✨🎉𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡!🥂🎉

🎈Today we are glad to celebrate the birthday of ✨ 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏 ✨, the 𝑴𝑫 of 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, who along with 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏 has managed 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 for 27 years and who in this long wait for the eighth 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 album gave us exciting clues with his tweets.

Photo Credits: Unknown / Dave McLean IG / City Life Dundee // Edit  by Rita

✨🎉 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐄! 🎂🥂🎉

🥳 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆, 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔! ⭐

🎈 𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑎 & 𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 ❤️✨

📌 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏 was born on August 6, 1956 in 𝑫𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆, 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. He began promoting concerts in his hometown in the late 1970s to earn a living. He then moved to 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 and in 1989 founded the concert promotion company 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 with 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏. They started promoting almost all the bands of the grunge scene such as 𝑵𝒊𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒂, 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝑱𝒂𝒎, 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏, 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔, 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒔, among others. To date, 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 has promoted over 3,000 live concerts. In the link below you can see an extensive collection of posters of the bunch of bands they have worked with.
📸 https://bit.ly/3d7DPY4 🎶


By 1995, grunge fever had faded. 𝑲𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒊𝒏's tragic death deeply impacted the music scene and, of course, to all those who loved him and admired his enormous talent. Meanwhile, just a few months earlier, a three-piece band had formed in 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 whose style caught 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 and 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙's attention.

🎤 “𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑲𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔!”
▪️𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚌𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎, 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝚜𝚝, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟼.


It was with 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 that 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 moved into artist management. Besides them, on their roster have been 𝑩𝒓𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑭𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑹𝒐𝒙𝒚 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝑬𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 (𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕's former band) and currently they also manage bands such as 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔, 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒂, 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒅, 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝑳𝒆𝒆, 𝑫𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒊𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒚𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑺! and 𝑫𝒆𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒂.

For 17 years, 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 has been living in 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒐𝒌, 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 with his family and there he also established another 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 office, apart from the ones located in 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 and 𝑫𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆, which continue to discover and promote new talents.

Photo credit: Johann-Evrard

⭐ 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏 is also a great storyteller, because throughout all these years of working with many artists, he has accumulated all kinds of anecdotes as funny as interesting. These are some of the stories he has told about 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐.

🔹𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨?
🎤 I have hundreds of stories about Placebo, most of which are really funny. They are the best guys I've ever worked with, they will never let you fail. We played in over seventy countries, and wherever we went, funny stories happened. Once in Argentina we were on a tour bus on our way to the airport, and Brian asked me how long it took to fly to Mexico City, and I replied: about two hours. In fact, we had to fly for eleven hours and twenty minutes! And once in Moscow, at the reception in our hotel there was a huge, very long cake (probably 60 meters long!). I think it was made to take part in the competition for the longest chocolate cake. In the evening, we were back from a concert and Brian fell into the cake, which made it two meters shorter. Next morning, Brian was very much confused and gave some money at the reception for his wrongdoing. A case in Chile: we were in the bus and I said how awful white socks looked on men and that only Michael Jackson looked good wearing them. Then Stef suddenly lifted his trouser leg, and there were white socks with black shoes! I felt quite embarrassed and said that only Michael Jackson and Stef can look good in white socks.

🔹𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 '𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨: 𝐀𝐥𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚'. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭?
🎤 It was one of Placebo's Russian promoters who helped with the idea for ‘Placebo: Alt Russia’. He flew to me to Bangkok five years ago, and I said: it would be cool if the musicians could ride down the Trans-Siberian Railway. Richie Mattila (that's his name) promised to help us and he did! All the Placebo members were absolutely delighted and still remember this tour while we shot the film. For the first I visited Russia in 1984 and since then I’m in love with its culture and history.
▪️𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚌𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗, КИНО ТВ/𝙲𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚊 𝚃𝚅, 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟸𝟹, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶.

