The Great Escape '09

Line-up & rumours

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= Artist's MySpace

Thu 14th Fri 15th Sat 16th day TBC A to Z

All acts in Alphabetical order 4 or 5 Magicians Fri 15th, Above Audio 80Kidz Fri 15th, The Brighton Coalition A Grave With No Name Fri 15th, Revenge (2nd Floor) Abe Vigoda Fri 15th, Pavilion Theatre Absent Elk Fri 15th, Latest Music Bar Downstairs Adam Heldring Thu 14th, King & Queen Advaita Thu 14th, Concorde 2 Advaita Fri 15th, Horatios Bar Alan Pownall Sat 16th, Digital Alex Metric day TBC, unknown venue Amazing Baby Thu 14th, Queens Hotel - Sandringham Suite An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump Thu 14th, The Hope And So I Watch You From Afar Thu 14th, The Volks Apples Thu 14th, Revenge (2nd Floor) Arkells Fri 15th, Hectors House Arkells Sat 16th, King & Queen Artefacts For Space Travel Fri 15th, The Freebutt Asaf Avidan & The Mojos Thu 14th, Arc Astro Firs Thu 14th, Latest Music Bar Downstairs   Aziz Thu 14th, Concorde 2 Baby Venom Fri 15th, Revenge (2nd Floor) Baddies Thu 14th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Bang Bang Eche Fri 15th, Prince Albert Bang Bang Eche Sat 16th, Horatios Bar Banjo Or Freakout Sat 16th, Pavilion Theatre Barringtone Sat 16th, Above Audio Battletorn Sat 16th, Revenge (2nd Floor) Beast Sat 16th, Arc Beast Sat 16th, The Providence Bell X1 Sat 16th, Arc Ben Howard day TBC, unknown venue Ben Kweller Fri 15th, Horatios Bar Beth Jeans Houghton Fri 15th, The Old Market Betty And The Werewolves Fri 15th, The Hope Black Lips Thu 14th, Audio Blind Pilot Fri 15th, Pavilion Theatre Blue Roses Thu 14th, Redroaster Bombay Bicycle Club Sat 16th, Queens Hotel - Sandringham Suite Bonne Aparte Thu 14th, Queens Hotel - Sandringham Suite Bonne Aparte Sat 16th, Above Audio Born Blonde Sat 16th, Redroaster Brakes Thu 14th, Water Margin Brakes Sat 16th, Komedia Theatre Brian Borcherdt Fri 15th, Prince Albert British India Sat 16th, The Providence British Sea Power Fri 15th, Sallis Benney Theatre Broken Records Fri 15th, The Old Market Cage The Elephant day TBC, unknown venue Calories day TBC, unknown venue Casiokids Fri 15th, Po Na Na Cassie & The Cassettes Fri 15th, The Volks Catherine A.D. Sat 16th, Unitarian Church Chairlift Fri 15th, Concorde 2 Charlie ASH Thu 14th, Latest Music Bar Downstairs Charlie ASH Fri 15th, Arc Charlie Calleja Thu 14th, Redroaster Chew Lips Thu 14th, The Hope Chew Lips Fri 15th, Audio Christopher Rees Thu 14th, The Old Market Citizen Cope Sat 16th, Prince Albert Cloud Control Thu 14th, The Providence Cloud Control Fri 15th, Latest Music Bar Downstairs CocknBullKid day TBC, unknown venue Colourmusic Sat 16th, King & Queen Come On Gang! Sat 16th, The Providence Connan Mockasin Fri 15th, The Volks Connan Mockasin Sat 16th, Horatios Bar Crystal Antlers Fri 15th, Hectors House Crystal Antlers Fri 15th, Pavilion Theatre Crystal Fighters Thu 14th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Cuchillo Thu 14th, Latest Music Bar Downstairs Cuchillo Thu 14th, Theatre Royal Balcony Street Gig Cuchillo Fri 15th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Cursive day TBC, unknown venue Dag for Dag Sat 16th, Prince Albert Dan Auerbach Thu 14th, The Old Market Dan Black Fri 15th, The Brighton Coalition Dan Mangan Thu 14th, Redroaster Dan Mangan Sat 16th, Komedia Studio Bar Dan Smith Sat 16th, Redroaster Dananananaykroyd Thu 14th, Audio Dananananaykroyd Fri 15th, Queens Hotel - Sandringham Suite Datarock Thu 14th, Concorde 2 David J. Roch Thu 14th, Komedia Studio Bar De De Mouse Sat 16th, Komedia Studio Bar Die! Die! Die! Sat 16th, Horatios Bar Die! Die! Die! Sat 16th, Po Na Na Dimbleby & Capper Thu 14th, Komedia Studio Bar Dinosaur Pile Up Fri 15th, Audio Dirty Stop Out Fri 15th, Concorde 2 Django Django Fri 15th, Above Audio   DM Stith Thu 14th, Pavilion Theatre Duchess Says Fri 15th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Duchess Says Sat 16th, Arc Electric City Thu 14th, Arc Elle Bandita Sat 16th, Queens Hotel - Sandringham Suite Emily Baker Fri 15th, Komedia Studio Bar   Emmy the Great