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Escape to the sea: Great Escape tickets going fast...

Mike_Diver by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 5 comments 11:07 April 2nd, 2007
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Tickets to this year's three-day jolly by the Brighton seafront, The Great Escape, are going fast. Consider this your warning: if you're not ATPing on the weekend of May 18-20, get some of this.

The Great Escape runs from May 17-19 at various venues throughout Brighton; many, many bands have been confirmed, with a few stragglers sure to follow; tickets are priced at a very reasonable £39.50 plus a wee booking fee. Wanna buy some? Click here.

Among the many acts playing 2007's event are:

CSS (pictured), The Magic Numbers, Blood Red Shoes, Archie Bronson Outfit, 120 Days, Foals, Die Die Die, Land Of Talk, The Besnard Lakes, Kubicheck, iLiKETRAiNS, The Whip, The Noisettes, The Kissaway Trail, Hot Club De Paris, Gallows, Frank Turner, Patrick Watson, The Strange Death Of Liberal England, Youthmovies... and more!

Click to the official Great Escape website, here, for more details.

Various Archie Bronson Outfit Youthmovies Foals CSS
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Try as I might...

I can't find a way to justify £45 for a ticket for three days of bands I'd pay £6 a time to see.

Baggsy | 2 Apr '07, 15:34 | X | Reply

But even by that logic

you'd only have to see 8 bands across the weekend to make it value for money.

chartpimp @Baggsy | 2 Apr '07, 15:48 | X | Reply

what logic?

I didn't see any in that post :P

dionisio @chartpimp | 2 Apr '07, 16:32 | X | Reply

The logic is

Why pay £45 to see in three nights what you'd otherwise pay around £18 to see?

Brighton isn't Camden and you could travel one and a half miles between venues/bands and like last year you could find the venue overfull anyway when you arrive.

So, rather then seeing loads of bands you want to, you end up seeing twelve band, of which four you wanted to and eight you've never heard of before or since.

Baggsy @dionisio | 2 Apr '07, 18:59 | X | Reply

Ok

But looking at the lineup, even if you've not heard of some of the bands you end up seeing, chances are you'll find something you like. I find it hard to believe £45 wouldn't be money well spent.

dionisio @Baggsy | 2 Apr '07, 21:05 | X | Reply

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