𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋, 𝐓𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐈 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓

🔸🍀Dear friends🍀🔸,
today's post could easily be a continuation of my series about the charitable deeds of the band Placebo. Too bad I didn't come across this report before.
On the other hand, deep down, I believe that Placebo was giving more of help than we can even know.

Photo credit: Eana Korbezashvili, Guram Muradov, Stefan Olsdal IG

🌟🔷𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋, 𝐓𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐈 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓🔷🌟

The symbol of this article will be a photo of a hippo wandering the streets of the flood-ravaged city of Tbilisi. Why that?

13.-14. In June 2015, a devastating flood swept through the city, which resulted in many lives and a large part of the city's population was left homeless. At that time, a shot of a confused hippo wandering the muddy streets flew through the world.

Stefan's reaction to this photo was rather funny. When he saw a photo of this animal walking through the streets of the city where Placebo was soon to perform, he wrote on his IG that he could not wait to join the circus.

Poor Stefan didn't mean anything bad, but he didn't get all the information. The flood in Tbilisi completely swept away the local zoo. You can read about how horrible it was to clean up a lot of dead animals from the city streets in this article:
http://bit.ly/2PYAm2f

Georgian fans did not try to understand Stefan's attempt at a joke and wrote a lot of angry reactions to his address.
I managed to find an article from a Georgian newspaper about the whole unfortunate event that took place around Stefan, including the photo that Stefan shared on his IG:
http://bit.ly/3rWmJPk
🔷⭐🔸⭐🔷

Photo credit: Eana Korbezashvili

You can read what happened next here in this article, which I share with you:

📌 TBILISI, DFWatch–Placebo, a British band which recently played at Tbilisi Open Air festival, has donated about USD 40,000 to the victims of the flood on June 13-14.

The website Indiegogo, which raises funds for charity, said it had received USD 39,974 from Placebo to help Tbilisi recover from the flood.

A few days after the flood, Placebo’s Stefan Osdal posted a photo of a hippo which escaped the zoo on the night of the flood and wandered the streets of Tbilisi. The hippo made the front pages worldwide, and while the subject of many jokes, some also used it as a PR tool to raise funds, drawing comparison to the situation in the well-known animated film Madagascar.

Osdal wrote that when he saw the picture from the streets of Tbilisi, where Placebo was going to perform a few weeks later, he couldn’t wait to ‘join the circus.’

This post caused outrage among the band’s Georgian fans, who started commenting everywhere in social media and on Placebo’s official pages, protesting what he said.
As a result, he deleted the photo and wrote a note of apology.

⭐Here is the full text of Stefan's apology from his IG:

💚 "It seems my recent words and photo offended some people in Tbilisi, Georgia after the natural disaster that struck the city. For this I do sincerely apologise. I never intended this to be the case, and I genuinely did not realise the true effects of what had happened. I have been looking forward to playing to our fans there and the last thing I wanted to do was to make them angry and resentful. I sincerely do hope the city can get back on its feet very soon and that no more casualties occur. Peace and love, Stefan" 💚

...continuation of the article:
📌 At a press conference before their performance in Tbilisi, band members said they were going to transfer all of their income from this performance to the victims of the flood.

The Tbilisi flood resulted in at least 19 deaths. Three people have not yet been found. The damage caused by the disaster amounts to about two hundred million laris. Many people lost their houses. Infrastructure was also badly damaged. Many zoo animals and other animals died.
(DFWatch, July 2015)📌
✨🔸🔸🔸✨

Photo credit: Guram Muradov,

𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑠.
https://bit.ly/2OTDtbk

From the next article we can read that:
📌 One of the biggest bands on the planet has contributed almost $40,000 USD to help Tbilisi recover from the devastating flood that caused immense damage to the capital city last month.
Prominent English alternative rock band Placebo donated $39,974 to the recovery efforts after raising funds at the Tbilisi Open Air festival on July 7.
At the time the world renowned band said it would donate any money received at the concert to those affected by the Tbilisi flood.[***]
Two days after the Tbilisi concert Placebo went online and thanked everyone who attended the gig.
💚"...ANOTHER CRAZY NIGHT ON THE ROAD FOR PLACEBO! SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE FANS IN TBILISI, GEORGIA FOR GIVING US SO MUCH LOVE AND POSITIVE ENERGY. WE TRULY HAD AN AMAZING TIME!!!,” 💚
said the band on its Facebook page.📌
(Agenda.GE, July 2015)
✨🔸🔸🔸✨

