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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

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๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง. ๐‡๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ!

♦️ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’”, born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed the band The Pixies with his friend Joey Santiago, bassist Kim Deal and drummer David Lovering. When the band released their mini-album ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž, he adopted the name Black Francis.

๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™„๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™ž๐™ญ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ
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Photo credits: Scarlet Page (Placebo), Travis Shinn, Screenshots: Soulmates DVD,  Edit by Laetitia


♦️ When he disbanded the Pixies in 1993 to embark on a solo career, he changed his pseudonym from Black Francis to Frank Black.

♦️ His career has been quite eclectic. He has had many periods in his life as an artist, moving from the punk rock of the Pixies to electro and hardcore, then from soul to reggae before returning to punk. In 1996, with the band ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’”, he made a very electric album. The following albums, ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’๐’๐’†๐’“๐’ and ๐‘ซ๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’๐’…, saw his style evolve into more country and folk rock.

๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™œ ๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™œ ๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐ŸŽฅ https://bit.ly/3iV4TsV ๐ŸŽต

๐™’๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™‹๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™ค ๐ŸŽฅ https://bit.ly/3ITju2A ๐ŸŽต


♦️ The albums that came out in 2002 were even more country or even blues, and the topics became more serious and the music more subtle and melodious.

Gold Heart Of Stone from Black Letter Days ๐ŸŽฅ https://bit.ly/38ivKNT ๐ŸŽต

♦️ In 2005, he abandoned the Catholics and made the album ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’†๐’š๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’ƒ with major musicians. In 2006, the singer changed his name back to Francis Black and made new albums, and with his wife, under the name of ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ซ๐’–๐’„๐’‰๐’š, made the duo album ๐‘ท๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐‘ญ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’”.

๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™‹๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ ๐ŸŽฅ https://bit.ly/3Lrok91 ๐ŸŽต

Photo xredit:  Michael Halsband

๐Ÿ”ป ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—•๐—ข ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐Ÿ”ป

♦️ Placebo has always shown their admiration for the Pixies. ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’‚๐’ said of them that "๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘" and that "๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž
✔️ ๐™ณ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š–๐šŠ๐šž๐šก ๐š‹๐šข ๐š‚๐šŽ๐š‹๐šŠ๐šœ๐š๐š’๐šŽ๐š— ๐™ผ๐š’๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šž๐š


๐Ÿ’ฌ "๐‘Š๐‘’'๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘š - ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ 15 ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก-๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’. ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” - ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ฅ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ: ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™."
✔️ ๐™ฑ๐š›๐š’๐šŠ๐š— ๐™ผ๐š˜๐š•๐š”๐š˜ - ๐™ป๐šŽ๐šœ ๐™ธ๐š—๐š›๐š˜๐šŒ๐š”๐šž๐š™๐š๐š’๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š‘๐š˜๐š›๐šœ ๐šœ๐šŽ́๐š›๐š’๐šŽ ๐™ฟ๐™ป๐™ฐ๐™ฒ๐™ด๐™ฑ๐™พ - ๐Ÿธ00๐Ÿบ


♦️ Brian and Stefan had the enormous pleasure of playing with their idol on stage on October 18th 2003 in Paris for the Sleeping With Ghosts tour.

๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™„๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ? ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ (2003)
๐ŸŽฅ https://bit.ly/3IO4Bia ๐ŸŽต


๐Ÿ’ฌ "๐ด๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก, ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ , ๐‘–๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ "๐น๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข, ๐ผ'๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ! (๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ ). ๐ผ๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ก ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ (๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก) ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘’'๐‘  50๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ. ๐ด๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ . ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ผ๐‘  ๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ? ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’'๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ . ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก. ๐‘‚๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ! ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ผ๐‘  ๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ? ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐ด๐‘ก ๐ต๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘ฆ, ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š, ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™, ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก, ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ . "
✔️ ๐™ฑ๐š›๐š’๐šŠ๐š— ๐™ผ๐š˜๐š•๐š”๐š˜ - ๐™ป๐šŽ๐šœ ๐™ธ๐š—๐š›๐š˜๐šŒ๐š”๐šž๐š™๐š๐š’๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š‘๐š˜๐š›๐šœ ๐šœ๐šŽ́๐š›๐š’๐šŽ ๐™ฟ๐™ป๐™ฐ๐™ฒ๐™ด๐™ฑ๐™พ - ๐Ÿธ00๐Ÿบ


