🎸 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 😊
♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪

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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⭐ 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗛𝗔𝗟 - 𝗟𝗨𝗫𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗚 - 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟰𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 ⭐

🔶 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 ! 💗

𝐼'𝑚 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑢𝑥𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 4𝑡ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑.
𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑡 😊

Photo credit;  Vincent Lescaut for L’essentiel - Edit by Laetitia

🟣 We arrived around 3pm before the 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒍. Brave fans had been there since the morning. We were allocated numbers and the waiting began... I still didn't realize at that moment that in a few hours I was going to see 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 on stage. I have to say that in the days leading up to the concert, I was gripped by a kind of unexplained and uncontrollable anxiety, as if it was the first time. I put this feeling on the back of the two previous anxiety-filled years we all spent... This anxiety faded away the day before the concert to give way to excitement but also to a kind of disbelief... the moment I had been waiting for was going to happen and I couldn't believe it.

🟣 While queueing, I met Alison, a German fan from Cologne and Myriam, a French fan from the center of France. They both are nice people and had some good laugh 😄. All I saw in her was respect and love for the band and excitement to attend a 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 show.

🟣 At 6.30pm the doors opened and we stood on Brian's side. A great view of the stage. That strange feeling that had been with me since the day before was still there even then. It was a '𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑒' situation. Myriam and I were coast to coast, waiting, laughing, observing 😛

🎸 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 came on stage at about 8pm. Of all the shows I've been to, this band was one of the best opening acts ! What a stage presence ! Energetic punk led by a singer who can't stay still, living his songs, followed by equally dynamic musicians. Wow. I loved it ! Of the eight songs they performed, the only ones I remember are 𝑩𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆, 𝑷𝒐𝒑 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒓, 𝑫𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒈𝒆'𝒔 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and 𝑭𝒊𝒕 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌 where they asked the audience to shout '𝘍𝘪𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬' when it was time to sing. Pretty cool 😊

🟣 The awareness that I was going to see 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 on stage became more concrete and I felt serene, calmed down but still gripped by this excitement that was going up to a crescendo.

🟣 The messages asking the audience to leave the phones and live in the moment were displayed... the security guys were on their toes. They were organizing themselves in front of my eyes and I found it rather funny to watch. I had decided not to take any pictures, respecting the band's wishes, although I'm not the type to spend a concert with my phone in my hand.

Photo credit;  Vincent Lescaut for L’essentiel - Edit by Laetitia

🟣 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 began. 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌, 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕, 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍 and 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒂 entered the stage. The crowd got excited. It was 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏's turn to show his face and I realized. I realize that I was going to live a memorable and unique moment. 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 entered as well. The cheers got louder and louder. My serenity faded away and was replaced by pure joy. I let myself be carried away by this wave of immense happiness and lost myself in the music. Nothing else mattered except 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨... I sang my heart out, danced and jumped to the rhythm of the songs.

🟣 The band was masterful, it was beyond my expectations. The new live songs are just great. 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐 is meant to be heard live because the songs take on a whole new dimension, a total immersive dimension.

🎶 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 is the one that touched me the most. The melody penetrated me. What a sweet feeling it is to be touched in the depths of your being... I experienced this song with tears in my eyes.💚

🎶 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 is as magical as ever. It's one of the songs I've been waiting for to come back in the setlist. 🤘🏻

🎶 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕.. it's a song I've loved since I was a kid. The cover by 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 was a great surprise for me. The live version is just beautiful. The studio version is just a glimpse of what it sounds like live. It's really a thing ! 💕

🎶 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 and 𝒔𝒂𝒅 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒆 are so beautiful and powerful that I think I lost my footing at some point. It was such a beautifully strange feeling. ✨

🎶 For the songs from the previous albums, it was like seeing old friends again... 𝑎ℎ 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑖𝑎. 🙂

🟣 I think it was at this point that 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 gave a pick to a staff member to pass it to a child in the audience on 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏's side. 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 gave him a the most beautiful and sweetest smile ever.😍 You could read the joy on 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏’s face.

🟣 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 had a lot of smiles and friendly interactions and it was heartwarming to witness this. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 repeatedly stood on the small stage in front of the audience and interacted with the people. Of course, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 didn't exchange a word with the audience but, as far as I'm concerned, I don't need that at all to enjoy their show.

Photo credit;  Vincent Lescaut for L’essentiel - Edit by Laetitia

☆ What I did notice though, despite 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏's silence, was that he was far from being disconnected from the audience. On several occasions, while playing his guitar and observing the crowd, I saw him smile succinctly. He wasn't smiling directly at people, no. He had this little satisfied smile on his face as he directed his gaze to the floor or to his instrument. No words were necessary. He too was delighted. 💖

☆ 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒂 who was right in front of me smiled at the audience as well. I waved her to notified her the concert was great and she waved me back 🙂

🟣 I know that many people didn't like the fact that security used torches to prevent people from taking pictures. As far as I'm concerned, it didn't affect my experience and I even found it quite funny. On several occasions, one of the guys (who was quite big) stood on the foot of the fence, blocking my view. I literally had my head on his stomach. All I wanted to do was hold him and make him dance. 😂 I didn't dare... You have to take things lightly or turn them into something positive. There's no point in getting so upset over so little. Let's just say it's part of the whole thing. 😉

🟣 When 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼𝒑 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍 started, I couldn't believe that it was already the end of the show. It went by in a flash. But as the saying goes: 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴.

🟣 At the end of the song, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and Stefan played with the feedback for a long time, exchanging looks and smiles.

Photo credit;  Vincent Lescaut for L’essentiel - Edit by Laetitia

☆ As 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 approached the audience, he thanked them with gratifying gestures. When he got to the front of the crowd, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 joined hands and said '𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢' in the most respectful and dignified way ever before returning backstage.

