⭐𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕜𝕠 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨, 𝕃𝕖𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚𝟘𝟙𝟝⭐

🔸"𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 '90𝑠, 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑚𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑-𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑡.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐, 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡."🔸

𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙻𝚎𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟸0𝟷𝟻
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Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

Dear soulmates,
Placebo's new tour has just started. This year we will finally be able to meet again at concerts and enjoy live performances of our favorite band.
I have for you today an excerpt from Brian's interview, which he gave before the gig in Leicester during the UK part of the Loud Like Love tour in 2015, as well as a beautiful review from this show.
🔸But at the end of this post, I have one ethical question for you, and I would like you to give us your views on this burning topic that the interview is about.


⭐𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕜𝕠 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨, 𝕃𝕖𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚𝟘𝟙𝟝⭐
💬 Brian Molko has a morning of interviews lined up, back-to-back, writes Gemma Peplow. "My favourite part of the job," he says, dryly.
Brian isn't so much prickly as honest. Which is good. You wouldn't want tried-and-tested PR spiel from the frontman of Placebo, would you? Just for good measure, when we ask how the rest of his day might get better:
🔸 "That's my business, not yours."

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

Moving on, then. Placebo, one of the alternative rock bands of the '90s, whose bitter, cynical lyrics soundtracked the lives of thousands, are touring the UK. After shifting millions of albums and playing bigger venues across the world, this one is kind of back to basics.
🔸 "We haven't done a regional UK tour in a long time so it feels like we're very much going back to our roots," says Brian.
"We're playing smaller venues, with a more intimate kind of energy with the audience. We do try to make an emotional connection with the audience. It's not just about playing songs.
We want to create a collective euphoria, a synergy. We need that connection, otherwise it becomes mechanical and soulless for us.
In a smaller venue, that energy comes quicker; the connection is a little easier to make – as long as not too many people are busy looking at their phones instead of the gig."


While Placebo's music has stood the test of time – the band are 20 years and six albums down the line from their self-titled debut – Brian is not convinced by this change in gig crowds.
🔸 "I think it's a shame because what they're documenting is inferior," he says. "They're missing the moment completely.
Placebo play very loud – the microphone on your smart device cannot handle the volume at which we play. The sound, will be terribly distorted, because people moving around are going to be shaky. You're going to miss out on what you pay good money to see. I just don't get it.
Every now and then some idiot shows up with an iPad and just blocks the view for about five or six people behind them.
It's completely inconsiderate, in my opinion. It's just my point of view, really, I don't want to come across like a grumpy old man. But I want to achieve connection and I can't connect with people who aren't looking at me. It's not an ego thing. It just seems pointless. What value does that have? I think life is short, the moment is fleeting, the gig is happening."

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

Be warned. If you pull out filming equipment when Placebo come to Leicester later this month, Brian may well pull you up on it.
🔸"I do, sometimes. Sometimes it's not so bad, but if I find it frustrating I will, particularly if the entire front row when you walk out is looking at a phone from the moment the first song begins. On a good day, it's distracting; on a bad day, I actually find it quite insulting.
If I get frustrated, it's difficult. I deal with it, just as I would if a fight breaks out in the audience. I have a unique vantage point and it is incredibly disturbing to see the hatred in these people's eyes sometimes. It affects me emotionally."


It's very different to the days when the band formed.
🔸 "In the '90s, people were connected, they were jumping, moshing, crowd-surfing. They were in the moment and just there and absorbing the show and this is how I experienced concerts as a teenager and young adult.
They were mesmeric, transcendental moments for me. I don't understand why people wouldn't want to join me in that."
Having said all that, Brian says he enjoys it more now than he did way back when the band was at the height of its success, "because now I perform without the aid of any controlled substances or intoxicants.
We're choosing to do this tour for the fans and for ourselves. For the experience. To have fun. We want to enjoy ourselves." /***/
(𝐿𝑒𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑔. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2015)
🔸⭐🔸

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

⭐ℂ𝕆ℕℂ𝔼ℝ𝕋 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎⭐
𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨., 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 2015
📌/***/ ... and as the lights dimmed we are teased with a remix version of ‘Pure Morning’, a track very rarely played live, a victim of the “Big Hit Syndrome”, played to death at the time. Molko and Olsdal stride onto stage, full of confidence. Gone are the androgynous looks, Molko looking more like Johnny Depp these days, plain black shirts and jeans are the order of the day in contrast to the superb light show. Olsdal still shows some of that camp swagger, at times provocatively gyrating with his guitar, whilst at other times his tall lanky frame looms over you like a mantis.


The band has always been full of contradictions, from their looks to the varied music. Molko may have shrugged off the more feminine look, but his voice is still angelic. One of the most accomplished vocalists out there, it’s both distinctive and powerful, able to move you with tracks like ‘Too Many Friends’ and frighten you with the full on ‘Meds’.

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

Tonight they open up with ‘B3’, ‘For What It’s Worth’ and ‘Loud Like Love’ before the first big moment of ‘Every You, Every Me’, and this is the way the gig goes, each little segment slowly building, then down again until the ultimate climax of ‘Meds’, ‘Song To Say Goodbye’, ‘Special K’ and ‘Bitter End’ and with the crowd left wanting more. The obligatory walk off then back on moment with a four song encore which included that Kate Bush song. This fan though still yearns for a full live rendition of ‘Pure Morning’ and another notable absentee ‘Nancy Boy’.


Molko and Olsdal have always strived for a perfect complete package, it’s not just about them up there, they surround themselves with consummate and multi talented musicians who swap instruments. The light show is an integral part of the experience and the guitar changes after nearly every song aren’t about tuning up or endorsements, they are about having the perfect tone and sound for that particular song. And speaking of the sound, it was the best I’ve heard at a large rock gig for a long time.


Placebo are true artists in every sense of the word, and in the wonderful surroundings and splendour of De Montfort Hall, tonight has been a memorable experience. Long may they continue to give us quality over quantity, we wouldn’t want it any other way.
🔸⭐🔸

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 "𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬" 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓
🔸🎶 https://bit.ly/3vRv48z


⭐Do you like the review, dear friends? And what do you say to Brian's words?
Yes, now here is my announced question:
Do you think it's right to record a concert on a mobile phone when we all know the band doesn't want it? And is it right to limit the view of the fans behind you with your mobile?

⭐This is also a very difficult topic for us in the team. Why?
Because we like to share great videos made by fans in our posts.
But at the same time, we know that we are supporting something that is uncomfortable for both Brian and Stefan.
Personally, I am very sensitive to this issue. Maybe I'll take a few souvenir photos from the concert. But I don't want to make videos.
I want to take the atmosphere of this unique moment in my heart, just like I did from U2 or Pink Floyd concerts many many years ago...

𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡. 𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.

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