Désillusion a écrit:

Moi, tout personnellement, j'ne pense pas que Placebo soient particulièrement amis avec n'importe quel groupe présent dans l'affiche, mais plutôt que cette tournée est une superbe possibilité de conquérir un tout nouveau public, et comme le Brian Molko le dit, de chourrer quelques fans de Linkin Park ou My Chemical Romance. Après tout, hein.......^^

tout a fait d'accord avec toi   

Pour compléter (illustrer les propos entre autres) et pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas "de visu", quelques  photos intéressantes des "autres"...
Linkin Park, My chemical Romance, HIM, Taking back sunday, Julien K

Le 25 (premier soir) in Auburn, Washington.

Chester Bennington of Linkin Park


Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance




Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance


Ville Vallo of HIM




Amir Derakh of Julien-K




Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday

Photo by Justin Dylan Renney for RollingStone.com


Quelques belles photos fraîchement apparues du 28 juillet , in Hyundai Pavilion, San Bernardino, CA


















Agence ISIFA

Dernière modification par cate (30-07-2007 17:58:43)

merci Cate !!  ca fait vraiment une différence de style par rapport a placebo   

Je suis la seule à trouver que l'affiche est homogène ? 

Ca change de notre ptit Brian... 

merci pour l'info Nathy, je trouve que c'est une bonne idée. Et merci cate pour les photos.     Même si les autres groupes ont une style différent de Placebo, que se soit dans les vêtemens, les chansons, ou autres, j'adore Linkin Park et My Chemical Romance. Pas autant que Placebo c'est sûr, mais ce sont des groupes vraiment bien. Après c'est un avis perso. Mais je trouve quand même une part de bizzarerie dans ça...je ne sais pas pourquoi ! 

Petite itw de Brian & Stef aux States... : à propos de leur set-list !

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/vid … ution.html

( lien trouvé sur pfww.com )

en effet ça se buscule pas au portillon

Bonne nouvelle, merci cate. 

Voici le lien pour les nouvelles photos "officielles" postées sur le site "officiel"

http://www.placeboworld.co.uk/archive/p … _2007.html

Autre article du 19.08.07, Nissan Pavilion

Placebo: Crashing the Arena


THE PROJEKT REVOLUTION TOUR comes to the Nissan Pavilion on Sunday. This mega-rock mash-up brings together everyone from rappers Cypress Hill to alt-metallers Adema, DJ Z-Trip and emo stars Taking Back Sunday; nu-metal arena-rockers Linkin Park are the headlining act.

So what is a pan-sexual British-alt-rock band with glam tendencies dong on the bill, sandwiched in between Orgy side project Julien-K and goth-rockers H.I.M.?

Placebo guitarist/vocalist Brian Molko feels comfortable on the bill. "It's really a great tour for us. It's going really well, but there's an added challenge to it as well because, basically, it's not our own tour. It's a challenge for us to try to steal a few of [Linkin Park's] fans, you know, which is pretty much our agenda, and I think it's starting to work."

Despite all the talk of winning over fans, Molko insists things are very friendly between his saucy trio and the tougher Linkin. "We ended up [on the tour] simply because Linkin Park were fans and invited us," said the American-born, London-raised singer. "There's a fantastic camaraderie on the tour," he says. "Linkin Park are not only very approachable, but they approach you, so there are no egos backstage."


Placebo is currently promoting its latest album, 2006's "Meds." Although "Meds" leaves most of the synths and electronic sounds of 2003's "Sleeping With Ghosts" behind in favor of layers of buzzing guitars and pounding drums, Placebo's dark, catchy songwriting and Molko's dynamic — and distinctly nasal — vocals are instantly recognizable.

"We have a tendency to never go in a similar direction with the next album. ... 'Meds'' predecessor was an album that was pretty much constructed on the computer, so for the process of making 'Meds,' we rented a studio that hadn't been renovated since the seventies and decided to make as live a record as possible," says Molko.

"I couldn't be happier. This album has been our biggest popular success, and this return to the source — this going back to the roots of the band to make an album that's about songwriting, performance and musicianship, as opposed to how well we know how to use a studio or how many synthesizers we have — has really revitalized the band.

Written by Express contributor Greg Re

Thanks to rougevelvet

Dernière modification par cate (21-08-2007 11:37:42)

Merci Cate !
Très intéressants ces articles 

Je fais 2 posts pour plus de clarté...

