Barfly - The Great Escape, which will run for three nights next May in Brighton, is being backed by the Channelfly Group and Glastonbury Festival's chief booking agent Martin Elbourne with support from a host of organisations, including the BPI, Aim, MMF, the DTI and Music Week.

Elbourne, who hatched the idea for The Great Escape about a year ago with Barfly group operations manager Jon McIldowie, says the inspiration for the new live showcase and networking event is SXSW ...