The last venue door has been closed, the streets of Brighton cleared of music lovers, the amps switched off: The Great Escape is officially over for 2013. In its eighth year the festival sold out for the first time ever, saw 350+ of the most exciting new artists from 30+ countries performing to over 16,000 music fans across May 16th-18th and had so many tongues wagging that #TGE13 was trending in the UK on Twitter.

And then, there was the music: From that secret Palma Violets gig, to the utterly mesmerising performances by Polish pop royalty BRODKA, to Deap Vally bringing down houses all over town, to the now legendary sets from the new paradigms of rap Iggy Azalea & Brooke Candy, to Billy Bragg leading a sing-a-long of "A New England' in the back of a tiny pub, TGE13 was filled with those "were you there?' moments it is famed for. But, if you missed those stand-out performances, or if you're just thirsty for more you're in luck! TGE will be returning from May 8th-10th 2014 - save the date now.

Kat Morris, festival director commented "A huge thank you to everyone who made TGE 2013 so brilliant, to all the incredible artists that played, to every person that attended, our wonderful partners and our amazing production team. We are so excited to announce the dates for 2014 right off the back of this year's festival and hope to see you there. "