day TBC, unknown venue Enter Shikari Sat 16th, Concorde 2 Esser Sat 16th, Sallis Benney Theatre Evan Dando day TBC, unknown venue   Everything Everything Thu 14th, Komedia Theatre   Evil Nine Sat 16th, Concorde 2 Exlovers Fri 15th, Unitarian Church Exlovers Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Fan Death Thu 14th, The Brighton Coalition Fanfarlo Thu 14th, The Honeyclub Fanzine Thu 14th, Latest Music Bar Downstairs Fight Like Apes Sat 16th, Audio Fight Like Apes Sat 16th, Prince Albert Filthy Dukes Thu 14th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Fink Thu 14th, Concorde 2 Flashguns day TBC, unknown venue Frankmusik day TBC, unknown venue Freeland (aka Adam Freeland) Sat 16th, Concorde 2   Friendship Thu 14th, Sallis Benney Theatre Future Of The Left Thu 14th, Sallis Benney Theatre Futurecop! Sat 16th, Hectors House gaBLe Thu 14th, Unitarian Church gaBLe Fri 15th, Komedia Studio Bar Gang of Four Sat 16th, The Old Market General Fiasco Sat 16th, The Volks Gentle Friendly Thu 14th, The Freebutt Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Thu 14th, Unitarian Church Giantess Sat 16th, Arc Giantess Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Girls Sat 16th, Water Margin Gloria Cycles Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Gold Teeth Sat 16th, Arc Golden Silvers Fri 15th, Komedia Theatre Grammatics Thu 14th, The Honeyclub Gran Ronde Thu 14th, Revenge (2nd Floor) Hanne Hukkelberg Fri 15th, Prince Albert Harrys Gym Fri 15th, Horatios Bar Harrys Gym Sat 16th, The Brighton Coalition Hatcham Social Fri 15th, The Hope Heartbreak Sat 16th, The Brighton Coalition Heartless Bastards Sat 16th, Concorde 2 Hey Rosetta! Fri 15th, King & Queen Hjaltalin Thu 14th, Komedia Theatre Hockey Thu 14th, Hectors House Hockey Sat 16th, Audio Holy Fuck Fri 15th, The Corn Exchange Holy Fuck Fri 15th, Komedia Theatre Hoodlums Thu 14th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Hot Leg Fri 15th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Hot Silk Pockets Fri 15th, The Freebutt Hunting The Minotaur Sat 16th, Komedia Theatre I Blame Coco Fri 15th, Digital I Heart Hiroshima Sat 16th, The Hope I Was A King Thu 14th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Iain Archer Thu 14th, Redroaster Idlewild Sat 16th, The Honeyclub iLiKETRAiNS Sat 16th, Concorde 2 Indigo Children Fri 15th, Horatios Bar Indigo Children Fri 15th, The Providence Ipso Facto Sat 16th, Horatios Bar It Hugs Back Fri 15th, Komedia Theatre Jaakko & Jay Fri 15th, Redroaster Jaakko & Jay Sat 16th, Unitarian Church James Yuill Fri 15th, Po Na Na Jesca Hoop Fri 15th, Komedia Studio Bar Joe Gideon & The Shark Sat 16th, The Old Market Joe Rose Thu 14th, Horatios Bar Johnny Flynn Fri 15th, Unitarian Church Johnny Foreigner Sat 16th, The Honeyclub Juliette And The New Romantics Sat 16th, Concorde 2 Just Jack Thu 14th, The Brighton Coalition Kaputt Sat 16th, The Providence Karkwa Thu 14th, Concorde 2 Karkwa Sat 16th, Arc Kasabian Sat 16th, Dome Concert Hall Kasms Sat 16th, The Hope Kate Rogers Band Sat 16th, Unitarian Church Kid British Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Kids Love Lies Fri 15th, The Hope Kissy Sell Out Fri 15th, Concorde 2 Koko Von Napoo Sat 16th, Water Margin Kurran and the Wolfnotes Fri 15th, Unitarian Church Lawrence Arabia day TBC, unknown venue Lay Low Thu 14th, The Old Market Let's Wrestle Fri 15th, The Hope Liam Finn Fri 15th, The Volks Liam Finn Sat 16th, Po Na Na Lights Fri 15th, Arc Lightspeed Champion Fri 15th, Digital Lion Club Sat 16th, Above Audio Little Boots Sat 16th, Komedia Theatre Little Comets Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Little Wonder day TBC, unknown venue   London bLaCkMaRkEt Fri 15th, King & Queen Lonely Ghosts Thu 14th, The Freebutt Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland Fri 15th, Redroaster Lyrebirds Thu 14th, Komedia Theatre   M for Montreal Sat 16th, Arc Magic Magic Thu 14th, Hectors House Mane day TBC, unknown venue   Manel Thu 14th, The Providence Manel Fri 15th, Latest Music Bar Downstairs Marina and the Diamonds Sat 16th, The