💢⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐏⭐💢

𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑒.
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚? 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.

🎵𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒑 - 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 (𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍) "𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓/𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐." 𝑻𝑴𝑻

https://bit.ly/3nCJh4G

🎵𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒑 - 𝑷𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒔 (𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍)

https://bit.ly/3oEoXB4

The Mirror Trap - pic taken from their fb account

The band were formed while studying music at Dundee College in 2009 and made a name for themselves in support slots with the Scottish indie rock band The View. They quickly recorded the first two albums, which celebrated success in the local rock environment. Former Dundee FC footballer and promoter 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐞 spotted the band's talent and introduced them to 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
💥And that was the right moment for 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩 (𝐓𝐌𝐓).💥

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑛 2011 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑠 - 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑡 - 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 30 𝑆𝐸𝐶𝑂𝑁𝐷𝑆 𝑇𝑂 𝑀𝐴𝑅𝑆.
When Placebo was planning a tour for 2012, Wilkie and McLean pointed Placebo to The Mirror Trap and the band supported our guys at the first concert of the year at 𝐇𝐌𝐕 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟓.
The gig in Edinburgh was a bit exceptional - after the introductory set of four songs, the performance was interrupted by technical problems with a broken pedal, and during the repair, Brian tried to entertain the audience. I found a few videos for you so you can enjoy the very talkative Brian😍.

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https://bit.ly/3oBY3tH Placebo HMV Picture House, 25/4/12 Brian speaks
https://bit.ly/3i2nSAI Brian's speech EDINBURGH 25.04.2012 (part 1)
https://bit.ly/2LJktuk Brian's speech EDINBURGH 25.04.2012 (part 2)
https://bit.ly/3sirL9h Brian's speech EDINBURGH 25.04.2012 (part 3)
https://bit.ly/3ozoOiD Brian Molko's stand-up comedy in Edinburgh

...and a few songs from this performance:
🎵For What It's Worth
https://bit.ly/39itTW8
🎵Special Needs
https://bit.ly/38wlb7e

Placebo Screenshots from Edinburgh 2012, edit by Marti

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 „𝐓𝐌𝐓“.
Unfortunately, at the concert in Edinburgh, Placebo did not have time to get to know the opening band.
🙌⭐💗 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑛 2013 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 „𝑇𝑀𝑇“ 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑.
Brian Molko went to one of their gigs in Dundee in complete secrecy, listened to the band, sensed their energy and left the concert inconspicuously at the very end ... For a few fans who noticed him, he was something like a "fata morgana" ...

📌An article in The Courier from May 2013 said:
„Music fans watching local bands in Dundee’s Non-Zero’s on Tuesday night were blissfully unaware they were also in the presence of one of UK music’s biggest players.
Standing quietly at the back after slipping into the Castle Street venue was none other than Brian Molko, frontman with Placebo.
He had popped in specifically to see The Mirror Trap, his favourite local act, who he had requested as a support for Placebo in Edinburgh last year.
Along with his manager, Brian stayed until the end of the gig then left before most people even realised he had been there.
Gary Moore, lead singer of TMT said: “We were totally stunned when we found out he had been in the audience. It wasn’t until we came off stage that we started to hear a few whispers from people in the crowd even then I don’t think they really believed it.
However I got speaking to Dave McLean, who manages Placebo, afterwards and he confirmed Brian had been there but had to leave swiftly after we played to head down to London.
We met the whole band after we played with them last year. It’s really cool to know they are still thinking of us, and that he would take the time to come and see us play in a small venue in Dundee early on Tuesday night.”
TMT manager Dave Neil said: “The manager had been in earlier on in the day and was saying how much he loved the venue and that it reminded him of a club in Tokyo.”

🎵𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅:
https://bit.ly/3i43wHt

📌Dundee promoter Daisy Dundee added:
“There was a real buzz afterwards nobody could quite believe he was there. He stood at the back hiding under a hat and got stamped in like everybody else. It was all over within half an hour and he was gone before anybody really knew.
It’s incredible, but also quite refreshing, that a man of his fame can just drop into a local gig in his home town without any fuss and go largely unrecognised. It’s also a great boost for The Mirror Trap as well as the local music scene to have such celebrity endorsement on a Tuesday night.”
After their gig The Mirror Trap said on their Facebook page:
“Had lots of fun. And Brian Molko from Placebo came by to watch our set. Jeepers, fun times.”
Brian was born in Brussells but grew up in Dundee, where his mother still lives. He had good things to say about TMT following their support slot at Placebo’s comeback gig at the HMV Picture House in Edinburgh last year.
Daisy added: “He said they had the best reception from any Placebo fans, who were notoriously hard to please.”

The Mirror Trap - pic taken from their fb account

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𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑'𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑀𝑇 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑛 8 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2013.

I have to share with you a small but very nice Brian's mention of TMT, which my dear friend Olga found - thanks darling for it😍💗!

📌"We always love going to Scotland. My mum's from Dundee so it's a bit of a homecoming for me, and we've got a great new Scottish band from Dundee opening for us, called The Mirror Trap. We took them around Russia last year and they're growing into a really strong identity."
Herald Scotland Feb'15

𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑇𝑀𝑇 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 2014.

📌In an article in The Courier magazine from June 2014 you can read:
„A young band from Dundee have been plucked from relative obscurity to support emo rock giants Placebo on their eight-date arena tour of Russia.

The trip will take the Dundonians across three time zones and as far as Siberia, where they will play a gig in a venue called the Ice Palace.
Lead singer Gary Moore said: “It feels amazing and completely mental to be asked to tour the world’s biggest country with one of the world’s biggest bands.
This is such an alien sort of opportunity for us, so I really can’t imagine what sort of things will come from it.
Obviously I hope we get a ton of new fans and become international super-mega stars… but in reality I’d say we are just going to play every show at full throttle and try and meet as many new and exciting people as possible.
If we can come home feeling that we have given every ounce of ourselves then I will be happy; if some glorious opportunities arise from it then it will be a bonus.”

Gary continued: “In November, we played a couple of shows in Edinburgh and Glasgow, in front of about nine people combined.
We felt pretty low after that but have always believed whole-heartedly in what we do, so we were certain that better things would come.
Then, this happened. I guess this is one of the biggest things to happen to a Dundee band of our sort of status, in that we are complete nobodies, with rubbish jobs and no money or standing within the music industry.“
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In 2014-2015, TMT accompanied the band Placebo on the Loud Like Love Tour and they also supported our guys during some of the concerts on their "20 years of Placebo" tour.
𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅?

Unfortunately, in 2018 The Mirror Trap disbanded with some members going on to form the band "𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞".

Post by Marti