🔶🔸𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐍: 𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒🔸🔶

The first time Placebo played at the 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒏, a well-known concert venue in Paris, on November 30th, 1998. They also did a great interview on that day which I’m going to share in my next post. Today, I want to tell you a little bit about this historical place and share some performances from Placebo 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐.
But the story has got its sad page, too… Brian couldn’t stay indifferent to the tragedy that happened in Paris in 2015😔

Photo credit: Julien Perez

📍Let’s start with some nice memories though. 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐 was part of a five-piece series of 𝑨-𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 organized by Mercedes-Benz.
Here’s an excerpt from the concert 🔶𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖🔶.
“There is indeed Brian with more assertive voice, more frank new arrangements, clear and refined, ‘colourful” strings and brass which come to warm up the choruses that remain well in mind, such as Ashtray Heart […] A few touches from the oldest albums enliven this set with a beautiful nostalgic luster. Public support is at its peak when they play Black Eyed, Taste In Men and Special K from the third record (Black Market Music), Bitter End from the fourth (Sleeping With Ghosts) and Nancy Boy from the first (Placebo). From the second opus, Without You I'm Nothing, we gladly find Every You Every Me and, above all, the eponymous song from the album, which we still remember as a duet with David Bowie! Conversely, there are very few titles from Meds, which we expected a little.
The performance is therefore up to our expectations, even if we regret that Brian does not speak more between songs as he used to. We can bet that the commercial aspect of this private concert has something to do with it, that he will not lose contact with his audience thereafter and will continue to tell us about his favorite subject: Love, Love, and more Love! As for Stefan Olsdal, he still has a thunderous sex appeal and his frenzied waves make more than one in the room pale. The neat lights also contribute, creating the sulphurous atmosphere with which the band were once haloed.”
(𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 2012)

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝟐𝟐.𝟎𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
➡ https://bit.ly/2YPIfIy
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐤, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝟐𝟐.𝟎𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
➡ https://bit.ly/3cQsWYm
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐲, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝟐𝟐.𝟎𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
➡ https://bit.ly/3joVMQX
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝟐𝟐.𝟎𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
➡ https://bit.ly/36SnLmV

Photo credit: Mauro Melis

🔶𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘🔶
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒏 is a theatre located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in Paris. Designed in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval, its name refers to Ba-ta-clan, an operetta by Jacques Offenbach.
The Bataclan originated as a large café-concert in the Chinoiserie style (the building had a typical pagoda roof back in the days), with the café and theatre on the ground floor and a large dance hall at first-floor level.
Since the early 1970s, the Bataclan has been a venue for rock music. Generally, it’s known for a very eclectic programme of events, including rock and pop concerts, spectacles, comedy, discos and café-théâtre.
For 40 years, until 2015, the Bataclan had Jewish owners, and the theatre was a target for anti-Zionist activists, since the venue often held pro-Israel events.

On 13 November 2015, as part of a series of ISIL terrorist attacks across Paris, three gunmen conducted a mass shooting at the Bataclan. It happened while an American rock band Eagles of Death Metal were in the middle of their performance.
As a result of the attacks, 90 people were killed and over 200 were wounded. The band members of Eagles of Death Metal and most of the road crew escaped unharmed, but their merchandise manager was among the fatalities.
After the tragedy, the theatre was closed and reopened one year later with an exclusive Sting concert where a thousand members of the victims' families were invited.
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📍And now, I'm going to continue with this exceptionally serious topic…
📢In the 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒏 𝑳𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝑽 - which I shared in my previous post - 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 told that he spent a sleepless night on a phone worrying about his friends in Paris and trying to find out if they were alive…

Photo credit: Gwen

On November 13th, 2016, Brian shared a memorable 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 on 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭. It was one year after the tragedy…
📢“...THINKING OF MY FRIEND THOMAS TODAY, WHO DIED IN THE PARIS ATTACKS ONE YEAR AGO. SENDING LOVE AND HOPE TO THE SURVIVORS AND THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. IT IS ONLY THROUGH LOVE, COMPASSION, SELFLESSNESS, UNITY AND ACTION THAT WE CAN FIGHT THE FORCES OF FEAR, TERROR, PREJUDICE AND ANAESTHETISATION AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO ROB US OF OUR TRUE HUMANITY. BROTHERS AND SISTERS, PLEASE DO NOT SURRENDER TO THE MYTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO RENDER US DISCONNECTED, PACIFIED AND UNABLE TO ENGAGE. WE ARE ONE PEOPLE, ONE SPECIES. IT IS ONLY TOGETHER THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR PLANET A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. PEACE. #bataclan”
Original post: ➡ https://bit.ly/39I6nDf

💬Finishing my post with these BIG words I don’t want to make you sad, dear soulmates, but the other way round, send you a kind reminder of how much really depends on every one of us, on our deep beliefs in the power of love and tolerance – and our everyday actions according to these beliefs.
Take care

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