♠️♥️🎵 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬 🎵♦️♣️

🔸 𝐎𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫. 22 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 ! ☺️

🔸 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 150 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2001, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘺 2001 ! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴.

🔸 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘹𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘤, 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘨𝘪𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 450 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥.

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♠️ 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐗𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 ♠️

🔸 It was their first gig for then months, a secret fan club only show at the 450 capacity Oxford Zodiac. Fans had traveled as far as Japan to see the band showcase their new material from their forthcoming third album 'Black Market Music' for the very first time. The level of excitement and anticipation was high as we waited for the band to come on stage. After what seemed like forever, the intro started and the clapping and screams that filled the venue were possibly audible in neighbouring villages across the county ! Finally, the band appeared, looking relaxed and happy to be back. If there were any nerves in the Placebo camp, they were certainly well hidden.

🔸 Placebo opened with their first new track of the set titled 'Black Eyed', received hungrily by the crowd and followed by another new one, (and Stefan's personal favourite) 'Days Before You Came', a short fix of hard edged rock - pure Placebo ! The classic track 'Allergic' was up next after which Brian asked the audience to dedicate 'You Don't Care About Us' to "your favourite music magazine" (a banner reading "F*** the NME appeared in the crowd at this point, prompting a loud cheer !). Introducing the next song as the follow up single to 'Taste In Men', a sudden hush fell upon the vebue as the audience listened intently to the lyrical 'Slave To The Wage', dedicated to Scott Piering, the band's renowned radio and TV plugger who sadly died of cancer earlier this year.

🔸 'Passive Aggressive' was one of my personal favourites of the show, and proved also to be an instant hit with the audience. Leading to believe you're about to hear a slow track, the song builds gradually and powerfully, hinting at the diversity and sheer musical and typical brilliance of the forthcoming album.'Bionic' and '36 Degrees' were next lifting the crowd even bigger, and afterwards another new one 'Commercial For Levi' prompted a further dedication, this time to Placebo's sound man who saved Brian from certain death by a Fiat Uno ! Brian insisted Placebo hadn't been sponsored by Kellogs as they launched into the superb 'Special K', a real up beat powerful pop rock track and potential chart topper. The crowd were then given an opportunity to get their breath back as the title track from the band's last album 'Without You I'm Nothing' followed, along with an acoustic version of 'Every You Every Me' (another fanclub exclusive - first time ever performed live acoustically !). The penultimate new track of the evening 'Narcoleptic' and the alternative rendition of 'Teenage Angst' with Stef on piano ensued.

🔸 The encore kicked in with 'Taste In Men', another one of my personal highlights of the evening., with the track sounding larger than ever. It reminded me of the first time I heard 'Pure Morning' live, prompting a real "hair in the back of your neck" sensation. It was hard to believe that the set was almost over and that the end of the show was drawing ever closer. Placebo didn't disappoint however, with their choice of the last two songs, the rather excellent 'Nancy Boy' and 'Pure Morning' rounding off a very special evening. Afterwards it was tie to have a few drinks, watch some classic Placebo videos, and if you were one of the lucky ones, now was your chance to meet the band. An unforgettable night with a very special atmosphere, leaving everyone counting the days until the release of album number three.
Top gig boys !
☑️ 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 - 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟽 (𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 - 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸000)

Photo credits:  Liam Nicholls / Edit by Laetitia

♦️ 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 ♦️

🔸 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘰... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘒 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 2, 2001 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥, 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 !

𝘛𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: https://bit.ly/39RdImV

🎵 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙤
 https://bit.ly/3n6HLdl


🔸 𝘖𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 27, 2000 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 ! 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 ?

🔊 Justin appeared with the band at reading festival which must have been in 2000 or 2001 and did that the performance live on stage with them and that I think it remains, to this day, the only performance of that song that the boys have done live.
☑️ 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗 - 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 - 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 - 𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝟹


🔊 Stef on stage was so incredible. I mean I cringe now looking at like my like super dodgy like pink faux hawk. I was like wearing a t-shirt and jeans and like didn't have anything to wear and they were all glammed up and was in the trailer and they're like: "you should put on something" and so I just took one of Stef's like leather jackets with a fur collar and then jumped out on stage.
☑️ 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗 𝚆𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 - 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 - 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 - 𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝟹

🎵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲
https://bit.ly/3ydnetG

Photo credits unknown, taken from Silver Rocket Issue 7 / Edit by Laetitia 

🔸 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘺 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘦 𝘔𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘴 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴) 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦̀𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 1966, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴.

