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Better than the average banana….

On entering the Indie Takeaway you will be presented with a menu which will represent the gig you are about to see. You will then be played each of the songs on the menu allowing you to select your musical meal. Finally as part of admission fee our waiters will present you with a CD platter of your chosen dishes in MP3 format. In other words you get to take your favourite songs home for free!

On the menu…

Garage rock hybrid Lafaro are one of the finest Irish Alt rock bands you are likely to hear in quite a while, with more kick than a Vindaloo.

Escape Act (that’s us) have tunes as crisp as a plate of poppadoms and release first single ‘God Says’ on June 23rd digital and limited edition vinyl, but you can have the tune included in admission tonight.

John Shelly and the Creatures formed in February 2007 after a chance meeting in Berlin with two homeless Irish twins named John and Shelly.

Finally recent ATL Rock School Champions The Good Fight bring a smoother but equally pleasurable taste to the table.

It all happens this Sunday 3rd August at The Black Box. Doors at 8pm! Part of Trans!

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Unfortunately the Stendhal Festival 2008 has been canceled due to poor advance ticket sales. We’re really gutted that this has happened as playing the festival would have been the highlight of the summer for us. We wish the guys all the best in planning for next year.

What to expect next year….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQYulDwTeM

Check out bebo.com/StendhalF and stendhalfestival.com for details and further updates.

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The Limited Edition split 7″ vinyl featuring ‘Fighter’ by Tom McShane and ‘God Says’ by Escape Act is released today by Penny Distribution - click here to purchase for only £3.50! (UK&Ireland) You’ll also get a free instant download of the tracks, plus a bonus track from each artist!

Also, check out the tour page for details of gigs to promote the release, with a Belfast show in Lavery’s Attic on July 4th, followed by Whelan’s in Dublin on the 6th, and shows in Cork and Limerick.

www.myspace.com/escapeact
www.myspace.com/tommcshane

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We’re positively breaking out in a cheery tizz about the upcoming live dates we have planned with Tom McShane in support of our imminent split 7″ release. Dates as follows:

Friday June 20 - Derry - Masons Bar
Friday July 4 - Dublin - Tower Records (1pm)
Friday July 4 - Belfast - Laverys Attic
Sunday July 6 - Dublin - Whelans
Friday July 11 - Cork - The Quad
Saturday July 12 - Limerick - Baker Place

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we’ve teamed up with The Jane Bradfords to promote an All Ages show in the Speakeasy at QUBSU, Belfast, on Saturday June 21st. Doors are at 2 and the lineup will be

General Fiasco
The Jane Bradfords
Escape Act
A505
plus DJs

God Says vinyl will also be on sale!

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we’re pleased to announce that we’ll be playing the NING showcase at The Windmill, Brixton on Saturday April 26th with a bunch of other great bands from NI.

check out the poster for full details:

if you are in London please come along, if not please tell your friends!

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check out this video of us playing Laid Open at the Spring & Airbrake, Belfast a few weeks ago:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AKGjv3S1lRY

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yes, we’re back in Lavery’s at Club NING for some saturday party action, in fact there will be double, nay triple the party action since we’ll be celebrating a certain bass player’s birthday and there’s the bunker club on after ;-D

http://www.myspace.com/escapeact
http://www.myspace.com/captainkennedy
http://www.myspace.com/jonathankerrartandmusic

also stay tuned for more info about our release plans

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Hello folks, we’ve got quite a few gigs firming up at the moment, but our next is on Thursday March 13th at the new ‘Club Destroid’ at the Spring and Airbrake and we’d love to see you! We’re playing with A505. Its FREE and No Dancing DJs will also be playing, plus the door to Katy Daly’s will be open with open mic action happening.

Please invite your friends via our Facebook and/or Last.fm pages!

http://www.myspace.com/a505music
http://www.myspace.com/clubdestroid

Don’t forget to check out the new songs on our site player and various profiles.

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We’re excited to be playing with The Benjamins again at The Magnet Centre in Newry on March 28th. It’s an all ages gig.

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