The Great Escape 2008

May 15 - 17, 2008 (16 years ago)

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

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Vampire Weekend

Cage The Elephant

Iron & Wine

Santigold

The Wombats

Bombay Bicycle Club

Crystal Castles

The Ting Tings

Matt and Kim

The Fratellis

Yeasayer

White Lies

Wiley

Dirty Projectors

Black Lips

Pnau

Sam Sparro

Wild Beasts

Mystery Jets

Glasvegas

Okkervil River

The Black Angels

The Subways

The Boxer Rebellion

The Go! Team

The Futureheads

The Hold Steady

Born Ruffians

Soko

Mother Mother

Ida Maria

No Age

Black Mountain

Automatic

Fujiya & Miyagi

Lucero

The Rascals

Saul Williams

Wintersleep

Tunng

Late of the Pier

One Night Only

The Whip

These New Puritans

Plants and Animals

Teenagers

Sunset Rubdown

Lightspeed Champion

Pete and The Pirates

Young Knives

The Pack A.D.

Operator Please

Times New Viking

Johnny Foreigner

Kelley Stoltz

Let's Wrestle

Broken Records

Nina Nastasia

Esser

Peter Von Poehl

Canterbury

We Are Wolves

The Shortwave Set

Ebony Bones!

The Dykeenies

The Boat People

Valgeir Sigurðsson

Jay Jay Pistolet

Thomas Tantrum

Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong

Jeremy Warmsley

Envelopes

School of Language

Kid Harpoon

Ben Ottewell

Hatcham Social

Royworld

Lovvers

Stricken City

Look See Proof

Ungdomskulen

Beat Union

XX Teens

Team Waterpolo

We Smoke Fags

The Strange Death of Liberal England

Ipso Facto

Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam

The Clik Clik

New Rhodes

Luke Leighfield

Black Cherry

We Are The Physics

Dead Kids

Collapsing Cities

Krief

Torngat

Video Nasties

Maths Class

Elle s'appelle

Monobright

The Satin Peaches

4 or 5 Magicians

Jacobs Stories

Bad Robots

Damn Shames

The Broken Mirrors

Oddur

ThisCity

Yelps

Edgar Prais

Manikees

Grace Emilys

Public Service Announcers

Volcanoeless in Canada

Cut Cut Shape

Elizabeth Walling

Concert Details

Date:: Thursday, May 15, 2008 – Saturday, May 17, 2008
Location:: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Band Genres

