The full line-up has been announced for the Focus On DIY strand at the CMU Insights-programmed Great Escape convention this year, a day of sessions aimed at the grass-roots artist community, early-career managers and those interested in new approaches for launching and managing new talent. The DIY s ...

It's been a busy few weeks at TGE HQ putting all the final touches to this year's festival to make it the best one yet but we managed to find some time to squeeze in a quick chat with the boys from Tall Ships. 1. Hello Tall Ships, we can't wait for your show at The Great Escape this year, how does i ...

This year's Great Escape convention will also boast its biggest ever programme of networking sessions, including formal speed networking, delegate parties and mixer events hosted by trade and international partners. There are more formal speed networking sessions than ever before this year, thanks t ...

Direct to fan specialist Music Glue has announced that it will officially launch its new platform at The Great Escape later this month. The company, which works with the likes of Mumford And Sons, Gabrielle Aplin, Nina Nesbitt, Enter Shikari, Ben Howard and Ghostpoet on their D2F operations, will de ...

With only seventeen days to go until The Great Escape 2013, tickets for this year's festival have been flying out the door and we can now announce that single day tickets and two day tickets have completely sold out. Three day festival wristbands are still available HERE but they are also selling f ...

Just one month to go and we can practically feel the breeze on our faces, taste the sea air and hear those distant symbols crashing. On the 16th - 18th May, The Great Escape will be filling Brighton with over 350 of the finest emerging artists and bringing you three days of new music discoveries. Th ...

The Great Escape, taking place May 16th-18th, today announces a further 100 artists to complete the 2013 line-up of the UK's answer to SXSW. The programme is now bursting with over 350 of the best upcoming bands currently making noise across the world and TGE13 is getting ready to load in to 30+ Bri ...