WIN! Tickets to The Great Escape

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 91 comments 11:02 May 8th, 2008

Hey you! People who aren’t doing ATP on May 16-18, or any other of the many events that weekend come to think of it. Wanna go to a festival for free?* Wanna go to The Great Escape for free? Read on.

DiS – that’s us, hello – has two pairs of tickets to give away for the annual booze ‘n’ bands ‘n’ beach shindig down at Brighton on May 15-17. Held across a number of venues – your wristband grants to access to these venues, and the line-ups they house – The Great Escape has attracted a number of super-hot names to its bill this year, including Vampire Weekend, The Futureheads, Crystal Castles, Young Knives, Iron & Wine, Santogold, These New Puritans, Friendly Fires, Lightspeed Champion and Laura Marling. Check out more details and the full bill at the official TGE website HERE.

DiS is taking over Digital, on the seafront (189-192 Kings Road Arches; website), for the duration of the festival; our bill reads as follows:

Thursday May 15
The Futureheads
Fanfarlo
Broken Records
Eugene McGuinness

Friday May 16
Crystal Castles
Cadence Weapon
George Pringle
Lovvers

Saturday May 17
These New Puritans
Santogold
Times New Viking
Telepathe

Fairly wow, all told – do check the official website for more details regarding bands, venues and travel. To win a pair of tickets to the three-day festival, simply answer this easy question…

Smoke ‘em, smoke ‘em, smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em, if you ain’t got ‘em, then you hit…

A) Rock Bottom?
B) The Hard Booze?
C) Your Local AA Meeting?

Clues, they’re here. To enter this competition simply post your answer in the comments section below; winners will be contacted by DiS via an onsite note on COMPETITION CLOSED + WINNERS CONTACTED. * Please note that this prize is for tickets only, and DiS will not cover travel or accommodation costs, let alone your drinks bill.

Good luck!

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A) Rock bottom

Can I win pwease?

DanielKelly | 8 May '08, 11:04 | X | Reply

It's A)

ROCK BOTTOM!

My first glastonbury! - Love it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJOiwHJKSc

MarkP @DanielKelly | 8 May '08, 11:09 | X | Reply

rock bottom

pieces_of_reece | 8 May '08, 11:09 | X | Reply

first concert i went to was FLC

interesting Reece fact there!

pieces_of_reece @pieces_of_reece | 8 May '08, 11:09 | X | Reply

A) rock bottom

I'd like a rock bottom. it'd look good in the garden, innit. :)

keveddy | 8 May '08, 11:12 | X | Reply

a. rock bottom

seeing as my bid for a crew pass is going so badly :(

tuppence @pieces_of_reece | 8 May '08, 11:13 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom!

I'm gonna layeth the smacketh down on your roody poo candy ass if you don't give me those tickets!

DangerousSnails | 8 May '08, 11:17 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

Better than Crinkley Bottom...

sebulous | 8 May '08, 11:17 | X | Reply

a.rock bottom

i can smell it

The_Living_Year @sebulous | 8 May '08, 11:19 | X | Reply

And the answer is A. Rock Bottom

although all 3 could be applicable

King_Arf | 8 May '08, 11:21 | X | Reply

Rock Bottom

Pick me, pick me, pick me!!

prancingpony @King_Arf | 8 May '08, 11:24 | X | Reply

rock bottom

and you have to pick me or, yesiamaduck will just rub it in my face that he had foresight to buy tickets when they were cheap :(

so yeah!!

toomanykooks | 8 May '08, 11:32 | X | Reply

rock bottom

tickets would be lovely

panda64 @toomanykooks | 8 May '08, 11:37 | X | Reply

and the answer is...

a. rock bottom

thank you :)

tombaker66 | 8 May '08, 11:40 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom!

also - i totally love George Pringle! Do I win? :)

_vikram | 8 May '08, 11:42 | X | Reply

A)

Rock Bottom

ardnaxela | 8 May '08, 11:46 | X | Reply

A)

rock bottom...

i love the beach

neeko11 @DanielKelly | 8 May '08, 11:49 | X | Reply

x

a) ROCKBOTTOM
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

peachygeorgina | 8 May '08, 11:51 | X | Reply

:D UR DAMNED RIGHT!

Yesiamaduck @toomanykooks | 8 May '08, 11:58 | X | Reply

rock bottom

Down by the seaside. See the boats go sailin'
Can the people hear, What the little fish are sayin'

kittysparks | 8 May '08, 12:03 | X | Reply

Rock Bottom...

and lest we forget, Huey goes on to tell us he's "a half spic peckerwood talkin' to the dead/I'll break into your house and smell your bed"

matc | 8 May '08, 12:05 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

But I must admit I copied

valido | 8 May '08, 12:07 | X | Reply

^ should win for being honest

Yesiamaduck @valido | 8 May '08, 12:18 | X | Reply

Winner!?

That'd be A) Rock Bottom.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.....

andyclarke | 8 May '08, 12:19 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

I can't even go because of exams, if I win I will definitely be ebaying them. So yeah, pick me.

the_big_cheese | 8 May '08, 12:21 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

DDT, people's elbow

Farewell_My_Lovely | 8 May '08, 12:22 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

Just because I didn't win the DiS tour tickets!

