🎃⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎'𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐈𝐆, 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐⭐🎃

Photo credit: PlaceboWorld IG account, @annerudolf , @_zilv / edit by Marti

⭐From Czech press:⭐
🎃𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐄
A mesmerizing stage show, a long setlist, a charismatic vocal performance and an unusually mammoth focus on the new album. Before the performance, Placebo fans repeatedly were asked to leave their mobile phones in their pockets for the most interesting experience of the evening, which the whole hall respected. It was so refreshing to go back to the days about fifteen years ago, when people went to concerts to listen and experience them, and not to make low-quality videos on YouTube…
(Musicserver.cz)

🎃𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓!
Molko's uniquely colored voice is as powerful and penetrating as on the albums, the accompanying projections sometimes had a hypnotic effect, and at other times they perfectly accompanied the paranoid atmosphere of some songs (Surrounded By Spies), so the result was an extremely intense experience for both the ears and the eyes. Placebo managed to impress their sound with timelessness, they still seems alive and attractive like in the days of Without You I'm Nothing or Black Market Music.
(IDnes.cz)

🎃𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐈𝐗 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒: 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐒
The atmosphere of the whole concert was amazing and the fans thoroughly enjoyed it.
(Karlovary deník.cz)

🎃𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝟐 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐔𝐌
There was basically no need for words, everything was expressed by the songs themselves. Molko himself didn't speak once during the entire evening, but even so, it's not something that should be criticized. The set was built mainly on novelties. Eleven new songs, that's courage and faith in new material. But it worked and the Czech audience knew the lyrics as if they were old classics, and the response on the other side was always incredible.
Some of the best moments of the evening included the album's biggest experiments. The atmospheric Surrounded By Spies sounds absolutely wonderful live, as does the dark Went Missing. On the contrary, a big party broke out with the straightforward singles Beautiful James and Try Better Next Time, when the whole hall sang along.
(Hudební knihovna.cz)
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

Photo credit: speedgoat_70

Dear friends,
on Monday something happened that was absolutely unique and i was there to describe this event to you.


🎃⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎'𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐈𝐆, 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐⭐🎃

Placebo had a concert planned in Prague as part of their new Never Let Me Go tour.
The moment I saw the date 31 October, I fell right into childish joy. Is this even possible?

⭐𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 50𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭?⭐

I couldn't believe it... And immediately started saving up to buy tickets. I wanted to go to this show with my amazing daughter Katy, who is my Placebo soulmate. We began to look forward to and take notice of the ongoing tour.

Gradually, I felt the growing tension between the fans, who split into two camps – I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Brian insisted more and more on accommodating and respecting his needs, while many fans found this pressure just restrictive and intolerant. I explored the feelings echoing inside me.

The text that is shown at the beginning of every show on this tour... It could be just a few simple words... But I knew it was a glimpse into Placebo's soul.

This long text to me said - 🔹𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘺, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭.🔹

Photo credit: thegvnr

I realized that this is exactly the Placebo that I love so much.
They could've made the no-phone ordinance two simple words. But they wrote the text so intimately that it couldn't be done more sensitively. That's why my decision was clear - my phone will stay in my pocket for the whole concert. In the end, there was no other option anyway, I was standing right in front of security and in Brian's line of sight.
𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕.

Time passed, I bought two tickets and all I had to do was look forward to it. I hoped that Prague would be sold out, which it almost was. Just before the concert there were about thirty tickets left.

When D-day came, my first and thankfully only disappointment occurred😊. When Katy and I were thinking about Halloween masks, she came across some very beautiful, subtle red glowing devil's horns in the mall. She managed to buy one last piece for me. But these horns were left forgotten at home and I decided to be maskless.

Katy and I really enjoyed the train ride and we were standing in front of the hall in Prague almost exactly at noon. We weren't the first ones, we got numbers 15 and 16 on our hands from the nice foreign fans, so we could freely leave the entrance to get a coffee. After all, it was 7 hours until the doors opened and we definitely wanted to be in the front row.

🎃𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰'𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵, 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.🎃

The gentlemen in security right in front of us were very nice.
𝘼𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩, 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 ⭐𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙕𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙖⭐ 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙏-𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤'𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛.
These guardian angels kept communicating with us, asking if we were feeling well, offering water. Of course, there were many times during the concert when they would pull out their flashlights to shine on fans trying to take video. I noticed that they weren't so strict on those who just took a quick photo. But on the other hand, they watched very carefully what was going on in the crowd to be able to help immediately.
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

Photo credit:  Angela Chan @achanmusic

Opening band DEADLETTER… I openly admit, they did not find the way to my heart. In the flood of grunge/punk style, after the third song I didn't know if I was listening to the first one over and over because the sound was very bad. But that's my very subjective opinion, I don't want to diminish the quality of the band that was chosen to support the rock legend.

As the time for Placebo approached, the atmosphere thickened and the hall was filled almost to capacity. Technicians in Halloween masks😊 were checking all the musical instruments were working properly, so it was something to watch and my heart was jumping with anticipation.
Of course, the whole time the text on the panels above the stage was lit up inviting us to keep our cell phones in our pockets. Everyone had plenty of time to realize what the band was trying to convey.
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

When the technicians disappeared from the stage, we began to call for the start of... We were showing that we couldn't wait any longer. The hall went dark, the first notes of 🔹𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐒🔹 came on... Even though you know the song, nothing prepares you for this live experience. The beginning of this song resonate through your whole body, evoking an atmosphere of unease that makes your heart want to jump out of your body.
⭐𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.⭐

In total euphoria, I started crying and had to hug my daughter. It's really happening!
I didn't know who to look at before because 💗𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞 was just brilliant and kept catching my eye.

