Spread the Social Love:
Day two of The Great Escape! My body is regretting the lack of sleep but thanking about the lack of alcohol/hangover caused by the fact that I was driving the previous night. We arrived near 1pm to Brighton, left the car badly parked near the beach and hurried to see the early set of Dog Is Dead at a surprisingly packed venue called Audio, placed right across the street from the Pier. Refined indie pop with trumpets and cinematographic vibes, accompanied by many shades of voice plays.
Brief break at a beach bar for a couple of beers and then we moved the gathering to underneath the decks on Madeira Drive where we made some new friends who were Mando Diao fans. The peculiar thing about the setting of The Great Escape is that you don't have an established "hang out area" to well... hang out. So you need to create your own according to which part of the town you'd like to explore, and there are so many options!
The bars on the pedestrian street near the Dome and the wristband exchange placed their tables on the streets from early noon till the end of the shows. There was also a market with classic clothing shops and interesting souvenir stores where I found a postcard with a picture of The Who from their early days standing on the Brighton Pier.
Concorde 2 was one of the biggest venues of the festival, and the whole wall on the right of the stage was made of glass windows. The hypnotic electro-blues vibes of The Phoenix Foundation were framed by a shy sunset behind the west side of the town's shore.
Coming up next was the overwhelming show of Ed Sheeran who took the stage as a blitzkrieg just armed with his guitar and a set of warm yellow lights. The way he worked the crowd was worthy of a Robbie Williams presentation at Wimbledon; the audience was feeling it, he was on fire, the folk-bluesy songs were flawless... Even while I was editing this pics on the tube the guy sitting next to me asked "Oh is that Ed Sheeran? Man I love his music", so along with the i-know-every-single-lyric fans on the front row of the gig (and believe me there were many of those) I dare to say that everyone seems to be mesmerized about Ed's one man band capabilities.
Closing the night were our favourite dundeelions The View, with a beach-ready Kyle Falconer wearing khaki rolled up shorts and matching shoes (they even had a gigantic inflatable ball bouncing around over the crowd and occasionally onstage). A one hour set with no low points, where The View performed most of their brand new album "Bread And Circuses", plus some old time classics such as "Skag Trendy", "Same Jeans" and a cover of "I Need The Record" from The Tweeds, a track that they also released as a single on Record Store day a couple of weeks ago. Good gig? Yes, one of the best I've seen from them.
At that point it was probably not a good idea to drive back to London, so we improvised two beds in the front seats of my car for a couple of hours of sleep before the sun raised at 4:30am.
Brief break at a beach bar for a couple of beers and then we moved the gathering to underneath the decks on Madeira Drive where we made some new friends who were Mando Diao fans. The peculiar thing about the setting of The Great Escape is that you don't have an established "hang out area" to well... hang out. So you need to create your own according to which part of the town you'd like to explore, and there are so many options!
Dog Is Dead
The bars on the pedestrian street near the Dome and the wristband exchange placed their tables on the streets from early noon till the end of the shows. There was also a market with classic clothing shops and interesting souvenir stores where I found a postcard with a picture of The Who from their early days standing on the Brighton Pier.
Concorde 2 was one of the biggest venues of the festival, and the whole wall on the right of the stage was made of glass windows. The hypnotic electro-blues vibes of The Phoenix Foundation were framed by a shy sunset behind the west side of the town's shore.
The Phoenix Foundation
Coming up next was the overwhelming show of Ed Sheeran who took the stage as a blitzkrieg just armed with his guitar and a set of warm yellow lights. The way he worked the crowd was worthy of a Robbie Williams presentation at Wimbledon; the audience was feeling it, he was on fire, the folk-bluesy songs were flawless... Even while I was editing this pics on the tube the guy sitting next to me asked "Oh is that Ed Sheeran? Man I love his music", so along with the i-know-every-single-lyric fans on the front row of the gig (and believe me there were many of those) I dare to say that everyone seems to be mesmerized about Ed's one man band capabilities.
Closing the night were our favourite dundeelions The View, with a beach-ready Kyle Falconer wearing khaki rolled up shorts and matching shoes (they even had a gigantic inflatable ball bouncing around over the crowd and occasionally onstage). A one hour set with no low points, where The View performed most of their brand new album "Bread And Circuses", plus some old time classics such as "Skag Trendy", "Same Jeans" and a cover of "I Need The Record" from The Tweeds, a track that they also released as a single on Record Store day a couple of weeks ago. Good gig? Yes, one of the best I've seen from them.
The View
At that point it was probably not a good idea to drive back to London, so we improvised two beds in the front seats of my car for a couple of hours of sleep before the sun raised at 4:30am.
Dog Is Dead
Dog Is Dead
The Phoenix Foundation
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran's fans
Ed Sheeran
The View
The View
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