🎸 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 🤘

Post by Laetitia

🔴CONCERT REVIEW BY A FAN🔴

Dear friends and Placebo lovers,

for all those who have not yet had the pleasure of attending one of Placebo's concerts on this new 2022 tour, we share with you the concert review our soulmate Gaëlle Fuchs kindly sent to us.
It's about the last Placebo concert on May 27th at Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering festival, Derbyshire, UK.
Enjoy it!

Your Placebo Anyway Team

Photo credits: Gaëlle Fuchs – Edit by Emanuela

“This gig felt like the first normal Placebo gig after the small ones and the stadium openings.

They seemed in a very good mood, Brian making jokes along the way and Stef playing with the different sides of the crowd to make them scream louder.

They also kept making us clap and sign of a good gig: "It's in the special way we fuck" very loud during Post Blue.

The setlist was a mix of the past 2 setlists with, very sadly, One Of A Kind missing...

Photo credit: @troglodykes

I had a lot of fun dancing and singing and loved it, also to note, the return of the beanie! It was pretty cold when they played.

To say "Hi" to the audience Brian used the classic "Look at all the people here tonight" which was fun.

He introduced Kitty Litter by making a joke about it being one of his favourite thing to eat and suddenly out of nowhere between 2 songs said "I can smell weed".

They also paid tribute to Fletch from Depeche Mode, saying they woke up with very sad sudden news this week and that Fletch was a close friend who was a very genuine and kind person. They dedicated "Went Missing" to him.

I tried to be quick at taking 3 pictures during Hugz (probably took me 10 seconds max) but the girl next to me kept filming/taking pictures.

So at some point Brian pointed at her and asked her if she could stop because it was putting him off. Which made me laugh, so I got a "I saw you too" from Brian as punishmentoops.

To be honest, if he had taken Hugz of the setlist (which I really don't like) I probably would not have taken any pics.

Conclusion: better setlist Brian, thanks. Anyway my personal highlights were to have Sad White Reggae back on the setlist and the incredible energy they had and my down points where to have Hugz, Too Many Friends and Try Better Next Time in the set.”
(By Gaëlle Fuchs)

Photo credit: Carol Turner

SETLIST:
Forever Chemicals
Beautiful James
Kitty Litter
Scene Of The Crime
Hugz
Happy Birthday In The Sky
Bionic
Surrounded By Spies
Sad White Reggae
Try Better Next Time
Too Many Friends
Went Missing
For What It's Worth
Slave To The Wage
Special K
Bitter End
Infra Red

Encore:
Post Blue
Running Up That Hill


SOULMATES, during the "Never let me go" tour (May-December 2022) you can find photo albums of each concert on our Facebook page.
Check them out!
👉 https://www.facebook.com/PlaceboAnyway 

⭐𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕜𝕠 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨, 𝕃𝕖𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚𝟘𝟙𝟝⭐

🔸"𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 '90𝑠, 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑚𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑-𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑡.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐, 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡."🔸

𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙻𝚎𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟸0𝟷𝟻
**************************************

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

Dear soulmates,
Placebo's new tour has just started. This year we will finally be able to meet again at concerts and enjoy live performances of our favorite band.
I have for you today an excerpt from Brian's interview, which he gave before the gig in Leicester during the UK part of the Loud Like Love tour in 2015, as well as a beautiful review from this show.
🔸But at the end of this post, I have one ethical question for you, and I would like you to give us your views on this burning topic that the interview is about.


⭐𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕜𝕠 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨, 𝕃𝕖𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚𝟘𝟙𝟝⭐
💬 Brian Molko has a morning of interviews lined up, back-to-back, writes Gemma Peplow. "My favourite part of the job," he says, dryly.
Brian isn't so much prickly as honest. Which is good. You wouldn't want tried-and-tested PR spiel from the frontman of Placebo, would you? Just for good measure, when we ask how the rest of his day might get better:
🔸 "That's my business, not yours."

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

Moving on, then. Placebo, one of the alternative rock bands of the '90s, whose bitter, cynical lyrics soundtracked the lives of thousands, are touring the UK. After shifting millions of albums and playing bigger venues across the world, this one is kind of back to basics.
🔸 "We haven't done a regional UK tour in a long time so it feels like we're very much going back to our roots," says Brian.
"We're playing smaller venues, with a more intimate kind of energy with the audience. We do try to make an emotional connection with the audience. It's not just about playing songs.
We want to create a collective euphoria, a synergy. We need that connection, otherwise it becomes mechanical and soulless for us.
In a smaller venue, that energy comes quicker; the connection is a little easier to make – as long as not too many people are busy looking at their phones instead of the gig."


While Placebo's music has stood the test of time – the band are 20 years and six albums down the line from their self-titled debut – Brian is not convinced by this change in gig crowds.
🔸 "I think it's a shame because what they're documenting is inferior," he says. "They're missing the moment completely.
Placebo play very loud – the microphone on your smart device cannot handle the volume at which we play. The sound, will be terribly distorted, because people moving around are going to be shaky. You're going to miss out on what you pay good money to see. I just don't get it.
Every now and then some idiot shows up with an iPad and just blocks the view for about five or six people behind them.
It's completely inconsiderate, in my opinion. It's just my point of view, really, I don't want to come across like a grumpy old man. But I want to achieve connection and I can't connect with people who aren't looking at me. It's not an ego thing. It just seems pointless. What value does that have? I think life is short, the moment is fleeting, the gig is happening."

