Wednesday, November 1, 2017

An unusual concert review - Placebo Live at 02 Brixton Academy London 23.10.2017





An unusual concert review - Placebo Live at Brixton Academy - London - 23.10.2017  


by Virginy - Placebo Anyway Team member 

So I'm back home now for a week, time to tell you something about my trip.

But this is not a concert review, so don't be disappointed...



London is a beautiful city but you need a lot of time 4 days are too little and the chaos before took longer than the journey.


When everyone had his ticket, mine was still not there, RyanAir cancelled lots of flights, because of a post strike I could not pick up my new credit card and last but not least we couldn't check in to hotels after midnight, not so good when you leave plane after that time, so we had to spend our first night sleepless at London Stansted Airport.


Next morning we went to London Dungeon for an excursion into English history with Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper.



At lunchtime we could finally check in at our hotel in Brixton and later we went out for dinner with some amazing people I couldn't wait to meet.

It was a funny evening and I guess the waiter in the pub had the best turnover for a long time... :)


Next morning at 9 we started queuing for the concert. There were already about 20 people before us who spent all night out there.

Of course we met some cute people there like the big guy from Norway with his daughter. (Just read a post of him, but can`t find it anymore).


Unfortunately, there are always some unfriendly or rude fans too but luckily most are really nice people.

After a chaotic intake, I finally made it into the second row, but we were all separated.

Photo credits: Virginy 

Anyway standing in front of Brian was great but after the first song it was clear that his voice had not yet recovered.

At "Jesus Son" there was only a simple "come" instead of a "cooooooome" someone said it was a little bit like hearing a Placebo song covered by Placebo and yeah, it was, not bad but different...

Photo credits: Paul Grace 
A few songs were cancelled ("Lazarus", "Space Monkey", "36 Degrees", "Lady of the Flowers", "Teenage Angst" and "Running up that Hill") so it was a short concert but I was thankful they played cause O2 Academy Brixton is a very lovely historical place for fans like me.

Photo credits: Virginy 

Later we went to the Placebo for Grown-ups After Party to let the night fade away with lots of crazy people and good music.

Photo credits: Virginy 
The PFGU team made a really good job and gave us the chance to meet people from all over the world, thx for that again.
After only a few hours sleep I had to leave this wonderful city again but I'm sure I will be back^^




A big hug for everyone who accompanied me, especially Amandine, Katrin, Gunther, Mayte, Niall, Katarzyna and to you, Mr. Norway, too.

Was a pleasure to meet you all, hope we can repeat this soon.

Until then have a nice time.



♪Virginy♫ - Placebo Anyway