Parlure Spiegeltent Marnie Stern Thu 14th, Po Na Na Matt Abbott Sat 16th, Horatios Bar Matt Abbott Sat 16th, Komedia Studio Bar Me My Head Thu 14th, Prince Albert Mean Poppa Lean day TBC, unknown venue Mechanical Bride Sat 16th, Sallis Benney Theatre Medusa Fri 15th, Horatios Bar Medusa Fri 15th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Meme Love Fri 15th, The Volks Metric Fri 15th, The Honeyclub Metronomy Fri 15th, The Corn Exchange Micachu and the Shapes Thu 14th, Po Na Na Micachu and the Shapes Fri 15th, Sallis Benney Theatre Middle Class Rut day TBC, unknown venue Mika Miko Thu 14th, Audio Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Thu 14th, Pavilion Theatre Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Sat 16th, Sallis Benney Theatre Miranda Lee Richards Thu 14th, Komedia Studio Bar Mirrors Thu 14th, Sallis Benney Theatre Mongrel Fri 15th, Water Margin Moriarty Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Ground)   Mothlite day TBC, unknown venue MPHO Fri 15th, Water Margin Mr Hudson Sat 16th, The Brighton Coalition Mumford & Sons day TBC, unknown venue My Latest Novel Thu 14th, The Honeyclub My Sad Captains Fri 15th, The Freebutt My Tiger My Timing Fri 15th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Mystery Jets Fri 15th, Sallis Benney Theatre Naive New Beaters Thu 14th, Queens Hotel - Sandringham Suite Naive New Beaters Fri 15th, Above Audio Nathan Flutebox Lee Thu 14th, The Brighton Coalition Neil Halstead Fri 15th, Redroaster Noah and the Whale Fri 15th, The Old Market Noise-niks day TBC, unknown venue   Nullifier Thu 14th, The Freebutt   Official Secrets Act Sat 16th, The Hope Official Secrets Act Sat 16th, Po Na Na Ohbijou Sat 16th, The Old Market Ou Est Le Swimming Pool Fri 15th, The Brighton Coalition Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man Fri 15th, Digital Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man Sat 16th, Sallis Benney Theatre Panama Kings Thu 14th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Patrick Wolf Sat 16th, The Parlure Spiegeltent Peggy Sue Sat 16th, Po Na Na Perfect People Thu 14th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Peter, Bjorn and John Thu 14th, Concorde 2 Phantom Fri 15th, Water Margin   Phantom Limb Thu 14th, King & Queen Planet Earth Thu 14th, Komedia Studio Bar Pocket Lips Thu 14th, The Providence Polly Scattergood day TBC, unknown venue Post War Years Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Pulled Apart By Horses Thu 14th, Sallis Benney Theatre Punch & the Apostles Thu 14th, Prince Albert Pure Reason Revolution Sat 16th, The Brighton Coalition Race Horses Thu 14th, Horatios Bar Racoon Fri 15th, Queens Hotel - Sandringham Suite Racoon Sat 16th, Prince Albert Rainbow Arabia Fri 15th, Water Margin Rebekah Higgs Thu 14th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Riddim Saunter Fri 15th, Horatios Bar Riot Lights Thu 14th, Prince Albert Rock I.D Fri 15th, Latest Music Bar Downstairs Rodney Fisher Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Rogues Sat 16th, Audio Roses Kings Castles day TBC, unknown venue Rosie & the Goldbug Thu 14th, Arc   Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees Fri 15th, Arc S.C.U.M. Thu 14th, The Hope S.C.U.M. Sat 16th, Horatios Bar Sad Day for Puppets Sat 16th, The Parlure Spiegeltent School Of Seven Bells Sat 16th, Pavilion Theatre Screaming Tea Party Fri 15th, The Freebutt Sharks Thu 14th, King & Queen Sky Larkin Sat 16th, The Honeyclub Slow Club Fri 15th, Po Na Na Smoke Fairies Fri 15th, The Old Market Snish Sat 16th, Above Audio Soap & Skin Thu 14th, Unitarian Church Soft Toy Emergency Thu 14th, Revenge (2nd Floor) Solid Gold day TBC, unknown venue Sophie Hunger Sat 16th, Ocean Rooms (Basement) Spires Thu 14th, King & Queen Swanton Bombs Thu 14th, The Providence Swarathma Thu 14th, Arc Swarathma Fri 15th, Horatios Bar Sweethead Fri 15th, Ocean Rooms (Ground) Telegraphs Fri 15th, The Providence Telepathe Sat 16th, Digital Televised Crimewave Sat 16th, The Hope The Acorn Thu 14th, Pavilion Theatre The Alexandria Quartet Fri 15th, Prince Albert