Artists: The Futureheads, The Boxer Rebellion, Tellison, We Are Scientists, Ipso Facto, Envelopes, Black Lips, These New Puritans, Crystal Castles, Late Of The Pier, Eugene McGuinness, Friendly Fires, The Rascals, SoKo, Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds, FrYars, Team Waterpolo, Esser, Alphabeat, Ladyhawke
DiS didn’t just have a crack team of pen-brandishing scribes on the loose in Brighton for this year’s The Great Escape (May 15-17), oh no; additionally, super-shooter Holly Erskine was on hand to capture the action as it happened via her zoom-in, zoom-out lens.
Words, are forthcoming; meantime, do enjoy another In Photos special, beaming images of so very many TGE-present bands into your eyeholes.
All photographs: Holly Erskine
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Envelopes @ Hector’s House
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Eugene McGuinness @ Digital (DiS Stage)
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FrYars @ Concorde 2
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The Futureheads @ Digital (DiS Stage)
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Ladyhawke @ The Ocean Rooms
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The Boxer Rebellion @ Brighton Coalition
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Friendly Fires @ The Barfly
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Ipso Facto @ The Barfly
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Late Of The Pier @ Audio
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Tellison @ Arc
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We Are Scientists @ Levi's Ones To Watch, Audio
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Crystal Castles @ The Barfly
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Esser @ Hector’s House
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Pivot @ Water Margin
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The Rascals @ The Barfly / Digital (DiS Stage)
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Soko @ Concorde 2
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Team Waterpolo @ Audio
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These New Puritans @ Digital (DiS Stage)
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Great photos
Happy days
alphabeat
in a karaoke bar. best thing ever.
I went to the Great Escape
and didn't see any of those shows! What did I miss?
great escape was rubbish
fact.
something to do with the fact that the guy who books the main bands is also the guy who books Jersey live, Guilfest and Glastonbury main stage....
Impossible to get in to the club nights (er..one in one out policy for a venue that when you got let in was not even a third full (see most nights at komedia)////
there were one or two ok shows,
but they were mostly great escape fringe events...
I dunno...
...Had I not been working as well as playing I'd have seen plenty of good things. Friday evening, for about an hour-long period, there was a string of hitz.
Er I got into club nights every night
longest I queued was 45 mins
no horn!
why no Prinzhorn at the great escape?? gutted xx
prinzhorn dance school
I read an interview where they said they wanted to play but they already had a european tour booked so they were in Italy... They are at the Amersham Arms next month though!
pivot
i must say i saw pivot supporting gravenhurst and they were rather excellent.
no club is worth queing for 45 minutes in the cold
and an hour of hitz is not worth anything...there was really nothing there that hadnt been available before....
For the amount they were charging forr tickets it was a massive dissapointment....
i mean honestly- that weekend atp or great escape. i rest my case
Really excellent photos
I particularly like the second Esser, Friendly Fires, Ipso Facto and LofTP ones.
15 different flavours of hell
I wouldn't queue for bread in Russia for 45 minutes.
The 1 advantage to a press pass, not having to wait hours for some sub-par brit twaddle.