🔺𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃: 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕🔺

Photo credit: Miguel de Melo, Brixton Academy, October 23, 2017

Two concerts at the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 on 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 had to be the final UK dates of the 𝟐𝟎 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓. But… sadly, several days before Brian got serious voice problems which forced Placebo to cancel upcoming concerts in Portsmouth and Swindon.
The band put out the following statement on their 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆:

📢  "It is with great regret that Placebo are unable to play the upcoming shows at Portsmouth Guildhall on 16th October and Swindon Oasis on 17th October this coming week.
"Brian Molko has been suffering from throat problems which has badly affected his voice. The band were reluctant to cancel dates and let the fans down and pressed ahead with the shows in Reading and Cardiff over the weekend but it was clear that Brian was struggling to sing.
"Brian will now see a specialist in London asap and following that diagnosis, we will make further announcements regarding the shows. […] Placebo would like to apologise to the fans for this disappointment and hope for better news soon."

However, Placebo decided to go forward with the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 although Brian hasn’t recovered completely yet. Some songs had even to be rearranged to make them easier for Brian to sing… The guys trusted their devoted fans and hoped for their support and understanding… 💓
I found two nice 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐒 of one of those concerts – you can get some more details and feel an atmosphere of that very complicated for Brian concert.

Photo credit: Miguel de Melo, Brixton Academy, October 23, 2017

🔺𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕🔺
𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒃𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑷 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈

It really didn’t matter, dear Brian. 𝑨𝒔 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐’𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 “𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕”, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. The singer was still recovering from a complete loss of voice that occurred two weeks ago, but, recuperating in major part, he was ready for the band’s London date of the tour A Place for Us to Dream, from the name of their latest record.
[…] Going smoother in tone with Loud Like Love, they built a beating climax, rising up to the strong rhythm of For What it’s Worth. Midway through the gig, I know offered a powerful exchange and crossing of guitars between Stefan Olsdal, who was definitely one of the highlights of the night, and Nick Gavrilovic.

As intense as it could be, the music emanated from the stage with unique energy. The high-pitched voice of Molko more often than not blended and got lost behind the strings – among which to note Angela Chan’s violin – and the keys.
Unforgettable was the rockers’ tribute to David Bowie with Without You I’m Nothing. While the ticking beats of the music flew soft and melodic, footage of the smiley face of the Thin White Duke – who featured in and recorded the song with Placebo in 1999 – was projected onto the background, filling more than simple words would do. […]
(𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑃 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑦 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖, 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 25𝑡ℎ, 2017)

Photo credit: Miguel de Melo, Brixton Academy, October 23, 2017

🔺𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒃𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒐'𝒔 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒈🔺
Ah, one of my all-time favourites again tonight hopefully (hopefully due to the fact that a few previous gigs were cancelled due to Brian having lost his voice a couple of weeks back). As it was, the gig went off without a hitch, albeit with Brian having to perform with less than perfect vocals, having not fully recovered by the time of the sound check.
[…] But the sell-out crowd of nearly 5000 were there for the music, something the band excel at live.
At 8:45 the lights went down and we are treated to the “Every You Every Me (unreleased promo)” video in full on the stage backdrop before the band launched into ‘Pure Morning’. […]

𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘. 𝑯𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕! 𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔/𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎 – 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆!

Stefan and Brian, both dressed in black, took residence at the front of the stage with Stefan mixing up instruments from guitar to bass to keyboards throughout. The set list was a cross section of classics from their back catalogue. The songs were interspersed with projected live feeds of the band, videos (‘Without You I’m Nothing’ was a tribute to the unforgettable Thin White Duke) and strobes. Some of the slower mid-section songs really tested Brian’s vocals, his weakness apparent to all in its flatness.

𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏.

[…] They return for a two-song encore with Stefan holding aloft his rainbow guitar to mass applause. The backdrop changes to a packet of fags with a Donald Trump effigy and wording of ‘seriously harms you and other around you’ when Brian finally leaves the stage last after a minute fiddling with feedback on his amp – a very R’n’R finish.
So, to summarise – they weren’t at their best (which is understandable), but even like this they were mighty impressive visually. The songs do stand for themselves and the majority of the audience seemed to be having a bloody good time.
(𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑜'𝑠 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑔, 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 25𝑡ℎ, 2017)

Brian asked not to take videos. Basically, he always does but this time there was a serious reason for that. I feel kind of ashamed sharing this video… although to me, it looks and sounds incredibly beautiful and moving…

So please, go watch it only those of you who really LOVE THE SINGER…
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝟐𝟑 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕
🎶 https://bit.ly/37I4bdj 🎶

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