🎈🎉 𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙔 𝘽𝙄𝙍𝙏𝙃𝘿𝘼𝙔, 𝙁𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼! 🎉🎈
To celebrate her special day I want to share one interview with Fiona from 2010 about touring with Placebo and another one about her music from January last year.
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| Photo credits: Gabrielle Motola, Gwen, Rianovosti, unknown / edit by Silke |
♦𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 – 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲♦
𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗩𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗦: 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗢𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠?
📢 ”I have known the band socially for many years because we have several friends in common in London, and we used to meet at gigs before Placebo became hugely successful and their tours took them away for long periods. Brian remembers seeing me playing violin with Michael J Sheehy about 10 years ago at the 12-bar club in London. At the time I was playing and writing with various bands, including Dream City Film Club. Coincidentally I was also in the band Tram for a while, and Bill Lloyd was in this band before me! Small world… But our musical paths didn’t officially merge until the band decided to use strings on theMeds album. They asked me to write with them, and we found musical material and a sound that could add something to the songs without overpowering them. It worked well and after this I collaborated with Stefan on the strings for the Hotel Persona album.”
𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗦?
📢 ”Yes I am very happy with the way the ’string’ songs sound live. Our sound engineer is brilliant and has worked hard to ensure that combination of the samples and my live violin sound has a great impact. Using an electric violin helps with this as an acoustic violin would be overwhelmed by everything else on stage.”
𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘?
📢 ”I really love playing Battle for the Sun. I feel this is an important track for the band and it is exciting to perform. Every You Every Me and Special K are amazing too. I become a ‘fan’ again because I have always loved those songs and it reminds me of being in the crowd, rather than being in front of the crowd. It’s important to remember where you’ve come from! Speak in Tongues is also very powerful. I enjoy all the songs in the set for different reasons, and I am constantly finding new things in them to keep me inspired.”
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| Photo credit: Morgane Lescoutre |
📢 ”The whole tour has really been fantastic so far. The Bucharest gig was wonderful for me. (I am not just saying that for this interview!) We were all in a good mood on that hot summer day, and the audience were so energetic and happy, I could really feel their excitement and love on stage, it was quite emotional. I had a great experience in Mexico City and I also loved the London Roundhouse and 02 gigs. Aside from the gigs, some of my favourite experiences have been from travelling. We visited the pyramids at Teotihuacan (Mexico) which is a truly awesome place. Visiting Tokyo for the first time was exciting, as was arriving in Rouen (France) after midnight and turning a corner to find the gothic cathedral shrouded in mist and lit by moonlight. I fell in love with Lisbon too.”
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚?
📢 ”Touring can get tough when you are ill because there is no recovery time. We all get sick occasionally, and it can be hard to perform when you feel unwell. I try to stay healthy on the road to avoid this, but jetlag and exhaustion can get to you sometimes. Airports, flights and flight cancellations can be stressful too. Travelling by tourbus is the best! But really I have absolutely nothing to complain about because I get to play music and travel the world, and I feel privileged to do so.”
𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗧 𝗔 𝗡𝗢-𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗?
📢 ”I did not need any convincing! After the experience of playing at Angkor Wat (Cambodia) I knew I wanted to do the tour straight away. Who wouldn’t want to tour with Placebo? They’re an amazing live act!”
𝗛𝗬𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥, 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘
📢 ”Obviously it would be an honour to be asked to join the band permanently but it is unnecessary because I am very happy with my position in the band as it is.”
(Interview by Niki Phaser, January 2010)
♦𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝟮 – 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵)♦
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