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Placebo - 3Arena 5 December 2022

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    #32
    DepecheHead101
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭DepecheHead101


    Yeah Molko can suck a fat one. I don't like phones at gigs either but the heavy handed, snarky way this has been dealt with has soured this entire tour from the off. I don't think it's particularly healthy from him either. Honestly, it's a genuine mental fixation at this stage that seems to be done in the face of how detrimental and alienating it is to a lot of proper fans.



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    #33
    RolandGoose
    Registered Users Posts: 701 ✭✭✭RolandGoose


    My first time seeing Placebo, great band and I'm a fan of the new album. However, I thought the gig was overall so so, and pretty flat at times. I didn't overly mind the phone rant, granted I was worried they would walk off when a person kept blatantly filming when Brian asked him directly to stop. Security just flashed the torch a few times and that was that. The lack of big tunes didn't really help, especially in the encore! What sounded like a 99% playback version of Shout, a deep cut from the new album and a slow burn Running up that Hill to finish. I think the band could have put together a better balanced setlist. No doubt a smaller venue would have helped the atmosphere too. Hard to know how many tickets thry sold, GA was very spacious and a lot of seats where curtained off. Hopefully thry do the Olympia next time!



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    #34
    Still Ill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Still Ill


    Not great reviews for this gig compared to Arcade Fire's..



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    #35
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    Just reading through these reviews and glad I didn't get tickets now. One of my all time favourite bands, but the new album is only OK. I also have great memories of being in the pit at Oxegen 2006, and also the SFX in I think 1999, and amazing night in the Olympia in 2000 - I remember they had to pause mid-gig as the ceiling started to fall down on the drummer. I would be so disappointed with the lack of old tracks - think I read to expect that here last year so decided to skip. But it sounds like Brian has become a little too moody and snarky with his fans.



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