🎸 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐙𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - 10𝑡ℎ 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2022 🎸

◾ 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠…𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐼 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡, 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑖𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ! 😍 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡. 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑡 😊
♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪

Photo credits: Alexandre Marchini (Brian, Stefan, background) for L’Est Républicain,  Laetitia Evalia / Edit by Laetitia

🌠 What more can I say than what I already said about the concert in Luxembourg ?
It was a thousand times more magical ! But I'm not going to compare, because each concert has its own atmosphere.

🌠 People arrived rather late to line up. I arrived in the early afternoon. I was allocated number 7 and the wait began. The few fans present were very nice and there was no shortage of Placebo talk, of course 😊

🌠 The doors opened, we ran and stood in the centre at the barrier. The perfect place to enjoy a concert 🎶

🌠 The opening act, 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒏, was pretty good. A former French band from the 80s, they reunited 3 years ago. The rock they played, and updated, was powerful. For their last song they invited a man on stage (I can't remember his name !) who the singer introduced as the '𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜'. And 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 was present at the side of the stage to admire the band. The song was called '𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺, a tribute song to the singer Johnny Hallyday., a famous rock French singer.

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨'𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧...The smell of incense lit before the set permeates the atmosphere... tears come to my eyes. A sweet smell that foreshadows an intense emotional moment ⭐. The set list was the same as for the other concerts. When the first notes of 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔

started, the crowd went wild and so did I. The tracks follow one another... 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑺𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝑯𝒖𝒈𝒛... an electric atmosphere. The audience was in total communion and the band was visibly satisfied with the fans' reception who came to appreciate them live. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 greeted the audience warmly. '𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ! 𝑪𝒂 𝒗𝒂 ?'. And meanwhile, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 smiled in the distance ✨

🌠 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 began. It was impossible to hold back the tears that were welling up in my eyes. This song has that indescribable touch that transcends you. It strips you bare and you can't help but be swept away by its flood of emotions 💖. This was followed by 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄, which swept away the happy sadness of 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 and gave way to a wave of phenomenal power. The same goes for 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔. As for 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔, I spent half the song with my eyes closed, surrendering to the somewhat surreal atmosphere that the song provides live. The next three songs, 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔, 𝑺𝒂𝒅 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 are a logical continuation of the set list. Why ? I have no idea ! It's just the way I feel about it. This is surely due to their rhythm, which drew me even deeper into the heart of the moment. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔... It's so good to hear them live again 🌟

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

🌠 𝑾𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈… Last time in Luxembourg, this song didn't have a particular effect on me. It is beautiful, that goes without any doubt ! But yesterday in Nancy, it enveloped me in a captivating bubble. The guitar squeezed my heart with a gentle delicacy. I was in the grip of a mesmerizing sublimity 💗

🌠 The band went backstage for the usual break. But before that, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 gave a child in the audience a guitar pick with that beautiful smile on his face reflecting his joy and gratitude. Again, that smell of incense in the air and again that strange turmoil took hold of me. A sweet turmoil 💫.
The crowd grew impatient in a joyous mood and the band reappeared.

🌠 The last three songs of the set went on, still in this crazy atmosphere. The band and the audience were moving in unison.

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ What can I say about 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧... They were both very happy to be on stage, proud to play their new songs and satisfied with the reception of the audience. Smiles between them, smiles from 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 towards the crowd, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏's numerous interactions with people, encouraging them to clap, encouraging them to shout. 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 was silent, as usual, but you could see the satisfaction in his eyes and his attitude. 𝙉𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.❤️

🌠 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 came down to greet the audience before leaving. He took his time to enjoy the experience. What a magical moment to see his contentment 😍. Yes, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 was bright and flamboyant. There is no doubt seeing the joy of the audience !

🌠 I was able to get a set list that will go straight into my Placebo collection. In the end, it is the memory of this concert that I cherish the most. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 💝.

🌠 The security was not at all annoying for the few times they intervened. I once again felt like hugging an agent when he was facing me... I managed to reason with myself. 😁

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ Last night the band was simply perfect. From the first song to the last, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 wanted to reach transcendence, as noted in the message before the concert. At least, I did.

My Placebo concert at the Bataclan, which for 10 years was the one where a special symbiosis with the band was achieved, was swept away with a single stroke last night 🔥.


🔶 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎... Sometimes I wonder why I love this band so much. It's by experiencing moments like thursday’s that I finally have part of the answer.
🙏 Once again, 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 !! 🎸🎵✨🎶💗🔥
(concert review by Laetitia)


𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦́: 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩.
💞 𝗧𝗼𝗶 𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗶 💞
◾ 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 🤘

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🎶”𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗨𝗣𝗜𝗗”🎶

🎤 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆!"

”𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗨𝗣𝗜𝗗” is the opening track on Placebo's fourth studio album “Sleeping with ghosts” (2003). It was an unexpected and risky way to start the record with an instrumental track, but the band wanted to surprise the fans. Brian: "First you get this sonic slap on the face and you're waiting for the vocals to start and they don't. So it sets up this feeling of intrigue” (dormusiccom, May 2003). The listener doesn't know where the album is going and has to delve into the music to figure it out.
  

Ex-drummer Steve Hewitt stated in an interview with Rock Sound that “Bulletproof Cupid” was "the closest thing to metal we’ve ever done". In Brian's opinion the song was their response to the relationship that developed in the studio between them and producer Jim Abbiss. "It was a reaction to that Jim had done to our songs – we needed to reassert our identity” (Rock Sound, April 2003).