Photo credit: Screenshot

So this is the story of one photo. The hippo was lucky to have survived the floods. Many other residents of the city and the local zoo died tragically.
However, the band Placebo faced the situation. I believe that they would donate the proceeds from their performance to the city even without Stefan's incident.
Because they've done it many times.🙏💗
Because they are personalities with a heart full of love and compassion.🙏💗

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢.
𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 - 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑭𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑼, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒:
https://bit.ly/3bTemOV

The videos are not in the best quality, but I chose the best ones and sorted them by setlist:
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗕𝟯
https://bit.ly/30MKXQf
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗔 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀
https://bit.ly/3eFodd0
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀
https://bit.ly/2OvSd0o
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀
https://bit.ly/3cBtCit
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱
https://bit.ly/38H4plJ
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝘀
https://bit.ly/30NYBm3
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲
https://bit.ly/3cHLJUd
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲
https://bit.ly/3cxEHkI
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹
https://bit.ly/38JKClw
🔷⭐🔸⭐🔷

Dear soulmates, my current mood regarding the creation of this post leads me to deep reflections on tolerance and respect. Today, it is no longer a flood in one city, it is something like an apocalypse.
💚Let us approach everyone as a good person, even if they see things differently from our point of view than we do.
We do not live their lives and we do not know why they approache the matter in this way. Acting without sharpened emotions and trying to understand everyone is a topic of today.💚

Post by Marti

Placebo for charity, part 3

Dear friends, today we meet again at the next part of my virtual pilgrimage for events that deepened my love for PLACEBO.

Photo credit: Helena Berg, placeboworld FB, photo edit by Marti

🔸𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱🔸
My first event today is related to a breathtaking photograph by Brian Molko taken by a prominent British photographer and Brian's friend, Helena Berg. It captures Brian's face under a layer of ice. I admit that I can't get enough of that photo.
It was one of the photographs created for a charity exhibition called 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔, which took place in November 2015.
To find out what actually happened in 2015, I will present an excerpt from an article on the CALMZONE website, where there is an interview with one of the ambassadors of the 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗠 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, with the English actor 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝘽𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧:


⭐„It came about after a CALM event I’d organised in Leeds in March. Placebo kindly agreed to dedicate the Leeds show of their tour to help raise awareness of CALM, and I put together a secret after-show party in collaboration with the uni. Both Brian and Stef from the band DJ’d, and have been amazingly supportive. I was so grateful for them getting behind the charity and their continued efforts. Helena [Berg, acclaimed photographer responsible for much of rock band Placebo’s artwork during their 20 year career] had heard all about the event and CALM via Brian, and asked to be put in touch with me to discuss her ideas; she talked about getting a load of photographers together to do something for the charity, as the cause really resonated with her."⭐


◾𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝘼𝙇𝙋𝙃𝘼?
...A culture where the expectation of the stereotypical ALPHA male is relentlessly reinforced...
„The predominant model of the alpha male; strong, stoic and unfeeling, still persists in popular culture and reinforces a concept of masculinity that is pervasive and insidious – one that doesn’t allow for anxiety, vulnerability or dialogue.“
„In 2014, 4,623 men took their own lives in Britain. That works out to more than 12 deaths a day, and accounts for 76% of the total suicides in the UK in 2014. In fact, suicide is the biggest killer for men under 45 in the UK.“◾


Here you can find more photos from the Alpha exhibition.
http://bitly.ws/9FSE


𝘈𝘓𝘗𝘏𝘈 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 - 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘨, 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯, 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘭 - 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘈𝘓𝘔.


⭐To photographer and Alpha curator Helena Berg, finding out the disturbingly high rate of male suicides was a call to action.
“I was so shocked and wanted to help,” she says. “I contacted four fellow photographers and we set out to interpret different parts of the male emotional experience. We called the project Alpha to reflect the cultural pressures put upon men to live up to the stereotypical “alpha male” model ... and we concentrated on emotions that would lead a person not to speak, like anxiety, depression and loneliness."
Berg herself concentrated on feelings of isolation, by photographing men under ice and water.
“Not as a reference to drowning,” she swiftly clarifies, “but to illustrate immobilisation and the feeling of ‘being frozen’, which many depressed people experience. I used Perspex on top of the subject [Placebo’s Brian Molko] for the illusion of ice and to create photos that are haunting and tranquil at the same time.
Alpha was timed to open on International Men’s Day, says Berg, “to highlight this gender disparity issue, where three times as many men are taking their lives as women."⭐
𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2015


Helena's photos, where there is also a picture of Brian
http://www.helenaberg.com/

Photo credit: Joseph Llanes

🔸𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 „𝗥𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻“ 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳🔸
The Placebo rarities auction was the logical result of many years of consideration by our favorites. During their career, they accumulated a lot of things in various storage spaces, to which they had a very nostalgic relationship. That's why the idea matured in their heads that it would be great to offer these treasures to their fans.
It was an amazing idea to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Placebo.


