🔸𝗔 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦🔸

Happy Sunday dear Soulmates! It's still winter, it is still cold and the days are still short here. Unfortunately, during the last two years, this period has been associated with dreaded words like pandemic, increased infections and new restrictions.

I guess this is not a happy start to my first post 😉 but today I'd like to talk to you about a topic I feel very close to my heart and on which we should never “turn off the spotlight”, for love of music and of all those who make this magic possible: both the ones on stage and the ones behind the scenes.

Photo Credit: Crowdfunder UK (2), PSA Welfare and Benevolent Fund, edit by Emanuela

T̳H̳E̳ C̳R̳E̳W̳ M̳E̳M̳B̳E̳R̳S̳ T̳H̳E̳ P̳A̳N̳D̳E̳M̳I̳C̳ L̳E̳F̳T̳ B̳E̳H̳I̳N̳D̳.̳.̳.̳
The impact of the pandemic has been devastating for the whole music industry but particularly for the stage techs, sound engineers, guitar techs, keyboard techs, drum techs, stage managers, production managers, tour managers and other live support personnel who make shows possible.
In the UK -but the situation is almost the same in many other countries- at least 75 per cent live-events crew and technicians are self-employed, or work zero-hours contracts, so when tours are off, they are not paid and over 20% of all crew have discovered that they didn’t qualify for any government support at all.

The impact of Omicron (just to mention the most recent) caused high rates of isolation among staff and musicians, accordingly many events have been cancelled, and since the advice has been to the public to reduce social contact, audiences are not showing up, seeking refunds or no longer buying tickets in advance.

 
That has caused a fresh crisis for performers and backstage workers who were only just getting back on their feet after the arts and entertainment industry was shut down for long periods over the past two years.

Situations experienced by these people are sometimes especially touching: some have had to survive on small payouts, others with children have had to sell their houses because the mortgage holiday had ended, and others had to sell lots of their belongings on eBay just to buy food, horrified to find no more money in their bank account.

But the impact of losing one’s career isn’t only financial...
𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝, a services officer from Music Support, a UK charity devoted to supporting the mental health of anyone working in the music industry, said: “We are seeing people come to us who are facing new challenges around more severe ill mental health and addiction. The relapse rate has heightened, and we are doing our best to support them to navigate the current uncharted waters.”

T̳I̳M̳E̳ T̳O̳ H̳E̳L̳P̳ O̳U̳T̳
It was when artist manager and promoter 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐬 heard about the 10th suicide among stage crew in late August 2020 that he decided to raise funds. Inspired by Alex Turner’s donated guitar raising £128,000 for the Music Venue Trust’s support of grass-roots venues, by the end of 2020, Stopps organised the #𝗜𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 campaign.
The campaign was spearheaded by David Stopps himself with 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 and 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞 at 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝.

Photo credit: Selin Alendar 

𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝑺𝑨
𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1996, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘚𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘈 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘚𝘈 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 2000 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 300 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴.
𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘚𝘈 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥; 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 2 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩.

Stopps, Lenthall and Lowe appealed to ​​​PPL​​​, the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) major record labels and artist management companies, and raised £280,000 – most of which went to the 300 crew members in the most desperate need.
David Stopps and 𝐈𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 (at Wildlife Entertainment), together with booking agent 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫, subsequently reached out to the music community and received a rapturous response: to help out, many rock and pop stars helped their teams, donating money-can’t-buy music memorabilia for the #𝑰𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏, which sent all proceeds directly to crew.

On November 27th 2020 Stagehand in partnership with 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 (who have waived their platform fees), launched #𝐈𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞.
The campaign featured a list of all the artists who had contributed prizes by donating their instruments and other memorabilia to the cause: signed guitars by Cure, Radiohead, Liam Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Muse, Nick Cave, Mark Knopfler and many others, handwritten lyrics, VIP experiences, as well as tickets and signed box sets.