A tall naked transvestite with sky-long legs that any woman could envy. Dressed in a latex corset and leather sexy little briefs, stockings with garters... Huge white beads around his neck, red lipstick on his lips... And on his feet were Stef's favorite Converse sneakers, which were really funny with this outfit.

💗𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬... 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐳𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

Yes, I admit, he was a very sexy zombie... When he came in front of me during the first song and connected with my eyes, I felt the whole universe loved me, that's how powerful that moment was for me.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦.
But when the first notes of 🔹𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂🔹 rang out, I felt immense gratitude for being able to go back that far in my memories and hear this gem live. Tears came to my eyes again and a wave of emotions washed over me.
𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

Photo credit: Stefan Olsdal IG

The technical performance of the show was breathtaking. The videos projected on the panels were graphically very successful, I liked the fact that we don't see just ordinary shots from the stage, but that everything is thematically connected into one colourful psychedelic whole. I appreciated it the most during 🔹𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐒🔹, I couldn't help but look at the panels accompanying the spirit of this song, just a moment longer and I would be in a trance.

As soon as we saw the white piano brought on stage we started cheering, the song 🔹𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒🔹 was there, sung en masse as an anthem by most of the fans in the hall.

𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯? 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵! 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦-𝘶𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵.
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞.

First of all, ⭐𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐀 as Samara just came out of the well from the movie The Ring, absolutely brutal horror look, amazing masterpiece.

⭐𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 drummed the whole concert in a Pennywise mask, hats off to such a performance.

Big ⭐𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊 embodied the satanic princess, he looked very good in those lacy tights and a dress revealing a manly hairy chest. And

⭐𝐌𝐑. 𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐃 as always modestly in the background, only his face turned green somehow, he didn't look very healthy, more like Frankenstein...

And although I didn't notice it when I arrived because I ran straight to the stage, even the sound guy's booth had Halloween decorations, which I'm sure amused many.
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

Photo credit: Placeboworld

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺? 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?

During the growing euphoria of the entire crowd, songs like 🔹𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐃🔹 and 🔹𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐑𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐃🔹 came on and it was over before the encore.

There are few times in my life when I've wished I could stop time... This was one of them. The addition of three amazing songs signaled the approaching end of this unique evening.
I don't need to add anything to the cover of 🔹𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓🔹, it's really an anthem every band could wish for.
Then the hypnotic and for me the absolute best and all-expressive 🔹𝐅𝐈𝐗 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅🔹 and then the song 🔹𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋🔹 closed the gate for something I've been waiting 23 years for.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥.
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

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Dear friends,
Believe me, if I could tell you everything I feel, it would be as long as a book. Therefore, I would like to conclude with these few words:

𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚

„lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu, om shanti, shanti, shanti.“
It means,
🕉“𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞. 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞.” 🕉
🙏𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆, 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶☮

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🔵 𝗢𝗻 𝟮𝟴 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴, 𝟮𝟰 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆, 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗨𝘀.

🎸 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑼𝒔 (audio)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3R4oCFq 🎵

Photo cedit: Unknown / CD covers / Edit by Laetitia

🔵 The third track on the album 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒎 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 is also the second single from the album. Once again in the romantic register, it deals with the 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠.

🔵 According to 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑼𝒔 is addressed to me, it was written from the point of view of someone I had a romantic relationship with. [...] I tend to imagine the end of a relationship before anything has really begun. [...] I'm a rather misunderstood writer: people think I'm railing against others, but all the hate is actually directed at me. "


🔵 The single was released in several formats: 2 CDs and tape.

🔹 𝑪𝑫1 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒆:
♪ You Don't Care About Us (Radio Edit)
♪ 20th Century Boy
♪ Ion

🔹 𝑪𝑫2
♪ You Don't Care About Us
♪ Pure Morning (Les Rhythmes Digitales Mix)
♪ Pure Morning (Howie B Mix)

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🔵 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐, 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. Held captive in an aquarium, they are thrown into a tank full of sharks while bloodthirsty children look on. But the sharks don't seem to be attracted to the three men... So the children turn back to the piranhas. As the video ends, we will never know the fate of Steve, Stefan and Brian.

The video was shot at The Sea Life London Aquarium (formerly London Aquarium). The filming took 7 hours.

🎸 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑼𝒔 (video)
🎵https://bit.ly/3dGqh6o 🎵


🔵 According to what I've found, the song has been 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 70 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 1998 𝒕𝒐 2001.

Here are some performances I like 💖 💝

🎸 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑼𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒐 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘 (1998)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3SagAvT 🎵

🎸 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑼𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑩𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 (2000)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3BEF0Xz 🎵

🎸 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑼𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 (1998)
🎵 https://bit.ly/2BRezlB 🎵

🎸 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑼𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝑷𝑨 (1999)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3Cb2zZo 🎵

Photo credit: Carole Epinette

🔵 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐃𝐨𝐧' 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐔𝐬

🗨️ It's the poppiest that we've ever been in our lives, it's sort of... it's got a really cheerful melody but it's quite a disturbing song.
💬 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮 ?
🗨️ Well it's kind of... it's sort of somebody ranting at me basically, it's sort of like an ex kind of telling me I'm crap at relationships really which is what all the mental masturbation's about in that song. But it has a total, total pop edge to it, it's kind of got that punk pop thing that 'Nancy Boy' had
✅ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝙸𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗 - 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟾


