𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐚-𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐓𝐕, 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑

On September 10th, 2003, Placebo, alongside some other bands, played at 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐚-𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐓𝐕, a huge music event in Rome, Italy. What was special about it is that the fans could win the tickets sending coupons spread throughout the country, together with the crowns of Coca-Cola brands, to the company mail. Each winner was presented with a day return flight ticket to Rome, transfers to and from the venue and the entrance ticket to the show. Not bad…

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PLACEBO AT MTV COCA COLA 2003

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Here are some 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 related to Placebo which I found in Italian press.
“It is now time for 160 lucky Coca-Cola consumers to join thousands of people in Piazza del Popolo in Rome, to live the hair-raising experience of being part of "Coca-Cola live at MTV". The night will be hosted by popular MTV Italy personalities Paola Maugeri and Enrico Silvestrin, and will feature artists from the Italian and international music scene.
The line-up includes the band that is renowned for having introduced and developed Italian hip-hop - J Ax and DJ Jad better known as Articolo 31, and Marlene Kuntz, the leading band in the alternative rock scene in Italy. Frequently referred to be a glam version of Nirvana, Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Hewitt, raised to fame as Placebo, will also participate.”
(𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑎, 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 20, 2003)

"This time they [people] will know, however, who exactly Placebo are, protagonists of the performance on the stage of Sanremo Festival in 2001 that literally terrified a hazy Raffaella Carrà. Catapulted then in front of an audience not suited to their style, Brian Molko's band left the stage as it did the rock stars of the past, with a completely smashed guitar. Something more pleasant, however, binds this gloomy and hedonistic band, capable to create impressive songs, to Rome, like the duet recorded with Asia Argento as a cover of "Je t'aime... moi non plus", the scandalous song by Serge Gainsbourg."
(𝐼𝑙 𝑇𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜, 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 8, 2003)

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I transcribed for you a short 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 that Placebo did right before the concert.

𝑶𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂? 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔! 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔?
Good, thank you! How are you?
𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒔?
Yeah, yeah, we have. We saw a bit of Skin
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅?
You guys are amazing really, I wanna produce you guys! (laugh)
𝑶𝒌, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕! 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔?
Yeah, we got here when just Articolo 31 were going on so we could see some of the set.
𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆?
We did a gig in Rome a while ago, four years ago, with Chiara & Paola presenting.
𝑨𝒘𝒘 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚? 𝑷𝒂𝒐𝒍𝒂 & 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒂??
Year but it was a long time ago and we came for an afternoon.
𝑰𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒅𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏!
Yeah (laugh)
𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒅𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔!
There you go…
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒈. 𝑺𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
That’s cool!
𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 ‘𝑶𝒉, 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉! 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆.’ 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒐 ‘𝑨𝒎𝒎...’, 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒐 ‘𝑴𝒎𝒎…’ 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.
Aww thank you, we’re humbled and very happy to be here.
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕!
Thank you!
𝑺𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒊𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕?
We’re gonna be playing a lot of stuff from our new album and a couple of old classics. It’s gonna be pretty rocking!
𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔? 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚?
Usually it’s singles from the old albums really which is what a lot of people wanna hear. You gotta strike a good balance between the stuff you wanna play and what other people wanna hear
𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈?
No, it’s more like you have some songs from the old albums that people love a lot and you hate and don’t wanna play anymore and see you disappoint a lot of people. But it’s a difficult thing, you know, you have to strike a good balance.
𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔?
Not really, it feels like the album is quite experimental and quite eclectic. We decided that it was time to bring a lot of electronic and a bit of a hip-hop feeling to what we’re doing so we wanted of people kind of accept it and they have. We’re really trying to do something fresh but not turning our back to what makes us uniquely us as well which is difficult thing to do.
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍!
Thank you!
(𝐶𝑜𝑐𝑎-𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑇𝑉, 10.09.2003)

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And now you can read a small but pretty excited 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 by the fan who visited the concert.
"Placebo. Exceptional. I was lucky enough to have a friend who won the tickets and I didn't miss a chance to see them live, since Rome is an hour's drive from my city. And I must say that all the waiting paid off totally, with a truly overwhelming live explosiveness. Opening was reserved for "Taste In Men", a song from a few years ago. During "The Bitter End", "This Picture", "Plasticine" and "Special K", performed at the top, everything happened. Great ballads "Special Needs" (exceptional live) and "Pure Morning", which was the closing song. Really very good, Brian is a character born to be on stage... just think that he changed guitar on every song!!! Absurd! Overall I give a nice 5 to this concert […] Ah... I forgot a detail: Brian of Placebo, after he finished Taste In Men came up with "Hello Rome, how the fuck are you???" ... ;)) Great!!!"
(𝐷𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2003)

𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓
Taste In Men
The Bitter End
Plasticine
Special Needs
This Picture
Special K
Pure Morning

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