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

Be warned. If you pull out filming equipment when Placebo come to Leicester later this month, Brian may well pull you up on it.
🔸"I do, sometimes. Sometimes it's not so bad, but if I find it frustrating I will, particularly if the entire front row when you walk out is looking at a phone from the moment the first song begins. On a good day, it's distracting; on a bad day, I actually find it quite insulting.
If I get frustrated, it's difficult. I deal with it, just as I would if a fight breaks out in the audience. I have a unique vantage point and it is incredibly disturbing to see the hatred in these people's eyes sometimes. It affects me emotionally."


It's very different to the days when the band formed.
🔸 "In the '90s, people were connected, they were jumping, moshing, crowd-surfing. They were in the moment and just there and absorbing the show and this is how I experienced concerts as a teenager and young adult.
They were mesmeric, transcendental moments for me. I don't understand why people wouldn't want to join me in that."
Having said all that, Brian says he enjoys it more now than he did way back when the band was at the height of its success, "because now I perform without the aid of any controlled substances or intoxicants.
We're choosing to do this tour for the fans and for ourselves. For the experience. To have fun. We want to enjoy ourselves." /***/
(𝐿𝑒𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑔. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2015)
🔸⭐🔸

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

⭐ℂ𝕆ℕℂ𝔼ℝ𝕋 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎⭐
𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨., 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 2015
📌/***/ ... and as the lights dimmed we are teased with a remix version of ‘Pure Morning’, a track very rarely played live, a victim of the “Big Hit Syndrome”, played to death at the time. Molko and Olsdal stride onto stage, full of confidence. Gone are the androgynous looks, Molko looking more like Johnny Depp these days, plain black shirts and jeans are the order of the day in contrast to the superb light show. Olsdal still shows some of that camp swagger, at times provocatively gyrating with his guitar, whilst at other times his tall lanky frame looms over you like a mantis.


The band has always been full of contradictions, from their looks to the varied music. Molko may have shrugged off the more feminine look, but his voice is still angelic. One of the most accomplished vocalists out there, it’s both distinctive and powerful, able to move you with tracks like ‘Too Many Friends’ and frighten you with the full on ‘Meds’.

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

Tonight they open up with ‘B3’, ‘For What It’s Worth’ and ‘Loud Like Love’ before the first big moment of ‘Every You, Every Me’, and this is the way the gig goes, each little segment slowly building, then down again until the ultimate climax of ‘Meds’, ‘Song To Say Goodbye’, ‘Special K’ and ‘Bitter End’ and with the crowd left wanting more. The obligatory walk off then back on moment with a four song encore which included that Kate Bush song. This fan though still yearns for a full live rendition of ‘Pure Morning’ and another notable absentee ‘Nancy Boy’.


Molko and Olsdal have always strived for a perfect complete package, it’s not just about them up there, they surround themselves with consummate and multi talented musicians who swap instruments. The light show is an integral part of the experience and the guitar changes after nearly every song aren’t about tuning up or endorsements, they are about having the perfect tone and sound for that particular song. And speaking of the sound, it was the best I’ve heard at a large rock gig for a long time.


Placebo are true artists in every sense of the word, and in the wonderful surroundings and splendour of De Montfort Hall, tonight has been a memorable experience. Long may they continue to give us quality over quantity, we wouldn’t want it any other way.
🔸⭐🔸

Photo credit:  Tony Gaskin

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 "𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬" 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓
🔸🎶 https://bit.ly/3vRv48z


⭐Do you like the review, dear friends? And what do you say to Brian's words?
Yes, now here is my announced question:
Do you think it's right to record a concert on a mobile phone when we all know the band doesn't want it? And is it right to limit the view of the fans behind you with your mobile?

⭐This is also a very difficult topic for us in the team. Why?
Because we like to share great videos made by fans in our posts.
But at the same time, we know that we are supporting something that is uncomfortable for both Brian and Stefan.
Personally, I am very sensitive to this issue. Maybe I'll take a few souvenir photos from the concert. But I don't want to make videos.
I want to take the atmosphere of this unique moment in my heart, just like I did from U2 or Pink Floyd concerts many many years ago...

𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡. 𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.

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⭐️🎊𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒🎊⭐️

Today marks 12 years since Placebo’s compilation album 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 was re-released.

➡️ https://bit.ly/3KhoH52

Originally, the album saw a daylight on September 22nd, 2003, as a bonus disc from the special edition version of 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬. It was released through the record labels Hut Records and Astralwerks and has gone out of print soon after.


Most of the songs were originally 𝑩-𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 from Placebo's previous singles.
📢"With 'B-Sides' we do a lot of experimental music, a lot of covers, instrumental and stuff like that and it is fun for us," 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 commented in the interview at the Rockwave Festival in 2004.


The 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐥 𝐋𝐏 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 of the album was issued with an all-gray cover and only the white name of the band on it. T𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎 𝐋𝐏 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 of the album has a red title.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎 𝐂𝐃 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 was re-released through Placebo's former label, EMI, with a new cover based on the Sleeping with Ghosts theme. This was strictly EMI's decision and didn't have any input from the band in releasing the album.