🗨️ You Don’t Care About Us’ is directed towards me, written from the point of view of someone who I used to be in a relationship with. There’s a line in it which says, ‘You’re in the wrong place/ You’re in the back page’ which is often what I used to do - I used to imagine the end of these things just as they were starting. When you do that you’re fucked from day one basically, but that’s often the way I used to conduct my relationships. I think I’m quite a misunderstood songwriter - all the bile and vitriol and wickedness people believe is directed by me towards other people, but they’re often directed from other people towards me and I’m being extremely self critical.“
✅ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝙽𝙼𝙴 - 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟾

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💬 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬. 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 ?
🗨️ Definitely. That is the way Brian writes his lyrics sometimes. Like the song "You Don't Care About Us". That is taken from the point of view of somebody talking to Brian. As opposed to him talking to somebody else, actually somebody is asking him, 'This relationship is going wrong. You don't care about us, man.' (laughs) But other people translate it like the kids are going to the adults, 'You don't care about us!' It's weird. They are all coming from all different angles. "My Sweet Prince" was a female friend of Brian's who just they were just kind of busting up and that was the last thing she wrote on his mirror in his bathroom before they split up. It is all real, but it can be from any direction really.
✅ 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕 - 𝙷𝚒𝚙 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 - 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿

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⭐✨𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 ‘𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐘𝐈𝐎𝐍’✨⭐

From 12th to 21st September 2022, '𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐙𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭: 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤' has been presented at the 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒚 in London.
💫Having a huge admiration and genuine personal bond to the mighty 𝑫𝑨𝑽𝑰𝑫 𝑩𝑶𝑾𝑰𝑬, Placebo’s long-time mentor and friend, Stefan obviously couldn’t miss this exceptional artistic event.
💫The exhibition was launched to celebrate the release of the 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 of Bowie and Rock’s iconic book, 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎. It’s worth noticing that it was run on the days of the worldwide release (started 16th September) of the highly acclaimed Brett Morgen’s same-titled 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎.
❓By the way, soulmates, have you already been to the cinema to watch the movie or are you going to?

Photo credit: Stefan Olsdal - @paulsteadphotography, @genesis_publications; David Bowie - @therealmickrock / edit by Olga

⭐𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊⭐
📢‘𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 — 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐’𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆?’ – 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒
In 2002, David Bowie and Mick Rock created 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, the defining document of the life and times of Ziggy Stardust. Twenty years later, it remains the closest readers will get to understanding Bowie through his own words.

💫First published as a signed limited edition, 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 sold out in a matter of months and became lore among David Bowie fans. Now, on the 50𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 of Bowie's acclaimed album, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐙𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬, the book is available once more as an Anniversary Edition for bookstores worldwide. (@genesis_publications)

📢“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒔. 𝒁𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌’𝒏’𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌” – 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑒


⭐𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐘𝐈𝐎𝐍⭐
The exhibition at London’s 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒚 featured over 𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 spanning Ziggy’s 18-month reign: the early English concerts where Ziggy and the Spiders made their name; Rock’s classic images of Bowie at home at Haddon Hall; Bowie’s collaboration with Lindsay Kemp in the ground-breaking shows at The Rainbow; the breakthrough tour of the USA; the massive sell-out UK tour culminating in Ziggy’s retirement; recording Pin Ups in Paris; and Ziggy’s final swansong, the flamboyant 1980 Floor Show. (𝐴𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑠 𝐺𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑦)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3BqHNTS


💫Launced in collaboration with the Estates of David Bowie and Mick Rock, the exhibition included an exclusive series of original photographs of 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆 by 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 along with rarely seen limited-edition Estate-stamped Graphic and Acrylic artworks. Additionally, the first sighting of the 𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 was available.

Stefan Olsdal at the Bowie exhibition. Photo credit: Stefan Olsdal IG 

⭐𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍⭐
🔸𝟏. 𝐔𝐩 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞
📢'The idea of a larger-than-life style rock figure struck me around the end of 1970. At that moment in time, rock seemed to have wandered into some kind of denim hell.' - David Bowie
A series of close-up photographs taken by Mick Rock at Trident Studios, 1972. These images were projected at concerts, building up to Bowie's arrival on stage.

🔸𝟐. 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲
📢'There was a series of colour shots taken indoors one afternoon. David had just got up. The back cover of the 1972 'Space Oddity' reissue was taken in his son's pink bedroom. Some of them include David holding the original Hunky Dory cover artwork.' - Mick Rock
Portraits taken at Bowie's home, Haddon Hall. Bowie recalled, 'I think the first real photo session with Mick was at Haddon Hall... We had the entire ground floor. I remember a long period of spray painting all the ceilings silver and getting incredibly high on the fumes.'

🔸𝟑. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬?
📢'Although MTV and its kind did not yet exist, and there were few outlets for showcasing rock videos, Rock and I had long decided that to film certain songs was an excellent way of broadcasting and making indelible and concrete representations of the attitude implied by them.' - David Bowie
Stills from the 'Life on Mars?' promo, filmed in Ladbroke Grove, London, 1973. According to Rock, 'Freddie Burretti provided a great new outfit, Pierre Laroche some brilliant make-up, and the charismatic Mr. B was in fine mimetic form. Very simple, yet somehow so sophisticated.'

🔸𝟒. 𝐙𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝
📢'After David saw this session, his manager Tony Defries said to me, "David thinks you see him the way he sees himself... you see him through his own eyes".' - Mick Rock
Portraits taken at Haddon Hall, first reproduced in magazine features written and photographed by Mick Rock in the spring of 1972.

