🌟❤𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎: 𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐎❤🌟

Dear soulmates let's enjoy today the very first and only acoustic session that 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 has performed in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐, a private concert that took place at the 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 on March 12, 2007 where only a few lucky fans could attend and which was recorded to close the first season of the series "𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝑺 𝒄𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐", a concert and interview 𝑻𝑽 show created and hosted by 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐 that premiered just one month later on April 12, 2007.

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📌 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 📌
The 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 is a venue located south of 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 that, due to its imposing dimensions and high social and humanist content, attempts to call human beings to establish freedom, welfare and justice on earth through art. It was built in 1966 and inaugurated in 1971 and is a true work of art in every way, first for its innovative architectural design, a dodecahedron on the outside and an octagon on the inside, that is, 12 walls on the facade and 8 inside the building; and second because in its installations it is the largest mural in the world entitled 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 by the 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 painter 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒐 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔, that is why 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒂́𝒓𝒆𝒛 𝒚 𝑺𝒖𝒂́𝒓𝒆𝒛 named the venue in honor of him.

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The mural has an area of 2,400 meters and covers from side to side and from ceiling to floor of the 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍 (main hall of the 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎). The work is divided into four zones and is a mixture of pictorial styles ranging from new realism, through expressionism and abstractionism, showing the evolution of humanity from the past to the present, as well as a vision of the future. In addition, part of the interior mural is three-dimensional, which gives an immersive sensation typical of 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔' surrealist and expressionist influences. About his work, 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 wrote:
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕; 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈".

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The building consists of several spaces: the 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍, the 𝑬𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 (𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆), and the 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 inspired by circular theater in the classic 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 style with a capacity for 500 people, in which cultural, political and social activities are held. Since 2017, the 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 closed its doors for a restoration that to date has not finished, but you can take a virtual tour through 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒑𝒔 or if you want to see what the venue looks like, you can click on the link below.
👉 https://bit.ly/3lp5Ivw

Back to 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, in March 2007 the band visited 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 for the second time with the "𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓", this acoustic concert was the first of five concerts they would offer in that second visit, since after this one they performed in 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒚, 𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒓𝒂 and two nights in a row in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚.
Besides the magnificent soulful interpretations, it was wonderful to see the smiling faces of 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 throughout the acoustic session. They must have been very happy and grateful for the warm reception from the 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 fans who at the end of each song were clapping euphorically and shouting: "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐!
𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑳𝒆𝒆 accompanied them on stage playing guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel and doing backing vocals, while 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 participated as audio engineer and in audio post-production.

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📢 "𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 15 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥-𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘚 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰."
𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚘.𝚌𝚘𝚖

🎬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐒 𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕 (𝐹𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝒉𝑜𝑤 + 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤) 
https://bit.ly/3wsEwlG

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🎶🌟 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 🌟 🎶

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬

𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭

𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞

**𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰**

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞

𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞

💢 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 💢
💫𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 played "𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆" again because the first went wrong.
💫In the interview of this session we only see 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 talking, but there is another recording of this program which includes a question that 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 answered and you can see it from minute 15:40 here:
🎬 https://bit.ly/3Lt0MAr
💫This was one of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's last concerts in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 with 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 on drums.
🎶 Please, let me know your thoughts and feelings about this acoustic session. 🎶

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