💢𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵💢

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀,
𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮? 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵.
In addition to this funny review, which also describes Brian's great mood, you can watch videos from this show, which I found for you on YouTube.
The videos are sorted by setlist and thanks to them you can enjoy the funny moments described in the review.
🔸Enjoy the evening and let us know how you enjoyed the concert😊.🔸

Photo credit: Screenshots from YouTube / edit by Marti

💢𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 : 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨, 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 (𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗)

𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐍. 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫💢


🔸For an EU capital, Bucharest is not the most tourist-oriented of cities. Finding Romexpo was quite an adventure and then finding the venue within Romexpo was quite a mini-adventure. The biggest procentege of the crowd waiting at the gates was pretty much what you would call standard Placebo fans: girls ranging from 14 to 18, wearing black and goth make-up, but looking very happy and excited. Of course, by the time access was allowed, a more “square”-looking audience started to show up. There was a bit of a delay, a bit of waiting in the sun, but there always is. …/.../


Placebo took the stage as the sun was setting and, no hello’s, no how are you’s, kicked off with perfect opener Kitty Litter. Setlist-wise, it was a standard non-festival Placebo date, circa summer of 2009. Still, for such a madding crowd, it could have just as well been an acoustic cover session of Barbra Streisand’s hits, the fans were that pleased to see their idols.


Ashtray Heart was next and only after that, Molko greeted the public and announced that they will be playing a few songs from their new album. Battle for the Sun, despite its many lyrics, was well-known by the audience. All tracks were, new or old. At the end of the title track, before Molko moaned acapella “I will battle for the sun”, he took a break and demanded more and more noise from the audience. Some decibels records in human shouting must have been broken that night, because the sound was deafening, almost in a scary way.
Molko’s big smile to his guitar-master, when changing instruments for the next song, prooved that the facts immediately sank in:
Placebo is owning this crowd. Bands always talk about the exchange of energy in concerts. Sunday night, in Bucharest, this phenomenon was as visible as it can be.
All rock’n'roll moves and postures were checked by the frontman, with his Fenders finding themselves between his legs on several occasions. Drummer Steve Forrest “broke” concert rules and catapulted his sticks into the sea of raised hands, after finishing certain songs, not just at the end of the show.

Credit: Screenshot from interview

There were also some funny moments. Stefan Olsdal had some difficulties with the beginning of Speak in Tongues, fixed after changing “weapons”.
Molko ironically commented: “Sometimes, guitars play all the wrong notes”.


When presenting the band, he named Olsdal “the queen of Sweden” and Olsdal responded by calling Molko his “drama queen”.
Towards the end of Black Eyed, the frontman signaled the need of cancer-stick to one of his tech-guys🚬.
Of course, a rain of cigarette packs, coming from the public, landed on stage (accompanied at one point by a bra, that is now probably a part of Placebo’s Tour Treasure… Chest😁).
He lighted before Happy You’re Gone saying: “It’s fantastic to be in a country where you can smoke on stage. Where we come from, in the UK, they’re slowly taking away every piece of freedom we have left. So, it’s great to be amongst you filling our lungs together”.
This might NOT make a good anti-smoking add.


After Song to Say Goodbye, Placebo said good night, but it was obvious that this is not the end.
The first encore was Infra-Red and Sleeping with Ghost’s hit, The Bitter End. They closed the night with the classic Taste in Men, sounding more massive than ever. The band left the stage in an impressive roar of admiration from the mesmerized crowd. Steve Forrest left with his own little piece of “treasure”: a pair of pants, thrown on stage by some really desperate-to-be-remembered fan😁.


The night wasn’t over quite yet. A group of fans situated in the left side of the stage spotted Placebo’s backstage lodgings and cheered them out of there for an impromptu autograph session.
This clearly wasn’t any promo duty for them, just a way of saying “thank you” in a more upfront personal way.
Brian Molko was smiling all throughout the signing, but Steve Forrest seemed to be really having the time of his life. He was hugged and kissed and patted on the back and made pictures with anyone asking.
He even graduated magna cum laude from the rock’n'roll stardom baptism of giving an autograph on a lady’s chest. It was the perfect ending of a perfect night (especially for that lady😁).


After such a mind-blowing response, there is no doubt that Placebo will return to Romania. If not in the following two years, they will surely make a stop when promoting their now-unborn future album.🔸
🔸⭐🔸

Credit: Screenshot from interview

🔸 Placebo - MTV Romania Interview 2009
https://bit.ly/3IVDCBJ

🔸 Placebo Interview in Bucharest
https://bit.ly/3L6XSCy

🎶 Kitty Litter
https://bit.ly/3L5eSsA

🎶 Battle For The Sun
https://bit.ly/3ohIKbC

🎶 For What It's Worth
https://bit.ly/3AQdENf

🎶 Soulmates
https://bit.ly/3HoprF4

🎶 Speak In Tongues and Brian's: “Sometimes, guitars play all the wrong notes”
https://bit.ly/3GqC3Kh

🎶 Follow The Cops Back Home
https://bit.ly/3gj4ZJG

🎶 Every Me Every You
https://bit.ly/3ohIs4t

🎶 Special Needs
https://bit.ly/3IXDPUW

🎶 Black Eyed and a cute Brian begging for a cigarette

Credit: Screenshot from interview

https://bit.ly/3ug5kVP

🎶 Brian talking about smoking
https://bit.ly/3uksiv8

🎶 Meds
https://bit.ly/3sa0LcV

🎶 Come Undone, Brian Molko introduces the band and Stefan Olsdal returns the favour
https://bit.ly/3AR0BuO

🎶 The Bitter End
https://bit.ly/3IWsg0f

🎶 Taste In Men
https://bit.ly/3J0UzuL

🔸 Placebo - FINAL live @ Romexpo Bucharest Romania 2009
https://bit.ly/3HonSqu

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