Thursday, November 11, 2021

π‚πŽππ‚π„π‘π“ π–πˆπ“π‡ 𝐀 π’π“πŽπ‘π˜ ππ„π‡πˆππƒ: ππ‹π€π‚π„ππŽ 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 ππ‘πˆπ—π“πŽπ π€π‚π€πƒπ„πŒπ˜ πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ•

Two concerts at the 𝐁𝐫𝐒𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 π€πœπšππžπ¦π² on πŽπœπ­π¨π›πžπ« πŸπŸ‘π«π 𝐚𝐧𝐝 πŸπŸ’π­π‘, πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ• had to be the final UK dates of the 𝟐𝟎 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝑢𝒇 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 π’π’‡π’‡π’Šπ’„π’Šπ’‚π’ π‘­π’‚π’„π’†π’ƒπ’π’π’Œ π’‘π’‚π’ˆπ’†:

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

πŸ“’ "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 𝐁𝐫𝐒𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 π€πœπšππžπ¦π² 𝐬𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐬 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 π‘π„π•πˆπ„π–π’ 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

πŸ”Έππ₯πšπœπžπ›π¨ – 𝐁𝐫𝐒𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 π€πœπšππžπ¦π², πŽπœπ­π¨π›πžπ« πŸπŸ‘π«π, πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ•πŸ”Έ
π‘Ήπ’†π’—π’Šπ’†π’˜ π’ƒπ’š 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑷 π‘ͺπ’π’Žπ’Šπ’π’ˆ
It really didn’t matter, dear Brian. 𝑨𝒔 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐’𝒔 π’‡π’“π’π’π’•π’Žπ’‚π’ 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’†π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’Šπ’ˆ π’Šπ’ π‘©π’“π’Šπ’™π’•π’π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 “𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 π’ƒπ’Šπ’• π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’†π’“π’†π’π’•”, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‚π’–π’…π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’† π’‚π’π’“π’†π’‚π’…π’š π’Œπ’π’†π’˜ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 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. […]
(π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘ˆπ‘ƒ πΆπ‘œπ‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘”, π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘£π‘–π‘’π‘€ 𝑏𝑦 πΆπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘›π‘Ž πΉπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘’π‘‘π‘–, π‘‚π‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ 25π‘‘β„Ž, 2017)

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

π‘Ήπ’†π’—π’Šπ’†π’˜ π’ƒπ’š π‘΄π’‚π’“π’Œπ’'𝒔 π‘΄π’–π’”π’Šπ’„ π‘©π’π’π’ˆ
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 π’”π’π’π’ˆ, π‘©π’“π’Šπ’‚π’ π’†π’π’ˆπ’‚π’ˆπ’†π’… π’Šπ’π’•π’ π’‰π’Šπ’” π’π’π’π’š π’‚π’–π’…π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’† 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‰π’π’˜. 𝑯𝒆 π’†π’™π’‘π’π’‚π’Šπ’π’†π’… π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕 π’‘π’“π’π’ƒπ’π’†π’Žπ’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Šπ’• π’˜π’‚π’”π’’𝒕 π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒕𝒐 π’π’π’“π’Žπ’‚π’ 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’†, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‚π’–π’…π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’†, 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 π’ƒπ’†π’„π’π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’†π’“ π’Šπ’ 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 π’•π’π’π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•! 𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 π’‚π’”π’Œπ’†π’… 𝒖𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 π’•π’‚π’Œπ’† 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔/π’—π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’” 𝒂𝒔 π’Šπ’• π’˜π’‚π’” π’…π’Šπ’”π’•π’“π’‚π’„π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’‰π’Šπ’Ž – 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’‚π’π’šπ’π’π’† 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’† π’•π’π’π’Œ π’‚π’π’š π’π’π’•π’Šπ’„π’†!

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. π‘Ίπ’π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’π’π’ˆπ’” π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’‚π’“π’“π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’… π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’†π’“π’†π’π’•π’π’š, 𝑰’π’Ž 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’‡ π’Šπ’• π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’…π’†π’π’Šπ’ƒπ’†π’“π’‚π’•π’†π’π’š 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 π‘©π’“π’Šπ’‚π’’𝒔 π’—π’π’Šπ’„π’† π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’‰π’Šπ’•π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 π’‰π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰ 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’• π’…π’†π’‡π’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’†π’π’š π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’‚π’„π’•π’†π’… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’π’π’ˆπ’”, π’†π’”π’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’π’π’š 𝒂𝒔 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† π’˜π’π’“π’† 𝒐𝒏.

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

[…] 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.
(π‘€π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘˜π‘œ'𝑠 𝑀𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑐 π΅π‘™π‘œπ‘”, π‘‚π‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ 25π‘‘β„Ž, 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…

𝐏π₯πšπœπžπ›π¨ - 𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐁𝐫𝐒𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 π€πœπšππžπ¦π², πŸπŸ‘ πŽπœπ­π¨π›πžπ«, πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ•
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