⭐„There just seemed to be an endless list of stuff we’d gathered since that day it all began in a London tube station two decades ago,” Placebo said in a press statement. “As the big ‘20 Years’ drew nearer, we thought it may be time to sift through it all before the hungry city rats got to it; see what would be worth saving from the proverbial fire. We thought to ourselves that maybe some people would even be interested in owning some of these items. Stranger things have been bought in the past; celebrity locks of hair and royal pairs of underwear have both passed under the auction hammer in recent years.
So we proceeded to scour our own personal wardrobes, our management office and the band’s own dark and dusty storage space to see what was hiding in cobweb covered corners,” the statement continued.
“Guitar pedals that we thought were lost, and posters of gigs that never happened surfaced along with gloriously roughed-up stage gear that we thought had been lost in transit to South America back in 2001. While sifting through the reams of black clothes on the wardrobe rail, out poked little forgotten classics from designers we love and pieces worn during the times we rubbed shoulders with our heroes. The dresses and denim, the leather and PVC. The rare and unseen, the signed and played, the disused pedals and rare releases were all there too. And now they are ready, ready for new homes.”⭐
𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 „𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤.𝘤𝘰𝘮“ 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2017


⭐“They’re pretty iconic items,” Molko told NME about what’s on offer to their fans in the auction.
“For example, we have the jumper that I wore in the ‘Pure Morning’ video, we have the space suit that I wore in the ‘Special K’ video, clothes from the stage or album artwork. There’s also a lot of rarities in the form of a Japanese mini-album of the ‘Nancy Boy’ single, posters. These are clothes that we don’t wear any more and they’ve just been in a cage where we store our equipment.“


He continued: “The money is going to the Mercy Centre in Bangkok, which is a home for underprivileged children which we’ve supported for a long time. And we’re also giving money to CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably. They’re trying to raise awareness of male suicide among young men in the UK. The rate is really, really quite high. We need to remove the stigma surrounding depression, and one of their goals is to get more men to talk about their feelings instead of keeping it all inside and isolating one’s self – and eventually ending up with quite a tragic outcome.”


“CALM is a charity that’s close to my heart because depression is a condition which I suffer from myself,” Molko told NME.
“There are various forms of help out there.
It’s a disease like any other. Depression and addiction are both recognised by the World Health Organisation as diseases. If someone had MS or cancer, you would listen to them. There’s still a stigma attached to depression, and a lot of men in particular feel that it’s a sign of weakness to talk about it. What we’re trying to do with CALM is remove that stigma in society.”⭐
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 „𝘕𝘔𝘌.𝘤𝘰𝘮“ 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 2017

Photo credit: Marco Vittur  

“𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘈𝘓𝘔,
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘈𝘓𝘔 £27,500. 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦!
𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦,
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯”💗
𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 „𝘕𝘔𝘌.𝘤𝘰𝘮“ March 2018


The auction started on September 29 and ended on October 6, 2017.
Is there anyone among you who managed to get a rare piece from the Placebo collection? You have a unique opportunity to share with us again the pure feeling of joy that flooded you at that moment.😍

A few words in conclusion.
Maybe this post is too long.
Maybe it's hard to read.
There may be too much information in it that doesn't really interest you.

But it was important for me to combine these two events into one post.
Maybe there are people among you who have wondered why Brian cares so much about supporting Calm. Why it is mentioned so often.

Placebo have the ability to change the world around you, and that's what happens.💓💓💓

Post by Marti

Placebo for charity, part 2

Dear Soulmates, welcome to the continuation of my post from the last week. Thank you very much for your feedback, I'm happy to share with you why love for Placebo has a much deeper dimension for me than just music.

So, take a moment just for yourself and open your hearts and souls.💗

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

🔸𝗡𝗢-𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥🔸
In 2009, Placebo joined many other bands and participated in a fine art auction for the No-Surrender Foundation.


