⭐️💫𝟐𝟎 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑: 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐯𝐬 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘💫⭐️

“𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇…”

Photo credit:  Alan Rennie 

✨𝑬𝑿𝑷𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵…✨
In the middle of March 2016, “news had just come over”: Placebo confirmed their 20th anniversary tour!
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 made quite a promising statement about the forthcoming shows:
📢“…Let’s just say there will be songs in the set that I’ve sworn never to play again. I think it’s time that we purposefully acknowledged what a lot of Placebo fans really want to hear. They’ve been very patient with us since we rarely play our most commercially successful material.
A 20-years anniversary tour seems like the right time to do so. That’s our intention. This tour is very much for the fans and a chance for us to revisit a lot of our early material.
So, if you want to see us play songs like ‘Pure Morning’ and ‘Nancy Boy’ which we haven’t played in almost ten years and may not play again, then you’d better come along to these shows! We’ll have some surprises in there too…”
(𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 14, 2016)


📢𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: […] He [Brian] definitely has a troubled relationship with his past lyrics. Because like the line: "A friend with weed is better" on ‘Pure Morning’. He wouldn't write something like that now, but he did back then. For him it's being able to walk on stage and sing with conviction without smiling or without making up different lyrics, you know.
[…]
What we tend to do is cover ourselves with quite a few versions of our songs that we've released. One of our first singles, 'Teenage Angst', has been done in piano format, it's been done in the rock format, and it has this stadium rock format. Then we went back to an electric bass led version. So in order for us to remain interested in our back catalogue we often change them and adopt them to how we feel. Sometimes a song when we record it, it's in an embryonic form it tells you ‘Listen, I'm supposed to be played this way.'”
𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓?
📢𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: "I’m completely excited, excited about playing old songs, I like it. I think I want to see people's reactions as well."
(𝐺𝑖𝑔𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 23𝑟𝑑, 2016)

Photo credit: natalia_m_n IG

✨𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀…✨
𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒆𝒙𝒉𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅?
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: I'm sure it helped shape its sonic palette. It was like a kind of rebellion against this more commercial aspect of the band's life. On 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐞 𝐆𝐨, we really had this sincere desire to lay ourselves bare. Every album we've done has been a reaction to the previous one, but on this one I think it was more in response to this rather masturbatory anniversary tour. On the other hand, I also realize that it did our audience a lot of good. It has taught us to accept the euphoria that the fans give us on stage. And this is probably the first time in my life that I've realized that so much, because I've always made music in a very selfish way. It's a necessary means of expression for me. If this tour has taught us anything, it's that there is value in giving pleasure to others, rather than satisfying yourself.
(𝑀𝑦 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 #74, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2022)


📢“I had reservations coming into this record based on the experience of touring,” says co-writer and multi-instrumentalist 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐥. “It felt like we were slowly killing ourselves, and I just didn’t know how much life I felt there was left in the band. My confidence was at an all-time low.”
“We have a tendency to do a lot that we’re asked to do, regardless of how it’s going to affect our physical and mental wellbeing, so we continued touring,” 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 adds. “By the end of it, I felt like a performing monkey that was being moved around the world; kind of detached from the soul of it.”
(𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑈𝐾, 𝐹𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦 1𝑠𝑡, 2022)

Photo credit: Evelyn Kutschera

📢“We began to feel like wax effigies of ourselves,” Molko says, “being moved around the world for the purposes of entertainment.
(𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦 17𝑡ℎ, 2022)


💬So, now we know that the whole retrospective tour ended up being mentally exhausting experience for the guys… However, they tried their best, and most of the shows became an amazing unforgettable experience for the fans❤️


💬That’s why I’d like to ask you to share 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, your most beautiful and special memories from Placebo’s 20th anniversary tour!✨ Let’s create some positive space around those shows to confirm it was still worth it!🥰


💬And maybe now, in hindsight, when you know how it felt for Brian and Stef, you can interpret your own thoughts and feelings about the concerts you attended in a bit different way, with more empathy and understanding…


⭐️To help you dive into the atmosphere of the tour, let’s watch a very powerful and emotional performance of (my personal favourite) 𝐈 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 from 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂 in 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒆, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔.