Backstage at Halloween cooccert, Hamburg, October 31st .2016. Photo credit: Placeboworld 

⭐ 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞 & 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 ⭐
🎤“Morrissey was meant to be going on tour with David Bowie,” 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏 recalls. “As Morrissey often does, he cancelled his whole tour. We’d just signed to Hut Recordings, I don’t even think we had a record out then but John Giddings, the agent for David Bowie, said, ‘Why don’t you give this young band a crack?’ Bowie listened to the tape which had ‘Nancy Boy’, ’36 Degrees’, ‘Teenage Angst’ and ‘Bruise Pristine’ on it – six really good tracks. He decided to give them 13 shows opening for him in arenas. He’d wait for them offstage and watch them from side of stage and give them advice.

“A couple of years later, he had his 50th birthday party at Madison Square Garden and he invited Placebo. He paid for all the flights, first class, hotels. The bill was David Bowie, ‘special guest: Placebo’, then under that it was something like Foo Fighters, Lou Reed, Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins or something. Then he guested with Placebo onstage at Irving Plaza [venue in New York]. The first time I got introduced to him, we were sitting in the dressing room at the Irving Plaza. He looked about 30. I said, ‘Has anyone ever told you you look like David Beckham?’ He says, ‘I’m getting that a lot these days!’”

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✨ 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀-𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 ✨
𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆’s starriest night, perhaps, came at the 1999 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔. “David Bowie is our special guest. You go backstage and Muhammad Ali is there and everybody’s going, ‘Champ, champ, champ!’ Then Stevie Wonder comes in asking, ‘Do you know where Cher is?’ I say, ‘I think she’s a couple of dressing rooms up there.’ Then Bjorn from ABBA arrives, or Benny, one of the two. So you’ve got Cher, Stevie Wonder, ABBA, David Bowie and Muhammad Ali, it’s not every night that happens.”
▪️𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚌𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝙽𝙼𝙴, 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟺, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶.


⭐ In July 2016, 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 revealed exclusively with the website citylifedundee.com that he was planning to make a biopic, based on his early life in 𝑫𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆 and how he started promoting bands with his friend 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑮𝒊𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒏.

🎤 “We are scheduled to start shooting in August. Brian Molko of Placebo is writing the original score for the movie. My mate Ewen Bremner (Spud in ‘Trainspotting’) and Vicki McClure (Lol in ‘This is England’) are going to help with the movie stuff.“
▪️𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚌𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎, 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝚜𝚝, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟼.


With this movie titled "𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔" filmed in 𝑫𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆, 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏 made his directorial debut. It premiered on June 29, 2019 at the 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒉 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 where it also won the 𝑨𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅. 🏆✨

🎤 “I’m in the music business. I’d never done films before but it seems to have gone down well all over the place,” ▪️𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚌𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛, 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸𝟸, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷.

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🎬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫
https://bit.ly/3BZDRM7

"𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔" has been such a success that 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 is already planning to make a trilogy. The second part will be called "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒍". The story continues when 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 moved to 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 with his friend 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕 and how they became very successful promoting grunge bands. The soundtrack will be composed of songs from all these bands that 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 promoted at that time, from the most famous to the lesser known. While the third part will be called "𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒎𝒐𝒌𝒆".

🎤“The third one is about a festival I did in Bangkok with Oasis and Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Placebo and Ian Brown of the Stone Roses on the bill. [...] Why is the film called Knitted Smoke? My dad once said: ‘Why you doing that festival, son? It’d be easier knitting smoke!’ I thought that just nailed it!"
▪️𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚌𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛, 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸𝟸, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷.


⭐ June 2021 saw the release of "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝑶𝑫𝑭𝑨𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹," a documentary filmed and produced by 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏 and 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏. The film tells the story of 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒐𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒆𝒓 who since 1972 opened 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆, which has served as a shelter and school for many children from the 𝑲𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝑻𝒐𝒆𝒚 community in 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒐𝒌. The original soundtrack features music by 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 and 𝑲𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 & 𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝑴𝒄𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆. In July of the same year, 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒕 organized a special screening of the documentary and all proceeds were donated to 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 to address the needs of the community due to the pandemic.