Gibbs | 8 May '08, 12:23 | X | Reply

A)

Rock bottom

darran | 8 May '08, 12:23 | X | Reply

A. Rock Bottom

I approve this message

Dr_HBomb | 8 May '08, 12:29 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

booze bands and beaches are my 3 favorite things!and I'm Asian , if you don't pick me your like... racist

aakash @darran | 8 May '08, 12:37 | X | Reply

I'd love to win

The answer to complete the phrase: Smoke ‘em, smoke ‘em, smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em, if you ain’t got ‘em, then you hit…

Is.......: A) Rock Bottom

Thanks!

meddles | 8 May '08, 12:39 | X | Reply

A) rock bottom

please?

jeasure | 8 May '08, 12:52 | X | Reply

a) Rock Bottom

The third best wrestling move, after the Tombstone and the Camel Clutch.

KrisRocket | 8 May '08, 13:01 | X | Reply

The Pedigree is better too.

DangerousSnails @KrisRocket | 8 May '08, 13:11 | X | Reply

A) Rock bottom

I'd say something funny here but I'm just not witty enough. I am however desperate to go to the great escape and broke, so very broke.

the-other-staunchino @KrisRocket | 8 May '08, 13:12 | X | Reply

a)

Rock Bottom. Gibronies.

waspyone | 8 May '08, 13:14 | X | Reply

a

rock bottom.

stevemmccabe | 8 May '08, 13:15 | X | Reply

A)

Rock Bottom

Art_Student @stevemmccabe | 8 May '08, 13:18 | X | Reply

rock bottom

harman_kardon | 8 May '08, 13:24 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

Tickets would be nice as pie, please.

mmm, pie.

Would you like some pie? You can have some pie if I can have some tickets? Swapsies?

Captain_Power @harman_kardon | 8 May '08, 13:34 | X | Reply

A) Rock bottom

Teepee_uk @Art_Student | 8 May '08, 13:38 | X | Reply

well, yes, a) rock bottom.

and here is where i differentiate myself from everyone else here somehow...

bribery? done.
pandering? done.
sexual favours? ooh, i think we have a gap in the market!

bleak | 8 May '08, 13:42 | X | Reply

A)

Rock bottom. I have a nice rock bottom

LittleDrummerBoy | 8 May '08, 13:46 | X | Reply

B) The Hard Booze

dan_thw | 8 May '08, 14:04 | X | Reply

A)

Rock Bottom...

the_evil_tree | 8 May '08, 14:06 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

is the answer

ma0sm | 8 May '08, 14:12 | X | Reply

no hang on

its C) Your Local AA Meeting.

Yep.

dan_thw @dan_thw | 8 May '08, 14:20 | X | Reply

Surely the answer is

A) Rock bottom

- is it ice cube or summat?

Teach | 8 May '08, 14:31 | X | Reply

No no no

Fun Lovin' Criminals...?

Teach @Teach | 8 May '08, 14:32 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

OIB-Records | 8 May '08, 14:41 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

Do I win?

tangledtalk @DanielKelly | 8 May '08, 14:45 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

God, i'd love to win!

Geoffers | 8 May '08, 15:04 | X | Reply

a)

rock bottom

MrFelix @DanielKelly | 8 May '08, 15:10 | X | Reply

it's

a) rock bottom innit.

thetreestheyspeak | 8 May '08, 15:11 | X | Reply

ROCK BOTTOM

bottom rock

mdash | 8 May '08, 15:11 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

Do we think anyone is going to get this wrong?

Musky | 8 May '08, 15:17 | X | Reply

B) The Hard Booze

Seems like the likeliest answer to me. Bx

Barney-Brown | 8 May '08, 15:39 | X | Reply

I have got 'em in fact

and the answer is A) Rock bottom

chm4lm | 8 May '08, 15:44 | X | Reply

A

Rock bottom

gagaga | 8 May '08, 16:03 | X | Reply

A

Rock Bottom

shedontusejelly | 8 May '08, 16:26 | X | Reply

a) rock bottom

i'm glad we did this

igethitbyemokids | 8 May '08, 17:05 | X | Reply

A)

Rock Bottom

aboynamedgoo | 8 May '08, 17:46 | X | Reply

a)

rock bottom

darknessfillsthevoid | 8 May '08, 18:23 | X | Reply

rock bottom

is the way to go !!

stillrockin | 8 May '08, 19:29 | X | Reply

a) rock bottom

just a guestimastion...

circasurvive88 | 8 May '08, 20:53 | X | Reply

a) rock bottom

shes_so_high | 8 May '08, 21:02 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom

nezza | 8 May '08, 21:19 | X | Reply

a) rock bottom

oy_me | 8 May '08, 22:50 | X | Reply

a) ROCK BOTTOM

..please:) x

riddlestone @oy_me | 9 May '08, 02:25 | X | Reply

A) Rock Bottom...but

then you get some more and it's filmed by the sun so then you're rock and roll...a stint in jail is to come. SO the best thing to do is stand outside a cashpoint at 4 in the morning..heehaw

Milliondollarbitsch | 9 May '08, 09:37 | X | Reply