Pist by Olga

🌟▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐔𝐒 ▪🌟

🔷 𝑳𝒂𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒔, which appeared as the B-side of the single 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔, borrows a biblical image, a common practice for Placebo. Whether in 𝐸𝑦𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑠 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑒, 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝐵3, the references to religion are numerous. Brian's involvement with religion at a young age helps, obviously ! "𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 (𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯) 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. "
◾ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 𝚊𝚝 𝙴𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝟸 - 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟾, 𝟸00𝟺

𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏
🎥 https://bit.ly/3C379HF 🎶

Photo credit: Bastien Kolod, edit by Laetitia

🔷 The title 𝑳𝒂𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒔is taken from the Bible. The character of Lazarus, which in Hebrew means 𝐺𝑜𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑, was a friend and disciple of Jesus. He is best known for being resurrected by Jesus four days after his death.


♦️ 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝘽𝙀𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼 𝘽𝙊𝙍𝙉-𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘼𝙉 ♦️
📢 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 13, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯-𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯.
💬 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻: 𝘠𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 11. 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺.
◾ 𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎 - 𝟸00𝟹

𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒏-𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 applies to people who have accepted Jesus as their Savior, which implies a 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ.

🔷 The song is also about rebirth, but not in the good sense of the word as it is 'ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 / 𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑'.

🔷 Brian told at the French radio 𝑹𝑻𝑳2 𝒊𝒏 2016, when choosing the setlist for 𝑨 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, that for Placebo is looking for "𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵."

The fact that they included 𝑳𝒂𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒔 in the set list of their 20𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓, shows that it is one of the important songs with a special meaning and connection for the band.

𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑺𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈, 2016
 🎥 https://bit.ly/3K5Ohuo 🎶

Photo credit: Nadav Kander

🔷 The song could be interpreted in many different ways but for me, I don't think this song is aimed at anyone in particular, but rather at yourself from the perspective of the character in the song. Like self-disgust when you look in the mirror "horrid to see you again so bored of being you". When you talk to yourself unmercifully... A song about self-loathing in a way. I see a character who can't stand a part of himself that resurfaces after a long period of time hiding inside.


♦️ 𝙇𝙔𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙎 ♦️
It's horrid to see you again
Now, that you're back from the dead
It's horrid to see you again
So bored of being you


It's horrid to see you again
Now, that you're back from the dead
It's horrid to see you again
So bored of being alive, alive, alive


It's horrid to see you again
Acting like you're on some kind of cross
It's horrid to see you again
An emotional retard


It's horrid to see you again
Unaware that all may not be lost
It's horrid to see you again
So bored of being alive, alive
Alive, alive
Alive, alive


It's horrid to see you again
Walking around with that egg on your face
It's horrid to see you again
So full of apathy


It's horrid to see you again
Caught in a trap that you cannot escape
It's horrid to see you again
So bored of being alive, alive
Alive, alive
Alive, alive
Alive, alive


Post by Laetitia

🔸⭐🔸𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎: 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕🔸⭐🔸

Photo credit: Francesca Bosetti, ferrarip4_5, gabriela_alicja, edit by Marti

𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨:
Nimes is home to one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters in the world, with an auditorium for up to 24,000 people. The Nimes Arena is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its origin dates back to the 90th AD. In Roman times, the arena was used for gladiatorial games. Today, in addition to summer concerts, bullfights are also held there. The capacity of the auditorium was reduced to 13,000 visitors.
🔸🎬 𝑨 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒔:
https://bit.ly/3rq1A2o
🔸⭐🔸


So far, Placebo has performed at this historically magical place a total of 3 times: in 2004, 2006 and 2017.
Here are just a few YT videos from those first two concerts, so you can soak up the atmosphere.
🔸🎬 𝑼𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 2004 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅:
https://bit.ly/3pjqJJu

🔸🎶 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈:
https://bit.ly/3o9v3M0


But the year 2017 was exceptional as soon as it was a celebration of the band's 20th anniversary with the best Placebo hits.
🔸🎶 𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎:
https://bit.ly/3d2FDOQ
🔸⭐🔸

Photo credit: Francesca Bosetti

I have found a great review of the concert for you written by the Italian fan Francesca, whom I share here for you today in an abbreviated form.
Enjoy the evening, dear friends, and I look forward to your memories of this amazing experience.
So - who of you saw Placebo in Arenes de Nimes?


𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃𝟒𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 - 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨

Francesca Bosetti

.../.../ And, by some divine intuition, we immediately understand that this will be an evening to remember. The stage, unlike how it appeared on the photos, is even closer and the risk of a shit figure is no longer a hypothesis but a solid reality.
If Brian, whom I had seen two nights before in Barolo, seemed already in a state of grace, what I am facing tonight makes me seriously think that my singer looks more smiling, engaging, double cheerful, and ultimately, also a lot more sexy.
In the middle of 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, we have a reasonable suspicion that what they spray into the air is not stage smoke, but a very strong and deadly mixture of pheromones and testosterone. .../.../


At 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, a happy confusion reaches heights that no one has touched before: my singer dances, jumps, winks, mishandles guitars with enthusiasm I haven't seen before and once combines a sequence of 8 Breathe at 1200 beats per second, spit out lungs with all bronchi. (The song ends with a long LAAAAAAAAVVVV and a lick of the microphone)..../.../


𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 are dangerously gaining a position in my personal rating.
And it's clearly the hormone that speaks for me, but try to understand that between a particularly heavy sweat (seeing means believing) and an adorable disgusted expression (complemented with our accusation of doing nothing but staying behind a cell phone), the objectivity of a poor fan overwhelmed by tsunami of emotions is reduced to less than the minimum wage.
(The song ends with licking off a drop of sweat from the microphone with the lower lip). .../.../

Photo credit:  Gabriela Alicja

𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 and 𝟑𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬, I think they should now be officially archived as weapons of mass destruction. The first, less recited and certainly much more intense than usual, leaves a collective daze on the field while the second, especially the very last asympathetic "Shoulders toes and knees, I'm dirty sex" is certainly responsible for the peak of births that will occur in roughly April 2018.
(Both songs end with two powerful mic licks).


But it is on 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐊 that the real drama takes shape. In the background I see a shady figure wandering around the stage armed with a video camera. I hadn't really noticed it so far, but it's clear that then they're really resuming the show. I distinctly recognize the good Charlie Targett-Adams (formerly responsible for the highly anticipated documentary Placebo: Alt.Russia, soon to be aired on Netflix and whose second part, Placebo: Alt.Vimercate is already in the works) and at that moment I realize that the shit figure could be world-wide.


Still, do you think that could have stopped us?
Absolutely not, our singer tonight is able to make us forget the name and surname even of the closest relatives, let alone the consciousness of perpetuation in something we will be ashamed of until the seventh generation can bring us back to earth.
We certainly realize that those five minutes of preventive shyness were definitely not enough.


We arrive at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐝 and I am honestly exhausted, certainly very happy, but physically, hormonally, and mentally devastated. The debut here is the declaration of war, the embrace of the guitar for the "comfort zone", the "caress" of the aforementioned very happy guitar, which leaves nothing to the imagination. I mean, I definitely need a break. (The song ends with a breathless "end" and licking the microphone as in the manual). .../.../


In a moment we arrive at 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 [𝐔𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥] and consequently we know that it is very close to the end. But for the first time I do not experience this moment with regret, but as the culmination of a perfect show from all points of view./.../

Photo credit: Francesca Bosetti 

Brian climbs up onto the stage armed with what appears to be a particularly vintage analog video camera with which he shoots the audience.
I thought I really saw everything, but if someone told me that one day I would end up in Brian Molko's film, I would consider him a fool and give him the name of a good psychiatrist.
I thank all the known and unknown divinities, for giving me a very rare moment of lucidity to have prevented me from making completely crazy faces. Maybe the look wasn't the most intelligent but at least I managed to keep a semblance of normality by masking a sort of inner apocalypse with a slight embarrassed smile.


