Ellen and the Escapades
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 Ellen and the Escapades | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Leeds, England / San Francisco,[1] United States |
| Genres | Acoustic, Pop rock |
| Years active | 2009-2015 |
Ellen and the Escapades were an acoustic/pop/rock band from Leeds, England.[2] In 2009, the band was chosen by BBC Introducing to perform at Reading Festival and Leeds Festival.[2][3] The following year, Ellen and the Escapades won the Q Magazine/Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition and performed on three of the festival's main stages.[2][1]
The band received regular national radio play from BBC 6 Music and Amazing Radio. They have often also been played on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, as well as on XFM. Ellen and the Escapades played on The Black Isle Brewery Grassroots Stage on Saturday 4 August at the 2012 Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival near Beauly, Invernes-shire.
In February 2015, the band announced via their Facebook page that they would be breaking up.[4]
Releases
[edit]- "All The Crooked Scenes" (Single) - 2 April 2012[2][5]
- All The Crooked Scenes (Album) - 16 April 2012 [2][5]
- "Without You" (Single Album Version) - 21 October 2012 [2][5]
- "The Worlds Greatest" (Single) - 16 August 2012[2][5]
- "Lost Cause" (Single) - 2 June 2014 [2][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chris Salmon (15 April 2010). "First sight: Ellen and the Escapades | Music". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Ellen & The Escapades". Discogs. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Radio 1 - Reading & Leeds Festival - Ellen and the Escapades". BBC. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "It is with a heavy heart that we say our... - Ellen and the Escapades | Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Get millions of songs. All ad-free". Music.apple.com.
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