The Great Escape 2008

May 15 - 17, 2008 (16 years ago)

The Great Escape 2008 Brighton, England, United Kingdom

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Cage The Elephant

Vampire Weekend

Iron & Wine

The Wombats

Bombay Bicycle Club

Santigold

Crystal Castles

The Fratellis

The Ting Tings

Matt and Kim

Mother Mother

Yeasayer

White Lies

Wiley

Dirty Projectors

Pnau

Black Lips

Sam Sparro

Mystery Jets

The Black Angels

Wild Beasts

Okkervil River

Glasvegas

The Subways

The Boxer Rebellion

The Go! Team

The Futureheads

Soko

The Hold Steady

Born Ruffians

Ida Maria

Black Mountain

The Automatic

No Age

Lucero

Fujiya & Miyagi

Saul Williams

The Rascals

Wintersleep

Tunng

Late of the Pier

One Night Only

Plants and Animals

These New Puritans

The Whip

Teenagers

Sunset Rubdown

Lightspeed Champion

Pete and The Pirates

Young Knives

The Pack A.D.

Operator Please

Times New Viking

Kelley Stoltz

Johnny Foreigner

Let's Wrestle

Nina Nastasia

Peter Von Poehl

Broken Records

Esser

Canterbury

We Are Wolves

Ebony Bones!

The Shortwave Set

The Dykeenies

Valgeir Sigurðsson

The Boat People

Jay Jay Pistolet

Jeremy Warmsley

Thomas Tantrum

Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong

Ben Ottewell

Envelopes

School of Language

Kid Harpoon

Hatcham Social

Royworld

Lovvers

Stricken City

Look See Proof

Ungdomskulen

XX Teens

Beat Union

Team Waterpolo

The Strange Death of Liberal England

We Smoke Fags

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

Video Nasties

Torngat

Monobright

Maths Class

Elle s'appelle

The Satin Peaches

4 or 5 Magicians

Jacobs Stories

Bad Robots

The Broken Mirrors

Oddur

Damn Shames

ThisCity

Yelps

Manikees

Edgar Prais

Grace Emilys

Public Service Announcers

Cut Cut Shape

Volcanoeless in Canada

Elizabeth Walling

Concert Details

Date:: Thursday, May 15, 2008 – Saturday, May 17, 2008
Venue:: The Great Escape 2008
Location:: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Band Genres

Indie	89 bands
Indie: Cage The Elephant Vampire Weekend Iron & Wine The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club Santigold The Fratellis The Ting Tings Matt and Kim Mother Mother Yeasayer White Lies Dirty Projectors Black Lips Mystery Jets Wild Beasts Okkervil River Glasvegas The Subways The Boxer Rebellion The Go! Team The Futureheads Soko The Hold Steady Born Ruffians Ida Maria The Automatic Fujiya & Miyagi Wintersleep Tunng Late of the Pier One Night Only Plants and Animals These New Puritans The Whip Teenagers Sunset Rubdown Lightspeed Champion Pete and The Pirates Young Knives Operator Please Times New Viking Kelley Stoltz Johnny Foreigner Let's Wrestle Nina Nastasia Broken Records Esser Canterbury We Are Wolves Ebony Bones! The Shortwave Set The Dykeenies The Boat People Jay Jay Pistolet Jeremy Warmsley Thomas Tantrum Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong Ben Ottewell Envelopes School of Language Kid Harpoon Hatcham Social Royworld Lovvers Stricken City Look See Proof Ungdomskulen XX Teens Team Waterpolo The Strange Death of Liberal England We Smoke Fags 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 Video Nasties Torngat Monobright Maths Class The Satin Peaches 4 or 5 Magicians Grace Emilys Public Service Announcers Cut Cut Shape
Indie Rock	59 bands
Indie Rock: Cage The Elephant Vampire Weekend Iron & Wine The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club The Fratellis The Ting Tings Mother Mother Yeasayer White Lies Dirty Projectors Black Lips Mystery Jets The Black Angels Wild Beasts Okkervil River Glasvegas The Subways The Boxer Rebellion The Go! Team The Futureheads The Hold Steady Born Ruffians Ida Maria Black Mountain The Automatic No Age Wintersleep One Night Only Plants and Animals These New Puritans Sunset Rubdown Pete and The Pirates Young Knives Operator Please Kelley Stoltz Johnny Foreigner Let's Wrestle We Are Wolves The Dykeenies Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong Ben Ottewell Envelopes School of Language 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	40 bands
British: The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club The Fratellis The Ting Tings White Lies Mystery Jets Wild Beasts The Subways The Boxer Rebellion The Go! Team The Futureheads The Automatic 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 Ebony Bones! The Shortwave Set Jay Jay Pistolet Jeremy Warmsley Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong 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 Fratellis The Ting Tings Matt and Kim Mother Mother Dirty Projectors Wild Beasts Okkervil River The Boxer Rebellion The Go! Team Born Ruffians Tunng One Night Only Lightspeed Champion Pete and The Pirates Let's Wrestle Peter Von Poehl Esser 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	29 bands
Rock: Cage The Elephant Vampire Weekend The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club The Fratellis The Ting Tings Mother Mother White Lies Mystery Jets The Black Angels Glasvegas The Subways The Boxer Rebellion The Futureheads The Hold Steady Ida Maria Black Mountain 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: Cage The Elephant Vampire Weekend Bombay Bicycle Club Santigold The Fratellis Mystery Jets The Boxer Rebellion The Hold Steady Born Ruffians The 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	21 bands
New Rave: Bombay Bicycle Club Santigold Crystal Castles The Ting Tings Yeasayer White Lies Mystery Jets Wild Beasts The Subways The Go! Team The Futureheads The Automatic Fujiya & Miyagi Late of the Pier These New Puritans The Whip Pete and The Pirates Young Knives We Smoke Fags The Clik Clik Dead Kids
Alternative Dance	16 bands
Alternative Dance: Bombay Bicycle Club Santigold Crystal Castles The Ting Tings Yeasayer White Lies Pnau Mystery Jets Wild Beasts The Go! Team The Futureheads No Age 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 Fratellis The Ting Tings White Lies Okkervil River Glasvegas The Boxer Rebellion The Hold Steady No Age Lucero The Whip Ben Ottewell Oddur Yelps
Modern Rock	16 bands
Modern Rock: Cage The Elephant Vampire Weekend The Wombats Bombay Bicycle Club The Fratellis Matt and Kim Mother Mother Yeasayer White Lies Mystery Jets Wild Beasts The Subways The Futureheads Born Ruffians The Whip Lovvers
British Indie Rock	15 bands
British Indie Rock: Bombay Bicycle Club White Lies Mystery Jets Wild Beasts 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	13 bands
Post-Punk: Cage The Elephant White Lies The Futureheads No Age 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 These New Puritans The Whip Young Knives XX Teens We Smoke Fags We Are The Physics
Experimental	12 bands
Experimental: Mother Mother Yeasayer Dirty Projectors 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 Mother Mother Sam Sparro Mystery Jets Soko The Rascals Esser Stricken City Team Waterpolo Luke Leighfield Public Service Announcers
Folk	11 bands
Folk: Iron & Wine Mother Mother Dirty Projectors Okkervil River Tunng Nina Nastasia Broken Records Jay Jay Pistolet Ben Ottewell Kid Harpoon Grace Emilys
Canadian	11 bands
Canadian: Crystal Castles Mother Mother Born Ruffians Black Mountain Wintersleep Plants and Animals Sunset Rubdown The Pack A.D. We Are Wolves Krief Torngat
Garage Rock	10 bands
Garage Rock: Cage The Elephant Vampire Weekend 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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