Now, aside from songs that have deserved a special mention, I actually think I saw Nîmes as the best show of the whole tour. Besides the fact that the question: why wasn't I born a microphone or a guitar? it will haunt me for the rest of my existence, I leave the Arena knowing that I attended an unforgettable concert, and all I have to do is look my comrades in the eye to understand that this time it's not just my impression.


I certainly don't forget that Brian is also a great actor, and therefore much of the joviality, empathy, energy and joy that was shown to us tonight was used and consumed for the footage.. Because it is clear that if you are making a video that will be part, I hope, of a possible DVD you try to give your best (and I'm really sorry to have ruined most of the scenes) but if this is the result, well guys, let's do it way to resume all concerts!
(𝙾𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝟺𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐, 𝟸0𝟷𝟽)
🔸⭐🔸

Post by Marti

🎉⭐𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮𝟬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥⭐🎉

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲!!!“

These words were characteristic of the entire last Placebo world tour with which the band celebrated 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦.
And today, we commemorate this amazing and at the same time, perhaps the most touching Placebo ride, which began on October 13, 2016 and ended on October 24, 2017 with 90 concerts across Europe, Australia and Mexico.

Photo credit: Lost Realist, Melanie Smith, BBC6 music radio, (2) unknown, edit by Marti

🔸⭐🔸𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 – 𝟐𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑🔸⭐🔸

Why the most touching?
Because this birthday party didn't have the happiest start. In addition, Brian said in several interviews that it was a big problem for him to think about planning this tour at all and to discuss the list of songs that accompanied his rather difficult life:

⭐“𝐼𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤,” 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑠.
“𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑢𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 — 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑢𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑢𝑛.”
(𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛, 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 2017)

But this tour was also unique in that fans were invited to help put together their dream setlist:
⭐"𝑊𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠."
(𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟, 𝐷𝑒𝑐.2016)

🔸𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓:

♦♦  The death of David Bowie in January 2016.
A big blow for both Brian and Stefan, which broke their life-friendly or even fatherly bond.
Brian told Independent magazine in 2017:
⭐“𝑊𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 ‘𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐼’𝑚 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔’ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠" 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠.
"𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 '𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡'.
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 '𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜, 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑦'.
𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡-𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒-𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.
𝑆𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑘. 𝐻𝑒'𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟; ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙!”

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Stefan's memories of David are also worth remembering:
⭐“𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑡, 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑡. 𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑢𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢.
𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙, ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝑇𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑜𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙.
𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡.
𝑊𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘, 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐼’𝑚 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝐼’𝑚 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝐻𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦.”
(𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑙, 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡, 𝐷𝑒𝑐. 2016)

⭐"𝐵𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠."
(𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑙, 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑂𝑐𝑡. 2016)

🔸In the video of the song Without You I'm Nothing from Moscow, October 2016, you can see how Brian relived the loss of his friend:
https://bit.ly/3v7C4ic

🔸Two videos from Antwerp 2016, a 2-minute standing ovation from the auditorium in honor of David:
https://bit.ly/3BASUZt
https://bit.ly/30n2BwT

♦ ♦  Aarhus, Denmark - yes, let's go back to the beginning - it was the first concert of the whole tour:
We all know it didn't turn out the best. It is likely that Brian's very fragile mental state, along with new medication, caused his mental collapse.
The gig in Aarhus had to end after the first two songs.
Still, how painful it was for all the fans, and not only for them, but especially for Brian and the band, I would like to publish videos that show that Brian tried very hard to explain everything humanly to the people in the crowd. It certainly wasn't like he ran off the stage without a word. And the very next day, Placebo played a perfect show in Copenhagen.