♦️ The song ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’” ๐‘ด๐’š ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’… is a staple among the Placebo fanbase, who love to sing the famous "Ooh Ooh" at the top of their lungs at gigs.
๐ˆ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ ! ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ’—

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Saturday, January 8, 2022

⚡๐ŸŒ  ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ท๐‘ท๐’€ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘บ๐‘ฒ๐’€… ๐ŸŒ ⚡

… to the one and only ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†, the outstanding English singer, songwriter and actor who would have turned 75 today (he was born on January 8, 1947 in ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’™๐’•๐’๐’, ๐‘ณ๐’๐’๐’…๐’๐’.) We will always admire him for his endless creativity and ability to reinvent himself in each one of his 26 studio albums. He had a huge impact on the music industry and influenced many artists over the years - and still he does. For all this and more, today we dedicate this post to him with much love. ๐Ÿ’—

Photo credits at the end of the post

๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† was undoubtedly very important to ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ and has a very special place not only in their musical career but also in their hearts, on a personal level as ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’ expressed in the following words:

๐Ÿ’ซ "๐‘ด๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’˜๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’Ž๐’†๐’•. ๐‘ต๐’๐’๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” , ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’–๐’” ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ. ๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’–๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’”๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’”.

๐‘พ๐’Š๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–, ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’•๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’”๐’…๐’๐’Ž, ๐‘ฐ ๐’…๐’๐’’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฐ ๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’•๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š, ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’. ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’–๐’."
▪️๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘œ'๐‘  ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘’, ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ 2016.


Sure we also feel grateful to ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… for the support and friendship he gave them in those early years of the band. But how did that strong bond between ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… and ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ come about?

In the chat hosted by ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† with ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’, ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’๐’”๐’…๐’‚๐’ and ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’—๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’• on 29 March 1999 via his ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†๐‘ต๐’†๐’• website, they shared the story of how they met.

Photo credit:  Kevin Mazur WireImage / Getty Images 

⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: […] SpacegirlBianca asks: "How did you become involved as the opening band for David at his birthday concert?"
๐ŸŽค๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’: Aha!

⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: Well, SpacegirlBianca, we actually go back a lot longer than that, don't we, guys!
๐ŸŽค๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’๐’”๐’…๐’‚๐’: We do!
๐ŸŽค๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’: Would you like to explain how?


⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: No, you tell the story. But I'll say that I spotted them, I thought they were a really terrific band. And Virgin let me have their very earliest things, including the song "Nancy Boy". I thought, That's a terrific song for a bunch of jacks to sing, I think they'll probably be huge!' (laughter). And we got together, and we were working together what year?
✨(๐‘ช๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’–๐’”): Ninety Six.

⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: Ninety Six.
๐ŸŽค๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’๐’”๐’…๐’‚๐’: The "Outside" tour.
๐ŸŽค๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’: We went from playing to three hundred people, maximum, in England, to thousands of people with you in Europe.


⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: Yeah. From three hundred to well over four or five hundred some nights.
๐ŸŽค๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’: Well over eight thousand, I think. (laughter). And you got hold of some of our demos, I think we had started touring with you before we had even started recording the first album.


⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: And I kept on at them like a dog with a bone, excuse the pun, to put out "Nancy Boy", which of course became a very good song. All of their songs, of course, are very good. I think their songs are much better now.
๐ŸŽค๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’: Well thank you.


⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: But it's very consistent, isn't it, it's been a consistent relationship. I mean, it's not been steps and starts, I think we've brought together quite a lot.
๐ŸŽค๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’: We toured "Outside" with you and most of "Earthling".


⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: Yeah, it's been great, it's been a very good relationship, I've enjoyed it a lot. Watching them grow hopefully I shall watch them grow into old age as well. Because I'm never going to die. (laughter).
▪️๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ & ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘’, ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐’‰ 1999.