The difficulty with “Bulletproof Cupid” was actually to decide where on the record to put the song. But the musicians came to the conclusion that it only worked at the beginning. If they had put it elsewhere, it would have interrupted the album flow. Brian said he found it interesting that as listener you wait for the lyrics to set in all along the track. “It's a matter of intrigue. You are disoriented and you know that you will have to listen to at least five or six songs to understand the record" (Guitar Part, April 2003).


“Bulletproof Cupid” wasn't planned to be an instrumental song in the first place but Brian revealed that for some reason everything he wrote for it sounded like Napalm Death. So it was easier to keep the track without a text. Considering the song title I wonder what Brian's lyrics attempts were like because in classical mythology Cupid is the god of desire, erotic love and attraction.


Like the album also the shows of the “Sleeping with ghosts” tour (2003/2004) were opened with “Bulletproof Cupid”. Brian had said beforehand that the song gives a hint to what the concerts will be like. The shared live version was recorded at Rock am Ring in Germany on June 7th 2003. It was one of 88 performances of the song.

  Placebo at The Wiltern Theatre (Los Angeles, USA) on November 26th 2003. Credit unknown

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗨𝗣𝗜𝗗” 📌
📢 "It's a musical slap. I want to wake up the audience. I tried to write lyrics on this track, but I couldn't. It didn't come out, it didn't sound natural. So it was easier to keep this track as an instrumental. Then the difficulty has been to choose where to integrate this track. It could only work at the beginning. If we had put it elsewhere, it would have interrupted the album flow. But what I find interesting as an auditor is that on the one hand you take a slap and in addition, you wait for the lyrics all along the track. But they don't come. It's a matter of intrigue. You are disoriented and you know that you will have to listen to at least five or six songs to understand the record. This concept is interesting."
(Guitar Part, April 2003)

𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢 𝘊𝘋 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. "𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥" 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴. 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰.
📢 “Well, yeah, I tried to and whenever I would sing over it, the song was so fast it ended up sounding like silly metal singing. Napalm Death or something like that.“
𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭?
📢 “Yeah, that wasn't going to happen. I felt that after we recorded it and we were sequencing the record, the only place that we could put it was the beginning, because it would interrupt the flow. So we took that decision afterwords and realized that it was quite fortuitous, because when the listener puts the album on for the first time, they are expecting the vocals to come. A minute into the song, tehy are saying to themselves, 'well, they have to start now' and they don't. So the listener is dragged in.“
(The Sentamentalist, 2003)

 Placebo at Astoria  London on March 10th 2003. Credit unknown

📢 "A reaction to that Jim had done to our songs – we needed to reassert our identity but all the lyrics I tried to write sounded like Napalm Death. Also a hint to what the live shows will be like."
(Rock Sound, April 2003)

📢 "It pulls people into the record, first you get this sonic slap on the face and they're waiting for the vocals to start and they don't. So it sets up this feeling of intrigue. Musically it's completely different and the listener doesn't know where the album's going. You have to delve into it to figure it out."
(dormusiccom, May 2003)

📢 "It was our response to the relationship that developed in the studio between us and our producer Jim Abbiss. First of all, this time we wanted to work with someone who grew up in the culture of British dance music. It wasn't supposed to be some American rock producer. We believe that rock must move forward, take on futuristic features and adopt elements of contemporary, culturally important genres such as electronics and hip hop. Jim Abbiss has worked with such artists as DJ Shadow, Sneaker Pimps, U.N.K.L.E., Bjork, and Massive Attack. And that's partly why we decided on his person. He had a bit of freedom, and we wanted someone to give us a hard kick in the ass. We expected Jim to keep us motivated at every stage of creating new songs."
((Non)Security Zone, May 2003)

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✨ 🌟 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓪𝓻𝔂 ✨ 🌟

💦 Nine years ago,on the 3𝒓𝒅 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕 2013, our beloved band embarked on the 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓. 147 concerts in a row on all continents until July 18th 2015.

Photo credits:  Elelna Di Vincezo - Screenshot from the Loud Like Love video - Edit by Laetitia

💦 It was during this tour that Placebo announced the 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕, in February 2015, who wanted to pursue his personal ambitions, leaving the place to 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕 𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒏 who finished the tour behind the drums.

💦 The colourful visuals that accompanied the band's stage performance were made in collaboration with 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, the same man who did the artwork for Loud Like Love.

Placebo has not refrained from putting in the effort to make sure that the fans get the most out of the visual effects during the concerts.