💬𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑙 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 (𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒) 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒…😲 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼’𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑦😍 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒!


🔶The decision of releasing a covers compilation mostly came from success gained by Placebo’s cover of Kate Bush’s 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥. After being used on the soundtrack for the fourth-season premiere of the series 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶.𝑪., the song received much attention in both the U.S. and the UK, peaking at No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart. However, it’s not only about The O.C.; the cover was widely used on the soundtrack for a good number of movies and series in different countries.

Photo credit: Scarlet Page, album cover / edit by Silke

𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕
✨𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥✨
▪️originally written and recorded by 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒉 ▪️recorded especially for the 2003 Covers disc


✨𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐌𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 (𝑿𝑭𝑴 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏)✨
▪️originally recorded by 𝑷𝒊𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒔
▪️written by Black Francis
▪️previously appeared on 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 single released in 2003 but had an introduction by a radio presenter


✨𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧✨
▪️originally recorded by 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒔
▪️written by Johnny Marr and Steven Morrissey
▪️previously appeared on the single 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐲 in 1997


✨𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲✨
▪️originally written and recorded by 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒓
▪️previously appeared on the 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐧 single in 2000


✨𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐲✨
▪️originally recorded by 𝑻. 𝑹𝒆𝒙
▪️written by Marc Bolan
▪️previously released on the soundtrack to the film 𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 and also as B-side on the 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐔𝐬 single in 1998


✨𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧✨
▪️originally recorded by 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒈
▪️written by Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier
▪️used on the 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 compilation album released in 2005


✨𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭✨
▪️originally recorded by 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓
▪️written by Alex Chilton
▪️previously appeared on the 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞 single in 2000


✨𝐈 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮✨
▪️originally recorded by 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆
▪️written by Martin Gore
▪️previously released on a fan club-only cassette in 1999 and as a bonus track on the 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜


✨𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥✨
▪️originally recorded by 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑴
▪️written by Frank Farian and George Reyam
▪️previously appeared as B-side on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐝 single in 2003


✨𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞✨
▪️originally written and recorded by 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒆́𝒂𝒅 𝑶'𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒓
▪️previously appeared as B-side on the 𝐃𝐕𝐃 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of the single 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 in 2003

Photo credit: Scarlet Page, album cover / edit by Silke

🔶𝑩𝑩𝑪 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾🔶
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌, 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚.
The very idea of a covers album may have connotations of a concept employed by waning pop artists taking a stab at swing music. However, this collection of re-readings from post-Britpop neo-glam bastions Placebo is an entirely different entity. A smattering of B-sides, live favourites and other rarities make Covers a one-artist compilation album as opposed to a from-scratch covers project, and it functions all the better for it.
Originally released as a bonus disc to accompany 2003 album Sleeping With Ghosts, then given a limited standalone push in 2007, Covers finally warrants a full release in its own right. And headed up by their sullen, cerebral take on Running Up That Hill (a long-established Placebo catalogue staple), its appeal, unlike its sporadic life as an album thus far, is immediate.
An interpretation of Depeche Mode’s I Feel You is among the more dependable covers, as is their 20th Century Boy, originally recorded for the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack. Elsewhere, a radio session take on the Pixies’ Where Is My Mind – surprisingly polished for a live version – operates as both a tribute and a display of fandom towards a band whose influence in Placebo’s output is unmistakable.
Its decade-straddling compilation aspect makes Covers all the more extraordinary, its constancy completely steadfast. The lone exception to the brilliance comes via an oddly faithful version of Boney M's Daddy Cool, which has to be consumed as the side dish to a sizeable main portion of irony to stomach; and yet, its clunky audacity is admirable.
Where an album of this type is often one for the fans, it’s doubtful there’s a Placebo devotee that doesn’t already have a copy of Covers knocking about. Rather, it’s something to turn the heads of the music fans for whom Placebo have never fully broken the surface, and even more commendably for an album without a solitary Placebo original, it sells their incomparable brand of dark, licentious rock beautifully.
(𝐵𝐵𝐶, 2010, 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑦 𝐴𝑙 𝐹𝑜𝑥)

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💢𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵💢

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀,
𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮? 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵.
In addition to this funny review, which also describes Brian's great mood, you can watch videos from this show, which I found for you on YouTube.
The videos are sorted by setlist and thanks to them you can enjoy the funny moments described in the review.
🔸Enjoy the evening and let us know how you enjoyed the concert😊.🔸

Photo credit: Screenshots from YouTube / edit by Marti

💢𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 : 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨, 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 (𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗)

𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐍. 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫💢


🔸For an EU capital, Bucharest is not the most tourist-oriented of cities. Finding Romexpo was quite an adventure and then finding the venue within Romexpo was quite a mini-adventure. The biggest procentege of the crowd waiting at the gates was pretty much what you would call standard Placebo fans: girls ranging from 14 to 18, wearing black and goth make-up, but looking very happy and excited. Of course, by the time access was allowed, a more “square”-looking audience started to show up. There was a bit of a delay, a bit of waiting in the sun, but there always is. …/.../


Placebo took the stage as the sun was setting and, no hello’s, no how are you’s, kicked off with perfect opener Kitty Litter. Setlist-wise, it was a standard non-festival Placebo date, circa summer of 2009. Still, for such a madding crowd, it could have just as well been an acoustic cover session of Barbra Streisand’s hits, the fans were that pleased to see their idols.


