𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃: 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕

Two concerts at the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 on 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 had to be the final UK dates of the 𝟐𝟎 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓. But… sadly, several days before Brian got serious voice problems which forced Placebo to cancel upcoming concerts in Portsmouth and Swindon.
The band put out the following statement on their 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆:

Photo credit: Miguel de Melo, Brixton Academy, October 23, 2017

📢 "It is with great regret that Placebo are unable to play the upcoming shows at Portsmouth Guildhall on 16th October and Swindon Oasis on 17th October this coming week.
"Brian Molko has been suffering from throat problems which has badly affected his voice. The band were reluctant to cancel dates and let the fans down and pressed ahead with the shows in Reading and Cardiff over the weekend but it was clear that Brian was struggling to sing.

"Brian will now see a specialist in London asap and following that diagnosis, we will make further announcements regarding the shows. […] Placebo would like to apologise to the fans for this disappointment and hope for better news soon."

However, Placebo decided to go forward with the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 although Brian hasn’t recovered completely yet. Some songs had even to be rearranged to make them easier for Brian to sing… The guys trusted their devoted fans and hoped for their support and understanding…
I found two nice 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐒 of one of those concerts – you can get some more details and feel an atmosphere of that very complicated for Brian concert.

Photo credit: Miguel de Melo, Brixton Academy, October 23, 2017

🔸𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕🔸
𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒃𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑷 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈
It really didn’t matter, dear Brian. 𝑨𝒔 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐’𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 “𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕”, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. The singer was still recovering from a complete loss of voice that occurred two weeks ago, but, recuperating in major part, he was ready for the band’s London date of the tour A Place for Us to Dream, from the name of their latest record.

[…] Going smoother in tone with Loud Like Love, they built a beating climax, rising up to the strong rhythm of For What it’s Worth. Midway through the gig, I know offered a powerful exchange and crossing of guitars between Stefan Olsdal, who was definitely one of the highlights of the night, and Nick Gavrilovic.

As intense as it could be, the music emanated from the stage with unique energy. The high-pitched voice of Molko more often than not blended and got lost behind the strings – among which to note Angela Chan’s violin – and the keys.

Unforgettable was the rockers’ tribute to David Bowie with Without You I’m Nothing. While the ticking beats of the music flew soft and melodic, footage of the smiley face of the Thin White Duke – who featured in and recorded the song with Placebo in 1999 – was projected onto the background, filling more than simple words would do. […]
(𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑃 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑦 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖, 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 25𝑡ℎ, 2017)

Photo credit: Miguel de Melo, Brixton Academy, October 23, 2017

𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒃𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒐'𝒔 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒈
Ah, one of my all-time favourites again tonight hopefully (hopefully due to the fact that a few previous gigs were cancelled due to Brian having lost his voice a couple of weeks back). As it was, the gig went off without a hitch, albeit with Brian having to perform with less than perfect vocals, having not fully recovered by the time of the sound check.

[…] But the sell-out crowd of nearly 5000 were there for the music, something the band excel at live.
At 8:45 the lights went down and we are treated to the “Every You Every Me (unreleased promo)” video in full on the stage backdrop before the band launched into ‘Pure Morning’. […]
𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘. 𝑯𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕! 𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔/𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎 – 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆!

Stefan and Brian, both dressed in black, took residence at the front of the stage with Stefan mixing up instruments from guitar to bass to keyboards throughout. The set list was a cross section of classics from their back catalogue. The songs were interspersed with projected live feeds of the band, videos (‘Without You I’m Nothing’ was a tribute to the unforgettable Thin White Duke) and strobes. Some of the slower mid-section songs really tested Brian’s vocals, his weakness apparent to all in its flatness. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏.

Photo credit: Miguel de Melo, Brixton Academy, October 23, 2017

[…] They return for a two-song encore with Stefan holding aloft his rainbow guitar to mass applause. The backdrop changes to a packet of fags with a Donald Trump effigy and wording of ‘seriously harms you and other around you’ when Brian finally leaves the stage last after a minute fiddling with feedback on his amp – a very R’n’R finish.
So, to summarise – they weren’t at their best (which is understandable), but even like this they were mighty impressive visually. The songs do stand for themselves and the majority of the audience seemed to be having a bloody good time.
(𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑜'𝑠 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑔, 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 25𝑡ℎ, 2017)

Brian asked not to take videos. Basically, he always does but this time there was a serious reason for that. I feel kind of ashamed sharing this video… although to me, it looks and sounds incredibly beautiful and moving…
So please, go watch it only those of you who really LOVE THE SINGER…

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝟐𝟑 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕
https://bit.ly/37I4bdj

Post by Olga

✨⭐ "𝑳𝑬𝑻'𝑺 𝑭𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 " ⭐✨

𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚, 𝟐𝟐𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕

The little fella stage right hugs his guitar and tries with no little ability, frankly- to appear all small and coy. He glowers at his microphone and then he drawls, in a truly pan-global showbiz lilt, "𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐, 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆." Woooosh! Stars collide! A guitar implodes! And 3,500 freshly conquered Placebites plunge headfirst into a universe of sex, sauce and, like, weirdness. Type stuff.