🎵 𝗠𝘆 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹
https://bit.ly/3nrqJH7


🔸 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2000 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥.

- 𝑶𝒏 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚.
🔊 It's more of a metaphor than anything else. I'm not talking about a particular country, but about some things I discovered in myself that I'm not proud of. Every person knows their bad sides and tries to hide them most of the time. I think it's important to bring out these frustrations and obsessions that end up ruining us. Because when you overcome that stuff, your life is better. That's kind of the message of this song.
☑️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚐 - 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟸00𝟷

🎵 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀
https://bit.ly/3xK4Lne


🔸 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 ⭐

🎵 Every Me Every You live at MCM Café (22 February 2001)
https://bit.ly/3xPmnhL

Photo credits unknown / Edit by Laetitia 

🔸 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 1, 2001, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦.


🔊 The band were awarded gold discs for Black Market Music sales in excess of 28 000 in Belgium (world domination is getting nearer all the time).
☑️ 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 - #𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟷0 (𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 - 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸00𝟷)


🔊 Beautiful day. Don't let it slip away. Bri and Steve make up so all is cool. A really good one again. Gold discs. We do have a weak spot for the Belgians.
☑️ 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕 - 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 - #𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟷𝟹 (𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 - 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸00𝟸)

🎵 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝗘𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟭) 

https://bit.ly/3QJBjGS


🔸 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 (𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 ) 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥.

♣️ 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 ♣️
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 27, 2001 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑔𝑖𝑢𝑚. 𝐴 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 ! 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ, 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑛 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 18. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚.

💬 𝑺𝒐, 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓. 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: I think it's been the best year that Placebo has had. It's the best record we've ever had and the best tour we've ever had so far.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: It's just been very long. Very long and very taxing (𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥). Both physically and emotionally.


💬 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Well we've only been back in London for what, 2 hours. So it hasn't really hit yet. I think when we go home tonight is when it will sink in.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: Yeah we just try not to think of London too much. We just think of it as another gig. Otherwise we get really nervous.

Photo credits: Paul Bergen / Edit by Laetitia

💬 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 "𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅" 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: Well London we have the most guests.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Yeah (cue laughter) but you know because of that it just makes it added special and because it's Brixton. It's such a dream venue.


💬 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 ?
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Yeah we've played a lot bigger in Europe and Mexico.


💬 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒅 ? 𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒎 𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒔?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: I think that Brixton is the ultimate size really. It's the best venue that we've played, for the sound, atmosphere. Just the nature of being in a theater really.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: There's few purpose built places in France which almost equal it. It's this romance that's attached to it. It's a bit more intense.


💬 𝑺𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒊𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅?
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Yeah headlining gigs.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: Headlining gigs definitely.


💬 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒅?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: Breaking Germany this year. Playing places like Dusseldorf to 5000 people, things like that. It really lifts you up beyond your dreams.


💬 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔? 𝑶𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: Touring for 16 months.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: The beginning of the press campaigns. That was pretty vicious.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: Yes that was rough.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: San Remo, yes.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: That day.


💬 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒖 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: No, not really any. Not anymore. (Stefan and Steve nodded in agreement)


💬 𝑶𝒃𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓?
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Playing the best (evil smirk) interviews are the worst. Ah you know, it's just the fatigue and everything. It's tough and a really kinda prolonged basis.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: It's exhausting.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Right, but without that, you start to get like a junkie, you know the withdrawal symptoms.


💬 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍, 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒋=𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: Get pissed a lot (𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳)


💬 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: Table tennis.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: What stops us killing each other ? Having a common goal.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: Having a common goal and respect. And the music really. We're still writing and it's as fresh as ever. I've said it before, you know that's what keeps it together. Checking out other bands on the tour as well.

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💬 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑪𝑫'𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: Always looking for good movies.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: Snatch.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Engel and Joe from the Black-Eyed vid.


💬 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐'𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮: It's flattering, very flattering.


💬 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: Yeah, the whole of Germany and parts of France had the whole same first row.
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Where do they get the money from, I think that's the burning question. So yeah, it's flattering that they spend so much money on us. There's fans from Japan who can probably lose their jobs following us around on tour for like two months and that's pretty extreme. They blow their life saving and stuff.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: And people who wait for 15 hours in the rain just to see us.


