But the story has got its sad page, too… Brian couldn’t stay indifferent to the tragedy that happened in Paris in 2015๐
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Here’s an excerpt from the concert ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ถ.
“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.”
(๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, 2012)
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง, ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐.๐๐.๐๐๐๐
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๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง, ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐.๐๐.๐๐๐๐
➡ https://bit.ly/3cQsWYm
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง, ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐.๐๐.๐๐๐๐
➡ https://bit.ly/3joVMQX
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง, ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐.๐๐.๐๐๐๐
➡ https://bit.ly/36SnLmV
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๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ถ
๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 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 cafรฉ-concert in the Chinoiserie style (the building had a typical pagoda roof back in the days), with the cafรฉ 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 cafรฉ-thรฉรขtre.
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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๐And now, I'm going to continue with this exceptionally serious topic…
๐ขIn the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ฝ - which I shared in my previous post - ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง 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…
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๐ข“...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
๐ฌFinishing 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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