The Great Escape Kickstarts Festival Season

Between Thursday 13th - Saturday 15th May, Brighton's huge array of live venues are being taken over by some of the best talent around for this year's Great Escape.

Get your flip-flops on and head down to the seaside to enjoy Groove Armada, Ellie Goulding, Broken Social Scene, Marina And The Diamonds, Wild Beasts, Cornershop, The Big Pink and hundreds more of the best band's around.

Fans of the guitar will be spoilt for choice with Red Stripe, Gaymers, Mojo, Uncut, Rockfeedback.com, NME, XFM, Gigwise, 4AD, Drowned In Sound, The Road To V, Artrocker, Relentless, The Fly and Topman CTRL all having stages planned for this years event.

See www.escapegreat.com for full line up and all the news!