Ashtray Heart was next and only after that, Molko greeted the public and announced that they will be playing a few songs from their new album. Battle for the Sun, despite its many lyrics, was well-known by the audience. All tracks were, new or old. At the end of the title track, before Molko moaned acapella “I will battle for the sun”, he took a break and demanded more and more noise from the audience. Some decibels records in human shouting must have been broken that night, because the sound was deafening, almost in a scary way.
Molko’s big smile to his guitar-master, when changing instruments for the next song, prooved that the facts immediately sank in:
Placebo is owning this crowd. Bands always talk about the exchange of energy in concerts. Sunday night, in Bucharest, this phenomenon was as visible as it can be.
All rock’n'roll moves and postures were checked by the frontman, with his Fenders finding themselves between his legs on several occasions. Drummer Steve Forrest “broke” concert rules and catapulted his sticks into the sea of raised hands, after finishing certain songs, not just at the end of the show.

Credit: Screenshot from interview

There were also some funny moments. Stefan Olsdal had some difficulties with the beginning of Speak in Tongues, fixed after changing “weapons”.
Molko ironically commented: “Sometimes, guitars play all the wrong notes”.


When presenting the band, he named Olsdal “the queen of Sweden” and Olsdal responded by calling Molko his “drama queen”.
Towards the end of Black Eyed, the frontman signaled the need of cancer-stick to one of his tech-guys🚬.
Of course, a rain of cigarette packs, coming from the public, landed on stage (accompanied at one point by a bra, that is now probably a part of Placebo’s Tour Treasure… Chest😁).
He lighted before Happy You’re Gone saying: “It’s fantastic to be in a country where you can smoke on stage. Where we come from, in the UK, they’re slowly taking away every piece of freedom we have left. So, it’s great to be amongst you filling our lungs together”.
This might NOT make a good anti-smoking add.


After Song to Say Goodbye, Placebo said good night, but it was obvious that this is not the end.
The first encore was Infra-Red and Sleeping with Ghost’s hit, The Bitter End. They closed the night with the classic Taste in Men, sounding more massive than ever. The band left the stage in an impressive roar of admiration from the mesmerized crowd. Steve Forrest left with his own little piece of “treasure”: a pair of pants, thrown on stage by some really desperate-to-be-remembered fan😁.


The night wasn’t over quite yet. A group of fans situated in the left side of the stage spotted Placebo’s backstage lodgings and cheered them out of there for an impromptu autograph session.
This clearly wasn’t any promo duty for them, just a way of saying “thank you” in a more upfront personal way.
Brian Molko was smiling all throughout the signing, but Steve Forrest seemed to be really having the time of his life. He was hugged and kissed and patted on the back and made pictures with anyone asking.
He even graduated magna cum laude from the rock’n'roll stardom baptism of giving an autograph on a lady’s chest. It was the perfect ending of a perfect night (especially for that lady😁).


After such a mind-blowing response, there is no doubt that Placebo will return to Romania. If not in the following two years, they will surely make a stop when promoting their now-unborn future album.🔸
🔸⭐🔸

Credit: Screenshot from interview

🔸 Placebo - MTV Romania Interview 2009
https://bit.ly/3IVDCBJ

🔸 Placebo Interview in Bucharest
https://bit.ly/3L6XSCy

🎶 Kitty Litter
https://bit.ly/3L5eSsA

🎶 Battle For The Sun
https://bit.ly/3ohIKbC

🎶 For What It's Worth
https://bit.ly/3AQdENf

🎶 Soulmates
https://bit.ly/3HoprF4

🎶 Speak In Tongues and Brian's: “Sometimes, guitars play all the wrong notes”
https://bit.ly/3GqC3Kh

🎶 Follow The Cops Back Home
https://bit.ly/3gj4ZJG

🎶 Every Me Every You
https://bit.ly/3ohIs4t

🎶 Special Needs
https://bit.ly/3IXDPUW

🎶 Black Eyed and a cute Brian begging for a cigarette

Credit: Screenshot from interview

https://bit.ly/3ug5kVP

🎶 Brian talking about smoking
https://bit.ly/3uksiv8

🎶 Meds
https://bit.ly/3sa0LcV

🎶 Come Undone, Brian Molko introduces the band and Stefan Olsdal returns the favour
https://bit.ly/3AR0BuO

🎶 The Bitter End
https://bit.ly/3IWsg0f

🎶 Taste In Men
https://bit.ly/3J0UzuL

🔸 Placebo - FINAL live @ Romexpo Bucharest Romania 2009
https://bit.ly/3HonSqu

Post by Marti

🌟 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗗𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟭 🌟

🔸 "Here's proof that rock never dies". That's how 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 introduced 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑀𝑜 during the concert at 𝐿𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 17𝑡ℎ, 2001.


I was listening to the performance and can't help but think how great this concert was !

𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 hit the stage at this festival four times, in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2017.

