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This Years TGE saw not only an amazing line up and was an incredible weekend for all but we had a dramatic increase in the attendance of our conference. We moved all conference activity to The Thistle hotel and expanded in a way no one would have thought possible. We brought some of the most topical debates away from the pages of Music Week and the Guardian, to the sea-side. Here are a few of the reviews that were made:

"More than 4,000 delegates, 350 artists and tens of thousands of punters attended The Great Escape festival in Brighton last week, defying the economic slowdown." - Music Week.  

"The Great Escape has become an important date on the calendar with promoters capitalising on seeing UK bands in one place over a concentrated period." -  Music Week