🎬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐎𝐃𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑
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⭐🌸 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑫𝒀 𝑶𝑭 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶 🌸⭐

🌟 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔, 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔. It's also Nick Gavrilovic, Angela Chan, Matt Lunn and "The Glue": Bill Lloyd. These are the people you see when you go to a concert and have an unforgettable time. And it's also former members like Steve Hewitt, Steve Forrest, Robert Shulzberg and Fiona Brice.

🌟 But behind the scenes, there are many people we have heard about or seen in documentaries or pictures. My post today is dedicated to one of those people who has been behind the scenes, but who has played and still plays 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 since the beginning of their career. I'm talking about 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏, 𝒄𝒐-𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 (𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏) 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.

Screenshot from MTV - Alex and Brian in Spain (1997)

🌟 Before founding Riverman Management, Alex (and his lifelong mate, David!) promoted bands such as Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana, dEUS, Bush and many more ! To get an idea of how hard it was, I recommend you watch the film 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔, released in September 2020, which follows David McLean's somewhat turbulent start to becoming a top promoter (directed by David McLean himself and where Alex is the producer of this biopic). A must see ❗

🎬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫 

▪ https://bit.ly/3OSoQz4 🎬


"𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 (𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻) 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟵 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲. 𝗡𝗶𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻, 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗝𝗮𝗺, 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗥𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲…. 𝗘𝘁𝗰 𝗲𝘁𝗰."
✔️ 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚏.𝚗𝚎𝚝 - 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚆𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙳𝚊𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝: 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡-𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗 - 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟾, 𝟸0𝟸𝟷

Placebo recieving Gold Award in Berlin for Loud Like Love (2016) - Credit unknown

🌟 Very interested in the demos Placebo sent her some thirty years ago, Alex saw the potential of this unknown band and was "𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦" when she saw them live for the first time.

🌟 Alex is present at all levels as you will discover in the interview I'm sharing with you today, in which you can't help but notice that Alex is like a mother who takes wonderful care of her children, as this eventful episode relayed by Kerrang!, testifies:

"𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗽 𝗕𝗶𝘇𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲. “𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲,” 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗼. “𝗛𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿. 𝗛𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆. 𝗠𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻. 𝗛𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹."
✔️ 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐! - 𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 - 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟸00𝟿

Screenshot from Sleeping With Ghosts documentary

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣❗ The fact that she ended up in the Placebo circle is not surprising at all ! She is just like the band members: strong, independent and with spirit. 🔥👏

🌟 Alex followed the band on tour since the very beginning of their career and is still on the road with them as some fans spotted her in Mantova on June 29, 2022.

🌟 𝑰 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 (𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏). 😊💎


🌟 I let you enjoy this interview with Alex Weston and discover how she sees Brian, Stefan and Steve and you'll see she knows her thing about the band ! The interview isn't recent (2000), but what a wonderful woman, full of love and respect for her protégés.

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🌸 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤'𝙨 𝙘𝙤-𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 / 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?
💬 Same year as my partner, Dave McLean - we received a demo, met the boys and they came to a few of our gigs (we promoted bands in those days !) and eventually we all mutually decided to work together. That was five years ago.

🌸 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤-𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡?
💬 I organize the boys' schedules and co-ordinate all their day to day activities, including press and promo (UK and international), videos, Producers, studios, artwork, rehearsals, band holidays, etc. I also liaise with the fan club, web site and oversee the band's merchandise, etc. And Dave and I deal with the band's lawyer and accountants too. I handle all incoming requests and contracts for the band., and liaise daily with the record company on all aspects of planning for any Placebo campaign to ensure that we make the best of the band's time. Dave and I are fiercely protective of brian, Stef and Steve and like to have everything working thoroughly and efficiently. Everything that gets to the band has to go through me and Dave first. I'm a sticker for getting things in writing or contracted. At the end of the day, Dave and I work together to guide and further the band's career.

