💦 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗) 💦

🔹 Dear Soulmates, today let's focus on 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆́𝒆̀𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚 9, 1999.

🔹 The 1999 Eurockéennes session was Placebo's second appearance at this highly regarded festival in France. Their first appearance was in 1997. In 1999, the band was not yet a headliner. This was achieved in 2004 with the worldwide success of 𝑆𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐺ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠.

🔹 Brian, Stefan and Steve gave an interview to France 3. Unfortunately, this is an excerpt from that interview where Brian explains what it is like to perform in a festival.

Photo credits:  Screenshots from the concert, Festival poster, edit by Laetitia

🔷 𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾 🔷

𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 : Festivals, they're like a big picnic. But they're also like walking a tightrope in the way that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. But you also spend a lot of time in a field beforehand. there's a certain amount of less pressure in one way but then there's more pressure as well because there's more people and you don't have a soundcheck, etc. So it's not that you don't take it as seriously, that if something goes wrong, that it's not the end of the world, that you're on a bill with x amount of people and that things will probably go wrong for them too. So you just smile about it. It's a bit more fun.
✔️ 𝙴𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎́𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝, 𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝚍'𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚛𝚎́𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗 - 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝟹


𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔
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🔷 𝑨 𝑭𝑨𝑵'𝑺 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾 🔷

From the intro with Scared on Girls, the tone is set: no frills, just brilliant songs executed with no hesitation. The faster tempo is the only thing that differentiates these live versions from their studio counterparts, but it makes a big difference. The first six tracks follow one another without a break, the time to hit a few larsens as an introduction, Allergic, or to listen to the constant "Briaaann-neuh !" of the swooning girls after each track. The climax of this first third of the concert is reached with the classic double effect 'Kill Kool' from Placebo (the album), 36 degrees / Bionic, killer songs that have not aged at all. After a groovy break with a well-chosen B-side, Drowing by Numbers, and the poignant Without You I'm Nothing, the concert starts again, Placebo picking from the most efficient songs of their repertoire Every You Every Me, Slackerbitch. Not yet inflicting his pseudo-demagogic speeches on his audience, Brian Molko is relatively sober, with a magnificent: "I gave myself a microphone shot and now I'm bleeding for you." After a less obvious track, Lady of the Flowers, as a breather, Placebo ends in the most beautiful way with a very well served Nancy Boy by Stefan Olsdal's bass and my favourite track, Pure Morning, a nice summary of each band member's know-how. Finally, it ends with an apocalyptic live version of Evil Dildo, the hidden instrumental track from Without You I'm Nothing. These nine deafening minutes prove that Placebo's desire to play was furious in their early days. And so much the better if the audience in Belfort could finish their concert on this concentrated rock, it will have been the final touch to an almost ideal setlist.

Five years after their debut, Placebo is still not jaded, and you can feel the rage in the chorus of "You Don't Care About Us" as well as the true sincerity in the interpretation of "Teenage Angst". A band that was able to crystallize teenage feelings so well was bound to disappear quickly or to lose its passionate urgency over time.
✔️ 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜.𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐.𝚌𝚘𝚖

Photo credit: Brian Rasic

🔷 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳 🔷

Since 1989, the festival has brought together nearly 2 813 000 festival-goers from all walks of life, of all ages and of all nationalities in almost 2000 concerts ! Located on the Malsaucy peninsula, a few kilometers from Belfort in a protected natural area, festival-goers not only enjoy a wide variety of concerts, but also benefit from an exceptional natural setting: hills and water. The campsite accommodates 15,000 tents over 4 days. A combination of nature and music that promises great memories for the audience !

🔷 𝑺𝑬𝑻𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻 🔷

🎵Scared of Girls
🎵Brick Shithouse
🎵Allergic (to Thoughts of Mother Earth)
🎵You Don't Care About Us
🎵Bionic
🎵36 Degrees
🎵Drowning by Numbers
🎵Without You I'm Nothing
🎵Every You Every Me
🎵Teenage Angst
🎵Slackerbitch
🎵Lady of the Flowers
🎵Nancy Boy
🎵Pure Morning
🎵Evil Dildo

Photo credit: Screenshor

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆
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