🔸𝟓. 𝐙𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐫𝐭
📢'I take photographs or stills from my videos, make prints, and fuck around with them - cut them, burn them, engraves them, rip them - there are so many ways that I've approached this.' - Mick Rock
Ziggy Stardust-inspired photographic collage created by Mick Rock, reproduced for the first time on high-gloss acrylic.

🔸𝟔. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞
📢'Inevitably and comically, there came a time when Mick Ronson's arms grew tired from holding his guitar at shoulder height and it slid slowly back down to his groin. I didn't stop munching.' - David Bowie
Performance shot of Mick Ronson and David Bowie captured onstage at Oxford Town Hall, on 17th June 1972. Rock recalled, 'I processed the film overnight and met David at his management office the next day. He wrote all over the print and persuaded his manager to buy a full page in Melody Maker immediately. This ad created an intense stir.'

🔸𝟕. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬? 𝐑𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐫𝐭
📢'The 'Life on Mars?' promo was the final in a quartet of 16mm promo films I produced and directed. David was happy to let me make all the shooting and editing decisions. What was important to him was that they got made. As in all aspects of his career, at this point, David exhibited uncannily prescient instincts.' - Mick Rock
Mick Rock's photographic collage employs images taken during the making of the 'Life on Mars?' promo film and is reproduced for the first time on high-gloss acrylic.
(𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠)

Stefan Olsdal at the Bowie exhibition. Photo credit: Stefan Olsdal IG

❓Have anyone of you seen the exhibition? We would be excited to hear you impression!🤩
If you weren’t able to visit Atlas Gallery personally, you can check out The Moonage Daydream Collection here:
➡️ https://bit.ly/3dwvFJe

The book Moonage Daydream Anniversary edition is now available for pre-order:
➡️ https://bit.ly/3BUhFCv

Post by Olga
Sources: @davidbowie, @genesis_publications, @atlasgallery

⭐️𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐓⭐️

🎶"𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐓"🎶 is one of the first tracks that Brian ever wrote for the band. 26 years ago today, on 16th of September 1996, it was released as Placebo's third single on CD and as 7' vinyl single. The song, recorded at Westland Studios in Dublin and produced by Brad Wood, reached number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.
It was played live 409 times over the years, and between 1995 and 2017 there was not one single year when it wasn't brought on stage at least once.

Photo credit: Stefan de Batselier, Screenshots from the video / edit by Silke

🎬 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗧 – 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢
🎵 http://bit.ly/2VMY1DI 🎵

The music clip was directed by Trevor Robinson. It shows the band members locked in a red latex cube, all three of them are dressed in the same red colour. Several teenagers also enter this cube and show how anxious they are.


📌 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗣 📌
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “It was sunny, it was a summer day.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “I had tonsillitis.“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “It’s got a very suggestive entrance.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “This video was directed by Trevor Robinson, who responsible for the Tango adverts, where the fat orange man slaps people across the faces. I think is the only video he made. Maybe because the experience of working with us must be so traumatic, he’s never made one again.“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “It was very very hot. It was like a box, so no air conditioning.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “As you can see, this is before we start work with professional stylists.“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “There was a big deal about this guy. His parents had to give permission for us to shave his head.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “There was a hoo-ha about the scissors. Because that’s a video police regulation – you can have closed scissors but not open scissors, so the director was nervous, but you can have clippers, obviously.“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “It’s obviously not shot inside that box.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “That was what we call a tongue piercing. Have you had much experience with tongue piercings?“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “I don’t like them. I don’t like metal against teeth.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “I find it quite nice, really. Hot and cold, you know? Kind of fleshy and metal.“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “Don’t like that either.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “It’s quite nice. What the hell are we wearing?“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “Red. We’re trying to break that latex.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “Put that away.“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “It was very durable.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 & 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦: “This kid is angry.“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯:“Yeah, those kids are really angry.“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯: “Did that hurt?“
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯: “No!“
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦: “He felt nowt.“
(“Once more with feeling“ DVD, 2004)

📌 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 📌
The demo version of "Teenage Angst" from 1995 includes the line “Well I was suicidal once / but now honestly I am fine“ which was replaced by “Airs and social graces / elocution so divine“ in the version that was finally released. I think the record label wasn't too happy about the lyrics dealing with suicide and so the song text had to be changed.

📀 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗧 – 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 (𝟵𝟱)

🎵 https://bit.ly/3QsDQok 🎵

📌 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 📌
“Teenage Angst“ is part of the band's repertoire prior to the release of their debut album in 1996. It has been performed in notably different versions. It was played live 414 confirmed times over the years, and between 1995 and 2017 there was not one single year when it wasn't brought on stage at least once. The first time ever was on January 23rd 1995 at Rock Garden in London. This was also the very first Placebo concert. The last time “Teenage Angst“ was played live was on October 8th 2017 in Dundee, Scotland, during the “20 years“ anniversary tour.
The original version was staged up until 2000. A piano-based version was played during the “Black market music“, “Meds“ and „Battle for the sun“ tours.
During the „Sleeping with ghosts“ tour “Teenage Angst“ was played with a hip-hop inspired drum beat. At the end of the “Battle for the sun“ tour in 2010, the song was performed with a new arrangement. Another rework appeared during the “Loud like love“ tour.