The support band which opened the set for Placebo was none other than 𝑆𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑠, who has remixed 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑒 in the past 👏🔥

Live at Le Printemps de Bourges 2001. Photo credit: Gilles

💬 "The Printemps de Bourges must become, for all those interested in song, a place of creation, expression and confrontation on the song of today."

With this sentence, 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 presented a new concept at the end of 1976: a song festival in the heart of a medium-sized provincial town, to be held during the Easter holidays.

The first Printemps was a success: almost 13,000 tickets were sold. From the first festival in 1977, a special programme, "Les Scènes Ouvertes" (translated as "the Open Stages"), offered a space reserved for young, unknown or unusual talent. Attendance at the festival continued to grow until it reached 100,000 tickets sold in the 90s. However𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔's concern for quality over quantity has led to the Festival being deliberately limited to around 50,000 seats.

In 2001, for the 25th session, the venue has gathered many great artists such as Muse, Sigur Ros, The Divine Comedy, Tortoise, Henry Salvador, Disiz La Peste, Goldfrapp, Sawt El Atlas and many more. A variety of music from all over the world, which makes the festival a good reputation.

Live at Le Printemps de Bourges 2001. Photo credit: Gwen

⭐ 𝑺𝑬𝑻𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻

🎵Dub Psychosis

🎵Haemoglobin

🎵Days Before You Came

🎵Allergic (to Thoughts of Mother Earth)

🎵Scared of Girls

🎵Bionic

🎵36 Degrees

🎵Passive Aggressive

🎵Leni

🎵Little Mo

🎵Every You Every Me

🎵Without You I'm Nothing

🎵Slave to the Wage

🎵Special K

🎵Taste In Men

Encore:

🎵My Sweet Prince

🎵Commercial for Levi

🎵Peeping Tom

Encore 2:

🎵Black-Eyed

🎵Pure Morning

Live at Le Printemps de Bourges 2001. Photo credit unknown

⭐ 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾𝑺

📖 Placebo started energetically with Haemoglobin. The beginning of the concert is dominated by explosive tracks from their self-titled debut album. On Teenage Angst, Bionic and 36 Degrees, the audience goes wild. There is a serious scramble in the pit and Brian Molko gives the security team the message to calm down. Brian takes over the keyboards for two tracks, including the sufuriant Peeping Tom. Wearing a cowboy hat, Stefan Olsdal takes care of the entertainment standing on an amp and provides second vocals on an intense Without You I'm Nothing. Steve Hewitt is hidden behind his drums, but is still very present musically. A fourth musketeer, Bill, joins the power trio on stage to reinforce the guitar sound.

The many tracks from Black Market Music, for which the audience seems to have a preference, prove the effectiveness of the latest album. A very electro My Sweet Prince starts the first encore and the concert ends with a long awaited Pure Morning. The core fans are delighted despite the lack of sound quality. The fans and others leave the Igloo with bleeding ears but with a smile on their faces and don't forget that the next day they will see Divine Comedy, JJ 72 and Muse. 📕
(𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮)


📖 Brian Molko blessed by the Gods ? Not sure. Saved from the waters, that's for sure. For this first day of the festival and contrary to all the weather forecasts, the rain gave us some respite. Arriving late under the big top of the Igloo after having passed the few unconscious people who were fleeing the crowd, we came face to face with the guys from Sneaker Pimps who were following Placebo's French tour step by step. The spirit is friendly, but the headliner is late if we refer to the attitude of the audience who will only give a few polite cheers despite the 3000 souls attending (which won't be enough to fill the room). It must be said that the most fervent followers of the power trio had already planned to be in the front row by taking the hall by storm from 3.30 pm. The opening of the doors started two hours later, so we understand the heavy feeling of impatience of some. At 9pm, the applause meter is really flying, Brian Molko has just entered and starts without any introduction on Dub Psychosis. The evening is launched in the same way as the concert in Paris in March and the decibel level is just as devastating. Haemoglobin's saturated guitars are barely audible (so to speak!) and we're at the stage of fearing sudden deafness for the days to come, the sound is not quite perfect and our ears will surely take a hit. Bill, the band's multi-instrumentalist, swaps the keyboard for the guitar and it's an over-excited version of Days Before You Came that triggers the first slams in the crowd. For those who wanted to adopt the same look as Molko by coming to Placebo's concerts in a clean suit, it should be noted that the fall of the jacket is more than advised in the first rows... Afterwards, Brian and his band take a turn towards their 2nd album with Allergic (To Thought Of Mother Earth) followed by Scared Of Girls and the atmosphere temperature hasn't dropped a bit. The die-hards are having a field day and the pit is clearly looking like a battlefield. Stefan takes things in hand and Bionic's bass kicks in before being joined by Brian's guitar. The Igloo tent is overheated and the violent chords of 36 Degrees do not help. The song ends and Molko gives a reminder: There are a lot of people here tonight, so try not to push each other. Try to have respect for each other." The audience nods and Brian takes up his ironic tone: "Don't hurt yourselves, it would stay on our conscience." Thanks for them. Putting their money where their mouth is, the band starts the stripped down Passive Aggressive to calm the heat. As a dutiful leader, the Placebo singer then takes the floor again to pay homage to the pre-engineered King Elvis concert before missing his start on Little Mo: Here's proof that rock 'n' roll never dies." Every You Every Me and then Without You I'm Nothing follow before giving way to an unstoppable end to the first set: Slave To The Wage, Special K and Tatste In Men. The 3 singles in a row would make any octogenarian Charles Trenet fan jump, so what can we say about a venue dedicated to the Placebo cause ! The band goes back to the backstage before returning to polish up the work: a shot of My Sweet Prince, a bit of sweetness in this world of brutes with Commercial For Levi and Peeping Tom before the band goes backstage for a second time. The traditional last encore is awaited and no one is determined to leave the place when Brian appears again to motivate the audience to come back the next day for the rest of the festival's program including Muse, Stephen Malkmus and The Divine Comedy. As the evening drew to a close, the chorus of Black-Eyed's vocals continued to ring out in the tent before Pure Morning's now customary finale. The crowd is finally satiated, the satisfied band lose themselves behind the stage in the middle of a hugging session. Placebo are now done with France before their next appearances in July for other festivals. Later in the evening, the Bourges venue continued to bustle with activity in the nearby bars, but it was clear that Placebo had set the bar high for this opening act. 📕

(𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘨 - 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 2001)

Live at Le Printemps de Bourges 2001. Photo credit:Gwen

⭐ 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒈 ! 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐.

📻 https://bit.ly/3r9jp5X 🎶

Postb by Laetitia

💠𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎: 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔💠

⭐𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕.
𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝑰 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔.

Photoe credit: Photo credit: Michal Pařízek, Petr Topic, edit by Marti

#⭐𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨:⭐
Unique festival, which has been held every year since 2004 on the islands and around the Vltava River flowing through Prague, is very popular among its regular fans.
In 2006, the organizers exceeded their capabilities and invited the band Placebo as the star of the festival.
Although the number of visitors was considerable and the islands were full of fans, the organizers got into debt.
However, their enthusiasm is still not drying up. Since 2007, the festival has been shortened from ten days to just two, the big stars of the international music sky are no longer on posters, but even so, there are always many interesting events for visitors that connect all venues on the Vltava River and its embankments and bridges.
And most importantly, this festival has been free for all visitors since 2007.
🔸⭐🔸


I found a wonderful review on this amazing Placebo concert in that fateful year.
Brian was incredible that day. According to several videos I can share with you, the fans revealed their great love perfectly, as well as Brian did his best to contact the audience.

Photo credit: Michal Pařízek

💠𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐄𝐔𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐍𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍💠

United Islands - Saturday on Red Island belonged to Placebo. It could be heard and seen, it could be felt in a way.
It radiated from the visitors, who filled the meadow in Bráník from 3 pm, although many of them hid in the shade under the trees to escape the hellish heat in the glowing spaces in front of the stage.
Among them, it was possible to see people differently styled in Placebo's image - and not that their black clothes were in any way enviable. But it was clear to everyone that the right time would come after sunset.
There was also high expectations among the performers. Gregory of Southpaw, for example, who told the audience at the end of their performance: "Enjoy Placebo, it will definitely be a great experience!"
And he was right. Although Placebo had a very long sound check, at least it gave time to completely fill the space in front of the main stage with eager fans. They got it! It should be noted that such a precise beginning is not easy to see in a star of this caliber. Brian and Stefan's guitar park was ready - and the owners of the instruments were ready in a moment.
There are not only three members in Placebo. Accompanying musicians stood on the sides, but even so, it was obvious to the eyes and ears who played the main role here. Small and big, Molko and Olsdal, guitar and bass, or two guitars. Only Steve Hewitt disappeared a little behind his drums, although he could be heard clearly.

Photo credit: Michal Pařízek

They played basically the entire current Meds album, surprisingly including the slow Follow The Cops Back Home. It evidently worked as a euphoria-causing drug injection to the audience; and that feeling, it really couldn't be a placebo!
The band also quickly noticed the effect of their music - how great the "ladies and gentlemen of the United Islands of Prague", as Brian Molko called us all, enjoyed.
After all, his actions on stage proved that he experienced the performance with his heart and body. Bouncing, falling to his knees, running, dropping the microphone, everything was possible. At one point, he jumped off the stage into the photographer's aisle, sang a song there, and then disappeared.


"I lost the singer! Shit!" Olsdal commented. However, a minute later, the singer appeared - he had to get around it, because at his height he did not have a chance to climb the podium over two meters high. .../.../
The band did not keep a ninety-minute performance, but even the seventy-five one was rich enough for a captivating guitar experience and another highlight of the festival.
(𝑀𝑎𝑔.𝐴𝑘𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑛𝑒, 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 2006)

Photo credit: Michal Pařízek 

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝑻. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔:


🎬🎶 Placebo "Special Needs"
https://bit.ly/3s88Ccw

🎬🎶 Placebo "Twenty Years"
https://bit.ly/327aabG

🎬🎶 Placebo "Post Blue" and jumping Brian
https://bit.ly/3oWP3lG

🎬🎶 Really just a short video with Brian under the stage:
https://bit.ly/3yqDbeR

🎬🎶 Brian among the fans
https://bit.ly/3m6Rz6K


There is even a short video of Brian's interview from the TV program, the English translation can be found in the comments below the video. Brian is talking here on the river bank, and it's a shame the whole conversation can't be found.
🎬 https://bit.ly/3s45K0t