🔸Placebo Aarhus 2016
https://bit.ly/3ayOUNk
https://bit.ly/2YKlaKJ

♦ ♦ Death of Leonard Cohen - November 2016.
This Canadian artist was a great musical role model for Brian. That's why the tribute for Leonard Cohen was included in the Placebo show:
⭐„𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝑜ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 [𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜’𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜-𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟] 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦, ‘𝑊𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡, 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒."
(𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑙, 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡, 𝐷𝑒𝑐. 2016)

🔸Tribute to Leonard Cohen - Placebo 19 november 2016, Antwerp
https://bit.ly/3v5q0hy

♦ ♦ There were two other deaths that hit the guys in 2017:
rock musician Chris Cornell, leader of Soundgarden and Audioslave bands, committed suicide in May, and a few weeks later it was the suicide of Chester Bennington, who also lost his life in the fight with depression, which is Brian's and Stefan's lifelong theme.
⭐Placebo's statement:
https://bit.ly/3BAIadu

Photo credit: Miguel de Melo

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.
🔸Brian with fans in Milan:
https://bit.ly/3mGxTpO

🔸Fans in Hamburg had an amazing Halloween show:
https://bit.ly/2YHnDp4

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬.
🔸The first video is from Moscow, where Brian interrupted the very rare song Lazarus to explain that they were at a Placebo concert and not at a Limp Bizkit concert:
https://bit.ly/3mTxL6O

🔸The second video proves that Brian really takes the care of his fans seriously. At a gig in Lille, he noticed a girl who had an epileptic seizure and stopped the show so that paramedics could get to the girl.
https://bit.ly/3iWP7ym

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝:
On Brian's 44th birthday, December 10, 2016, Placebo performed in Dublin, Ireland:
🔸Amazing video with the song "Slave to The Wage"
https://bit.ly/3v7P5IP

🔸Dancing audience during "Nancy Boy" and "Infra-Red"
https://bit.ly/3DEUryn

🔸And fans' applause for Brian's birthday
https://bit.ly/3oXkTz6

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲.
🔸Flashmob of Russian fans before the tour:
https://bit.ly/3BCRj5q
Dear friends, there are many more interviews and videos about this tour. But I think it's better to leave this place to all of you who may have experienced this tour in person. Share your memories with us, it will be very beautiful to read them!

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𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐀𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕

⭐Dear friends, today I invite you again to the unique place where Placebo played another concert, celebrating 20 years of their career, exactly on the day of the summer solstice - 21.6.2017.

🔹✨🔹𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐀𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕🔹✨🔹

Photo credits at the end of the text

Taormina is a small town in Sicily, one of the most famous Italian islands. It is located on the coast of the Ionian Sea, on a rock at an altitude of 204 meters above sea level and it is one of the most visited Sicilian places. The imposing and still active volcano Etna oversees this human swarm.
The main monument in Taormina and one of the main ones in Sicily is the Greek Theater (Teatro Greco) dating from the 3rd century BC. As you can see in the photo, it is a very impressive and beautiful place and the acoustics of this theater is a real experience for music fans.


Placebo was lucky enough to be part of that atmosphere and enjoy playing in such a beautiful ancient theater.
However, the fans coming to this concert had to respect very strict security measures. Why?
Just a month before this event - on May 22, 2017, there was a terrorist attack in Manchester at the concert of the American singer Ariana Grande. At that time, the concert hall was full of children and their parents. This suicide bomber attack resulted in 23 deaths and more than 100 people was in a very serious life-threatening situation.
That event still brings tears to my eyes today.


However, the organizers of the Placebo concert did not neglect anything and the result was an event that took people's breath away. I found one very beautiful review of the whole concert for you.
Enjoy reading and at the end, of course you will find a collection of videos to make your experience today perfect.
🌴🌞𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒂𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂, 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔!🌞🌴

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Photo credit unknown

📌 Try to imagine something that could never happen: an invasion of grasshoppers, flying pigs, Banksy in the role of Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, Daft Punk taking off their helmets, Placebo in Taormina.


Placebo are in Taormina. The announcement of a concert of this size, in the far south of the peninsula, has created quite a stir among past and present fans. Yet, nothing was as feared: a few clones of Brian Molko, not even one of Stefan Olsdal, no mess, no brawl. The audience is extremely varied: three children seated in the front row remind us that perhaps not everything is lost in the world.


