✨🌠 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓 🌠✨

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒚 recently sat down for a pint with 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, the outspoken singer and songwriter with the consistently popular alternative rock band 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, to ask about the secret of their long-standing success.
📍𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑢𝑙 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐𝒉𝑒𝑙𝑙

📸Photo Credit: Franck Juery, 2009

⭐ 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 (𝟏𝟓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈), 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 - 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄?
🎤 Well, that's the challenging equilibrium you try and strike every time you make a new record: trying to push the boundaries and limits of your sound without repeating yourself. You have to try to do something new, exciting and fresh with the band's sound and play with the band's conceived identity, but at the same time not disregarding what makes you uniquely 'you'.

⭐ 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈?
🎤 I think so! The greater the body of work, the more difficult it becomes to write a fresh song; it becomes a lot more challenging. As far as longevity is concerned, I think if you look at the careers of the likes of The Cure or Depeche Mode - I use those examples because they both released albums this year, 30 years into their career - well they've made music, since day one, purely on their own terms, unaffected, unconcerned by trends, movements and fashion in music. They followed their own path and stuck to their guns, and I think that's why they're still making records which are still worthwhile listening. We're 15 years in, and that's where I'd like to be in another 15. It's not like we have any other options; we're basically unemployable, you know, so this is it.

⭐ 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒆𝒕𝒄. 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓?
🎤 I started looking back on my career around the time of Meds [fifth studio album, released in 2006]. As a lyricist I thought I was using a great deal of gimmicks. For example, the whole chemistry/medicine cabinet routine that is Commercial for Levi or a song title that screams 'Look at Me!' that is Nancy Boy! I made a decision that I wanted to stop using gimmicks and address the bigger questions in more everyday language where possible, and try and simplify it, I suppose. Say more by saying less, that's kinda the trip I'm on right now.

⭐ 𝑰𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 '𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏' 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆?
🎤 Everybody who writes wants to write stuff that's timeless and doesn't date, really. I think you have to be very careful if you want to do that. You have to tap into the spirit of the age but at the same time write something that transcends it. I don't think that using incredibly culturally specific language enables you to do that. So, I'm trying to transcend that and write something that can stand up to the music that I grew up listening to. Take Leonard Cohen, for example. There's a universality in his music and a simplicity which makes it appreciable and meaningful in any decade, any century really. I think that's what I'm trying to do, hopefully in some way making a difference.

Photo credit: Scarket Page

⭐ 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕?
🎤 Right now I'm just wondering how the hell am I going to survive the next two years of this touring schedule and pull out of this in one piece.

⭐ 𝑶𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑼𝑺 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒇 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍?
🎤 It's good to have an intelligent person running one of the most powerful countries and someone who generally cares. I'm less sympathetic towards the economic problems that exist right now than some people might be, because I have never been able to understand the whole culture of living beyond your means. I mean, I've been unemployed for a long time, I've been homeless, I've slept in train stations and I didn't spend money that didn't belong to me. So I find it difficult to be incredibly sympathetic with the culture of avarice that has got us into this position.


The other thing that annoys me about this whole focus on our economic woes is that nobody is talking about the environment anymore, and if anything is going to get us in the ass, it's going to be that. The hole in the ozone layer is still there, 20 years after they discovered it, and it's getting bigger and bigger, yet this isn't news. I want to be involved in the world. I think it comes from being a parent; you want to try and contribute to make a place for your children to grow up in that's hopefully a little bit better than where you were. Unfortunately, it seems that we are heading straight towards some form of environmental armageddon, and perhaps we deserve to go the same way as the dinosaurs for our treatment of the planet.
▪️𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚢, 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟺, 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟿.

𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴!

Now I bring to you an interview with 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, which is a gem from beginning to end as once again he talks to us from his side as a songwriter about how his songwriting style has changed over time, the challenges he faces and what he aspires to achieve in his songs. ⭐🎶

Photo credit: Taratata TV show, 2009

𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 also mentions some of the bands and artists he admires and has covered at some point, so it seemed like a good idea to listen to those songs this afternoon.


🔊 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐝 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐈-𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 🎶
https://bit.ly/3W4YkpQ

🔊 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 (𝐀𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜) 🎶
https://bit.ly/3FVKVe7

🔊 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 - 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 (𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫) 🎶
https://bit.ly/3BGNHRV


Another thing that caught my attention in this interview is that 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏's last answer reminded me of what he mentioned about the environment in the Placebo interviews we read earlier this year. A pity that 13 years later things have not changed much, so it is worth remembering that we must take care and value our planet every day with habits that are kind to nature. 🌏

🔊 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 🎶
https://bit.ly/3HGYm2G


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🎉⭐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!

Post by Marti