Photo credit: Screenshot from the official video

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗧“ 📌
📢 ”That’s a song that refuses to die. That’s a classic, because if you cover it in three different ways, then it has to be a classic [laughs].”
(Vanyaland, October 18th 2013)


📢 "Well, that was something my mother said to me: She was talking about ageing, wrinkling, skin drying up and stuff. This was when I was about 14. She said that as soon as you pop out of the womb you start to deteriorate. I actually found her words quite disturbing but, y'know, she's a religious kind of person."
(Vox, July 1996)

🎬 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗧 – 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

🎵 https://bit.ly/3dw6cuy 🎵

📢 “We kind of keep re-writing a lot of songs in order for them to become playable for us so that we can connect with them. Most recently, we’re on our fourth version of “Teenage Angst” from the first album. We have a brand new version of that, which is actually my favorite of the tour. It took 20 years since I wrote that song for us to settle on what I think is the definitive version, but that’s ok.“
(Pure Volume, September 12th 2013)


📢 “When we do stuff from the first album, we try to do different versions. We have an interesting hip-hop version of 'Teenage Angst' at the moment. I am having a lot of fun with it, it gives me a chance to do my Bono bit with a wireless microphone. I am doing that more and more.”
(The Sentimentalist - Issue XII, 2003)


📢 “That's the difference between "Teenage Angst" and the new version of the song, which has become very melancholic, which we transformed more and more to that during our tour. We want to explore the scope of our skills more and more and the tendency is towards melancholy. But we can say about ourselves today, when we go there, we really go in that direction, it's not playing around anymore, the emotions are real, we don't need to pretend to anything. When you see us on stage on our next tour, you really see us. That's Placebo.”
(Discover, September 1998)

Photo credit: Scarlet Page, Screenshots from the video / edit by Silke

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 '𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵' 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥: '𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘺...' 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦.
📢 "But it's true. As soon as you pop out of the womb, you start to die. It's the paradox that you begin life but you also begin death. The use of toy instruments enables us to communicate that on a sonic level."
(Guitarist, August 1997)

🎬 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗧 – 𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

🎵 https://bit.ly/3dIANW7 🎵

📢 "When I was a teenager, I felt things in more passionate ways, I've gone through rebellion phases. I was feeling depressed, I felt like the world was about to collapse. A sort of alienation towards parents, a rebellion against what they wanted me to become, against growing, going through this kind of changes. My emotions were going in many directions because physically, I was becoming an adult. I was longing for it, but I was still dealt with as a child. Art and creativity were minor things, unknown in my familly. That's surely for that reason, I reacted so violently. I became the ugly duckling: my father wanted me to become a businessman, and my mother wanted me to be a saint. Finally, I satisfied none of them. At this age, music can represent many things, be the last emergency exit. Play guitar was a sort of outlet to my familly troubles, to authority. My parents didn't contribute at all to what I am today and that's marvellous. I am here today only by myself. I need to have success, very selfishly, to refute all people who thought I would not go far in life, to show it to the people who were better than me at school, my rivals in every way, my parents.”
(Les Inrocks, August 13th 1996)


📢 "I've always been a loner. The three of us are like that, we have gone through adolescence locked in our room, playing music. And like many boys this age, I was dreaming to become a star. A city like Luxembourg can be stifling when you try to forge your identity. I couldn't be myself there. I felt secluded there, far from the places where I wanted to be. There was no place where I could have expressed myself, found a feedback. From this isolation, I made songs, 'Teenage Angst' or 'Burger Queen', because fatally that made me a voyeur. It's not the best place to observe the world.”
(Les Inrockuptibles N°169, August 14th 1998)


🎬 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗧 – 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗦 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3JU0Fig 🎵

Photo credit: Screenshot from the official video

📜 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦
Shine the headlight,
Straight into my eyes.
Like the roadkill,
I'm paralysed.
You see through my disguise

At the drive-in,
Double feature,
Pull the lever,
Break the fever
And say your last goodbyes.

Since I was born
I started to decay
Now nothing ever
Ever goes my way

One fluid gesture,
Like stepping back in time
Trapped in amber, petrified
I’m still not satisfied

Airs and social graces,
Elocution so divine
I’ll stick to my needle
And my favourite waste of time
Both spineless and sublime

Since I was born
I started to decay
Now nothing ever
Ever goes my way

Post by Silke

💦 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐃 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑) 💦

𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐲 ! 💞

🎸 Much more than just an additional musician, Bill is an important person in the Placebo universe, as are many other people around the band. Although he was only mentioned on the Black Market Music album for his participation in the track Peeping Tom, Bill's presence with Brian and Stefan is much older.

🎸 Today, I want to share an interview he did before the release of Loud Like Love where he talks a bit about his role in Placebo, his meeting with Brian and Stefan. 'Jack of all trades', as he calls himself, has more than one trick up his sleeve !

🎸 Stefan and Brian have a talent for surrounding themselves with exceptional people !
Enjoy reading my Dear Friends 🌠 ✨

Photo credit: Nick Gavrilovic

🔷 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 🔷
🔹 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠.

𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑔𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑦𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑃𝑜𝑝 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒. 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 '𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑒', 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒, 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑦𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑦, 𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐿𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑑.

💬 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒈 ?
🗨️ It's a long story but I was playing with my Croydon band, 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣, and we were supporting 𝙅𝙚𝙛𝙛 𝘽𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙝 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 and 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 happened to be in a play up there and we met him in a bar and our guitarist knew him and we got chatting with him and he asked me to send him some demo tapes and it started from there.

💬 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑱𝒆𝒇𝒇 𝑩𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 ?
🗨️ Oh yes. I used to drive him around when he first came to England, in the back of my van.

💬 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 '𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔'. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒘 ?
🗨️ My main job now is studio work, so when they've recorded an album I'm in there with them full time, doing a bit of teching, some programming and a bit of playing. I guide the baselines and do some keyboard work. Before a tour I have to program everything for the studio for the live show, and then on tour I just play bass and keyboards. It's a full time job.

