So, take a moment just for yourself and open your hearts and souls.๐
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| Photo credit: Scarlet Page |
In 2009, Placebo joined many other bands and participated in a fine art auction for the No-Surrender Foundation.
⭐„No Surrender is a Charitable Trust, founded by Jason Boas in 2007, that aims to raise awareness about pancreatic cancer. Jason was a remarkable man whose life was cut short by pancreatic cancer. At only 33 years old Jason was diagnosed with what is often labelled as the impossible cancer by the medical community; but, determined and resolute, Jason strove to raise awareness of the disease and raised a laudable £150,000 for pancreatic cancer research and support. Despite his condition, Jason remained upbeat, good humoured and strong, with an unwavering drive to bring together pancreatic cancer sufferers and offer support and hope through an online network. His family and friends have continued to raise funds in Jason's memory with a variety of highly successful fundraising events.“⭐
Here I put a link to a magical video that we probably all know. Still smiling Steve Forrest, with Brian's generous help, draws a picture, which is then signed by all the guys and donated to the auction taking place in November 2009.
๐https://1url.cz/YzdWP
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| Placebo in Chile, 2010 |
Placebo gave a concert in Chile two months after a devastating earthquake that hit much of the area, killing nearly 600 people. It is said that 9% of the population lost their homes and Chile suffered huge economic losses.
On Yt I found this video that warmed my heart:
⭐๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ 7, 2010. ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐́๐ ๐ท๐๐̃๐๐๐ (๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐) ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.⭐
๐https://1url.cz/LzdWY
I'm also putting a second link here, because it breaks the seriousness of the whole first video a bit and because Placebo is never enough๐๐
๐https://1url.cz/fzdWn
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| Stefan Olsdal, Movember |
From 2014 to 2015, Stefan took part in the well-known "mustache" event for the Movember Foundation.
⭐„Movember (mustache + November) is a charitable and annual gender-oriented event. The purpose of the charity is to raise funds while raising awareness of men's health. Special attention is paid to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle for men and education in the field of male diseases, such as testicular cancer and prostate cancer. Another goal of the event is to draw attention to the issue of mental health and suicide.
The annual worldwide event is visible as early as the beginning of November, when the men shave and have their mustaches grow by the end of the month.
The month-long collection of the financial contribution among friends, companies and sponsors culminates in the sending of the contribution to the account of the organization. The organization offers contributions to a specific person, group of people or as a general gift that will be used to research and fight cancer, as well as to raise awareness.“⭐
In November 2015, Placebo shared this post on FB:
๐ธhttps://1url.cz/DzdWy
Dear souls, what do you say to Stefan with his mustache? I can think of anything about his appearance, but everything is in the background compared to his determination to express support for this purely men's event.
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| Photo credit: Greetsia Tent |
๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ธ
Do you still remember Leeds 2013 and Brian's NAMASTE?๐
In 2015, almost immediately after the Loud Like Love tour, Placebo began another tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its debut album release. The decision to take the March concert in Leeds again as a charity and to donate the proceeds from the concert to CALM was in their heads. Calm is an organization that Placebo has long supported. It deals with the prevention of suicides of men in the UK and the support of people undergoing treatment for depression. We know that Brian carries this lifelong burden on his shoulders and can talk about it very openly.
The Calm Foundation supported it with a wonderful idea to organize a secret afterparty DJ after the main concert of the band Placebo.
Read here:
๐ธhttps://1url.cz/hzdiM
Information on ticket sales, whose prices were deliberately kept low, so that the event is available to everyone.
You need to click on the blue text to the right of "view details".
๐ธhttps://1url.cz/vzdiK
I share with you part of an article published after this great event:
⭐„Following MJ was an appearance from Brian Molko himself. For the crowd this was a rare chance for a second glimpse of the Placebo frontman, all in one night. Their excitement at being able to do so in such a personal and intimate setting was palpable as he walked on stage.
Brian kept the crowd mesmerized with a set of electronica that traversed the light and ethereal as well as the darker heavier tones. There was an orchestrated restraint to the set that kept the tension high whilst never letting the build-up fully spill over, inducing a state of transfixion on the audience. It was a joy to hear the multitude of the singer’s influences and how this had impacted the sound of Placebo over the last 20 years, an anniversary being marked by their current worldwide tour, and a historical look back over all their material having recently made their entire back catalogue available to stream online.
Stefan Olsdal, second Placebo member of the night, gave us another insight here. His electronica took on a much more beat focused sound. There was still the swatches of sharp harmonic movement that we heard from Brian, but this time with the kind of rhythmic background that you might well expect from one half of the band’s rhythm section.“⭐
Here is a link to the whole article from CalmZone, which is definitely worth reading, you will learn how the whole idea for a charity afterparty gradually arose.
๐ธhttps://1url.cz/rzdi1
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