Ellen and the Escapades | |
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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]
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