💬 𝑺𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏?
𝓐𝓵𝓵: No.


💬 𝑶𝒌, 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓?
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: I went to see Roger Waters: The Wall when I was about 13 or something, The Wall 2.
(𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨).
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: We went to a Spice Girls party, but that was after the gig, we didn't go to the gig, just the party.


💬 𝑶𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎?
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Yeah, I got beat up by somebody.
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: Oh I went to see Sting (𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥).


💬 𝑶𝒃𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅?
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: Hopefully.


💬 𝑺𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂?
𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷: We'll see. I mean it's not going anywhere.


💬 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓?
𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷: We actually played to more people this time. We played the same venues as we played the last time, but last time was a co-headlining tour with another band, so when we came back, we were playing the same venues but selling them out ourselves.
☑️ 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 - #𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟷𝟷 (𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 - 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟸00𝟸)


Photo credits pic 1:
📷 Carole Epinette (bottom right)
📷 Screenshot from MCM Café (bottom left)
📷 Sublime Cat (middle right)
📷 Rock Mag - February 2001 (background)
📷 the rest unknown
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🌟 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗗𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟭 🌟

🔸 "Here's proof that rock never dies". That's how 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 introduced 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑀𝑜 during the concert at 𝐿𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 17𝑡ℎ, 2001.


I was listening to the performance and can't help but think how great this concert was !

𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 hit the stage at this festival four times, in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2017.

The support band which opened the set for Placebo was none other than 𝑆𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑠, who has remixed 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑒 in the past 👏🔥

Live at Le Printemps de Bourges 2001. Photo credit: Gilles

💬 "The Printemps de Bourges must become, for all those interested in song, a place of creation, expression and confrontation on the song of today."

With this sentence, 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 presented a new concept at the end of 1976: a song festival in the heart of a medium-sized provincial town, to be held during the Easter holidays.

The first Printemps was a success: almost 13,000 tickets were sold. From the first festival in 1977, a special programme, "Les Scènes Ouvertes" (translated as "the Open Stages"), offered a space reserved for young, unknown or unusual talent. Attendance at the festival continued to grow until it reached 100,000 tickets sold in the 90s. However𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔's concern for quality over quantity has led to the Festival being deliberately limited to around 50,000 seats.

In 2001, for the 25th session, the venue has gathered many great artists such as Muse, Sigur Ros, The Divine Comedy, Tortoise, Henry Salvador, Disiz La Peste, Goldfrapp, Sawt El Atlas and many more. A variety of music from all over the world, which makes the festival a good reputation.

Live at Le Printemps de Bourges 2001. Photo credit: Gwen

⭐ 𝑺𝑬𝑻𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻

🎵Dub Psychosis

🎵Haemoglobin

🎵Days Before You Came

🎵Allergic (to Thoughts of Mother Earth)

🎵Scared of Girls

🎵Bionic

🎵36 Degrees

🎵Passive Aggressive

🎵Leni

🎵Little Mo

🎵Every You Every Me

🎵Without You I'm Nothing

🎵Slave to the Wage

🎵Special K

🎵Taste In Men

Encore:

🎵My Sweet Prince

🎵Commercial for Levi

🎵Peeping Tom

Encore 2:

🎵Black-Eyed

🎵Pure Morning

Live at Le Printemps de Bourges 2001. Photo credit unknown

⭐ 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾𝑺

📖 Placebo started energetically with Haemoglobin. The beginning of the concert is dominated by explosive tracks from their self-titled debut album. On Teenage Angst, Bionic and 36 Degrees, the audience goes wild. There is a serious scramble in the pit and Brian Molko gives the security team the message to calm down. Brian takes over the keyboards for two tracks, including the sufuriant Peeping Tom. Wearing a cowboy hat, Stefan Olsdal takes care of the entertainment standing on an amp and provides second vocals on an intense Without You I'm Nothing. Steve Hewitt is hidden behind his drums, but is still very present musically. A fourth musketeer, Bill, joins the power trio on stage to reinforce the guitar sound.