Placebo and Alex Weston receive Gold Award for Soulmates DVD in Berlin (2005) - Credit unknown

🌸 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 / 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙗?
💬 I think the most satisfying part of the job is watching the band's career progress internationally. Over the five years, record sales have increased substantially and we are playing good sized venues all over the world. There's something very satisfying, very satisfying about playing a sell out UK tour and then going to the other side of the world (ie Australia) and playing to equally large sell out crowds. As far as the most enjoyable part of my job goes, Dave and I like the band to be happy because if they're happy and enjoying what they do, then so are we. If they're tired, stressed out and miserable (generally towards the end of a long tour) then it becomes increasingly difficult to ask them to do 'one more interview or phot session' for example. The requests for the band's time never stop, we just have to monitor things and draw a line when you see the cracks appear.

🌸 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚?
💬 We put Placebo on at the Underworld in Camden and didn't know if they could play live or not so it was the moment of truth ! They could and they were fantastic. They played Lady Of The Flowers in the soundtrack and I was completely blown away. I knew then they were something special.

🌸 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡?
💬 They're not like any other band I've ever worked with. They exude star quality. They are three totally different characters that somehow get into this close knit that is Placebo. They are just very special people who are passionate about what they do.

🌸 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙜 / 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙮?
💬 I loved doing the U2 dates just for the excitement of seeing Placebo play to hundreds of thousands of people an the big Zooropa stage ! The most nerve racking was when Placebo played the Irving Plaza in New York in February 1999 and David Bowie joined them on stage for an encore of Without You I'm Nothing and 20th Century Boy. I was so nervous for them and so desperate for it to work well and it really was one of the most exciting moments. The most enjoyable gig to watch was at the Rockwave festival in Greece last year. Deus played before us and then Placebo played an amazing set with the sun going down behind the open stage. It was a beautiful warm night and the atmosphere was amazing. The crowd was incredible and it was a pleasure to see.

🌸 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙜 / 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙮?
💬 It was the Paradise in Amsterdam, a 'London Calling' event. It was Placebo's very first time in Amsterdam and our stage time was very late which meant too much time for drinking and erm, 'smoking' before the gig. It was the first time the Dutch record label had ever seen the band play and it was a disaster ! The PA was dreadful, strings and guitar strpas broke, and they weren't playing their instruments properly and kept wandering off stage. I remember hiding behind the mixing desk at the sheer horror of it all!

Screenshot from Canali TV - Alex Weston in Istanbul (2009)

🌸 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤'𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨?
💬 The new album is everything you would expect from Placebo. It's a mixture of hard edged rock songs and emotional, heart wrenching slower numbers with their first venture into a bit of American rap. It's the band's first album they have co-produced and mixed so it's very personal to them. I really love Spite And Malice, the rap song with Justin Warfield. I also love Peeping Tom which tugs at the heartstrings. I always love these Placebo songs. I Know was my favourite on the first album and Without You I'm Nothing on the second. A great Placebo album.

🌸 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤.
💬 🔸 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 - the most wordly of the band. He's a father (of gorgeous Emily) and therefore quite responsible. He keeps everyone's feet firmly on the ground and is not afraid to speak his mind ! He's car mad and obsessed with all things black - music, clothes, women...
💬 🔸 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 - an absolute sweetheart. The quietest of the bunch who often finds himself in the middle of two loud mouths! He's very kind and thoughtful (brings homemade cakes and biscuits into the office - delicious). Stef on stage however, is frankly an absolute star and is so moody, cool, intense - just mesmerizing!
💬 🔸 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 - where to start ! He has his moments and can be a devil but is generally quite adorable and gets away with murder because he knows he can with his daft little grin that makes you give into him! He really does live for this band and is such a passionate character. Brian is on the phone 5 or 6 times a day with some crazy idea or scheme he's come up with. His brain never seems to switch off ! He can charm anyone when he wants to - if he wants to!

Photo credit: Universal Music

🌸 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙨, 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 (𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜!)

𝟏- 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 ?
💬 Brian - Drama. (𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 '𝑢𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡'!)