Photo credit: Joseph Llanes

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 45𝘮2 𝘰𝘧 8𝘮𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯, 20𝘮2 𝘰𝘧 6𝘮𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘓𝘌𝘋 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘦 𝘏𝘋35𝘒 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴, 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮., 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘔𝘜𝘒.
✔️ 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲
⭐ https://bit.ly/3aToAB5 ⭐


💦 Julian House was based on the band's desire to change their "𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑒𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐" to something more colourful and to add a psychedelic element. Julian took a sci-fi imagery straight out of the 70s/80s and inserted an explosion as "𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 [ℎ𝑖𝑚] 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 [...] 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙, 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔."
✔️ 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 - 𝙻𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚃𝚅 - 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎

Photo credits: Joseph Llanes

"Our design on tour is meant to be a continuation of the album artwork - without too much fuss and pyrotechnics. Nevertheless, we have cosmic explosions and colourful psychedelia as visuals on the screens."
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝙰𝚖𝚙𝚢𝚊 - 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛. 𝟷𝟿, 𝟸0𝟷𝟹


💦 Fans also had the great pleasure of wishing 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 10 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2013. Solicited by Stefan who asked the fans to help him sing, the enthusiastic crowd was quick to join him. Brian greeting and bowing at the crowd is so humbly 🙏

🎉 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮
🎁 https://bit.ly/3Ps9aTo 🎁

🎉 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
🎁 https://bit.ly/3RUXrOP 🎁

Photo credits: Leipziger Volkszeitung

📜 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧
🎵 B3
🎵 For What It's Worth
🎵 Loud Like Love
🎵 Twenty Years
🎵 Every You Every Me
🎵 Too Many Friends
🎵 Scene of the Crime
🎵 A Million Little Pieces
🎵 Speak in Tongues
🎵 Rob the Bank
🎵 Purify
🎵 Space Monkey
🎵 Blind
🎵 Exit Wounds
🎵 Meds
🎵 Song to Say Goodbye
🎵 Special K
🎵 The Bitter End
🎵 Teenage Angst
🎵 Running Up That Hill
🎵 Post Blue
🎵 Infra Red

🎥 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘆 ✨
⭐ https://bit.ly/3OqsvTV ⭐

Post by Laetitia

💥𝐁𝟑 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘💥

Exactly ten years ago today, on July 28th, 2012, Placebo went on a short 𝐁𝟑 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑, almost three months before their same-titled EP would be released in October 2012.
All in all, 18 concerts, including the festival shows, were planned for the tour. The first one took place on July 28th at 𝑳𝒐𝒘 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 in 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏.

Photo credit: Charlotte Boquet

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐁𝟑, 𝐋𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐, 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧
🎬 https://bit.ly/3QAsvCW 🎵

Not everything went smoothly during this tour (as at 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 in Austria on August 16th when the show was stopped after the first song). However, Placebo managed to play several brilliant concerts which would be always remembered by the fans as true highlights of the band’s live history.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐒𝐳𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐, 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐎́𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟖𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
🎬 https://bit.ly/3Abs5xh 🎵

“Next, we race back to the main stage in order to catch Placebo who are armed with new material in the form of ‘B3’ alongside the now “classic” body of work that they’ve perfected. Their energy is infectious, and it’s good to see them headlining such a credible festival bill (they’ve done it before, here too). Tonight at Sziget, it is very easy to see just how Placebo have been able to graduate from snotty androgynous punks to an internationally recognised and celebrated rock legends. This is signified in the set as well; the band leave out tracks like ‘Nancy Boy’ in favour of the (arguably) more mature (and polished) ‘Infra-Red’ to close things off. Again, it’s just obvious that this band have grown up and developed, and in our opinion that’s no bad thing.”
(𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤, 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 2012)

Photo credit: Cotorep

By the way, on that day Placebo shared the festival scene with the Belgian band 𝐝𝐄𝐔𝐒 whom 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 called one of his favourite bands and also his personal friends.
A great performance of 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝟑, shared in the video below, was recorded at this very festival. I hope you enjoy it!

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐, 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
🎬 https://bit.ly/3Oh3OtG 🎵

“They were THE headliner on Friday. Only a few shows this year in Germany, and one of them at Taubertal. Huge expectations have met the fullest satisfaction. Brian Molko, singer and guitarist and frontman of the band, was fashionably polite during the 90-minute set. In good understandable German he addressed the ladies with “Remember Me” - before Special Needs from the Sleeping With Ghosts album. We will definitely not forget Placebo. The lightshow with five screens above the stage was amazing and perfectly contributed alternative rock by Placebo. As previous albums of the Brits were represented, as so the new album sounded very good.
The release of Battle For The Sun was a great return after a three-year hiatus. The version of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill was just fantastic as one of four encores.”
(𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑂𝑛 𝑁𝑒𝑡, 2012)

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐂𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐰, 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
🎬 https://bit.ly/3tSbeLN 🎵

Photo credit: Cozycot

“Although it may be difficult to find a link between the Californian rapper (Snoop Dogg) and Placebo, festivals are there to make communication possible just because the fans of both artists have fun in front of the stage together. And Placebo fans had a lot to write home about. An hour and a half of music by the band in absolutely peak form. Brian Molko has lost nothing of his magnetic charisma and kept a perfect feel of the stage. Steve Forrest, the percussionist who joined the band four years ago, clearly managed to find ground under his feet and now feels entirely confident in the company of Placebo founders. The concert opened with Kitty Litter from the still popular Battle for the Sun, the album most extensively represented during the show, but they also had surprises in store, such as, for example, I Know from their debut album or Meds, originally performed with Alison Mosshart. The second part of the concert started with Running Up That Hill from the repertoire of Kate Bush. Interestingly, just an hour earlier, the song played an important role during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. Alongside this cover and pieces like Infra-Red and Post Blue, the encores featured the band's only new piece – B3.”
(𝐵𝑖𝑢𝑟𝑜 𝐹𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒, 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 2012)

The final show of the B3 tour was played on September 22nd in 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒌, 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒔.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐤, 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
🎬 https://bit.ly/3HPQ5Yw 🎵

Post by Olga 

🌏⭐️𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄: 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄?⭐️🌏

Placebo always meant their songs to be quite ambiguous, Brian stressed he wanted his lyrics to get a personal meaning for everyone based on their own feelings and experiences. However, it was almost always possible to find out a main theme, a leitmotif, at least, analyzing Brian’s statements on the song and the lyrics directly.

