𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬

𝑸𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐
"In the beginning of their career lots of people thought that Placebo was a fashion phenomenon of that period. Nevertheless, they succeed to stay afloat and develop their talent in the long-term listening to emerging trends and, at the same time, keeping their authenticity."
(𝑅𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐̧𝑜𝑖𝑠, 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡, 2017)

Photo credit: Robin Francois

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔!
Today, for my 'story behind a picture' series, I've picked up a photo by 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄̧𝒐𝒊𝒔, a great French photographer that worked with Placebo several times since the early period of their career, both doing photoshoots and taking concert pictures.
Lately, we talk a lot about 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 because of the anniversary of this great album. So I hope you enjoy some more info and beautiful Brian's photo from that time.
On March 20 and 21, 2001, during BMM tour, Placebo played at 𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 - 𝐋𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 where they’ve been photographed by Robin François.
I’ve found an 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 with Brian, Stefan and Steve Hewitt from the very same time, March 2001, on NRJ LIVE Radio France. It seems it was also added as a CD to one of the issues of a French music magazine from 2001.
https://bit.ly/3edxINh

Photo credit: Robin François

𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎
The 𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 - 𝐋𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 is an indoor arena in the 19th arrondissement in Paris. It was built in 1983 at the site of the former music hall, Pavillon de Paris, by architects Phillippe Chaix and Jean-Paul Morel. The capacity of the venue is about 6,300 people. The construction of the arena was initiated by Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, to maintain the rock and roll scene to Paris.

Over the years, a lot of French and international artists have played the venue including Johnny Hallyday, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Vanessa Paradis, Janet Jackson, Sigur Rós [one of Brian's favourite bands], Pantera, Blur, Amy Winehouse, Nightwish, Björk, just to name a few.

The 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐞's 1993 live album 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔 was recorded at the venue as well as live albums by Simple Minds, Muse, Evanescence, Morrissey, The Hives, Archive, and some others.

Photo credit: Robin François

As we’re back to 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 time today again, what is your favourite song on the album? One of mine is Passive Aggressive, so please join me in listening to it today.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 - 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏
https://bit.ly/3h1LqEj

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