💬 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒖𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 ? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 ?
🗨️ Yeah, that kind of thing. I hope that's what they mean anyway !

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💬 𝑰𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒏 '98 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑵𝑴𝑬 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝒐𝒇𝒇-𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒆 ?
🗨️ Well, I think the band wanted to be a three-piece, and they asked me to play and I probably didn't look quite as androgynous as them so I started playing off-stage. Then they said "this is silly, forget about it, come on stage". But I'm still in the background and I like it that way. I don't like to be at the front. It doesn't suit my demeanour.

💬 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈-𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 ?
🗨️ Yeah, a little bit. I do the odd bass and keyboard bit. Not much but a bit of a trickle, nothing to do with lyrics.

💬 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒚 ?
🗨️ One in Athens and one in Istanbul that were part of the same weekend. They were just fantastic, the vibe and atmosphere round the shows and lovely time before and after the shows.

💬 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ?
🗨️ We have a gig in Korea which is a bit scary. And one in Turkey again, we are doing a couple of festivals, end of October until December. We're going to do loads more next year.

💬 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆 𝒊𝒏 1996 ?
🗨️ I was, I wasn't playing unfortunately but I was there. The whole thing was his birthday party in Madison Square Gardens, it was pretty special. I've met him a couple of times; he did a lot of talking, he's quite a conversationalist. You don't get a word in edgeways basically.

💬 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 ?
🗨️ I've got three favourites. Without You I'm Nothing. I like the light and shade on that.

Sleeping with Ghosts because I felt really involved in that one and I liked the tracks and the electronic edge. And the new one, it's fantastic. It's as good as those two.

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💬 𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎.
🗨️ We just finished it last week so it's very exciting. We did some live playbacks for the record company and management in the studio so I've been madly programming that recently. It went great. I think the tracks are going to be storming.

💬 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 ?
🗨️ I think it's September time and we have a single before.

💬 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒅𝒐𝒏 ?
🗨️ Well I grew up there. I wasn't born there, but moved there when I was quite young. I was born at Mayday, but lived just outside and then lived there from a young age to my mid-twenties. I always go back and I have friends and family there.

💬 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒅𝒐𝒏 ?
🗨️ Yeah, I miss it. I've moved back south of the river, so I'm not too far away now.
✔️ 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛 - 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸0𝟷𝟹


🌠 Bill mentioned his former band, 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 . I didn't know this detail about Bill to be honest. I've been happily surprised by the good sound of this band 🤘

𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 - 𝑩𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅 🎵 https://bit.ly/3UdwKX0 🎵

𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 - 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 🎵https://bit.ly/3BvyvaE 🎵

𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 - 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒍𝒅🎵 https://bit.ly/3xfHgmO 🎵
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙞𝙩 ? 😊

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Hi soulmates,
today we have another reason to celebrate, because one of the most important gods of electronic dance music, the ever-smiling and positive DJ

💥‼ℍ𝔸ℙℙ𝕐 𝔹𝕀ℝ𝕋ℍ𝔻𝔸𝕐, 𝕋𝕀𝕄𝕆 𝕄𝔸𝔸𝕊‼💥
✨💝🤩🥂🍾🎁🎉🎶🎂💝✨

Photo credits: taken from @timo.maas IG and unknown (with Brian)

💥𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮.💥

🔹𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼🔹
Let's start with a short passage from one of Timo's last interviews:

🔹💬𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘹?
TM: "I started collecting records in the late 1970s and started playing some music out for my friends when I was 13 that was in 1982. I understood pretty quickly that music was my language to communicate with people. I was a very shy bloke when I was young and due to my love for music, I found ways to talk to people through it."

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯?
TM: There`s many, as life is very diverse… learning never stops as long you stay openminded, grounded, honest, and have the ability of not being up your own arse“ all the time …

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶?
TM: The love for the music, the love for having the opportunity to take people on a trip and out of reality for a bit… I really really love this.
(𝐼𝑈𝑀𝑎𝑔, 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2020)
🎈◾◾◾🎈

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German DJ, producer and remixer 🎈𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗔𝗦 🎈 was born on July 27th 1969.
Timo bought his first set of turntables when he was 17 years old and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party at a friend's home. In 1992 he started to Dj in the European rave scene, earning a name in the electronic underground world. Maas' first record "The Final XS" was released in 1995.
Up to now he has released three albums and almost 50 singles and EPs. His songs appear on more than 380 music compilations and he is credited on about 800 remixes.
Over the years Maas has collaborated with and remixed many artists such as 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗶 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝘀, 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝘆, 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝗦𝗹𝗶𝗺, 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗶, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟭 and of course 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢. Since 2008 he runs his own record label Rockets & Ponies.


Timo's cooperation with Brian and Stefan is of course important to us.𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 (🔹"𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗞" 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅, 🔹"𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲𝘆" 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅, 🔹"𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁" 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 🔹"𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀" 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅), 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗼'𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟱 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 🔹"𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦", 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 - 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭 🔹"𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘 𝟴𝟰" 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 🔹𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟭 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗹𝘀𝗱𝗮𝗹.


Timo Maas is also a resident at the legendary 𝐈𝐛𝐢𝐳𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐂𝟏𝟎, where he invited Brian to a joint DJ party 𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐋 in 2018. The photos from this iconic dance party are some of my favorites.

As Timo beautifully wrote about Brian on his Instagram:
"...𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 @𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡..."

“𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝑰𝑫𝑶𝑳 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐”.
Lucky all those who could attend this event!

