In Photos special: The Great Escape 2008

by DiS Festivals [Edit this content] ▾ 13 comments 14:00 May 20th, 2008

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

Thursday, May 15

Alphabeat @ Horatio’s Bar

Envelopes @ Hector’s House

Eugene McGuinness @ Digital (DiS Stage)

FrYars @ Concorde 2

The Futureheads @ Digital (DiS Stage)

Ladyhawke @ The Ocean Rooms

The Boxer Rebellion @ Brighton Coalition

Friday, May 16

Black Lips @ The Barfly

Friendly Fires @ The Barfly

Ipso Facto @ The Barfly

Late Of The Pier @ Audio

Tellison @ Arc

We Are Scientists @ Levi's Ones To Watch, Audio

Saturday, May 17

Cheeky Cheeky And The Nosebleeds @ Revenge

Crystal Castles @ The Barfly

Esser @ Hector’s House

Pivot @ Water Margin

The Rascals @ The Barfly / Digital (DiS Stage)

Soko @ Concorde 2

Team Waterpolo @ Audio

These New Puritans @ Digital (DiS Stage)

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Great photos

Happy days

livingthedream | 20 May '08, 15:22 | X | Reply

alphabeat

in a karaoke bar. best thing ever.

shadyadie | 20 May '08, 15:37 | X | Reply

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)////

rosbeef @OIB-Records | 20 May '08, 17:15 | X | Reply

i mean honestly- that weekend atp or great escape. i rest my case

rosbeef @the_milkiest_jag | 21 May '08, 13:11 | X | Reply

Really excellent photos

I particularly like the second Esser, Friendly Fires, Ipso Facto and LofTP ones.

UnrealCity | 21 May '08, 22:53 | X | Reply

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.

avangelist @UnrealCity | 22 May '08, 09:12 | X | Reply