Editing Brighton (section)

===Night-life and popular music===

Brighton has many night-life hotspots<ref>[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/sabroad/guide/2011/lifeatsussex Life at Sussex university] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903102321/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/sabroad/guide/2011/lifeatsussex |date=3 September 2011}}</ref> and is associated with [[popular music]]ians including [[Fatboy Slim]], [[Omar Lye-Fook|Omar]], [[Kirk Brandon]], [[Tim Booth]], [[Nick Cave]], [[Lovejoy (band)|Lovejoy]], [[David Van Day]] from Dollar, [[James Marriott (musician)|James Marriott]], [[Adam Freeland]], [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]], and [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]. Live music venues include [[Concorde 2]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.concorde2.co.uk/ |title=Concorde 2 |publisher=Concorde 2 |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425051942/http://www.concorde2.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Brighton Centre]] and the [[Brighton Dome]], where [[ABBA]] received a substantial boost to their career when they won the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1974]]. Many events and performance companies operate in the city. Brighton also has the most [[electronic music]] events in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |last1=TickX |title=Research confirms Brighton is the 'Electronic Music Capital of the UK' |url=https://www.tickx.co.uk/article/1334/research-confirms-brighton-is-the-electronic-music-capital-of-the-uk/ |website=www.tickx.co.uk |access-date=5 September 2018 |archive-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175536/https://www.tickx.co.uk/article/1334/research-confirms-brighton-is-the-electronic-music-capital-of-the-uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Brighton hosts [[The Great Escape Festival|the Great Escape]] music festival every May. Brighton has produced successful musical acts including [[Beats International]], [[Norman Cook]], [[Carl Cox]], [[Dave Clarke (DJ)|Dave Clarke]], [[Krafty Kuts]], [[Ed Solo]], [[Evil Nine]], [[Electrelane]], [[James Marriott (musician)|James Marriott]], [[Frazier Chorus]], [[Peter and the Test Tube Babies]], [[The Levellers (band)|the Levellers]], [[The Maccabees (band)|The Maccabees]], [[Electric Soft Parade]], [[British Sea Power]], [[the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster]], [[the Xcerts]], [[Architects (British band)|Architects]], [[the Go! Team]], [[Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]], [[the Kooks]], [[Freemasons (band)|Freemasons]], [[Blood Red Shoes]], [[Lovejoy (band)|Lovejoy]], [[Birdeatsbaby]], and [[Rizzle Kicks]]. Brighton is also home to several independent record labels. The second half of 1973 rock opera [[Quadrophenia]] by [[the Who]] takes place at Brighton Beach.