th, Salis Benney Theatre Ungdomskulen Thu 15th, Barfly Valgeir Sigurdsson Thu 15th, Unitarian Church Vampire Weekend Thu 15th, Concorde 2 Vashti Bunyan Fri 16th, Theatre Royal Vetiver Sat 17th, Theatre Royal Video Nasties Thu 15th, Barfly Viva Machine Sat 17th, Brighton Coalition   Volcanoless in Canada Thu 15th, King & Queen   Volcanoless in Canada Sat 17th, Pavilion Theatre   We Are The Physics Fri 16th, Water Margin We Are Wolves Thu 15th, The Volks We Are Wolves Sat 17th, Water Margin We Smoke Fags Fri 16th, Barfly   Whiskey Versus Faith Sat 17th, The Freebutt White Lies Fri 16th, Concorde 2 Wild Beasts Thu 15th, Pressure Point Wild Beasts Fri 16th, Brighton Coalition Wildbirds & Peacedrums Sat 17th, Barfly Wiley Sat 17th, Above Audio Wiley Sat 17th, Revenge Wintersleep Thu 15th, Redroaster Wintersleep Fri 16th, Unitarian Church Woodhands Fri 16th, Providence XX Teens Sat 17th, Water Margin Yeasayer Thu 15th, Barfly Yeasayer Fri 16th, Pressure Point Yelps Thu 15th, The Volks   Young Knives Thu 15th, Levi's OnestoWatch Young Knives Fri 16th, Pavilion Theatre Yun Gun Fri 16th, Revenge