🎸 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐙𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - 10𝑡ℎ 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2022 🎸

◾ 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠…𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐼 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡, 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑖𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ! 😍 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡. 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑡 😊
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Photo credits: Alexandre Marchini (Brian, Stefan, background) for L’Est Républicain,  Laetitia Evalia / Edit by Laetitia

🌠 What more can I say than what I already said about the concert in Luxembourg ?
It was a thousand times more magical ! But I'm not going to compare, because each concert has its own atmosphere.

🌠 People arrived rather late to line up. I arrived in the early afternoon. I was allocated number 7 and the wait began. The few fans present were very nice and there was no shortage of Placebo talk, of course 😊

🌠 The doors opened, we ran and stood in the centre at the barrier. The perfect place to enjoy a concert 🎶

🌠 The opening act, 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒏, was pretty good. A former French band from the 80s, they reunited 3 years ago. The rock they played, and updated, was powerful. For their last song they invited a man on stage (I can't remember his name !) who the singer introduced as the '𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜'. And 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 was present at the side of the stage to admire the band. The song was called '𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺, a tribute song to the singer Johnny Hallyday., a famous rock French singer.

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨'𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧...The smell of incense lit before the set permeates the atmosphere... tears come to my eyes. A sweet smell that foreshadows an intense emotional moment ⭐. The set list was the same as for the other concerts. When the first notes of 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔

started, the crowd went wild and so did I. The tracks follow one another... 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑺𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝑯𝒖𝒈𝒛... an electric atmosphere. The audience was in total communion and the band was visibly satisfied with the fans' reception who came to appreciate them live. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 greeted the audience warmly. '𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ! 𝑪𝒂 𝒗𝒂 ?'. And meanwhile, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 smiled in the distance ✨

🌠 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 began. It was impossible to hold back the tears that were welling up in my eyes. This song has that indescribable touch that transcends you. It strips you bare and you can't help but be swept away by its flood of emotions 💖. This was followed by 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄, which swept away the happy sadness of 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 and gave way to a wave of phenomenal power. The same goes for 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔. As for 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔, I spent half the song with my eyes closed, surrendering to the somewhat surreal atmosphere that the song provides live. The next three songs, 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔, 𝑺𝒂𝒅 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 are a logical continuation of the set list. Why ? I have no idea ! It's just the way I feel about it. This is surely due to their rhythm, which drew me even deeper into the heart of the moment. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔... It's so good to hear them live again 🌟

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

🌠 𝑾𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈… Last time in Luxembourg, this song didn't have a particular effect on me. It is beautiful, that goes without any doubt ! But yesterday in Nancy, it enveloped me in a captivating bubble. The guitar squeezed my heart with a gentle delicacy. I was in the grip of a mesmerizing sublimity 💗

🌠 The band went backstage for the usual break. But before that, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 gave a child in the audience a guitar pick with that beautiful smile on his face reflecting his joy and gratitude. Again, that smell of incense in the air and again that strange turmoil took hold of me. A sweet turmoil 💫.
The crowd grew impatient in a joyous mood and the band reappeared.

🌠 The last three songs of the set went on, still in this crazy atmosphere. The band and the audience were moving in unison.

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ What can I say about 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧... They were both very happy to be on stage, proud to play their new songs and satisfied with the reception of the audience. Smiles between them, smiles from 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 towards the crowd, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏's numerous interactions with people, encouraging them to clap, encouraging them to shout. 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 was silent, as usual, but you could see the satisfaction in his eyes and his attitude. 𝙉𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.❤️

🌠 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 came down to greet the audience before leaving. He took his time to enjoy the experience. What a magical moment to see his contentment 😍. Yes, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 was bright and flamboyant. There is no doubt seeing the joy of the audience !

🌠 I was able to get a set list that will go straight into my Placebo collection. In the end, it is the memory of this concert that I cherish the most. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 💝.

🌠 The security was not at all annoying for the few times they intervened. I once again felt like hugging an agent when he was facing me... I managed to reason with myself. 😁

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ Last night the band was simply perfect. From the first song to the last, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 wanted to reach transcendence, as noted in the message before the concert. At least, I did.

My Placebo concert at the Bataclan, which for 10 years was the one where a special symbiosis with the band was achieved, was swept away with a single stroke last night 🔥.


🔶 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎... Sometimes I wonder why I love this band so much. It's by experiencing moments like thursday’s that I finally have part of the answer.
🙏 Once again, 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 !! 🎸🎵✨🎶💗🔥
(concert review by Laetitia)


𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦́: 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩.
💞 𝗧𝗼𝗶 𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗶 💞
◾ 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 🤘

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