🔸⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎’𝐒 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓⭐🔸

On this day 27 years ago, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓, Placebo played their first headlining show at the Rock Garden Club in London.
There are just a few pictures of the band taken on that day, so the one you can see below is quite precious.

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⭐The 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 is one of the legendary music venues on London’s map that is gone but not forgotten.

♦ It was located at The Piazza in 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏. Over 30,000 bands have performed live on stage since it opened in 1978. U2 and The Smiths played their first London gigs here. Dire Straits had a weekly residency at the club for a few months and bands such as Iron Maiden, The Police, XTC, Adam and The Ants, Suede have played on its stage. A number of unsigned regional bands also performed here, hoping to attract the interest of record companies.

♦The Rock Garden had a busy diary, with gigs on most nights; however, by the 1990s it had become a nightclub called The Gardening Club which after all, closed its doors on December 31st, 2008.

♦The building is today home to an Apple Store.

📍 By the beginning of 1995, Placebo had a handful of songs in their repertoire to complete the show. However, it was 9 months before Placebo released an original version of Bruise Pristine as a split single (their very first!) with the band Soup by record label Fierce Panda in October 1995.

📍When it comes to a 𝑺𝑬𝑻𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻 of Placebo’s first concert, there may be kind of a misunderstanding. What is available in the internet, is the same setlist that Stefan once mentioned to be a setlist of their very first gig together with Brian as a two-piece band in 1994. But in fact, those two setlists could be the same or very similar.

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I think many of you wish you were at the Rock Garden back in 1995! To make you feel the atmosphere of the concert, I collected those very old Placebo songs according to the supposed setlist for the night. Let’s enjoy the show!

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐇𝐮𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨)
https://bit.ly/347qURf

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓)
https://bit.ly/32AVL8C

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐟 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 (𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨𝟑, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖)
https://bit.ly/3eDsNr0

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝟐𝟒𝟔𝟖
https://bit.ly/3JyGTIo

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒)
https://bit.ly/3FQPljV

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟒
https://bit.ly/3EMBUjw

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐝 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒)
https://bit.ly/3HrAgWj

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐒𝐞𝐱 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥 (𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞)

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨)
https://bit.ly/3qyEIf2

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨)
https://bit.ly/3HrS43L

𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆:
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 (𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕)
https://bit.ly/3qI7QAz

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞)

You see, 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 has stayed with the band through the years since their first show and was performed live, in various renditions, until 2017 - and absolutely possible, will be played again at the upcoming shows! Isn’t it an incredible story of the song’s longevity?!

How do you think, after listening to these songs, would you have enjoyed Placebo’s very first concert? Which songs are your favourite?

Post by Olga