Before starting, the organizers communicate that the lights are about to go out and that the group would prefer not to see illuminated phones or flashes. Thus, when the stage remains empty and Ion starts broadcasting, the Ancient Theater is completely dark. A moment later, the delirium: paranoid riffs and martial rhythms unmistakably mark the beginning of Pure Morning, during which it is hard to stay calm. “Welcome to our birthday party! Now give us a gift: stand up and dance! ”, This is how Brian Molko introduces himself to Sicily and starts with Loud Like Love.
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𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔:
💬 https://bit.ly/3itnUUF
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The great pieces that have ensured that Placebo are still today one of the few bands with an unmistakable imprint follow: Jesus Son, Soulmates, Special Needs, Lazarus. Brian Molko continues to sing and play without ever taking a break, with his pansexual mood, Placebo's trademark able to attract the attention of even David Bowie, to whom the group reserve the performance of Without You I'm Nothing , decisive turning point for the close link between the band and the White Duke.


Here comes the moment of Twenty Years, powerful, desperate and, inevitably, the symbolic piece of the tour. Halfway through the concert Brian Molko can no longer contain himself and blurts out elegantly (elegant he really was) with someone in the front row who is more interested in the screen of the phone than in the show.
“You paid for that front row seat. If you don't care, move behind and give way to someone who really wants to listen ". Roar, resumption of the concert.


The final part is a crescendo of energy and distortions: Special K, Song To Say Goodbye, The Bitter End to conclude, in the second encore, with Running Up That hill, originally by Kate Bush, darkened in a Placebo key. They greet and smile, Stefan Olsdal lowers himself one last time to adjust the effects of the pedal so that while the band disappears behind the columns of the Ancient Theater, the audience is still enveloped by the echo of the reverberation.


"The most important thing about a band name is that you can imagine four thousand people screaming at it in unison," said Brian Molko in the early years of Placebo's life.
In Taormina there were more than 5,000 people screaming that name.
Is that enough? Maybe yes to them, never to the public.
(𝐼𝐿 𝐶𝐼𝐵𝐼𝐶𝐼𝐷𝐴 𝑚𝑎𝑔. 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 2017)
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😍😊 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒅𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅:

📌 At the end of the concert no damage or unpleasant episodes were counted, everything went smoothly. LiveUnict microphones managed to get backstage to try to catch some little curiosity before the concert began. Well, for dinner Brian, Stefan and the others asked for sushi, panicking collaborators and hostesses who had to look for specific restaurants in the city and in the surrounding areas to please the guests of the ancient theater.
(𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑈𝑛𝑖𝐶𝑇 𝑚𝑎𝑔. 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 2017)
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𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓:
🎶 The opening track Pure morning, which will take you to this amazing historical place.
https://bit.ly/3cqBuUW

🎶 Special Needs
https://bit.ly/3x2rokN

🎶 Lazarus
https://bit.ly/3ckuOaz

🎶 Twenty Years
https://bit.ly/3vZ9HCH

🎶 Devil in The Details
https://bit.ly/3z85FKd

🎶 Protect Me
https://bit.ly/3iim7Sa

🎶 Without You I'm Nothing
https://bit.ly/34Znzkg

🎶 36 Degrees
https://bit.ly/3pqQo2K

🎶 Special K and an amazing footage of this performance from the top rows of the theater
https://bit.ly/3ikJsm3

🎶 The Bitter End
https://bit.ly/3z3mVjT

🎶 Nancy Boy and Infra Red
https://bit.ly/3z5UjX3

🎶 Running Up That Hill
https://bit.ly/2T5J7cq
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Photo credit pic 1: I would like to thank the fans who captured the charming moments of Placebo in Taormina and shared them on the @fansplacebo IG account:
Federika @vastaf83, @anastasiya_bel_ ,
the third photo, mag. Musicaccia, credit unknown
Photo edit: by Marti

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