♦️🔸 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗢 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡 + 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲) 🔸♦️

🔸 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒆́𝒐 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒚𝒐𝒏 is the largest open-air festival in Switzerland and one of the major music events in Europe. Both a springboard for young talents and a stage for headliners, Paléo has gradually opened up to all musical styles, as well as to the circus and street arts.

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🔸 The very first edition took place in 1976 with 1800 spectators in the old town hall of Nyon. The following year, in 1977, the Festival moved to the open air and was held in Colovray. Since 1990, the Paléo has taken up residence on the emblematic site of l'Asse, north of Nyon.


🔸 From the 1800 spectators at the beginning to some 230000 in recent years, the Paléo has had many unforgettable moments, starting with the concerts. Miles Davis in 1990 or Bob Dylan as a surprise guest in 1995 on the new Dôme stage. Since then, the most incredible artists have played on the plaine of l'Asse, such as Placebo, Muse, Patti Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iron Maiden, Elton John, Pink, Sting, Joan Baez, Björk or The Cure. And if the weather has sometimes been a nuisance, it has also offered some anthology moments, like Neil Young performing in torrential rain, in 2013 as in 1993 ! Against all odds, Paléo continues to write its history of musical passion, year after year.


🔸 For the 2006 edition where 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 was present on July 22,, the festival director himself used a wine-lover's metaphor when he described this edition as a "great vintage".


🔸 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 performed at this festival for almost every album they released (1997, 2001, 2006, 2009 and 2014). For the moment, the 2022 programme does not announce 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐. Perhaps in 2023 ?


🔸 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 gave an interview to the local newspaper 𝘓𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦. Smooth and confident 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 speaking about the recording of 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙨.

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🎸 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑭𝑨𝑵

𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚

𝐴𝑡 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑒́𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐴 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒

𝑇𝑤𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜'𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑒́𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 22𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦, 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟-𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡-𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑'𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎.


𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 ?
💬 Yes, completely. We've had a very positive path in our career. We're getting to headline more and more festivals. Our music always touches people, which we really appreciate. We started out touring England in a crappy little bus. It's great to be here ten years later, having recorded better and better albums, being proud of what we've done and still having something to say. It's something we don't take lightly.


𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲...
💬 The album was recorded much more live than the previous ones. So it's much easier to play on stage. The previous album, Sleeping With Ghosts, was done on computers. We spent more time in front of screens than actually playing. This can lead to a tendency to overthink what you're doing. Meds is a kind of reaction to that. Our producer, Dimitri Tikovoi, has a lot to do with it. He encouraged us to play instinctively. We felt that the songs were strong enough to stand up without technological tricks. It's a return to the basic Placebo instrumentals that we had on the first few albums. Going into the studio with songs not quite finished, you don't necessarily know what their identity will be at the end of the process. They didn't need to be overproduced in the end. The album was recorded fairly quickly, in four months.


𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 ?
💬 Working on this record, with Dimitri as well, we felt like a tight team. We had more fun than ever. If there were any disagreements, we discussed them without anyone feeling attacked. The working atmosphere was much better than on the previous albums.

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𝗬𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆, 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 ?
💬 I think the dark side comes from the fact that it's very positive for us to have music as an outlet. A lot of people have problems, some go to a shrink, others drown in alcohol or drugs. Music has allowed us to be able to manage our lives. We can analyze, express our dark sides. We did make a happier song, I Do, which is on the singles compilation. It's not something that puts us off... Life is full of so many different emotions... We just want to write music that we like and be honest with ourselves. If we have an emotional connection with our music, people will feel it. If we fake it, they will feel it too.


𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 ?
💬 We don't think about it too much. We've always done things our own way, without anyone interfering with our artistic vision. It seems to work and that's good. I don't know how long it will last... The music is so personal... In the studio we really withdraw from the world. We don't listen to music, we don't think about pleasing anyone but ourselves. We are very critical and we want to do better with every album. The day we have nothing more to say, we will stop... We are ambitious, we want to be the biggest rock band in the world and we work very hard for that...


𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟰, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 ?
💬 Brian and I always needed to show off, that's for sure (laughs). We weren't 20 when we started writing. We imagined ourselves as rockstars, with a lot of naivety... But when you reach a certain level, you realize that you can go even higher. You're never satisfied. We haven't written our best song yet... There are always desires that push us to continue. That's why we're still here...

✔️ 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚢 𝙹𝚎𝚊𝚗-𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌̧𝚘𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚕𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝙻𝚎 𝙽𝚘𝚞𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟺𝚝𝚑, 𝟸00𝟼

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🎸 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓
🎵Infra-red
🎵Meds
🎵Because I Want You
🎵Drag
🎵Space Monkey
🎵Black-Eyed
🎵Post Blue
🎵Song to Say Goodbye
🎵Follow the Cops Back Home
🎵Every You Every Me
🎵Special Needs
🎵One of a Kind
🎵Special K
🎵36 Degrees
🎵The Bitter End
🎵Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
🎵Nancy Boy
🎵Twenty Years

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🔸 Strange as it may seem, there is no full video of the concert ! But fortunately, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 shared the performance of 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙮 at the band's 20th anniversary. So let's enjoy this incredible interpretation 💕

🎥 𝑺𝑷𝑨𝑪𝑬 𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑲𝑬𝒀
https://bit.ly/3wCAx6p ✨

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