☆ 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏, on the other hand, stepped onto the small stage and gave a warm salute to the audience and left.

☆ Friday, I saw an exceptional performance by 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨. I had come to experience an incredible moment and I got much better than that. It was closer to transcendence. No more unreal feelings, just stars in my eyes and lasting memories.💗

🙏 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧. 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 !
See you next week in Nancy 😊

🎸 I had the opportunity to meet 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 after the show, they are not only good on stage, they are also funny and incredibly nice. I got a signed copy by the whole band of their CD 𝑂𝑁𝑊𝐴𝑅𝐷𝑆 𝐴 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, and it's going to join my music collection.

🙏 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 ! You've won my heart 💗
•.☆♫•♬•*･ﾟ♡･ﾟ*•♬•♫☆.•

🔶 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.
𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑝 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛, 𝐼 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 😉
𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 💝🌼

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ANNIVERSARY: The MTV Unplugged Show

Today we celebrate the ANNIVERSARY of the “MTV Unplugged” album. It was released as CD and DVD five years ago on November 27^th 2015. The concert was recorded on 19^th of August that year at The London Studios in Waterloo, Central London. Placebo manager Alex Weston and Angus Blue of the band's management Riverman were both executive producers of the show.

♫ The bitter end – MTV Unplugged ♫

The “Unplugged” concert consisted of 17 songs. Two guest vocalists had an appearance on stage: singer-songwriter Majke Voss Romme of Broken Twin sang “Every you Every me” with the band and Joan Wasser aka Joan As Police Woman “Protect me from what I want”.

♫ Bosco – MTV Unplugged ♫

According to Stefan it was very hard and took a long time to work out the right setlist, because “with acoustic versions it can be easy to become very self-indulgent and just play all the slow tracks. So it was challenging to do a setlist that flowed well” (uDiscoverMusic, November 25th 2015). But the band had lots of opportunities to rework rock versions of their tracks into acoustic ones in the past and so everything sounded just perfect. 

♫ Meds – MTV Unplugged ♫

CONCERT REVIEW BY A FAN

The event started later than scheduled and we were kept waiting outside in the cold wind, but, hey, who cares about temperature when you are about to see such a band?!

People invited by the band, Helena Berg and Cody Molko included, got inside first, of course, plus a number of people, mainly from Russia I guessed: maybe the latter belong to a Fan Club or run some specific blog on Placebo.

After about an hour we got in and were ordered for the hundredth time to turn off all our devices. Once inside, temperature wasn’t any higher: in fact the studio was a freezer. But, again, who cares?!
The audience was asked to sit down behind a group of seats right in front of the stage: these were already taken by the band’s guests. Seats sold by Crowdsurge were on the sides and behind other reserved seats in the central stalls area.

The stage was surrounded by a transparent veil that formed a sort of giant cube. Right before the show started, we were told to shut down phones, tablets and cameras. 

All of a sudden, an enchanting music played by a string orchestra (6 elements, I think) invaded the silent hall and the audience experienced a sort of trance. Then, the band came up on stage and they started with Jackie. Can you believe it? Jackie! True fans had tears in their eyes and I personally had to put a hand on my mouth, as it was trying to sing it automatically even if nobody was supposed to. It was so intense. I had the feeling that all members of the audience were tense for the band, a tad more nervous than them: everybody wanted it to be a special once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Brian wore a light make-up: foundation, black eye-pencil and a some grey eye-shadow (at least this was what I could sea from where I was sitting). His clothes were elegant and minimal: black trousers and black shirt. He had his hair trimmed, so it was a bit shorter than the last gig and he looked younger and sweeter: let’s say that the Severus Snape’s look was much less perceivable!
Stefan was impeccable as usual: his dark grey suit made his height and his slim silhouette really charming. He could have been a model! We already know his haircut (a sort of male pixiecut) seen in the previous gigs.

Matt was lightheartedly casual in his white t-shirt, while Fiona-the-busy-bee had a vintage updo that really suited her. Her half-ponytail was a bit backcombed. Very elegant.

Brian looked really relaxed, but I think he had a hurricane in his mind: he had to play, sing, entertain, do all the talking, as Stefan wouldn’t say a single word apart from “Thank you”, and get synchronised with the process of filming, which had been clearly organised before, but had to be rearranged. Nevertheless, he was cheerful and made us laugh more than a couple of times. Post Blue was played with an instrument called the Qanun, but the very moment Stefan pulled two strings Brian went “Ha! It seems the qanun is out of tune!” He sounded so funny!!! You won’t see that in the dvd!

The coolest thing you’ll see on the dvd are the effects. I told you the band played on a stage that looked like a cage of veil. On that veil projectors created images with white lights: squares, stripes, rain drops… It was beautiful to see, but I guess it will be even more enjoyable on the DVD!

Cover moment: Where is my mind. What can I say? They have played it before and every time the emotion is almost overwhelming, but you’ll see: this time the voice is so perfect, so in tune, full, it doesn’t get lost in the open space of festival stage. It’s like it should be. They repeated it twice and they did the same for Jackie, Loud Like Love and the two songs sung with the guest artists. Brian was pretty open about having forgotten a couple of lines in LLL and Where is my mind. I think he was surprised to see how we wouldn’t mind listening to same song as many times as he wanted us to! Before playing “Where is my mind” for the second time he said “You must like the song!”. No! We like the BAND!!!!

Sweetest moments: Brian smiling at his song as he stepped on stage; Cody almost jumping on his chair during Loud like love.
(Review by Laura Meneghetti)

Photo credits: Screenshots from the DVD, cover of the album, edit by me

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