Brian Molko and Timo Maas on July 31, 2018, in Ibiza at the DJ Set, credit unknown

And what does working with our favorites mean to Timo?
🔹💬𝐀𝐋: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰? 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺?
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐬: I wouldn't go so far to say that it has influenced my personality…but surely [it] has been and is always again very inspiring, no matter working with or for Brian, the band or also Stef`s new project (remix for Digital 21). I simply love and respect the guys loads and I think this will never change.
(𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝐿𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑎𝑠, for 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡, 2018)

What else interesting can be said about Timo? For example, the fact that he loves cooking:
🔹💬𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘑 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰?
Timo Maas: I think, its no secret that I love cooking in all its forms… i also run a little IG page called @timolovescooking where i post footage of my homecooking sessions 🙂
(𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑊𝑒𝐷𝑖𝑝, 𝐽𝑎𝑛. 2021)
🎈◾◾◾🎈

Photo credit unknown

Finally, dear friends, I want to share with you a link to 🔹𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐬 / 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞́ 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 remix of 🔹"𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐒".

🔹🎶 https://bit.ly/3zdn98T
🎈🔴Enjoy it with me at a little dance party to celebrate Timo's birthday‼🔴🎈

Once again - ✨⭐𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑷𝒀 𝑩𝑰𝑹𝑻𝑯𝑫𝑨𝒀, 𝑫𝑬𝑨𝑹 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑶‼⭐✨
𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖!💜
𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶 𝑨𝑵𝒀𝑾𝑨𝒀 𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑴💜

⭐𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐬:
https://bit.ly/3cKCKFn
⭐𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐁 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞:
https://www.facebook.com/timomaasfans
⭐𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝:
https://soundcloud.com/timo-maas
⭐𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦:
@timo.maas

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🎶”𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗦” 🎶

This song is the opening track on Placebo's eight studio album “Never let me go”, released on March 25th 2022. It was actually also the song their work on that record started with in 2016. Brian and Stefan were in the studio and Brian programmed the beat on a drum machine. On this device he was able to change it and put it on to any orchestra instrument. “So I put the drum beat on a harp and I distorted it and put some delay on it. And then you've got that loop from 'Forever Chemicals' that opens the album, and it's kind of cool [...]”, Brian explained in an interview. Stefan summarized it as an example of a “happy accident that happened in the studio” (see quotes below).

Initially the song was planned to be about police brutality. Brian tried to put himself into the mind of somebody who had lost a loved one, but several people warned him to deal with this topic. Brian: “And I'm kind of glad they did because it forced me to go into sort of a more ambiguous territory with 'Forever Chemicals'. What it's actually about, I think, is that it is up to the listener” (Maniacs, March 25th 2022).
Stefan described the track as the key point of “Never let me go” and a song with a lot of emotion in it. In his opinion it's “a great way to start off the album”(Billboard Japan, April 2022).


“Forever Chemicals” was recorded at RAK Studios in London and produced by Adam Noble. It was written by Brian, Stefan and Steve Ludwin, who is also the co-writer of Placebo's “Ashtray heart” from the album “Battle for the sun” and “Hypnotized by Jane”, a song Brian and him wrote for the German band Cinema Bizarre. Both tracks were done together with American singer-songwriter Jordan Page on a vacatation in Nicaragua.


Interesting fact: Ludwin, a “semi-retired punk musician”, (Business Insider, 2021) from Connecticut who lives in London since the 80ies is not well-known for his music but (in)famous for injecting himself with potentially deadly snake venom. He does this since 30 years, first for the supposed anti-aging effect and then also for medical research. Sounds quite crazy, doesn't it?
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦:
👉 https://bit.ly/3Oh3uv6

Placebo at Bearded Theory 2022. Photo credit:Pete Connor

Another interesting fact is the origin of the song title. PFAS (Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) are often called Forever Chemicals because they hardly degrade in the natural environment and are very mobile in water, which means that they remain intact for a very long time and can be transported over long distances. PFAS are the most persistent synthetic chemicals and have been found in the blood and breastmilk of people and wildlife all around the world. The substances can be toxic.
Well, when I read the title “Forever Chemicals” that surely was not what came to mind first related to Placebo. But it perfectly fits with the theme of the album.


The shared live performance of the song was recorded at Milton Keynes, UK, on May 19th 2022. It was one of three shows that Placebo opened for My Chemical Romance (isn't the band name a strange and fitting coincidence too?) before they started their own current “Never let me go” tour.



📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗙𝗔𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗦” 📌
📢 “There was something about that loop which was a real statement of intent. It’s melodic and it’s catchy, but it’s also a bit brutal. It was a ‘start as you mean to go on’ moment for us.”
(Rolling Stone UK, February 1st 2022)


📢 “Well, 'Forever Chemicals' was probably the first track on the album that we started working on, and that's probably why it's the first. In around 2016, I was sat in my studio with Stef, on the iPad, I had this drum machine, and I quickly programmed the beat, just like that. Then I realised that you could take that beat with this drum machine and put it on to any instrument from an orchestra. So I put the drum beat on a harp and I distorted it and put some delay on it. And then you've got that loop from 'Forever Chemicals' that opens the album, and it's kind of cool because it was sort of slightly reminiscent of 'Infra-Red', but more brutal kind of a statement of intent sonically, for the record, to kind of start with that and 'Forever Chemicals' is one of the songs that I rewrote over and over and over again lyrically. It started off as a song about police brutality and I tried to put myself in the heart and soul of somebody who had lost someone, uh, who'd been murdered by the police, then as I spoke to more people I was I was kind of advised not really to go there and I wondered if I was going to be inviting a great deal of aggro into my life. And I'm kind of glad they did because it forced me to go into sort of a more ambiguous territory with 'Forever Chemicals'. What it's actually about, I think, is that it is up to the listener.”
(Maniacs, March 25th 2022)

