The Great Escape 2008
Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th May 2008venues in Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9NA, England MAP
£45 for the three days), Day tickets: Thurs £18.50, Fri/Sat £22.50
The other latest additions to the line-up are The Automatic, Saul Williams, XX Teens, The Video Nasties, Operator Please, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Johnny Flynn, LadyHawke, Okkervil River, Cut Off Your Hands, Elle Sappelle, We Smoke Fags and Lucero.
The Great Escape is held in over 25 venues within Brighton City Centre from Thursday 15th until Saturday 17th May.
Previously announced acts for the festival line-up include Pete and the Pirates, Bombay Bicycle Club, Cage The Elephant, Jay Jay Pistolet, The Black Angels, Kelley Stoltz, Thomas Tantrum, Satin Peaches, Lovvers, Hatcham Social, The Pack A.D., We Are Wolves, Soko, 4 Or 5 Magicians, The Boxer Rebellion, The Whip, Jeremy Warmsley, Royworld, The Bad Robots, The Boat People, The Dykeenies, These New Puritans, Yelps, No Age, Public Service Announcers, The Black Lips, The Teenagers, The Wombats, Wild Beasts, Young Knives, Black Mountain, Tunng, Fujiya and Miyagi, Peter Von Poehl, School of Langauge, Lightspeed Champion, Torngat and Wintersleep. For the line-up details as available please click here.
Early bird tickets are on sale, priced at £35. The ticket entitles you to entry to all gig venues over the 3 days. Tickets will need to be exchanged for a wrist band. Wrist band will gain entry to all venues subject to capacity. The Wrist band exchange venue will be printed on your ticket. Click here to buy.
As well as the live music at various venues throughout Brighton, the festival also has a number of "Parkinson" style interviews and seminars with luminaries from the world of music and media who impart their experiences.