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It's impossible not to be moved and some tears come to our eyes as we read that last sentence.... ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ’—


But today we are not going to be sad because the people who are no longer physically, in my opinion, it's better to remember with love how great they were, all the happy moments and all the good things they left us,๐Ÿ’– so let's go back in time to review…


⭐๐ŸŽ‰ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐€๐Œ๐€๐™๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐ˆ๐‘๐“๐‡๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐๐€๐‘๐“๐˜ ๐„๐•๐„๐‘ ๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽ‰⭐


For his ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’…๐’‚๐’š, ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† being the coolest man on this planet could not celebrate in any other way than with a party just as cool as him, announced as "๐ƒ๐€๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐๐Ž๐–๐ˆ๐„ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐ƒ๐’: ๐€ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ" with a list of special guests such as ๐‘ณ๐’๐’– ๐‘น๐’†๐’†๐’…, ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’๐’‰๐’ from the ๐‘ญ๐’๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’”, ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’• ๐‘บ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ from ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’–๐’“๐’†, ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ช๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ from ๐‘บ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’”, ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’” from the ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’™๐’Š๐’†๐’”, ๐‘บ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’€๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ and ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’. The big party would take place at ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘บ๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’ in ๐‘ต๐’†๐’˜ ๐’€๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’•๐’š on January 9, 1997.


๐Ÿ”นJust on the ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†'s birthday was broadcast on ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฉ๐‘ช ๐‘น๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’, an acoustic set that was recorded in rehearsals for this concert and an interview by ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’ƒ๐’ƒ๐’” where several artists and friends such as ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’• ๐‘บ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’‰, ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’ from ๐‘ผ๐Ÿ, ๐‘ต๐’†๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’• from ๐‘ท๐’†๐’• ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’๐’‘ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’š๐’” and ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’ among others sent their birthday wishes as well as questions for ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’ ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’–๐’Œ๐’†. You can listen to it here:

๐ŸŽง https://bit.ly/34q1A9n


๐Ÿ”นHere you can also watch an interview where ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† explains why he chose these artists as special guests.
๐ŸŽฅ https://bit.ly/335iyJo


๐Ÿ”นAnd here is a ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ interview where ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ tells what he was planning to give ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† as a birthday gift. ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ’
๐ŸŽฅ https://bit.ly/3mYV0No

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The opening act of the sold-out concert was our dearest ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’. For almost half an hour they played a set mainly with songs from their first album plus an early version of "๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’†๐’“๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„ (๐‘ป๐’ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’๐’Ž)" after which ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’ said:

✨๐ŸŽ™️"๐‘พ๐’†'๐’… ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ ๐‘ด๐’“. ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’š ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’–๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’š ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’† ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’Š๐’•'๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’‚๐’—๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’†…" ✨

And ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ began to play ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’š's riff. ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

Then it was time for ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ and his band, guitarist ๐‘น๐’†๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’”; keyboardist ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’“๐’”๐’๐’; bassist ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’š and drummer ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘จ๐’๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’…, took the stage to perform "๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐‘พ๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“", the first single from his album "๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ" that would be released just a month later and from which he also premiered a handful of songs during the show. After performing "๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’•'๐’” ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’š ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’๐’", ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† greeted to the audience saying:

✨๐ŸŽ™️"๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ. ๐‘พ๐’†'๐’“๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•. ๐‘พ๐’†'๐’“๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’š๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’…." ✨

At another point in the evening he stated:


✨๐ŸŽ™️“๐‘ฐ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฐ’๐’Ž ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’๐’’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–.” ✨

During the stunning two-hour concert, special guests gradually appeared to perform alongside the birthday boy, playing 25 songs in total. This show was also a benefit gig for ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’, which was also filmed and directed by ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’Ž ๐‘ท๐’๐’‘๐’† as it would be broadcast on television as a ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’š ๐‘ท๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ event on March 8, 1997 with further reruns until March 15. Part of the proceeds from the broadcast also went to the ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’ organization.

To our delight, there is a very rare footage of the ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ opening set of that night and the ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† full concert is also available. Enjoy watching soulmates!

