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The biggest and best city based festival in the UK is growing bigger by the day as the organisers confirm the latest bands in the 2008 line up. The policy to book the best new and rising artists from all over the world is really taking shape with most recent confirmations from The Wombats, The Hold Steady, The Subways, Black Lips, White Lies, Monobright, Iron and Wine, Public Service Announcers, Born Ruffians, Broken Mirrors, Ipso Facto, Beat Union, Mother Mother, This City, One Night Only, Teenagers, Crystal Castles, Canterbury, Johnny Foreigner, Ida Maria, Team Waterpolo, Ebony Bones and The Black Angels.

Already booked were; Young Knives, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong,
Yeasayer, Black Mountain, No Age, Tunng, Lightspeed Champion, Wild Beasts, Fujiya & Miyagi, Peter Von Poehl and School Of Language.

The Great Escape is all about spotting new talent and bringing them to a
bigger stage where they can perform to a packed out crowd and the world’s booking agents, festival bookers and record labels. The festival will be backing the likes of Ebony Bones and White Lies who are both currently unsigned and tipped by The Great Escape to follow in the footsteps of Adele, Kate Nash and Jack Penate who have been incredibly successful since playing the festival.

It’s not all about the UK, however. In previous years The Great Escape has also played a major roll in breaking acts from Canada, and last year both Besnard Lakes and Patrick Watson stepped into the limelight following their acclaimed performances at the festival. This year some amazing talent will hit our shores from the country that spawned Arcade Fire and Neil Young, including Volcanoless In Canada, Wintersleep, Plants And Animals, Torngat and Kreif’s Broken Mirrors.

The Great Escape has played a major roll in breaking acts from around the world including: Great Escape 2006 – The Kooks, The Fratellis, Gossip, Klaxons and Paulo Nutini. Great Escape 2007 – The Enemy, Adele, Jack Penate, CSS, Gallows and Patrick Watson. Early Bird Festival Tickets are £35 (plus booking fee) through
www.escapegreat.com

Ticket line: 0870 907 0999

Plus cash box offices at Rounder, Resident and The Dome Box office in
Brighton and Stargreen (Oxford Circus)

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