The Great Escape

[themangus]

I couldn't find a thread for The Great Escape this year.

Confirmed so far:

Dry The River

Spector

We Are the Ocean

Friends

Howler

Zulu Winter

DZ Deathrays

Grimes

Nils Frahm

A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Jamie N Commons

Django Django

Eagulls

Perfume Genius

Com Truise

Δ (Alt-J)

When Saints Go Machine

Sonic Boom Six

François And The Atlas Mountains

Bos Angeles

Young Dreams

Doldrums

Wierd Dreams

Mujeres

Young Magic

The British Expeditionary Force

Max Cooper

Jinja Safari

College

Graphics

Slow Down, Molasses

Mojo Fury

Mallory Knox

Hawk Eyes

Peace

Yukon Blonde

Emma Louise

Juveniles

Street Chant

Binary

Singtank

The Soft

Inland Sea

Half Moon Run

Owlle

Princess Chelsea

Seward

Stranded Horse

Avalanche City

Furguson

Trust

The Darcys

Me And The Bees

Jordan Cook

I'm pretty excited for this, I always have the most fun at a festival discovering new bands at unsigned / upcoming stages... so this is pretty much the perfect deal for me.

£35 for a ticket to 3 days of new music - delighted.

[jump]

Every year I intend to go to Great Escape and every year I don't.

[Bisque]

I assume its a bit like Camden Crawl... just in Brighton. Almost went one year to see Friendly Fires but found out the tickets to their show were extra on top of a regular ticket so didn't bother. I guess the weather will be all right around then though so may give it a go if nothing else on.

[Woppa]

Like Jump, I intend to go every year but don't. Got my tickets for this year, though, and very excited at the moment.

[Brave Sir Robin]

I've been a couple of times and it was fantastic on both occasions, going back this time. Always a bewildering array of new talent, with a light sprinkling of more established names, and because all the music industry is there you get the feeling everyone pulls out all the stops. Great friendly atmosphere. I'm really looking forward to this year, have been downloading tracks by some of the bands playing and there's some very promising acts there (DZ Deathrays, Friends, Tall Ships, Hooded Fang and Rich Aucoin particularly floating my boat at the moment).

[themangus]

TGE have made a spotify playlist - which isn't complete, No Django Django for a start - which is handy for at least grabbing a quick soundbite of the bands playing:

For those who have been before, the Dome shows - are they just the band listed.

I've got no interest in going to see Maximo Park, so I am not planning to buy the Dome upgrade - but if these shows will have some of the other bands playing in 'support' slots then I might have to.

[rseamer]

I've been every year since the first - always good fun - better value than Camden Crawl imo although staying in Brighton can be pricey if you don't know someone there or live there yourself.

Like all multi venue events normal rules about venue capacities apply - so you can't guarantee entry to every venue if you choose to wander between them all - popular bands in smaller venues will be over capacity and queues develop. Generally its ok to wander between venues for earlier acts but not so later.

Also remember there's the alt escape event - last year many of the alt escape events were free to get in without wristbands (or a very small fee on the door) friends of mine went last year, saw near;y 20 bands for nothing just going to alt escape events - and some of them were quite well known !

[themangus]

141 bands added today.

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/241157405168107520

Line up interactive poster.

Looks damn smashin' to me... Looking forward to kicking off my summer there.

[Woppa]

I've got some address based issues at the moment. Has anyone got their ticket yet?

[jump]

I've got some address based issues at the moment. Has anyone got their ticket yet?

[Homer]

Hi,

Just checking how easy it is to get into things. Haven't been before but have been to Camden Crawl; does the same vague rule apply that later on you should try and turn up for the band before the one you want to see to get in in time?

Want to see Alabama Shakes so will have to go and give Howler a go first I suppose (although they sound alright)...