Placebo at Bearded Theory 2022. Photo credit:Pete Connor

📌 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗙𝗔𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗦” 📌
📢 “The song 'Forever Chemicals', with its harp loop and distortion, is an example of a happy accident that happened in the studio. Our album opens with this strange-sounding song to surprise the fans as they surprised us.”
(Moustique Magazine, March 25th 2022)


𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮?
📢 “I would have to say "Forever Chemicals" at the beginning of the album. It was the first song we worked on for the album, and it starts out as a weird drum loop I had on my tablet, but I had a lot of trouble finishing it. It's a song with a lot of emotion and it's a great way to start off the album.”
(Billboard Japan, April 2022)


📢 “A lot of times things don't work the way they should work. You turn on a device and it doesn't sound like it used to, and sometimes you don't know why. Or you don't have the login, or things like that. On that track the sound that opens the song was at first a drum machine, but somehow it changed to the sound of a harp and that really caught our attention and we thought it was a much more interesting sound. So we put it on a distortion machine (you know a lot of times the industrial sound comes from distortion, from a signal that's too hot and too saturated), because we've always really liked that kind of sound and our guitars are often distorted. Thus, that harp seemed to us the perfect way to start the album. We also like, speaking of equipment, to put together things that shouldn't be connected in principle (laughs). For example, a pedal board that goes to a guitar, but instead of putting everything in the right order we put it backwards. Or plugging a keyboard directly into the speaker. That kind of experimentation has always pleased us. I think since the third album we started using the studio more as part of the process of making an album.”
(Mondo Sonoro, April 2022)

Placebo at Bearded Theory 2022. Photo credit:Pete Connor

📜 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦
The memory drugs make memory snow
I think but I forget
My imagination doesn't know where to go
So it goes to sleep instead


The memory tapes of memory fucking
Fill me with regret
Now my memory shapes forgot their own names
And I can't get out of bed, shit


My memory body, my memory skin
I wanna kiss your pretty face
The memory drugs are a discipline
So I can know and keep my place


And it's all good, when nothing matters
It's all good, when no one cares
It's all good, when I feel nothing
It's all good, when I'm not there


And with friends like you (oh), who needs enemies?
And with friends like you (oh), who needs enemies?
With friends like you (oh), who needs enemies?
Friends like you


And it's all good, when nothing matters
It's all good, when no one cares
It's all good, when I feel nothing
It's all good, when I'm not there

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🌟𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 with 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍'🌟

📰It’s time to search for some 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒕-𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒔 again. Today, my finding is a short 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍'𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 from around 1997, I guess, where he comments on his favourite artists. Those of you who like a very young Brian’s way of expression and sense of humour, will enjoy it😉
I’m unsure about the magazine, so if you own this one and can help me with the title and issue, I’d be grateful.

Photo credit: Brian - Renaud Monfourny, 1997; magazine scans / edit by Olga

⭐𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐒⭐
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐’𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔

✨𝑮𝑰𝑹𝑳𝑺 𝑨𝑮𝑨𝑰𝑵𝑺𝑻 𝑩𝑶𝒀𝑺 / 𝑺𝑬𝑩𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑯✨
“Girls Against Boys and Sebadoh – pure sex and pure emotion. When I listen to Sebadoh, it breaks my heart. I find similarities between Sebadoh and us, the way Jason and Lou play together, the way the guitar and the bass harmonise. You listen to Sebadoh before you go out and get really drunk. Then, when you do, you listen to Girls Against Boys.”


✨𝑨𝑪 𝑨𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑺✨
“The most underrated band in Britain. I sang backing vocals with them on Boxing Day in Glasgow.”


✨𝑫𝑨𝑽𝑰𝑫 𝑩𝑶𝑾𝑰𝑬✨
“I’ve thought a lot about why Bowie asked us to support him at Madison Square Garden. Obviously, he’s a fan, but what is it that he loves so much about Placebo outside of the music? I think he sees a lot of himself in us, of how he was when he was younger. Maybe he thinks we’re carrying some sort of torch he carried before he went straight. The camp Olympic Flame.”


✨𝑰𝑮𝑮𝒀 𝑷𝑶𝑷✨
“Then there’s Iggy. Just to see a 50-year-old guy with more energy than me play… I’m convinced he’s an alien. When we met him, he was standing there in his leather pants, no shirt on, shaking our hands, going, ‘Thank you. Are you from Paris?’ He’s up onstage, he’s just f***ed a Marshall stack and then he turns round to 8.000 people and says, ‘I’m going to f*** you all’ – and he does! As he walked offstage he went, ‘Girl, you, me, now!’ K-ching!’ If I can be like Iggy when I’m 50, I’d be very surprised.”


✨𝑱𝑨𝑵𝑬’𝑺 𝑨𝑫𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵✨
“I was a big Jane’s Addiction fan. At college, I was very much into them and the Pixies. It pisses me off when people go ‘Geddy Lee’ in connection with my voice, because I’ve never listened to Rush. I really admire Perry, how dangerous and committed he is. Jane’s Addiction had a sort od knowing ‘f*** you’. It wasn’t a meathead, punk ‘f*** you’, it was an intelligent, dangerous, manipulative ‘f*** you’.”

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