CONVENTION NEWS
YMCAs presented at The Great Escape
The 2012 Yearly Music Conference Awards, or YMCAs to its friends, were presented at a late morning gathering at The Great Escape on Saturday. With the showcase festival and music conference season reaching its conclusion for another year, before heading to the fields for the …Read more
Brian Molko in conversation as part of PRS for Music programme
Placebo’s Brian Molko completes the In Conversation programme at this year’s Great Escape convention. Brian will appear in conversation with 6 music’s Matt Everitt as part of a whole day of sessions presented by PRS for Music on 10 May, the first day of this …Read more
More conversations added as full convention programme goes live
In addition to the Brian Molko conversation, we can also today confirm that legendary producers and musicians Lol Creme, Trevor Horn and Ash Soan will appear in conversation as they prepare to release a new album from their collaborative group Producers. Between them, the …Read more
International Showcase at The Great Escape
International Showcase, the music business guide is coming to The Great Escape 2012. Showcase is a printed book, website and soon to be launched mobile phone application putting you in touch with over 10,000 contacts in the professional music scene. The 2012 edition of the …Read more
YMCAs to return this year – nominate now!
It’s time to nominate! Once again this May, The Great Escape will host the already legendary Yearly Music Conference Awards (or YMCAs to its friends), celebrating the great and the good of the world’s music business conventions and showcase festivals. With The Great Escape taking …Read more
Queens Hotel Sold Out – £30 hostel beds still available at Journeys
We are pleased to announce that rooms at the Queens Hotel have now officially sold out. If you’re still planning on coming down to Brighton for TGE but haven’t yet booked your accommodation yet, don’t panic, there are still a small allocation of beds left …Read more
DIY to go under the spotlight at this year’s Great Escape
As the bulk of this year’s Great Escape convention programme goes live on escapegreat.com today, we can also reveal that one strand of this year’s event will put ‘DIY In The Spotlight’, with a series of sessions specifically aimed at artists, managers and music …Read more
The Great Festival Conversation to take place this May
In 2006, Bestival founder Rob da Bank, interviewed one of the true veterans of the British festival community, Glastonbury’s Michael Eavis, at The Great Escape. This May, both festival chiefs will return to the TGE stage six years on, to discuss how the festival world …Read more
Label founders to offer insights on running an independent record company
Among the sessions confirmed for this year’s Great Escape convention today is a great panel featuring the founders of four of our very favourite independent record companies. Focusing on the ins and outs of setting up and running a label, this session is aimed at …Read more
Xfm’s John Kennedy in the spotlight at The Great Escape 2012
As Xfm celebrates twenty years broadcasting in London this Spring, the network’s longest established DJ, new music champion John Kennedy, will be in conversation with Jon Hillcock, at The Great Escape, discussing his 22 years supporting new bands on the radio, and his 13 years …Read more
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