 Photo credit: Justin Thomas (2) /unknown (1) / Edit by Rita

Because, as The Undertones very nearly shouted 'Hear Comes Ann Summers!' Yes sirree, Brian Molko's "dream come true" seems to somewhat hinge upon the basic joys of plecs: he shall wield an axe of the rock'n'roll variety; he shall smoke a string of tads, all casual, like; and he shall - as is his cheeky little wont - bounce across the stage wearing little more than a rather natty dress and leopard skin tights. Scooby!

Next to Molko, unfeasibly tall bassist Stefan Olsdal broods and bends not unlike an unfeasibly tall decked - nay, wrecked - out in hardcore storm trooper bondage gear, a loin-lunging Sven Hassel nightmare ready to rock the local Conservative party Casbah. At the back, it is surely to everybody's benefit that the figure of drummer Steve Hewitt remains concealed behind all manner of cymbal-like implements, for lawks knows precisely what sex shoppers' paradise he has been visiting in his secret vampish rhythm-romping world.

Story time: flashback to September 1995, in a shadowy Spanish bar in the heart of Soho, and a young Brian Molko is saying, with the kind of authority and simplicity that broods no argument, that his band "will be bigger than The Smashing Pumpkins". An audacious statement at the best of times, and surely an insanely optimistic career plan from a band who, at the point were poised to release the original debut version of 'Bruise Pristine', whose notoriety had spread no further then beyond an admittedly cheque book-crazed A&Arse fraternity, and whose infamy knew so few bounds that the name Placebo was less well known than that of their sarf London comrades Scarfo.

Shift forward 18 months and waddyaknow? Scarfo represent the supporting cast at Molko's very own Theatre of Screams as, after a slight stutter last spring, the Placebomoblie rolls around the country one more dramatic time, zipping through the six figure sales mark for the album and notching up another hit single! With 'Bruise Pristine' and now fame isn't merely the spur, it's a blur of groupies and groping moshpits and gruesomely addictive pop choonery masquerading as mini suicide attempts.

Is it a coincidence that tis very week Marilyn Manson tottered into town and played this very same venue? Yes! Is it coincidence that Meeeester Marilyn is really called Brian? Possibly! is it a coincidence that Brian Molko thinks that Marilyn Manson are BRILLIANT?! No, sirree! See, while Placebo are more like Mansun than the Mansons in macabre mascara stakes, they are still gleefully gathering up ne devotees thoroughly wracked off with Adidas-touting footie spouting bowlheads and seeking, you know, a bit of bedsit-tastic spiritual solace. With choruses. And sensitivity.

That Molko's Miss Selfridges act doesn't topple into cabaret is primarily down to the fact that, despite their more debonair sartorial instincts this evening, Placebo never actually camp it up. Where they could well mince into Julian Clary territory, they actually recall those sensational cross-dressing crossover points of Nirvana and the Manics, because like Cobain and Wire before him, Molko has mastered the art of dressing like a girl and rocking like a complete bastard.

True, there are times tonight when you suspect that Placebo's rise might have been slightly too stellar: as magnificent as their shows were at the snuggle old Astoria a couple of months ago, the trio's stripped down paunched sensibilities occasionally struggles to fill the severely vast Academy. Equally, one gets the slight suspicion that the strife of Brian is manifesting itself in auto-pilot mid-song banter as their promotional duties grind on and on . Like hasn't he been using that scientific intro to '36 degrees' for months now? Doesn't he always embrace his guitar like that during 'Nancy Boy'?

When their good however, Placebo are a biotically fine proposition, a victorious whippet-like whirl of suss, pus and adolescent cussing. There's the headrace of frazzled singles, notably an eye-bulgingly louche 'Come Home'; there are the massively cool comedown cruisers, 'Hang On To Your IQ' and 'Lady Of The Flowers'; there are a couple of irascibly frantic fuck tha'-industry-style new models; and there is the by-now-traditional sonic bloom of the encore, wherein Stefan and Brian swap instruments and go utterly feedback-buckingly berserk because, hell, it's their party and they'll fly if they want to, right?

Placebo, then: tell 'em what you Quant, what you really, really Quant.

▪️𝙽𝙼𝙴, 𝙹𝚞𝚗'𝟿𝟽
✒️𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝟽 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟽.

🔹Dear soulmates, what did you think of this review of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's first gig at 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚?
They had only played there when they filmed their scenes for the movie "𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆" and ever since the band started, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 had dreamed of playing there one day. That day was 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝟐𝟐𝒏𝒅, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕. In their set they played songs from their first album and new tracks that would later be part of their second album, although the song "𝑲𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒄𝒉 𝑶𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕" did not have the same luck. It is also probably one of the first times - if not the very first - that 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 appeared on stage wearing a dress.

Below you can enjoy the entire concert. Though it doesn't have the best quality, recording a whole concert at that time was quite a feat and today it is an invaluable document and a marvel to be able to see these images.
🔹𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵? If so, please share your memories with us! 🤩


✨ 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕 (𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰) 🎶✨
https://youtu.be/ns8bm_5fEc4

🎼🔹𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 🔹🎼

𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆
𝟑𝟔 𝑫𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔
𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒄 (𝑻𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝑶𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒎)
𝑲𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒄𝒉 𝑶𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕
𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒎 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆
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