The many tracks from Black Market Music, for which the audience seems to have a preference, prove the effectiveness of the latest album. A very electro My Sweet Prince starts the first encore and the concert ends with a long awaited Pure Morning. The core fans are delighted despite the lack of sound quality. The fans and others leave the Igloo with bleeding ears but with a smile on their faces and don't forget that the next day they will see Divine Comedy, JJ 72 and Muse. 📕
(𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮)


📖 Brian Molko blessed by the Gods ? Not sure. Saved from the waters, that's for sure. For this first day of the festival and contrary to all the weather forecasts, the rain gave us some respite. Arriving late under the big top of the Igloo after having passed the few unconscious people who were fleeing the crowd, we came face to face with the guys from Sneaker Pimps who were following Placebo's French tour step by step. The spirit is friendly, but the headliner is late if we refer to the attitude of the audience who will only give a few polite cheers despite the 3000 souls attending (which won't be enough to fill the room). It must be said that the most fervent followers of the power trio had already planned to be in the front row by taking the hall by storm from 3.30 pm. The opening of the doors started two hours later, so we understand the heavy feeling of impatience of some. At 9pm, the applause meter is really flying, Brian Molko has just entered and starts without any introduction on Dub Psychosis. The evening is launched in the same way as the concert in Paris in March and the decibel level is just as devastating. Haemoglobin's saturated guitars are barely audible (so to speak!) and we're at the stage of fearing sudden deafness for the days to come, the sound is not quite perfect and our ears will surely take a hit. Bill, the band's multi-instrumentalist, swaps the keyboard for the guitar and it's an over-excited version of Days Before You Came that triggers the first slams in the crowd. For those who wanted to adopt the same look as Molko by coming to Placebo's concerts in a clean suit, it should be noted that the fall of the jacket is more than advised in the first rows... Afterwards, Brian and his band take a turn towards their 2nd album with Allergic (To Thought Of Mother Earth) followed by Scared Of Girls and the atmosphere temperature hasn't dropped a bit. The die-hards are having a field day and the pit is clearly looking like a battlefield. Stefan takes things in hand and Bionic's bass kicks in before being joined by Brian's guitar. The Igloo tent is overheated and the violent chords of 36 Degrees do not help. The song ends and Molko gives a reminder: There are a lot of people here tonight, so try not to push each other. Try to have respect for each other." The audience nods and Brian takes up his ironic tone: "Don't hurt yourselves, it would stay on our conscience." Thanks for them. Putting their money where their mouth is, the band starts the stripped down Passive Aggressive to calm the heat. As a dutiful leader, the Placebo singer then takes the floor again to pay homage to the pre-engineered King Elvis concert before missing his start on Little Mo: Here's proof that rock 'n' roll never dies." Every You Every Me and then Without You I'm Nothing follow before giving way to an unstoppable end to the first set: Slave To The Wage, Special K and Tatste In Men. The 3 singles in a row would make any octogenarian Charles Trenet fan jump, so what can we say about a venue dedicated to the Placebo cause ! The band goes back to the backstage before returning to polish up the work: a shot of My Sweet Prince, a bit of sweetness in this world of brutes with Commercial For Levi and Peeping Tom before the band goes backstage for a second time. The traditional last encore is awaited and no one is determined to leave the place when Brian appears again to motivate the audience to come back the next day for the rest of the festival's program including Muse, Stephen Malkmus and The Divine Comedy. As the evening drew to a close, the chorus of Black-Eyed's vocals continued to ring out in the tent before Pure Morning's now customary finale. The crowd is finally satiated, the satisfied band lose themselves behind the stage in the middle of a hugging session. Placebo are now done with France before their next appearances in July for other festivals. Later in the evening, the Bourges venue continued to bustle with activity in the nearby bars, but it was clear that Placebo had set the bar high for this opening act. 📕

(𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘨 - 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 2001)

Live at Le Printemps de Bourges 2001. Photo credit:Gwen

⭐ 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒈 ! 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐.

📻 https://bit.ly/3r9jp5X 🎶

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♦️𝗧𝗛𝗘 "𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖" 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥♦️

”Black market music” was Placebo's third big tour. It started 21 years ago today on July 20th 2000 at The Zodiac in Oxford, England. The last concert took place in at Flanders Expo in Belgium on October 27th 2001. Alltogether 150 shows were performed during the tour.

🎬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 – 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰
🎵 https://bit.ly/3fbA6Hg 🎵

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🔹 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 🔹
Black-Eyed
Days Before You Came
Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth)
You Don't Care About Us
Slave To The Wage
Bionic
Passive Aggressive
36 Degrees
Special K
Taste In Men
Nancy Boy
Pure Morning

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