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🌟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌟

"𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁." 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰

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🔸 Dear Soulmates, do you remember (at least those of you who have seen it) that famous episode where 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒎 ? Well, today I'm going to talk about that show. I often see this pop up from time to time and notice some fans don't know the background of this surprising moment. I had the great fortune to see it live so I'm going to shed some light on this funny and amazing event. ✨


It was on 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 7𝒕𝒉 2006 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒏𝒆́𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆 (France). That night, 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛, in a patriotic spirit (or rather in a teasing spirit 😄) decided to wear a kilt because the Scottish team defeated France in Glasgow by a score of 1-0 in the qualifiers for the 2008 European Football Championship.🔸

🎥 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒕 https://bit.ly/31953r5 🤘

Photo credit: Claude Piscitelli 

⭐ 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ⭐

🎵Infra-Red
🎵Meds
🎵Because I Want You
🎵Drag
🎵Space Monkey
🎵Soulmates
🎵I Know
🎵Song To Say Goodbye
🎵Follow the Cops Back Home
🎵Every You Every Me
🎵Special Needs
🎵One of a Kind
🎵Without You I'm Nothing
🎵Bionic
🎵Blind
🎵Special K
🎵The Bitter End
🎵Running Up That Hill
🎵Taste In Men
🎵Twenty Years

Photo credit: Claude Piscitelli 

⭐ 𝐆𝐈𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 ⭐

📖 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩

The English trio of Placebo came to deliver their usual dose of decibels at the Galaxie d'Amnéville last night. A treatment that is more and more sought after, since more than 10,000 fans came to get the glam-rock prescription delivered by doctor Brian Molko and co.

For their second visit in three years at the Galaxie d'Amnéville, the English trio of Placebo delivered their dose of pop-rock mixed with glam to 10,000 fans, visibly craving for the songs of Brian Molko and his two acolytes, drummer Steve Hewitt and bassist Stefan Olsdal. It's no coincidence that their latest album is called 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑠. The addiction to this band, whose songs are openly about sex and various addictions, has now reached several generations, as the Galaxie's audience testified last night, where post-teens, thirtysomethings and forty-somethings came for the same prescription. Is it serious, doctor ? No, of course not, even if it's better not to have a heart condition when the band starts their set with their latest hit, 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎-𝑅𝑒𝑑, in which the singer begs for 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡.

The tone is set. On the giant screens, the fluorescent curves of an electrocardiogram scroll by. Now you have to hold on. With his head shaved, the androgynous Brian Molko is wearing a kilt tonight. "𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒, 𝑤𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡", he boasts. After this patriotic interlude, the hits followed without moderation, from 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑜 𝑆𝑎𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒 to 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑛𝑑 or 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑂𝑓 𝐴 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑑 and a superb cover of Kate Bush's 𝑅𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑈𝑝 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑙. A supercharged remedy for the blues, but beware of the side effects: you'll quickly become addicted to Placebo. 📕

(𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘦 𝘙𝘦́𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 - 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 8𝘵𝘩, 2006)

Photo credit: Claude Piscitelli 

⭐ 𝐌𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 ⭐

📖 Although it was a long time ago, I remember that the atmosphere was special and magical and the gig brilliant and sometimes surreal. The songs, such as 𝑅𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑈𝑝 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑙, 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐾, 𝑇𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 or 𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝐼𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑛 (what an intro !🤩) are the ones I remember the most. For 𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝐼𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑛 , the first notes started while the hall was in darkness. That's quite an effect ! Especially when it is followed by the cheers of the audience 💖. It was impressive ! As for 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑛𝑑, it set the people on fire which exploded from the very first notes🔥. People went wild ! 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝐼 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤 or 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑝𝑠 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 had the particularity to touch me deeply, so much so that a few tears made their way to my cheeks 💝✨.

The lighting effects (coupled with the music) were very effective, able to create an intimate atmosphere, which sometimes gave the impression of being wrapped in friendly and reassuring arms 🤗.

When Brian made fun of the French because of the football result and because Stef asked him what was underneath his kilt, Brian decided to lift it. I burst out laughing, and the audience went into an incredible frenzy ! We saw nothing but it was crazy ! Unforgettable ! 😄


Unfortunately I don't have any personal photos or videos of this concert because I'm more the kind of girl who enjoys the moment to the fullest, singing my heart out and dancing. It was powerful !!

𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑗𝑜𝑏 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ! 💗 📕

Photo credit: Claude Piscitelli 

🔸 There is no quote from the band relating this particular fact, but on 11 October 2006, the official website, published a photo of 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 (top left picture) with this amusing comment:

"𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.

𝑰𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅'𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 !" 🔸

(𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥)

Photo credit: Claude Piscitelli 

🔸 Unfortunately, there are no full videos of the concert, only short clips but in poor quality..

