🔸🔸⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐨𝐤 (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐈)⭐🔸🔸

Last week, we looked at how 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏, the manager of Placebo, decided to organize the first rock festival in Bangkok, the place where he lives and which he loves.
In 2006, he succeeded and of course, planned this amazing event on the next years.
But for some reasons the festival had no sequel.
Already in 2006, the festival was organized in a very difficult political situation, which continued to deteriorate over the next two years. Due to the military coup, Dave McLean had to cancel the festival planned in 2007.
In 2008, the political situation was still very unstable and a state of emergency was established in Thailand due to ongoing anti-government demonstrations.
It was clear that Dave had to give up the festival again, and this time it was a decision forever😔.
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But fortunately, there was another opportunity for the fans in Bangkok to attend Placebo concert in 2010, during their Asian tour, which began immediately after the end of the Australian tour on March 5, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
Brian was extremely tired and exhausted, so two days later he collapsed on stage during his performance in Osaka💔.
However, he managed to miraculously recover - he deserves a huge admiration for this (I won't mention how much I want to cry every time I see a video from Osaka) - and the band were able to continue touring in Taipei, Taiwan. Through Malaysia and Singapore, we get to the performance that today's post will be about.

🔸𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐨𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎🔸

💢𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨:💢

In 2005, 𝑻𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒆𝒓 (a brand of beer from Singapore and is produced by Heineken Asia Pacific, part of Heineken) decided to organize the first year of a cultural event called 𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄. It was a traveling festival that took place in one of the Asian cities every year.
The aim of this and the following years was to invite young beginning artists from the given place, who would not otherwise have much chance to assert themselves, to enroll in the given year and present their works throughout the year until the event itself. Not only musicians but also artists, photographers and filmmakers could present themselves. The goal for these young Asian artists was to reach the finals, which then took place in one of the world's most famous cities, such as London.

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🔷𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 2012.🔷
https://bit.ly/3pKTv3Z

The recordings from Placebo show are not of a very good quality, but I still think that these videos are worth watching. Enjoy the great mood of Brian and the whole band, as well as the audience, which responded perfectly to the Placebo energy⚡⚡⚡.
💗You can also notice the perfect black and white dress-code of all members of the band😊🥰👍:

🎶 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉
https://bit.ly/37DW2a8
🎶 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝑻𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 1
https://bit.ly/2ZLXWAQ
🎶 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝑻𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 2
https://bit.ly/2Nq9980
🎶 𝑨 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑴𝑬𝑫𝑺
https://bit.ly/3dFPb3F
🎶 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒈
https://bit.ly/3seOZwe
🎶 𝑻𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍
https://bit.ly/2NAsdAn

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And it wouldn't be perfect without these two interviews Brian gave during this Asian tour:

📌 Britain's Placebo returns to Bangkok for the Tiger Translate music and art festival on Saturday
Indie spirits will get their kicks on Saturday at the third Tiger Translate, the outdoor festival where innovative arts and sovereign music clash.
The vast parking space behind the Esplanade mall will be a massive venue for artists and musicians.
Apart from graphic installations, displays and street art by local independent groups, the festival will be booming with eclectic music all night starting at 6pm.

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜?
Brian: "We're about to get on a plane from Sydney to Hong Kong, then it's over to Tokyo, and we're to play four shows in Japan.
We've just finished the Soundwave Festival in Australia, where we played to 50,000 people per show.
After the Japan shows we play in Taiwan, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur then we have a short break before flying to Latin America to play in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela, then back to Europe to play in a few places we've never played before, like Morocco and Kosovo!"

𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑?
Brian: "We all have projects that we work on, but they're put to the side anytime Placebo is recording and touring. When you have something as successful and fulfilling as Placebo, it's difficult to say, "Let's have a three-year break." Although we have a busy schedule and it is pretty tiring at times, it is very exciting and enjoyable visiting all these countries and experiencing different cultures."

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛?
Brian: "I guess my main dislike is that people can get our music for free! I can never quite understand this. If I have to fly to New York, I can't just walk on the plane without buying a ticket. If I want to buy a car, I just can't walk in the show room and drive off - I have to pay for it. So how come anyone can download our music for free?
Luckily Placebo makes the bulk of the money from touring, and so far nobody has worked out a way of duplicating the ultimate live experience, and they never will!"

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑘𝑜𝑘?
Brian: "The festival has lots of Thai acts on the bill whom I have heard of before, due to my numerous visits to Thailand. The gig will be fantastic and it will be the last show of our Australia-Southeast Asia tour. We're very much looking forward to coming to Bangkok because we loved our last trip so much!"
(𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 "𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑠", 𝑀𝑎𝑟'10)

📌 Student Weekly recently had an exclusive chat with Brian just as the guys were gearing up to rock Bangkok at this year's Tiger Translate festival.

𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑙𝑦: 𝐼𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑?
Brian: "Yes, we spent five days at Karma Studio in Chon Buri. The studio was amazing and we recorded three tracks before leaving to play at the Soundwave Festival in Australia. The combination of a top quality studio and great environment made for a very productive five days. We'd love to record there again."

𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑙𝑦: 𝐼𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦?
Brian: "Yes, I was exhausted. We'd just flown from the UK to Japan, then to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and back to Japan again! I also had to do a lot of interviews during that time. Everybody in the group was tired, and in Osaka I just ran out of energy."

𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑙𝑦: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠?
Brian: "The bulk of our earnings come from our live performances. I can't really get my head around the fact that people get music for nothing. If you stay in a hotel or eat at a restaurant, you have to pay for it. But people think that they should get albums for free."

𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑙𝑦: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠?
Brian: "We just do our own thing and try not to follow trends. We don't listen to advice about what we should or shouldn't do, and stick to our principles.
We put a lot of effort in to our live shows, and that has earned us a loyal fan base, which we're very thankful for. And we also manage to write good songs!"
(𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑙𝑦 "𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑘𝑜𝑘", 𝑀𝑎𝑟'10)
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For today, I say goodbye to you and look forward to next Wednesday, which will end the Bangkok adventure with the band Placebo.
Personally, I hope in my heart that one day this whole tragic situation with the Pandemic will end and I will be able to write about new Placebo adventures - and not just those in Bangkok.

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