What I noticed with 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐞 𝐆𝐨, is that I’m struggling to even put all my reflections on a certain song in one post!
In most of the songs, there are definitely more than one theme touched, and each of them deserves a profound discussion. (That happened when I wrote about 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 admitting that I was only talking of one side of its meaning – and you kindly suggested your other opinions).
Today, I want to talk to you about a song which clearly leads us two different directions – connected, of course, but still divided between the verses.

🌏It’s 𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄.
I remember this song being simplified by the reviewer to something like “the song about the animals dancing in the forest” …
Well… The 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄 seems to be a primary one here, and it certainly is.
▪ ▪ ▪A joyful atmosphere – underlined with an upbeat melody - is broken with a warning of a disaster being foreseen.

𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒕
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈

📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Try Better Next Time for me is very much my song about the environment. You know, it's a disillusioned, disappointed song. It’s very disappointed in humanity. It's basically saying, good riddance, humanity, try better next time, you know, next time you come back and get a chance to live on this beautiful planet, you know, try better. It's a story about people who live underground, about growing fins and going back to the water. It's a very disillusioned song about the climate disaster presented in a sort of three minute Weezer-ish kind of pop-punk thing. If you dig deeper, it's one of the more disturbing songs because it's talking about an extinction event next, you know, the extinction of human beings, but is presented in an extremely jolly, upbeat happy, catchy way which is something that we do quite well, present something quite depressing in an upbeat fashion.
(𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑐𝑠 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ 25𝑡ℎ, 2022)

Photo credit: Mads Perch

▪ ▪ ▪But then comes the second verse…
𝑺𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆
𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆
𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌?
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌

Doesn’t that remind you anything?
"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒆 ..."


The whole quote is from 2009 and speaks about the peak of addiction problems around the Meds time…
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: After so many gigs being drunk or high, I realize how much I disrespected the public. Today, all that I feel on stage is true, while until now all my emotions were distorted by what I was taking ... It exacerbated my discomfort: I was on stage, in front of dozens of people with my face on their T-shirt, who were screaming "I love you" while I hated myself. I wanted to shout to them: "You would not like me if you knew me ..."
(𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑦 2009)

Photo credit: Henry Ruggeri

💫Brian’s good in “letters to himself”: “Try better next time” [𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛?] …

A painful confession is immediately followed by the attempts to justify such a behavior with being unable to cope with moments of hopelessness and helplessness.
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑻𝑰𝒎𝒆...
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Like the other tracks, I wanted to express myself more honestly about what I think of the world today. I wanted to capture all the confusion that surrounds it. This song is based on the theory of evolution. An animal or an insect adapts to its environment, while a human being adapts it according to his moods. What is implicit in this, even beyond what my lyrics or the cover of this record suggest, is that nature will always eventually take over. The world we destroy day after day will return to its wild state when we disappear, which at this rate may happen sooner than expected. How can I not get the Monday blues when I think about this? (laughs)
(𝑀𝑦 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 #74, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2022)

A bitter laugh though…


▪ ▪ ▪The third verse brings us back to the post-apocalyptic story.

📢Brian delivers an equally open broadside on the environment crisis, on the scathingly titled, ‘Try Better Next Time’ – obviously, there will be no second chances after planetary destruction. “It talks about growing fins, and going back to the water,” he says, “which is also a nod to Captain Beefheart’s ‘The Spotlight Kid’ obviously.”
He believes that our reckless attitude towards our own living space is simply an extension of our insubstantial culture. “I wonder how disposable everything is going to become until essentially the next disposable thing is us,” he muses. “Is there another species on this planet that deserves an extinction event more than humans? Just look at the way we behave and what we’ve done to our climate. Shouldn’t Mother Nature just wipe us out and give our planet back to the animals?” He smiles.
(𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 15, 2022)

Photo credit: Ana Garcia

📢“It’s overgrown with nature and animals have come back,” Molko elaborates, as he sits with his legs crossed, a cigarette balanced elegantly between two fingers, as it has been in press shots since the mid-90s. “Why? Because humans aren’t there. That’s my vision for millennia from now — a planet where animals can thrive again, because we’re continuously destroying it in the name of profit.”
(𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑈𝐾, 𝐹𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦 1𝑠𝑡, 2022)


💫“𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆” ➡ “𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆”

An overwhelming awareness of the global crisis, the feeling of some kind of personal responsibility for the consequences of humankind actions become unbearable.


𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆
𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆
𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓
𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆

💫To me, these lines feel strongly connected to the ones from 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐞.

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏
𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔

⭐️The video I’m sharing with you tonight was recorded at the 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐬 concert on 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐. Don’t forget to comment if you’ve been there.

Video by Dave And Ames
Post by Olga

🎶”𝗦𝗔𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗚𝗔𝗘”🎶

”𝗦𝗔𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗚𝗔𝗘” is a song from “Never let me go” which was released on March 25th 2022. It was Placebo's eight studio album and produced by Adam Noble who was also the producer of the previous record “Loud like love” (2013). “Sad White Reggae”, like all other tracks on the album, was recorded at RAK Studios in London, UK, and mastered at 24-96 Mastering in Karlsruhe, Germany.