⭐„No Surrender is a Charitable Trust, founded by Jason Boas in 2007, that aims to raise awareness about pancreatic cancer. Jason was a remarkable man whose life was cut short by pancreatic cancer. At only 33 years old Jason was diagnosed with what is often labelled as the impossible cancer by the medical community; but, determined and resolute, Jason strove to raise awareness of the disease and raised a laudable £150,000 for pancreatic cancer research and support. Despite his condition, Jason remained upbeat, good humoured and strong, with an unwavering drive to bring together pancreatic cancer sufferers and offer support and hope through an online network. His family and friends have continued to raise funds in Jason's memory with a variety of highly successful fundraising events.“⭐

Here I put a link to a magical video that we probably all know. Still smiling Steve Forrest, with Brian's generous help, draws a picture, which is then signed by all the guys and donated to the auction taking place in November 2009.

🔉https://1url.cz/YzdWP

Placebo in Chile, 2010

🔸𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎🔸
Placebo gave a concert in Chile two months after a devastating earthquake that hit much of the area, killing nearly 600 people. It is said that 9% of the population lost their homes and Chile suffered huge economic losses.
On Yt I found this video that warmed my heart:


⭐𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒍 7, 2010. 𝑺𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂́𝒏 𝑷𝒊𝒏̃𝒆𝒓𝒂 (𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆) 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆'𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒌𝒆.⭐

🔉https://1url.cz/LzdWY


I'm also putting a second link here, because it breaks the seriousness of the whole first video a bit and because Placebo is never enough😊💗

🔉https://1url.cz/fzdWn

Stefan Olsdal, Movember 

🔸𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑🔸
From 2014 to 2015, Stefan took part in the well-known "mustache" event for the Movember Foundation.


⭐„Movember (mustache + November) is a charitable and annual gender-oriented event. The purpose of the charity is to raise funds while raising awareness of men's health. Special attention is paid to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle for men and education in the field of male diseases, such as testicular cancer and prostate cancer. Another goal of the event is to draw attention to the issue of mental health and suicide.


The annual worldwide event is visible as early as the beginning of November, when the men shave and have their mustaches grow by the end of the month.


The month-long collection of the financial contribution among friends, companies and sponsors culminates in the sending of the contribution to the account of the organization. The organization offers contributions to a specific person, group of people or as a general gift that will be used to research and fight cancer, as well as to raise awareness.“⭐


In November 2015, Placebo shared this post on FB:
🔸https://1url.cz/DzdWy


Dear souls, what do you say to Stefan with his mustache? I can think of anything about his appearance, but everything is in the background compared to his determination to express support for this purely men's event.

 Photo credit: Greetsia Tent 

🔸𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓🔸
Do you still remember Leeds 2013 and Brian's NAMASTE?💗

In 2015, almost immediately after the Loud Like Love tour, Placebo began another tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its debut album release. The decision to take the March concert in Leeds again as a charity and to donate the proceeds from the concert to CALM was in their heads. Calm is an organization that Placebo has long supported. It deals with the prevention of suicides of men in the UK and the support of people undergoing treatment for depression. We know that Brian carries this lifelong burden on his shoulders and can talk about it very openly.

The Calm Foundation supported it with a wonderful idea to organize a secret afterparty DJ after the main concert of the band Placebo.
Read here:
🔸https://1url.cz/hzdiM


Information on ticket sales, whose prices were deliberately kept low, so that the event is available to everyone.
You need to click on the blue text to the right of "view details".
🔸https://1url.cz/vzdiK


I share with you part of an article published after this great event:

⭐„Following MJ was an appearance from Brian Molko himself. For the crowd this was a rare chance for a second glimpse of the Placebo frontman, all in one night. Their excitement at being able to do so in such a personal and intimate setting was palpable as he walked on stage.
Brian kept the crowd mesmerized with a set of electronica that traversed the light and ethereal as well as the darker heavier tones. There was an orchestrated restraint to the set that kept the tension high whilst never letting the build-up fully spill over, inducing a state of transfixion on the audience. It was a joy to hear the multitude of the singer’s influences and how this had impacted the sound of Placebo over the last 20 years, an anniversary being marked by their current worldwide tour, and a historical look back over all their material having recently made their entire back catalogue available to stream online.
Stefan Olsdal, second Placebo member of the night, gave us another insight here. His electronica took on a much more beat focused sound. There was still the swatches of sharp harmonic movement that we heard from Brian, but this time with the kind of rhythmic background that you might well expect from one half of the band’s rhythm section.“⭐


Here is a link to the whole article from CalmZone, which is definitely worth reading, you will learn how the whole idea for a charity afterparty gradually arose.

