💢🔸𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 (𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐈.)🔸💢

Dear friends, last week we visited Lebanon with the band Placebo for the first time.
The wonderful performance in Byblos must have stuck in the guys' memory.
You can read everything about it here:

PLACEBO IN LEBANON (PART 1)

Today we will focus on their second visit to the Middle East in 2010, and I dare say that this experience was also unforgettable.

Photo credit: Screenshots from the tour, edit by Marti

The concerts were scheduled for June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and June 9 in Beirut, Lebanon. So, what happened?
The situation between the countries in the Middle East has been tense for a long time, and the performance in Tel Aviv followed an event that was condemned by the whole world.

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On May 31, 2010, a fleet of 6 ships with humanitarian aid set out for the shores in the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip.
They wanted to deliver aid to Gaza, breaking an Israeli and Egyptian blockade on the territory. The ships were carrying 10,000 tonnes of goods, including school supplies, building materials and two large electricity generators. The activists also said they wanted to make the point that, in their view, the blockade was illegal under international law.
The blockade has been imposed on the coastal territory by Israel and Egypt since the Islamist militant group, Hamas, seized control in 2007.
The Israelis say it is intended to stop militants from obtaining rockets to attack them.
The restrictions have been widely described as a collective punishment of the population of Gaza.

But back to the whole event:
Israel wanted to control the situation and called on the fleet to either return or land in the port of Israel, where the cargo would be checked for concealed weapons and then transported to its destination by land.
However, activists rejected this method, and in the end there was a bloody clash, when 9 Turkish activists were killed and many people were injured.
Israel has been condemned by the world for this attack, and the whole incident has been under investigation for several years.
Many personalities joined the cultural boycott of Israel at the time, canceling their performances as a result. For all of them, let's name Gorillaz, who were supposed to be the opening act for Placebo in Tel Aviv and the Pixies.
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But Placebo's attitude toward the whole event was neutral. The guys wanted to play their Israeli concert because of all the fans who had been waiting for them there for many years.
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𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒐, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒖𝒕, 𝑳𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.

𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒎, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.
🔊https://bit.ly/3tkNEW8
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I don't want to influence any of you with my opinion. Make your own conclusions and write me in the comments how you perceive Brian's reaction.
In any case, Brian can irritate a wasps' nest with his intellect, and he can't be suspected of not being ready to respond to similar questions.
We have to realize that it was a very fresh event: there were only 5 days between it and the concert.
Brian may have known that their gigs in the Middle East would not go smoothly, especially when Israel and Lebanon were at war together and many other artists cancelied their performances.
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𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑠𝑟𝑎𝑒𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡.
🔸https://bit.ly/39GF7Ff

𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑑
🔸https://bit.ly/3ja29r7

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟-𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊ℎ𝑦
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𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙
🔸https://bit.ly/2MLgjTB

𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝐿𝑆 𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜
🔸https://bit.ly/3cyS7yl

However, as I wrote above, the situation surrounding Placebo's statement on the military action in Israel led Lebanese activists to demand the cancellation of their concert in Beirut.
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📌 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠:

“You are not welcome in Lebanon,” Lebanese writer and editor Samah Idriss said at a news conference jointly held by five non-governmental organizations on the eve of the concert in Beirut.

“The band must choose either to play in Lebanon or to play in a state that continuously violates rights,” Idriss said on behalf of the groups, which include the Campaign to Boycott Israeli Supporters in Lebanon and the Campaign for the Lebanese Boycott of Zionism.

Placebo have already arrived in Lebanon for their June 9 concert, days after a gig in neighboring Israel where lead singer Brian Molko announced his “endorsement” of Israel in an interview.

The interviewer then asked if it was important to have Israel’s endorsement these days, to which Molko quipped: “Yeah, if you want to go sailing.”

Molko’s comment showed Placebo “ignored the massacre last week against the Freedom Flotilla and went even further, announcing their support for Israel,” Rana al-Masri, one of the activists spearheading the boycott campaign, told AFP.

Idriss said activists would not resort to violence but demanded Molko apologize and urged concert-goers in Lebanon to boycott the gig.

The call comes just days after US alternative rock group The Pixies cancelled their first-ever gig in Israel and two British bands pulled out of the same music festival in Tel Aviv in a move believed to be linked to the aid flotilla storming.
Idriss said the Lebanese activists were also demanding concert organizer and radio mogul Jihad al-Murr cancel Placebo gig and reimburse all those with tickets.

But Murr pointed out that most bands performing in Lebanon, which remains technically in a state of war with its southern neighbor, had also performed in Israel.

“Placebo have entered Lebanese territory legally and with the knowledge and consent of General Security,” Murr told AFP.

“This is music, a concert, and has nothing to do with politics,” he added. “Shall we boycott every minister, official or artist that has ever visited Israel? That’s ridiculous.”

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𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜'𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛.
📌 http://bit.ly/3ay4nwK

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒.
📌 http://bit.ly/3atu2Xi

𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒏𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒕.
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝑳𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘:

𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂 "𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑠𝑟𝑎𝑒𝑙"
🔊 https://bit.ly/2NVvolT

𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜 𝑁𝑅𝐽 𝐿𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 8𝑡ℎ 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 2010 - 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡 1
💗I definitely love this interview and Brian's slightly affected answer to the reporter's question, find out for yourself what I mean ... and I won't mention the number of Brian's "you know" in his answer😁😁😁:
🔊 https://bit.ly/36xt9eT

… 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡 2:
🔊 https://bit.ly/3reScLN

The videos directly from the gig are all of a very poor quality, but you can still enjoy the overall atmosphere and enthusiasm of the fans, who hoped that their beloved band would not cancel the concert.

𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠
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𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑖𝑒
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Dear soulmates, we will end this explosive theme about the two concerts, which, fortunately for all Placebo lovers, finally took place💗.

Post by Marti