What's different about “Never let me go” is the process how it came into being because everything was done in reverse order to the usual way of working. The song titles were chosen before the lyrics were written, the work on the record started with the album artwork and picking the cover photo instead of ending with those decisions. Stefan explained that Brian came to him with that idea to try to do everything backwards. “So, there were a few factors in starting this record that were a little bit different. And I think we needed that. I mean, the end result might still sound very much like a Placebo record” (Chaos, March 4th 2022).
Brian: “This process of renewal, of looking for something new, is imperative for me, I really don't want to be bored with Placebo. You have to really push yourself to find different methods, challenging situations, things to say that you find important, to basically do something that feeds you, because without that self-feeding, why would you do that? I would ask myself that question all the time” (France Info, March 30th 2022).


📍 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩: Placebo once did something similar with “Infra-Red” from the album “Meds” when Brian wrote the lyrics of the song backwards. He admitted that because of that he first had no idea what “Infra-Red” was about. “I started with the last line and worked my way to the first. I’d never done that before. So it wasn’t until I got to the first line that I was able to take a step back and understand what it was about” (Suicide Girls, May 14th 2006).


Different to the previous albums Brian and Stefan also started to work on “Never let me go” without a drummer. “We wanted to make an album without drums and just do it with a drum machine and that has influenced the process a little bit. [...] And just having those beginnings a little bit different from the previous records, the result is very different from all the last records. I don't know, but it was important to incite to make the journey a little bit different”, Stefan explained in an interview with Alfa 91,3 FM Mexico. But in the end they even had two drummers instead of none at all: Matt Lunn, who is a touring member of the band and first joined them in 2004, and Pietro Garrone of Husky Loops.


Brian said that “Sad White Reggae” was written during a period of insomnia. In the middle of the night he decided to play something by The Police but ended up writing his own song (see quotes below). He stated that the title is a private joke for him. The song includes references to Jane Birkin, Samye Ling and Lama Yeshe, Dundee and Brian's mother.

Photo credit: Matej Grgić

📍𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘆𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗴 is a Buddhist monastery in Scotland. On the band's Instagram page Brian posted this text in 2021: “My friend and teacher 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗲 etablished the first Buddhist monastery in Europe, Samye Ling, Scotland. It is now under threat from US army. Please help us protect the monastery by signing this petition. And album8 is most deginitely on its way!”
Explanation: The military wanted to use the area for target practice. – The petition was successful and the place was safe in the end.


📍𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻 is an English-French singer and actress who Brian admires. She is best known for her releationship with Serge Gainsbourg and their scandalous duet “Je t'aime moi non plus” which Brian and Asia Argento covered for Dimitri Tikovoi's music project Trash Palace in 2002. Two years later Brian recorded a song called “Smile” with Birkin, it was released on her album “Rendez-vous”.


📍 “Sad White Reggae” is not the first song that has a 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 in the lyrics. There's also “Blue American” from the 2000 album “Black market music”. Amongst others it include the line “I wrote this novel just for Mom / For all the mommy things she's done”.


📍 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲 is a coastal city in Scotland where Brian partly grew up. Despite the fact that he had to move a lot with his family when he was young he also once said that if he were to have some patriotic feelings it would be for this place.


“Sad White Reggae” is part of the current tour. The shared video was recorded at Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering festival on May 27th 2022. This song is one of my absolute favorites on the new album and also live.

Photo credit: Matej Grgić

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗦𝗔𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗚𝗔𝗘 ” 📌
📢 "A lot of these songs were written during periods of insomnia and 'Sad White Reggae' is one of them. It's about three o'clock in the morning. Can't sleep. And for some reason I decided I was going to work out how to play Roxanne by The Police, and I couldn't and I ended up writing this song instead. And because I was trying to copy The Police I called it, 'Sad White Reggae' because that's essentially what the first two Police albums is. It's just 'Sad White Reggae', so it's a little in-joke for me, private joke, which kind of makes its way onto the album. That's my song for Scotland. I think Dundee is going to give me the key to the city when this record comes out. I managed to get Jane Birkin, Lama Yeshe, and my mum into the same song and Dundee. "
(Maniacs, March 25th 2022)


📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗘 𝗚𝗢” 📌
📢 “I wanted to express something visceral, something very human. I just hope that other people will understand it and that it will move them. I hope that I’ve been somewhat courageous with this record so that it might inspire courage in others. It might help them stand up for what they believe in. That’s all. That’s what music did for me.”
(The Guardian, November 12th 2021)


𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 (𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰) 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦.
📢 “For me, it was also about trying to create discomfort. My friend and mentor David Bowie always used to say `if you're feeling comfortable, you're doing it wrong.’”
(Vice Magazine, January 17th 2022)


📢 “I wanted to do something that had a certain brutality to it, either sonically or lyrically.”
(Rolling Stone UK, February 1st 2022)


📢 “It is our “Fuck you record”, quite right. It is by far the most angriest and most upset we ever did . And it is very focused in its vexation and anger. Because of my lifestyle change I got much more clarity as in former times. The drugs no longer stand in the way of my attitude. I’m more precise and concrete in these songs. I communicate big ideas in a few words as possible.“
(SLAM Issue 121, April 2022)

Photo credit: Matej Grgić

📜 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦
I got the man on the way
I wanna sleep on the way down
So many miles away
I used to dance in a fountain