🎥 𝑩𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅 https://bit.ly/3CvmpMG 🎵
🎥 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐 𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆 https://bit.ly/3BsTUOo 🎵
🎥 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼𝒑 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍 https://bit.ly/3ByJ8pK 🎵


🔸 It seemed Brian was on fire that evening ! 😄

🎥 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 https://bit.ly/2Y6yLMr 🔥


🔸 As there are no decent video from that particular gig, I would like to share 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 2006. Beautiful images, superb interpretation and also because it is one of my favourite songs from Meds.💜

🎥 https://bit.ly/2ZIz8NG 🎵

🌠 𝘚𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘺 ? 😊 🌠

Photo credit: Claude Piscitelli 

Photo credits: Claude Piscitelli (Stefan and Brian on the right), Gwen (center top picture), Hayden Rhodes (top left), unknown ( Bottom left and bottom center picture), edit by Laetitia
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🌟 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒 🌟

"I can't be the only one who just wants them to go 'f*** it' and get in the studio with just their guitars, with someone like Brad Wood, and make debut mkII"
(𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵 - 2021)

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🔸Dear Soulmates, today's post will deal with a topic close to my heart.

As a long-time French fan, I have read many reviews about 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 in the French press. I can't deny that after the success of 𝑆𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐺ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠, an album that was praised worldwide, the press has changed its attitude towards the band, often focusing on the fact that 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 has changed or lost something since the release of 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑠. These critics are sometimes voiced and shared by fans as well.

I'd like to share one of these reviews with you so that you understand what I mean. It was written before the band go on stage at the 𝐹𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑢 𝑃𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2014, in Saint-Malô-du-Bois,

I've chosen a soft critic. Some are harsh.🔸


📍 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾 📍

After a first week full of sweetness, the Vendée festival is really starting the second one and welcomes this very electric trio this Monday. Rock'n'roll !

The time is long gone when Placebo could be considered as old-fashioned irreverent rock. Twenty years have passed, the band has matured (not to say aged) and in 2013 released its seventh album: Loud like love. Those who wanted to hate it hated it, the die-hard fans said it was better before, the others loved it, especially the single Too Many Friends, with its heady melody and wry humour. In short, it left no one indifferent.

But what was the spirit of Placebo? A punk-rock, rough and tumble. A real cry of rebellion. It was also a look, an attitude, that of Brian Molko, a charismatic singer with a nasal voice, anxious to free himself from conventions. This is evidenced by the many concerts in which he displayed his androgynous appearance, wearing make-up to sing lyrics heavy with sensuality.

Photo credit: Pat Pope

A turning point

When did Placebo start to change ? You might think it was with the release of Sleeping with Ghosts, their fourth album, the time when the media started to put the band in the public eye. It could also be their monumental concert at the O2 Arena in 2009, where they definitely broke with their artistic will to never perform in commercial music temples.

As a famous spectacle maker would say: yes, but that was before. The most symbolic turning point came that same year with the release of Death of Nancy Boy, in which the band explained their desire to do away with the character of Nancy Boy, the main title of their first album and a true summary of the Brian Molko character. The explanation: "𝑊𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑤𝑒'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐", explained Molko, during an appearance on Taratata (2009).


Their strength: the concerts

But then what ? By trying to be consensual, Placebo may have lost what made its identity. Meds and Battle for the Sun are albums that are far from having been recognised by the critics. Loud Like Love, the latest one, has followed the same path, with the excellent (Exit Wounds) rubbing shoulders with the not so good (Loud like Love).

However, no worries ! The band's strength is only fully revealed in concert. Their incredible performances are as energetic as you could wish. The three musicians give their all to make each of their appearances a unique moment for the audience. As the trio's only date in the west, the audience at the Théâtre de Verdure should get their money's worth.
(𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘦𝘪𝘹 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.𝘧𝘳 - 2014)

Photo credit: Nadav Kander

🔸Why this topic is important to me ? Well, not because I am a fan refusing negative comments on Placebo.

My views on Placebo are the same as on people. That is, the people in the band, 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 and 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 (and all the other members who were in the band before) evolve over the years, like everyone on this planet. Opinions change, situations evolve, life paths change, and the way you see the world changes. Just life !

What I notice most of all is that the press or some fans would like Placebo to never change and produce the same music over and over again, dealing with the same topics over and over again, in the same way. 𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ? 🤔

Being a fan, in my mind, is not about regretting what our favourite band used to do and hoping fervently that they'll come to their senses, but it is about welcoming the new things they offer us, be it musically or in terms of thinking. We don't have to love everything blindly but we have to try and accept evolution, which is what we do every day with the people around us in trying to understand and accompany them. 💚

Also, being a fan is not about praising only one band member or being very critical of the artists' appearance or being interested in their private life. In a way, it's like refusing to see that behind the music, there are human beings, with all the complexity that characterises them. It's only ignoring the Art itself, the message transmitted through the songs.

In a way, it's like refusing to see that behind the music, there are human beings, with all the complexity that characterises them.✨

I personally prefer a band with a varied musicality rather than having the impression of listening to the same album even when I change the record. I'm grateful for 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 to be a band which sticks to who they are without trying to please (despite their name 😉) critics or some unsatisfied fans.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ! 💝 😄 🔸

🎥 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒚 (2003) https://bit.ly/3mb6tcL 🎵

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Joseph Llanes (top left and top center pictures)
Corinne Mariaud (bottom left picture)
Mary Scanlon (bottom right picture)
Morena Brengola (center right picture)
Robin François (top right picture, bottom center picture)
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