🔸https://1url.cz/rzdi1


Dear friends, how do you feel when reading this post? I will be happy for all your observations that have occurred to you. I can promise you that the topic is still extensive and there are a few more surprises waiting for you in future works.
And finally, let's enjoy our 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 together, which only our 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 guys can satisfy to us.

Post by Marti

Placebo for charity, part 1

💗𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘💗
A very simple name for my post today, dear Soulmates.
Placebo and their charitable projects is a beautiful, deep, human theme. There were quite a few that I discovered, so we have something to talk about.
Let's start with a project we all know.


💗 In 2008 there was a concert in 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚.
The first live performance of a young drummer, "𝗦𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲"🌞 Steve Forrest. With this concert, Placebo got involved in a project called 𝗠𝗧𝗩 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘁.

◾https://bit.ly/32s9aM4

Placebo live at Angkor Wat.

🔸“𝑴𝑻𝑽 𝑬𝑿𝑰𝑻 - 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎 — 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚. „🔸


I can still watch this performance. Placebo was the first rock band to perform in front of the sacred temple. Very sensitively compiled setlist, no vulgarities, Steve had his tattoos hidden under a white shirt, Brian and Stefan almost without make-up. The band made sure that ticket prices were low enough for ordinary Cambodians to afford their concert.


🎵 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 "𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴" 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝘁
https://bit.ly/3jk2Pcp


From the trip to Cambodia was made a DVD "𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘" as part of the Battle for the Sun box set, which was released on 8 June 2009.
🔸part I. https://bit.ly/3jk64jN
🔸part II. https://bit.ly/3b4VU3W
🔸part III. https://bit.ly/31tJI9B


The desire to actively participate in charitable assistance to people in Asia was reflected in the establishment of cooperation with the 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄 in Bangkok.

◾https://bit.ly/3gw3xBw

Photo credit: Gwen

💗 In November 2013, the following charity concert took place in Leeds, England, on which Placebo commented:

🔸"𝘈𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵.
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 8𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 the 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐲𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.
𝘐𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳!!
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.
𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴!!! "
𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰🔸


Before the concert begins, Brian comes on stage and explains to people why they are all in this place together:

🔉 https://bit.ly/2QsF1GR

And I want to enrich you today with information not only about the aforementioned Mercy Centre, but also about the completed Buddhist centre in Scotland.


On Placebo's official YT channel, there is the video of Brian talking exactly about it before the show. A beautiful and heartbreaking story of an Irish Catholic priest working for the Mercy Centre charity, which helps abandoned children in Bangkok.

🔉https://bit.ly/3llpwyI


And if, like me, you had no idea that there is an amazing Buddhist complex in Scotland, the only one of its kind in Western Europe, click here this link:
🔸https://www.samyeling.org/


💗The video I share with you at the end of my post, however, does not come from a concert in Leeds. In 2015, Placebo decided to organize another charity concert.

Photo credit: Matteo Scalet 

🔸“𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄, 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐊𝐎𝐊


𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑈𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑡, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒, 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑘𝑜𝑘.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑉𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 15𝑡ℎ 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 2015

𝑇𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠, 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝐼𝑉/𝐴𝐼𝐷𝑆, 𝑎 400-𝑝𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑛, 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠. 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑇𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦, 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 40 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝐼𝑛 2000, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑠, 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝐼𝑉/𝐴𝐼𝐷𝑆. „🔸


On YT I managed to find two videos from the beginning of this show in the Netherlands. They are filmed by two fans and because one ends in the middle and the other starts in the middle, I combined them into one video. Mr. Molko, a perfect-looking "small and gentle man", reads Gandhi's NAMASTE text with a slight nervousness and a trembling voice, and concludes a deal with young fans. A deal about what? We all already know that😀.


Dear Soulmates, I hope that today's time spent with my post has not been lost for you. And since the list of Placebo charities doesn't end there, we'll meet together next Wednesday for a sequel.
The Placebo heart beats for a lot of us who need help.


💓And I remember Brian and his "NAMASTE" every day for many years when I thank the Sun while practicing yoga.💓

Post by Marti