Fans around the world were allowed to purchase a £5 ticket for each artist's item of their choice, and could increase their chances of winning by purchasing multiple tickets. The draw remained open until December 17th, the winners were chosen on December 23rd (such a stunning Christmas present, don’t you think?) and prizes were sent out in January 2021.
Thanks to the generosity of thousands of fans, the campaign exceeded its expectations. They raised a total of £535,840 which went directly to Stagehand Charity who distributed the funds to stage crew impacted by the pandemic.
So far, thanks to this and other fundraising campaigns, #𝐈𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 has raised over £900,000 thanks to the generosity of 50,230 total supporters.

Photo credit unknown

𝑩𝑼𝑻...𝑾𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑵❜𝑻 𝑾𝑬 𝑺𝑼𝑷𝑷𝑶𝑺𝑬𝑫 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑨𝑳𝑲 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶 𝑻𝑶𝑫𝑨𝒀 💓
We are well aware that Placebo, for many years now, have cared deeply about several different social issues, and have supported many causes, giving their precious contribution and helping organizations all over the world that take care of people facing difficult times, both financially and mentally.
Just to name a few: °the very unique auction of rare pieces of memorabilia raising an amazing £27,500 for the 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 (𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐌), ° the auctioning in support of 𝐌𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐨𝐠, the mental health charity. ° special gigs to raise money for both 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐠𝐲𝐮 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐲𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 (Scotland), the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre in the West and the 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 (𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐨𝐤) a huge facility built in a former Buddhist temple in Bangkok, which provides support for street children, orphans and mothers and children living with Hiv/Aids.
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 – 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞!

𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼𝔹𝕆 𝕒𝕟𝕕 #𝕀𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼𝕃𝕀𝕍𝔼
In a short post on December 4th, 2020 Placebo announced:
Brian Molko’s 1972 𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐆. Looks awful - sounds better! Used during the Loud Like Love LP sessions & can be heard on “I.K.W.Y.L” from the B3 EP.
Yours to win as part of the prize draw for our #𝐈𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 month of fundraising for Stagehand and our own crew.
Placebo fans immediately took the appeal and this was the result we read on Crowdfunder web site:
𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁!
On 17th December 2020 we successfully raised £9,891 with 600 supporters in 13 days

🅐🅝🅓 🅣🅗🅔 🅦🅘🅝🅝🅔🅡 🅘🅢...
...Many congratulations to 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐤𝐣𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐤, Iceland who won the prize draw. Thanks again and we hope to see you all again very soon.
As a Placebo fan I tried to picture how I could have felt at a time like this, but I couldn't at all...too much excitement!!!
So I asked her directly! Our dear Soulmate Zhanna told us how she knew she was the luckiest one and some funny anecdotes about that amazing experience. Let's read below 😍

Hi Zhanna!
Did you get in touch with the band management on that occasion or were you only contacted by Stagehand? Or probably did you get any message from the band enclosed with the Disgustang 😉?
𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

I remember you writing that you would give that precious prize another name, what's its name now?
𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 30 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 “𝘞𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺!” 𝘚𝘰, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦.
You know Brian loves to give his guitar that name "baby", so you remained loyal to its former owner.
𝘖𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺! 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘰𝘰

I look forward to knowing from you some detail about that experience, some anecdotes, if you have any.
𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 
𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 - 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 3𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴!
𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺!

Photo credit: pictures taken from Zhanna's IG page, edit by Silke

Sure! I can't believe it! You were almost missing your life's most precious prize!!!
𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘐𝘎 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2021 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦.
𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 2𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺. 𝘔𝘺 1𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 - 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 (𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵?)
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘐 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘎 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 “𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴”

Great! Your day as a celebrity!
𝘏𝘢𝘩𝘢, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥!
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 2020 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦!

Dear soulmates, I know I raised a theme that probably touched some of you up close, so I would be grateful if someone would like to share here their personal experience about that.
I'd like to end this post with a hopeful thought wishing that we all could finally enjoy the concerts and live shows scheduled this year, for Placebo, for the fans, but even more 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 💓

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