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| Placebo at Exit Festival 2010. Pgoto credit: mr-foto.net |
Dear friends, today I invite you to one of the most beautiful and exceptional festivals in Europe.
The EXIT Festival, which takes place in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, fascinated me with its amazing history - its origin.
ð ð ððððððð ððð ð:
"From its beginnings as a protest against the Milosevic regime, EXIT has grown into one of the biggest music festivals in Europe.
EXIT is more than that though – it is a festival that traditionally has a political message at heart and whilst this is not why the majority of about 200,000 people come together and celebrate four days on Novi Sad’s Petrovaradin fortress, the festival organisers still like to emphasise the importance of civil activism with the presence of many NGO’s and international organisations.
ððĄð ðððð ðŽððĻðŦðē ðŽðððŦððð ðĒð§ ðððð ððŽ ð ðēðĻðŪððĄ ðŦððððĨðĨðĒðĻð§ ðð ððĒð§ðŽð ððĄð ððĒðĨðĻðŽððŊðĒð ðŦðð ðĒðĶð. That year, thousands of students from Novi Sad gathered on the university campus close to the river Danube to hear local bands and DJs perform and to listen to speakers voicing their opinions about the regime that had isolated them from the rest of Europe for the past decade. The event lasted 100 days and finished off with a party and a call for all the young people of Serbia to go and vote in the elections that were to be held the following day – the day which led to the downfall of the Milosevic regime.
The success gave the team behind the initial demonstrations the impetus to organise it as a festival in the true sense of the word and 2001 saw the first EXIT festival in the format we celebrate it today – in the grounds of the Petrovaradin Fortress with a stunning view over the Danube and Novi Sad’s skyline.
In 2001 the festival lasted nine days and people still recount the mind-blowing performance that Roni Size gave back then in front of thousands of people. One of the biggest signs of progress back then was that Croatian artists came to play at the festival. These days, Croatian bands such as Lollobrigida are some of the most popular acts for the locals at the festival and it would be hard to imagine the event without them. In 2003 the festival was shortened to the present four day format.
In 2004 MTV became involved in the festival and BBC’s Radio 1 covered EXIT in 2005 and the event has become much more commercial, raising the hackles of some of the festival goers from the early years. But a more commerical outlook has led to continuous improvement of the festival line-up and diversification of the musical genres represented.
This year’s festival (2010) has one of the best line-ups of any European festival and there’s enough for fans of any music genre to get exited about."ð
(ðĩððððððžðð ððâðĄ ððð. ð―ðĒððĶ 2010)
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| Placebo at Exit Festival 2010. Photo credit: Aleksandar Kamasi |
And yet I must not forget to mention - ððð ððąðĒð - does this name mean anything to you?
Yes, it's a charity founded under the banner of MTV, and it's the one that brought us awareness of human trafficking and sexual slavery in Cambodia. A wonderful concert at Angkor Wat was the work of this organization.
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MTV has also been one of the main promoters of social activism with their presence at EXIT festival. When the music television station started to host its own stage at EXIT, it also teamed up with the festival organisers to promote work of the MTV Europe Foundation, raising awareness on human rights issues in Serbia and the whole region. The work of Non Governmental Organisations is an important component of the festival and there will be a raft of organisations at the event hoping to promote social awareness amongst festival goers.ð
(ðĩððððððžðð ððâðĄ ððð. ð―ðĒððĶ 2010)
Yes, dear soulmate, music unites people all over the world and it is beautiful to use it for such purposes as enlightening about atrocities that should no longer exist in the 21st century ... Don't you think?
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Placebo at Exit Festival 2010. Photo credit: Aleksandar Zec |
There is one very nice interview from this festival, which was given to reporters by our beloved Sunshine Steve:
ðŦð ððð ðððð ððððððððð ððððð ðŽðŋð°ðŧ?
"From promoter we heard many nice things about the festival. I can’t really say how the whole EXIT story started, but I do know it began from real reasons, that at the beginning there were no big sponsors and, all in all, that music is most important. And that is what makes this festival so special, many told us that before we came. Because of it all we’re proud to be here and I’m sure we will enjoy it in Novi Sad. And the location! It’s really fantastic. I love to play at such original places which is better and more interesting then a gig at some field. Fortresses are remembered because everything around you is unusual."
ðūð ððððð ðððð, ðð ðð ð ðððððððð ðððððð ðð ððð ðððð , ðĐðððð ððð ðšððððð ððððððððð ðððð ðððððð ðð ððð.
"Yes, baptism of fire! They wanted to break me down and then ‘rebuild’ me again. And they did it. Of course, there were moments when I was pissed and I let those things to annoy me. But on that way I became stronger and I was more ready that from drummer of a small band I suddenly get into a world of big celebrities. If there wasn’t Brian’s and Stefan’s “treatment” I don’t think I would survive these three years."
ðķð ðððð ððð ððððð “ðĐððððð ððð ððð ðšðð” ððð ðððððððððððð ðððð ððððð ð ððð, ððð ð ððððð ðððð ððð ðððð ðððð ððððððððððð, ðððð ððððððð…
"Brian and Stefan always try to find some new sound, they already used electronic, experimented with guitar sound… And then there was a question: what now? Then Brian came up with the idea to use wind instruments, but it was complicated to match the sound because we didn’t want those to repress other instruments. But it was fun and we had great time while recording it. Because of it all record sounds powerful and different."
ð·ðððððð ððð ðððððð ððð ððððð ðððð ðððððððððððð ðððð ðððð ðððððððð ðððð. ð°ð ðð ðððð ðð ðððð ðððð ðððððððððððð ðð ððð ððð ððððð ððððð ððððð?
"I don’t know, we enjoy ii every time and as long as we’re having fun and the audience is pleased, we will continue it the same way. And when we don’t meet their expectations… Fuck it, it’s important that we have a good time."
(ðĩððð.ðð ððð. ð―ðĒððĶ 2010)
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Placebo at Exit Festival 2010. Photo credit unknown |
https://bit.ly/3eghkhB
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Dear friends, I was wondering whether to share a video here or just make my favorite Placebo Fan Art with a collage of photos ... Due to the political origin of this festival, I finally found it very appropriate to share the song that is most suitable for this topic - ⭐"ððŦðĒð ð ððŦ ðððĐðĐðē ððð§ððŽ ”⭐.
https://bit.ly/2PPxG7s
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