𝟐- 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒉𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐.
💬 Breed and Boo Radleys (Right again!)

𝟑- 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 1996?
💬 Evil Superstars and Scheer (𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥, 1,5 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 '𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒!)

𝟒- 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉?
💬 Well, it's not Brian! I doubt very much if it's Steve (although maybe his daughter has). I would guess Stefan, although I don't remember seeing any at his flat. (𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑)

𝟓- 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆?
💬 Are you deliberately asking me more difficult questions than usual? A guess again - Ferrari - do you actually know the answers yourself? (𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 -𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 1/2 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒)

𝟔- 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐'𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓?
💬 Saul Fletcher. I think the boy was saul' nephew (𝑅𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡! 1 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡)

𝐶𝑂𝑁𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑇𝑈𝐿𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁𝑆 𝐴𝐿𝐸𝑋 !
✔️ 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 - 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟽 (𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 - 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸000)

▪ ◾ ♦️ ◾ ▪

🌟 I hope you appreciated the interview Soulmates as much as I did and that you realised how well Placebo are in good and caring hands. 💝

🌟 Let's end this post with the song that amazed Alex the first time she heard it live... 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐕𝐌 (1997)
💐🎶 https://bit.ly/3ySeTfy 🎶💐

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🎇 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎'𝐬 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐑 🎇

🔸Dear Soulmates, today I'd like to talk about an interesting item Placebo sold on their official store in december 2011, their wonderful 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 2012.

It contains 13 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 of the band, taken by different photographers and 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛, the band's manager.🔸

Photo credits at the end of the text

⭐📷Among the photographers is 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒉 𝑳𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔, who was involved in the artwork for 𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 with these great photos of the band at 𝑉𝑎𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑧 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑘 in the Los Angeles desert. He was also with Placebo when they performed at 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑟 𝑊𝑎𝑡 in 2008. And these are some photos that we can see in the calendar. 💕


⭐📷We also find a picture of the lovely 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒈𝒆 who always manages to bring out the emotional side of Placebo through her soulful and beautiful pictures. 💖


⭐📷𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝑵𝒐𝒊𝒓𝒊 is a well-known fashion photographer. During the 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝑆𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑜𝑘𝑦𝑜 𝑖𝑛 2010, where Placebo played an acoustic session, Sam Noiri was there and took this great photo of Brian smiling. Great gift eh! . 💝

⭐🎬The film director 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕-𝑨𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒔 is the author of the live photographs of the band in this calendar. There had to be live photos ! It should be remembered that Charlie Targett-Adams followed Placebo during concerts in 2009 and filmed them. And that's good! Because we can enjoy his incredible talent ! 💞


⭐🌟In the 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜, there is one very important person... 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏. She is the director of Riverman Management, along with 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑀𝑐𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑛. She often follows the band on tour. She must have hundreds and hundreds of pictures of the band ! On the calendar, we can thank her for this superb photo of Brian and Stefan sitting on steps in Cambodia. 💚

Photo credit: Joseph Llanes

✨Photography is an art and all the people I have mentioned above know their stuff !

Here are the links to appreciate their great work✨

📍 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦 https://www.scarletpage.com/

📍 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵-𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘴 http://www.charlietargett-adams.com/

📍 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘪 http://www.saminoiri.com/

📍 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘓𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴 https://www.josephllanes.com/


🔸What I like about this calendar is the eclectic choice of pictures that brings together the fun, the musical universe and the committed side of Placebo. I think it sums up the 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 perfectly.


🎵As many pictures are from the concert in Angkor Wat, let's enjoy ourselves with one of my favorite song from this live: 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝗘𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝘁 🎥https://bit.ly/39UoSnd🎵

𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑠:
- Joseph Llanes (6 pictures on the left + picture of the calendar taken from his IG)
- Charlie Target-Adams (4 pictures on the rignt)
- Scarlet Page (in the middle left, bottom page)
- Sami Noiri (in the middle, right bottom page)
- Alex Weston (in the middle, on top)

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