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Taormina is a small town in Sicily, one of the most famous Italian islands. It is located on the coast of the Ionian Sea, on a rock at an altitude of 204 meters above sea level and it is one of the most visited Sicilian places. The imposing and still active volcano Etna oversees this human swarm.
The main monument in Taormina and one of the main ones in Sicily is the Greek Theater (Teatro Greco) dating from the 3rd century BC. As you can see in the photo, it is a very impressive and beautiful place and the acoustics of this theater is a real experience for music fans.
Placebo was lucky enough to be part of that atmosphere and enjoy playing in such a beautiful ancient theater.
However, the fans coming to this concert had to respect very strict security measures. Why?
Just a month before this event - on May 22, 2017, there was a terrorist attack in Manchester at the concert of the American singer Ariana Grande. At that time, the concert hall was full of children and their parents. This suicide bomber attack resulted in 23 deaths and more than 100 people was in a very serious life-threatening situation.
That event still brings tears to my eyes today.
However, the organizers of the Placebo concert did not neglect anything and the result was an event that took people's breath away. I found one very beautiful review of the whole concert for you.
Enjoy reading and at the end, of course you will find a collection of videos to make your experience today perfect.
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Placebo are in Taormina. The announcement of a concert of this size, in the far south of the peninsula, has created quite a stir among past and present fans. Yet, nothing was as feared: a few clones of Brian Molko, not even one of Stefan Olsdal, no mess, no brawl. The audience is extremely varied: three children seated in the front row remind us that perhaps not everything is lost in the world.
Before starting, the organizers communicate that the lights are about to go out and that the group would prefer not to see illuminated phones or flashes. Thus, when the stage remains empty and Ion starts broadcasting, the Ancient Theater is completely dark. A moment later, the delirium: paranoid riffs and martial rhythms unmistakably mark the beginning of Pure Morning, during which it is hard to stay calm. “Welcome to our birthday party! Now give us a gift: stand up and dance! ”, This is how Brian Molko introduces himself to Sicily and starts with Loud Like Love.
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๐ฌ https://bit.ly/3itnUUF
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The great pieces that have ensured that Placebo are still today one of the few bands with an unmistakable imprint follow: Jesus Son, Soulmates, Special Needs, Lazarus. Brian Molko continues to sing and play without ever taking a break, with his pansexual mood, Placebo's trademark able to attract the attention of even David Bowie, to whom the group reserve the performance of Without You I'm Nothing , decisive turning point for the close link between the band and the White Duke.
Here comes the moment of Twenty Years, powerful, desperate and, inevitably, the symbolic piece of the tour. Halfway through the concert Brian Molko can no longer contain himself and blurts out elegantly (elegant he really was) with someone in the front row who is more interested in the screen of the phone than in the show.
“You paid for that front row seat. If you don't care, move behind and give way to someone who really wants to listen ". Roar, resumption of the concert.
The final part is a crescendo of energy and distortions: Special K, Song To Say Goodbye, The Bitter End to conclude, in the second encore, with Running Up That hill, originally by Kate Bush, darkened in a Placebo key. They greet and smile, Stefan Olsdal lowers himself one last time to adjust the effects of the pedal so that while the band disappears behind the columns of the Ancient Theater, the audience is still enveloped by the echo of the reverberation.
"The most important thing about a band name is that you can imagine four thousand people screaming at it in unison," said Brian Molko in the early years of Placebo's life.
In Taormina there were more than 5,000 people screaming that name.
Is that enough? Maybe yes to them, never to the public.
(๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ผ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ผ๐ท๐ด ๐๐๐. ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ 2017)
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๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ :
๐ At the end of the concert no damage or unpleasant episodes were counted, everything went smoothly. LiveUnict microphones managed to get backstage to try to catch some little curiosity before the concert began. Well, for dinner Brian, Stefan and the others asked for sushi, panicking collaborators and hostesses who had to look for specific restaurants in the city and in the surrounding areas to please the guests of the ancient theater.
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๐ถ The opening track Pure morning, which will take you to this amazing historical place.
https://bit.ly/3cqBuUW
๐ถ Special Needs
https://bit.ly/3x2rokN
๐ถ Lazarus
https://bit.ly/3ckuOaz
๐ถ Twenty Years
https://bit.ly/3vZ9HCH
๐ถ Devil in The Details
https://bit.ly/3z85FKd
๐ถ Protect Me
https://bit.ly/3iim7Sa
๐ถ Without You I'm Nothing
https://bit.ly/34Znzkg
๐ถ 36 Degrees
https://bit.ly/3pqQo2K
๐ถ Special K and an amazing footage of this performance from the top rows of the theater
https://bit.ly/3ikJsm3
๐ถ The Bitter End
https://bit.ly/3z3mVjT
๐ถ Nancy Boy and Infra Red
https://bit.ly/3z5UjX3
๐ถ Running Up That Hill
https://bit.ly/2T5J7cq
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Photo credit pic 1: I would like to thank the fans who captured the charming moments of Placebo in Taormina and shared them on the @fansplacebo IG account:
Federika @vastaf83, @anastasiya_bel_ ,
the third photo, mag. Musicaccia, credit unknown
Photo edit: by Marti
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