I got the man on the way
Measure for measure
So many miles away
Drunk on a mountain


I got a message for Jane
Float on a feather
I hope the kids are okay
Now for the kicker


I'm stuck on a train
Heading for Scotland
They took my mom away
Illuminati


And I'm thin as rake
I'm no longer fleshy
I'll go to Samye Ling
See Lama Yeshe


Where the skies are grey
And the skies are cloudy
And every river flows
Back to Dundee


I won't give into the pain
I'll smile in the mirror
There's no one else to blame


Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never

Post by Silke

🟪 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐘 🟪

💔“…𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏…”💔

🟪One of the most heartbreaking moments on the album, 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐘 has already become – surprisingly or not – an obvious festival hit.
Alongside three other singles from 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐞 𝐆𝐨, it’s been included into the setlists of almost all concerts so far. Although, I suppose, it sounded a bit differently in the atmosphere of the very first intimate shows and in front of the huge crowds at the festival stages.

Above, I’m sharing a video from 𝐓𝐖 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 in 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐦 where Placebo played last Saturday, on June 25th (watch it to the very end💥

🟪When explaining where the lyrics, full of genuine grief and despair, come from, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 mostly goes two directions. He speaks of someone who lost their loved ones to murder, particularly, to police brutality keeping in mind events which led to the Black Lives Matter movement. Another, more personal meaning, is connected to David Bowie’s passing which left Brian enormously devastated back in the day and definitely still influences him.
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𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐?
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: I don’t write songs dedicated to other people, but if I did, this song would be dedicated to someone who had their true love killed. It was inspired by the murders of black people by the police in the United States, something we were already aware of several years before the death of George Floyd.
Then the song became more abstract for me, based more upon my current relationship with David Bowie: his spirit, his influence on me as a person and his constant guidance.
(𝑅𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑛.362, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2022)
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𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬: […] 𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎! 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎?
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Well, I think from two places: first David Bowie's passing which obviously had a major major impact on me. It was at that point that I actually began to reflect on how much I had been influenced as a human being by David. There's a lot about David which taught me to be a better human. To me Happy Birthday In The Sky...I have to kind of in order to get inside a song I kind of I create a narrative that's, that's my own, and I create characters, and what I did in this one is that I tried to put myself in the shoes of somebody who lost a loved one to police brutality. So it was a mixture of Bowie's passing and what was happening in the news.
(𝐵𝐵𝐶 6 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑜, 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝐻𝑎𝑤𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 15𝑡ℎ, 2022)
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David Bowie’s death on January 10, 2016, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of final studio album Blackstar, certainly left its mark on the members of Placebo. The aching Happy Birthday In The Sky, while not exclusively about that particular loss, pays tribute to those whose birthdays we continue to mark even after they have passed, as 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 does with his late hero. “It communicates that kind of heartbreak,” he explains. “That sense of loss. That sense of desperation. It’s as if a part of your body and soul has been ripped from you unfairly. And you pine – and you pine.”
(𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 23, 2022)
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🟪However, let me delicately guess that there might be much more personal background to the lyrics, especially remembering the self-explanatory line from Chemtrails, “My friends and relatives are gone / And I need a little time”.
We will never know whose passing was (also) breakiing Brian’s heart when he wrote Happy Birthday In The Sky, who he remembers of every time while performing the song on stage… And there’s no need to search for those answers🙏
It’s just an absolutely natural human thing… Too many of us can think of those to whom we wish a happy birthday in the sky every single year… and will probably do that to the end of our lives…💔
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𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 is a beautiful celebration of the ghosts that accompany us. “It’s a line I use for people who have passed away. I wish them a happy birthday in heaven. 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅. And if we had managed to convey some of that sense of tragedy, the more the better, it means 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆.”
(𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑡 𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜, #12 𝑀𝑎𝑦-𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 2022)
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🟪Previously, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 often admitted that it was extremely exhausting for him to communicate such difficult emotions to the audience. In the recent interviews, it was exactly 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐘 that made him start honestly talking about it again. Being immensely attached to the song himself, he needs to bring the wholeness of powerful feeling to the listeners.

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“𝑨𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕? 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔.”
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📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Happy Birthday In The Sky for me, is one of the more heartbreaking moments on the album. Happy Birthday In The Sky is a phrase that I've been using, you know, for quite some time. When I say, happy birthday to people who aren't with us anymore, you know, like David Bowie, for example, and it communicates the kind of heartbreak that we're really, really good at communicating, I think, you know, that that sense of loss, that sense of desperation. It's as if a part of your body and your soul has been ripped from you unfairly. And you pine and you pine and you wait.
I have a certain amount of drama training, you know, from Goldsmiths College, which is sort of the method, you know, so that it tells you to act from the inside out. So you start with really, really personal things and you externalise them. That’s how I manage to kind of communicate this emotion. I think truthfully and honestly to an audience, by somewhat inhabiting that feeling by putting myself in that position when it's performed and feeling the heartbreak. Concerts that come across as mechanical are ones where I find myself unable to do that, to inhabit the emotion within the song. I do that a lot during performance and put I put myself in the shoes of the narrator emotionally, which can be really draining and I think a lot of people don't understand why I wouldn't want to go to an after show party or I wouldn't want to go to a discotheque after the show when all I want is some food and to collapse, because I've basically given everything I can emotionally and there's nothing left. I'm just an empty shell. You kind of inhabit these difficult emotions 12, 13, 15, 20 times a night.
What I am thinking is that this is kind of so visceral and so intense emotionally that it's really going to communicate something very powerful to the listener. And that's basically all I'm interested in. At what cost? Who cares. As long as the song really, really moves people, then whatever sacrifices you have to make in order to get there are fine with me or that you will continue to make in the future. It's not such a bad thing to inhabit these emotions, you're very, very much alive and in the moment while you're doing them.
(𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑐𝑠 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 25𝑡ℎ, 2022)
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🔸𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗘: 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗔𝗡𝗗 "𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄"🔸