Photo credit:  Kevin Mazur WireImage / Getty Images

๐ŸŽ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ž, ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ• ๐ŸŽถ
https://bit.ly/3zxAHLX


๐ŸŽ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง, ๐๐˜ ๐ŸŽถ
https://bit.ly/3F3BUvM


๐Ÿ“ธ After the concert, ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† got back together with all the special guests backstage for that awesome photo taken by the photographer ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’›๐’–๐’“, which is certainly now one of the most iconic rock and roll images taken in recent times.⚡


✨๐ŸŽ™️“๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’’๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’•. ๐‘ฐ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’… ๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’–๐’Ž๐’†๐’…, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’๐’†๐’”, ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’“๐’ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’๐’–๐’•. ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’’๐’–๐’†๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’…. ๐‘ฐ’๐’Ž ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’“๐’š.” ✨

๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† told the ๐‘ต๐’†๐’˜ ๐’€๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐‘ต๐’†๐’˜๐’” at the time.

To end the big day, There was also a toast at a post-concert dinnerthere was also toasting a post-concert dinner hosted by ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’…'s wife, at the downtown space of ๐‘ฑ๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘บ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ (who directed ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† as ๐‘จ๐’๐’…๐’š ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’“๐’‰๐’๐’ in the film ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’”๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’‚๐’•) where a wide variety of celebrities attended like ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’„๐’Œ, ๐‘ด๐’๐’ƒ๐’š, ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’“๐’•๐’๐’†๐’š ๐‘ณ๐’๐’—๐’†, the former ๐‘ท๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’†, ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’† ๐‘บ๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’๐’, and ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐‘บ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’†๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’“; actors ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’•๐’• ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’๐’, ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’˜ ๐‘ด๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’†, ๐‘ฑ๐’†๐’‡๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’š ๐‘พ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•, ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’๐’‘๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’, and ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’†๐’ ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’•๐’•; and fashion's ๐‘ซ๐’๐’๐’๐’‚ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ and ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’Š ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’.

Photo credit:  Kevin Mazur WireImage / Getty Images


In the summer of 1997, ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† invited ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ to open the three concerts he would give in ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’‚๐’Š๐’ to promote his new album "๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ". The ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ musical magazine ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’…๐’๐‘บ๐’๐’๐’๐’“๐’ interviewed him on the occasion of his visit and there he revealed about ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’:

✨๐ŸŽ™️"๐‘ฐ๐’•'๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’๐’๐’—๐’† ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’. ๐‘ฐ'๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’˜๐’ ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’†'๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’„๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’†๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’˜๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“. ๐‘ฐ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’–๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’•๐’† ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’‚๐’. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’˜๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’”, ๐‘ฐ ๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’–๐’• ๐’‚๐’” ๐’Ž๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐‘ฐ'๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’. ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’š, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’Œ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’”๐’ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’„๐’‰".
▪️๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘’, ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ, ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ฆ 1997


๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’† remained musically active until his death from liver cancer at his home in ๐‘ต๐’†๐’˜ ๐’€๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’•๐’š. He died two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his last album,

"๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“" in 2016. As he wished in his will, his ashes were scattered in a ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’…๐’…๐’‰๐’Š๐’”๐’• ceremony in ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’๐’Š, ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’๐’๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’‚.


๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… was a really charming man, so sweet and with a great sense of humor. Before I finish this post, I want to share with you another excerpt of that chat he had with ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ in March 1999 that I find adorable.


⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: [...]"Placebo, do you consider Bowie to be your mentor or friend?"
๐ŸŽค(๐‘ช๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’–๐’”): Our friend.

⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: Of course I'd like to think that you think of me as a friend.
๐ŸŽค๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’: As a very good friend.

⚡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’†: I love how you rush to affirm that. (laughter).
▪️๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ & ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘’, ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐’‰ 1999.


Surely ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’, ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’๐’”๐’…๐’‚๐’ and ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’—๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’• remember him forever, as a great friend. ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’•

๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒŸ ๐‘ผ๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“,
๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’…! ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒ 

Photo Credits pic 1: Placebo & David Bowie - Frank W. Ockenfels III, NY, March 1999 / DB Birthday Cake & David Bowie with his special guests at Madison Square Garden backstage, January 1997 - Kevin Mazur WireImage / Getty Images // Edit by Rita

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