⭐𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 – 𝗘𝗚𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗚. 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳⭐

⭐"𝙇𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮 - 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘..."⭐
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙱𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝟸00𝟽)


Dear friends, our virtual stop today will be in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is a beautiful country on the Black Sea coast, full of very warm and friendly people, I like to go there.
Are there Bulgarian fans among you?

Placebo have performed 4 times in Bulgaria so far. The first performance was in 2003, the last in 2017.
I found an interview for you, which Brian gave before the concert in 2007.

🔸 There are a few points that interested me - first, at the beginning, the reporter recalls the first Placebo Bulgarian concert as not very successful. I tried to find some information, but I only found out that this concert took place in a hall with seats and it was quite a big obstacle for the fans, which they probably tried to deal with in their own way.
Anyway, thanks to the reporter's mention, we know that Brian still enjoyed it😁.

🔸 I just want to talk the second point - I realized again how many life experiences the guys have gained throughout their careers so far...
You will notice this with the question about the work on the cover and the final image of their albums.

And in this post, I share with you the only quality video from this show. The song "Infra-Red" opened the setlist and this video is just amazing.
Enjoy Placebo from the MEDS era with me.


𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍

Dressed in black, with perfectly epilated chest, not taking off his sunglasses and with boots on in spite of the heat. We have an appointment with the greatest alternative singer from the Island after Thom Yorke.


Three years ago Placebo played in Bulgaria, disappointed with the venue and charmed by the audience. After he recklessly threw himself into the audience, the singer shared with us that he hadn't been touched by so many people for the last 5 years. This time Placebo were even more emotional, they changed guitars for each song and staked on long codes. An hour before the concert I am sitting with Brian in a stuffy room somewhere along the Winter Palace's corridors. He lights a cig. A nicotine one.


𝗦𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃: 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹, 𝘁𝗼𝗼!
Brian Molko: Well, let's hope next time I come I won't smoke any, ha-ha.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺, 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝘀?
B.M.: Ha-ha, no. Why are you so negative? Are you bored?


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝘆𝗲𝘁?
B.M.: Here it goes again. You're tired blah blah blah. You've said it again!?

𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.
B.M.: You are going to make me feel bad even before going onstage. Today is a beautiful sunny day. All girls are walking around almost without any clothes on.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄. (𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀.𝗯𝗴)
B.M.: Well... in that case you have to hurry up, my friend.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?
B.M.: No. We had some tiny ideas, but we are focused on doing amazing gigs.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗔𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁?
B.M.: Oh, at the final one. How can you deal with things like these without the finished product which would inspire it? The aim of the artwork is to give the final touch and to present our ideas even better.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗮?
B.M.: Let's say it this way - as an artist I would feel very bad to be more famous for my narco problems than for my music. Anyone can sleep with Kate Moss and take drugs. But I am more tempted to touch people with my art , to write something that can converse with them. What's the point of being the next rock&roll cliche?


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆?
B.M.: The last albums of the Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal. As well as Arcade Fire.

Photo credit: Nigel Crane

𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗽𝗛𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴?
B.M.: I despise gangsta' rap and all the money, women, and big cars that go with it. We've tried to experiment with such elements in songs like “Spite and Malice" from the album Black Market Music, but we don't feel like repeating.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗲, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲?
B.M.: I would be pleased to do something with Bjork. She is one of the most fantastic musicians of the last few years. But first we should make an appropriate song. I'm certainly not walking around with a list of people who we would like to work with, although there are volunteers all the time.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦?
B.M.: NO, but we want to, ha-ha. Now we are going on one big tour with Linkin Park, HIM, and My Chemical Romance, so we'll see.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴! 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻?
B.M.: It's almost unbelievable what kind of things people can write. I could not care less about this.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆?
B.M.: You fukin' fukin' motherf***er.
(𝙴𝙶𝙾 𝚖𝚊𝚐. 𝙱𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸00𝟽)

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