⭐"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 '𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈' 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑱𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓."⭐
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚅𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝟸0𝟷0)

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Hi soulmates,
today I have memories for Greek fans.
Placebo does not miss Greece from theirs tours. The guys first visited Greece in 1999 and will play two concerts again this year.

🔸𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬.🔸

I have an interview for you that Brian gave to "Sunday Vima" magazine before the Greek part of the 2010 Battle For The Sun tour.
And I will be happy if you enjoy not only reading, but also some songs from Greek concerts that I have chosen for you.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 "𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞" 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗.
In connection with the interview, of course, I provocatively chose the memory of old placebo times ... skirts, dresses, tights ... you know that...😁


🔸𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 "𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄"🔸
"A disembodied soul floats overhead, observing the living. It's a ghost story, about somebody watching their lover make love to the person who killed them"
(𝙱𝙼, 𝙿𝙰𝚃 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿)

𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎
"𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥"
(𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑆𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑘𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠)

The English translation made by an unknown soulmate


Placebo's mastermind talks in "Vima" about the course and the changes of the adored, in our country, british band.
"Placebo's case is quite impressive. An overall punctual/dutiful band that is good but of not that big of a range in other countries, meets, in Greece, a success of a ..super band.
Since their first appearance in Rockwave Festival in 1999, their popularity has been constantly increasing.
Adoration and hysteria/frenzy/delirium for the tiny frontman, guitarist and singer of the band Brian Molko, who has managed to become a subject of discussions within the british music press since the beginning of his career in the midst of 90's, with both the lyrics of his songs (Nancy Boy), as well as the androgynous style which he launched.
Collaborations with their mentor David Bowie and the follow-up is all the more interesting with even greater hits (Taste In Men, Slave To The Wage, Special K).
Their new appearance in Athens and Thessaloniki is performed in the sphere of their worldwide tour for their new album Battle For The Sun.
Brian Molko with his familiar/typical style/vein and humour talked in "Sunday Vima" before his new visit to our country.

🔸𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒆, 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌?
"The truth is, that even though we are Northern, we have a great success in countries such as Greece, Italy, Spain, Latin America., all of them being countries of passion and warm climate. Maybe cause our music is passionate and honest and full of emotions, and that is getting across by people who live with the sun every day and have learnt to feel and express themselves."

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🔸𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 (𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄) 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍?
"To us, greek audience is unique, enthusiastic/passionate and generous, and this is something that was clear with our very first time in Greece.
We love it just as much, and we have lots of friends in Greece."

🔸𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔?
"The main reason why we keep doing it is, cause we have nothing else to do. I don't know how to drive so i can't be a taxi-driver, i'm not really good at programming/computers.. I'm basically unskilled,really.
What i know well is to play the guitar and write songs. Stefan is the same.
We've thought, at some points, to leave it all behind. But we have no other choice. What the hell am I supposed to do in my life?
I open my mouth and describe my feelings in all honesty and this, apparently, is getting clear by the audience ..and that's magical. It's a matter of honesty to manage to speak in the heart of so many people.
Besides, I don't have the slightest intention, as several hip-hop artists do, to have a career in the cinema at the same time. Or to be a judge in one of those fucking stupid t.v. shows. I'm only doing this cause I have nothing else to do, and I'm also doing it so that I won't go completely mad."

🔸𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅?
"It was a political move of us during the 90's. A sign to everyone who felt different and was afraid to admit it. We would tell them that there's no reason for them to hide. And it wasn't just about sexuality.
You know, there are a lot more people of a 'wrong' body compared to the people that meet the Hollywood standards. Not everyone is like Angelina Jolie, and not everyone can be like her.
We would talk about anyone that was an outcast/marginal, maybe because we felt we were like this ourselves as well.
After all, music has never met any norms/forms. I think that, with this move of us in 1990, we encouraged bands such as Gossip with Beth Ditto to be able to find their own word and stand out there."

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🔸𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝟗𝟎'𝒔?
"Not at all. Crappy bands like Oasis, football homophobic music, bosh/nonsense about british pop and a whole bunch of other crap.
Well let's see which the true roots of rock n' roll are. Look at Little Richard or Elvis Presley. Talking about 2 heterosexual people whose figure created a sensation with/due to its difference. Richard, a black guy that would put on tons of make-up and talk about shaggings in the 50's.
This is the background of rock music, of these artists and of David Bowie and Iggy Pop who passed the baton later on."

🔸𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉..
"If you mean that we stopped wearing dresses then yes, we did stop, because all of a sudden aesthetics/style became the main subject/centre of attention and music came second. We had to get music back in the scene."

🔸𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅?
"Have I ever said that?"
🔸𝑻𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐.
(BM laughs)

🔸𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒚.
"I was definitely high, then! I'm definitely sexier than Oasis, though."

