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]
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Leeds, England / San Francisco,[1] United States |
| Genres | Acoustic, Pop rock |
| Years active | 2009-2015 |
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]
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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.