Indie	89 bands
Indie: Vampire Weekend Cage The Elephant Iron & Wine Santigold The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club The Ting Tings Matt and Kim The Fratellis Yeasayer White Lies Dirty Projectors Black Lips Wild Beasts Mystery Jets Glasvegas Okkervil River The Subways The Boxer Rebellion The Go! Team The Futureheads The Hold Steady Born Ruffians Soko Mother Mother Ida Maria Automatic Fujiya & Miyagi Wintersleep Tunng Late of the Pier One Night Only The Whip These New Puritans Plants and Animals Teenagers Sunset Rubdown Lightspeed Champion Pete and The Pirates Young Knives Operator Please Times New Viking Johnny Foreigner Kelley Stoltz Let's Wrestle Broken Records Nina Nastasia Esser Canterbury We Are Wolves The Shortwave Set Ebony Bones! The Dykeenies The Boat People Jay Jay Pistolet Thomas Tantrum Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong Jeremy Warmsley Envelopes School of Language Kid Harpoon Ben Ottewell Hatcham Social Royworld Lovvers Stricken City Look See Proof Ungdomskulen XX Teens Team Waterpolo We Smoke Fags The Strange Death of Liberal England Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam The Clik Clik New Rhodes Luke Leighfield Black Cherry We Are The Physics Dead Kids Krief Torngat Video Nasties Maths Class Monobright The Satin Peaches 4 or 5 Magicians Grace Emilys Public Service Announcers Cut Cut Shape
Indie Rock	59 bands
Indie Rock: Vampire Weekend Cage The Elephant Iron & Wine The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club The Ting Tings The Fratellis Yeasayer White Lies Dirty Projectors Black Lips Wild Beasts Mystery Jets Glasvegas Okkervil River The Black Angels The Subways The Boxer Rebellion The Go! Team The Futureheads The Hold Steady Born Ruffians Mother Mother Ida Maria No Age Black Mountain Automatic Wintersleep One Night Only These New Puritans Plants and Animals Sunset Rubdown Pete and The Pirates Young Knives Operator Please Johnny Foreigner Kelley Stoltz Let's Wrestle We Are Wolves The Dykeenies Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong Envelopes School of Language Ben Ottewell Hatcham Social Stricken City Look See Proof Ungdomskulen The Strange Death of Liberal England New Rhodes Dead Kids Collapsing Cities Maths Class Elle s'appelle The Satin Peaches 4 or 5 Magicians ThisCity Grace Emilys Public Service Announcers
British	39 bands
British: The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club The Ting Tings The Fratellis White Lies Wild Beasts Mystery Jets The Subways The Boxer Rebellion The Go! Team The Futureheads The Rascals Tunng Late of the Pier One Night Only These New Puritans Lightspeed Champion Pete and The Pirates Young Knives Johnny Foreigner Let's Wrestle Canterbury The Shortwave Set Ebony Bones! Jay Jay Pistolet Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong Jeremy Warmsley Kid Harpoon Royworld Look See Proof Team Waterpolo The Strange Death of Liberal England The Clik Clik New Rhodes Luke Leighfield Dead Kids Video Nasties Maths Class 4 or 5 Magicians
Indie Pop	31 bands
Indie Pop: Vampire Weekend Iron & Wine The Wombats The Ting Tings Matt and Kim The Fratellis Dirty Projectors Wild Beasts Okkervil River The Boxer Rebellion The Go! Team Born Ruffians Mother Mother Tunng One Night Only Lightspeed Champion Pete and The Pirates Let's Wrestle Esser Peter Von Poehl The Shortwave Set The Boat People Thomas Tantrum Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong Envelopes Royworld Lovvers Stricken City New Rhodes Krief 4 or 5 Magicians
Rock	30 bands
Rock: Vampire Weekend Cage The Elephant The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club The Ting Tings The Fratellis White Lies Mystery Jets Glasvegas The Black Angels The Subways The Boxer Rebellion The Futureheads The Hold Steady Mother Mother Ida Maria Black Mountain Automatic Lucero The Whip Young Knives The Pack A.D. Nina Nastasia Canterbury The Dykeenies School of Language Ungdomskulen Beat Union Monobright Yelps
Alternative	23 bands
Alternative: Vampire Weekend Cage The Elephant Santigold Bombay Bicycle Club The Fratellis Mystery Jets The Boxer Rebellion The Hold Steady Born Ruffians Automatic Wintersleep One Night Only Young Knives Johnny Foreigner Canterbury The Shortwave Set Thomas Tantrum Royworld Look See Proof Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam Krief Yelps Elizabeth Walling
Electronic	22 bands
Electronic: Santigold Crystal Castles The Ting Tings Matt and Kim Pnau Sam Sparro The Go! Team Fujiya & Miyagi Tunng Late of the Pier The Whip Teenagers Young Knives Esser Ebony Bones! Valgeir Sigurðsson XX Teens We Smoke Fags The Clik Clik Krief Yelps Elizabeth Walling
New Rave	20 bands
New Rave: Santigold Bombay Bicycle Club Crystal Castles The Ting Tings Yeasayer White Lies Wild Beasts Mystery Jets The Subways The Go! Team The Futureheads Fujiya & Miyagi Late of the Pier The Whip These New Puritans Pete and The Pirates Young Knives We Smoke Fags The Clik Clik Dead Kids
Alternative Dance	17 bands
Alternative Dance: Santigold Bombay Bicycle Club Crystal Castles The Ting Tings Yeasayer White Lies Pnau Wild Beasts Mystery Jets The Go! Team The Futureheads No Age Automatic Fujiya & Miyagi Late of the Pier The Whip Young Knives
Alternative Rock	16 bands
Alternative Rock: Cage The Elephant Iron & Wine Bombay Bicycle Club The Ting Tings The Fratellis White Lies Glasvegas Okkervil River The Boxer Rebellion The Hold Steady No Age Lucero The Whip Ben Ottewell Oddur Yelps
Modern Rock	16 bands
Modern Rock: Vampire Weekend Cage The Elephant The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club Matt and Kim The Fratellis Yeasayer White Lies Wild Beasts Mystery Jets The Subways The Futureheads Born Ruffians Mother Mother The Whip Lovvers
British Indie Rock	15 bands
British Indie Rock: Bombay Bicycle Club White Lies Wild Beasts Mystery Jets The Futureheads Lightspeed Champion Pete and The Pirates Young Knives Johnny Foreigner The Dykeenies Kid Harpoon Royworld Look See Proof XX Teens Video Nasties
Post-Punk	14 bands
Post-Punk: Cage The Elephant White Lies The Futureheads No Age Automatic These New Puritans Young Knives We Are Wolves Ebony Bones! Hatcham Social XX Teens Ipso Facto Collapsing Cities Video Nasties
Dance-Punk	12 bands
Dance-Punk: The Ting Tings White Lies Mystery Jets The Subways The Futureheads Late of the Pier The Whip These New Puritans Young Knives XX Teens We Smoke Fags We Are The Physics
Experimental	12 bands
Experimental: Yeasayer Dirty Projectors Mother Mother No Age Late of the Pier These New Puritans Sunset Rubdown Valgeir Sigurðsson School of Language XX Teens Maths Class Elizabeth Walling
Pop	12 bands
Pop: Santigold The Fratellis Sam Sparro Mystery Jets Soko Mother Mother The Rascals Esser Stricken City Team Waterpolo Luke Leighfield Public Service Announcers
Folk	11 bands
Folk: Iron & Wine Dirty Projectors Okkervil River Mother Mother Tunng Broken Records Nina Nastasia Jay Jay Pistolet Kid Harpoon Ben Ottewell Grace Emilys
Canadian	11 bands
Canadian: Crystal Castles Born Ruffians Mother Mother Black Mountain Wintersleep Plants and Animals Sunset Rubdown The Pack A.D. We Are Wolves Krief Torngat
Garage Rock	10 bands
Garage Rock: Vampire Weekend Cage The Elephant The Fratellis Black Lips The Black Angels The Subways The Whip The Pack A.D. Ipso Facto Monobright
Stomp And Holler	10 bands
Stomp And Holler: Vampire Weekend Iron & Wine Bombay Bicycle Club Matt and Kim Yeasayer Okkervil River Born Ruffians Plants and Animals Sunset Rubdown Volcanoeless in Canada

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