🔸𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏?
"This is probably kind of my fault, too, cause I was pretty arrogant and naive in the past, when I was younger. However, this is a must-combination if you want to survive in the beginning of your career."

🔸𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔? 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕?
"I think that they are just as interesting, and also boring sometimes, as always. Always have there been, and always will be, good and bad artists, good and bad albums."

🔸𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅?
"It's a matter of priority. When you have kids, priorities change and you have to realise that in due course."

Photo credit: Robin Photo

🔸🎶𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐂𝐄🎶🔸

"𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐈'𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕
https://bit.ly/3NDDnOa

"𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗
https://bit.ly/3GG7iCR

"𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎
https://bit.ly/3O4Wu43

"𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://bit.ly/3x3LRbW

"𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐝" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://bit.ly/3wXwGQl

"𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://bit.ly/3GEFP4v

"𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://bit.ly/3ta4cS6

"𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕
https://bit.ly/3aaJxH4
🔸🎶🔸🎶🔸

Post by Marti

🔸𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢'𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥🔸

On May 23rd 1996, shortly before the release of their self-titled debut album, Placebo started their 🔸𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥🔸 with a concert at Luna Theatre in Brussels, Belgium. The band played 159 shows in the UK, Europe and North America. The last gig took place at Battersea Power Station in London on December 22nd 1997.

🎬 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗫 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟲 (𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3we9XPC 🎵

Photo credit: Mr. Snappy

The most played song during this tour was “Nancy Boy”, followed by “Teenage Angst” and “Bruise Pristine”. You can find the average concert setlist below.
Interesting fact: The Placebo tour was the only time that the Smith cover “Bigmouth strikes again” was played live, but it was performed only once at a show in Wolverhampton, UK.


📜 𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧
1. Come home
2. Bionic
3. 36 degrees
4. Hang on to your IQ
5. Allergic (to thoughts of Mother Earth)
6. Bruise Pristine
7. Teenage Angst
8. Lady of the flowers
9. Nancy Boy
10. Evil Dildo

Posr by Silke

🌟❤𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎: 𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐎❤🌟

Dear soulmates let's enjoy today the very first and only acoustic session that 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 has performed in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐, a private concert that took place at the 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 on March 12, 2007 where only a few lucky fans could attend and which was recorded to close the first season of the series "𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝑺 𝒄𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐", a concert and interview 𝑻𝑽 show created and hosted by 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐 that premiered just one month later on April 12, 2007.

Photo credits: Salvador Bonilla / Screenshots (4) // Edit by Rita

📌 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 📌
The 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 is a venue located south of 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 that, due to its imposing dimensions and high social and humanist content, attempts to call human beings to establish freedom, welfare and justice on earth through art. It was built in 1966 and inaugurated in 1971 and is a true work of art in every way, first for its innovative architectural design, a dodecahedron on the outside and an octagon on the inside, that is, 12 walls on the facade and 8 inside the building; and second because in its installations it is the largest mural in the world entitled 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 by the 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 painter 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒐 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔, that is why 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒂́𝒓𝒆𝒛 𝒚 𝑺𝒖𝒂́𝒓𝒆𝒛 named the venue in honor of him.

Photo credit: Screenshot

The mural has an area of 2,400 meters and covers from side to side and from ceiling to floor of the 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍 (main hall of the 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎). The work is divided into four zones and is a mixture of pictorial styles ranging from new realism, through expressionism and abstractionism, showing the evolution of humanity from the past to the present, as well as a vision of the future. In addition, part of the interior mural is three-dimensional, which gives an immersive sensation typical of 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔' surrealist and expressionist influences. About his work, 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 wrote:
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕; 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈".

Photo credit: Screenshot

The building consists of several spaces: the 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍, the 𝑬𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 (𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆), and the 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 inspired by circular theater in the classic 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 style with a capacity for 500 people, in which cultural, political and social activities are held. Since 2017, the 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 closed its doors for a restoration that to date has not finished, but you can take a virtual tour through 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒑𝒔 or if you want to see what the venue looks like, you can click on the link below.
👉 https://bit.ly/3lp5Ivw

Back to 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, in March 2007 the band visited 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 for the second time with the "𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓", this acoustic concert was the first of five concerts they would offer in that second visit, since after this one they performed in 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒚, 𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒓𝒂 and two nights in a row in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚.
Besides the magnificent soulful interpretations, it was wonderful to see the smiling faces of 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 throughout the acoustic session. They must have been very happy and grateful for the warm reception from the 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 fans who at the end of each song were clapping euphorically and shouting: "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐!
𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑳𝒆𝒆 accompanied them on stage playing guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel and doing backing vocals, while 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 participated as audio engineer and in audio post-production.

Photo credit: Screenshot

📢 "𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 15 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥-𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘚 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰."
𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚘.𝚌𝚘𝚖

🎬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐒 𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕 (𝐹𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝒉𝑜𝑤 + 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤) 
https://bit.ly/3wsEwlG

Photo credit: Screenshot

🎶🌟 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 🌟 🎶

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬

𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭

𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞

**𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰**

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞

𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞

💢 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 💢
💫𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 played "𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆" again because the first went wrong.
💫In the interview of this session we only see 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 talking, but there is another recording of this program which includes a question that 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 answered and you can see it from minute 15:40 here:
🎬 https://bit.ly/3Lt0MAr
💫This was one of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's last concerts in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 with 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 on drums.
🎶 Please, let me know your thoughts and feelings about this acoustic session. 🎶

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