Et une interview dans laquelle  Brian  tire un bilan "lucide" du Project, parue dans " Albuquerque Tribune", le 24 aout 2007 (By Paul Maldonado)
A noter à la fin : le journaliste lui demande (insidieusement !) si, après cette tournée, il fera sa tournée personnelle...et Brian répond, en riant, qu'il n'y aura rien après car, après 2 ans sur les routes, il est temps de rentrer à la maison.

Euro-rock band Placebo to end U.S. tour near Denver

Even before releasing its fifth studio album, "Meds," in April 2006, the members of the British trio Placebo — Brian Molko on vocals and guitar, bassist Stefan Olsdal and drummer Steve Hewitt — had been out on the road. And since the record came out, they've put a heavy concentration on the Americas.

The band has been trying to break in the United States since forming 10 years ago. It gained a foothold with 2003's "Sleeping With Ghosts." For "Meds," the band ditched the synths and went with the basics — guitar, bass, drums. But its brand of Euro-rock 'n' roll didn't lose any of its passion or bombast.

And hewing to that fine U.S. marketing tradition, the band's label, Virgin Records, re-released "Meds" in December with three "bonus" tracks, including a cover version of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill."

All this set Placebo up for its biggest U.S. show to date — Sunday night at the Coachella Music Fest, where an incendiary performance enhanced its reputation while garnering beaucoup fans.

The group is on Linkin Park's "Projekt Revolution 2007" tour — 29 shows in 40 days — which comes to an end Labor Day at a shed outside Denver.

Molko, 34, called The Tribune from Sacramento during a day off from the tour. He comes across as soft-spoken, with a not-too-thick British accent. In fact, he says he has a hard time understanding my accent more then once.

Tribune: Hey, Brian, how's it going? Enjoying your day off?

Molko: It's an off day (laughs), but I have three interviews today. You're my second.

Tribune: My son told me to be sure to catch your show at Coachella. I'm glad I did; it was great.

Molko: We had a great time at Coachella. It was our first American festival ever. What a way to start, huh? We had a fantastic time.

Tribune: What kind of fan base do you have in America?

Molko: We've toured the U.S. extensively during the past 10 years, but we're not quite above a cult following here. Which is perfectly fine with me.

Tribune: Do you like coming to the U.S.?

Molko: We have a tendency, as a band, to go anywhere to play for any number of people. We've toured Eastern Europe extensively and gone to places other bands wouldn't even think of.

For us, it isn't so much . . . or always about the money; the music comes first. We're taking our music to the people.

Tribune: Why do you think you haven't broken in the States?

Molko: I think it's because we have a very European sensibility, really; we've spent all our lives there, grew up there.

Sure we've been influenced by the Pixies, Sonic Youth, Jane's Addiction . . . to name a few. But we've no constant presence in the U.S. We're not readily identifiable in America.

We didn't grow up here; we weren't listening to Journey on the radio growing up. I think it's just a question of geography, really.

Tribune: How would you describe your music?

Molko: That's a difficult question. When I started the band more than a decade ago, I had this idea of it being a cross between Sonic Youth and P.J. Harvey. So there, you have some idea of where I'm coming from.

But I don't think about it, really; the music is what it is. I'm not settled on a specific identification, (because) that leads to self-censorship. Like I can't pick up a tuba for our next album 'cause we're a "rock" band?

Tribune: Do you have any new music coming out anytime soon?

Molko: It's going to be a little while before we put out another record (laughs). We've been on the road over 18 months now. I think we've had too much exposure to our own music (laughs).

Tribune: Virgin sent me a copy of the "Extended Play '07" EP. (The eight-song disc features tunes from each of the band's five studio albums, including three previously unreleased live tracks.) Is that just a stopgap?

Molko: It's just a little something for our fans . . . for the time being.

Tribune: Do you guys write on the road?

Molko: We used to during sound check. But we've been doing mainly festivals lately, so we don't do many sound checks now. We have a great crew who know what to do to make us sound great live. We do have more "daily time," though (laughs).

Tribune: Which do you prefer: festivals or your own gigs?

Molko: I like things about our own (tours) more — artistically and on a more satisfying level. At our shows, we're preaching to the converted. Festival shows are fast; they can be like being on a converter (sic) belt.

But it's a great thing, a day in the park. We get to spend lots of time with interesting people — musicians — people you admire. I know some people are going to think I'm crazy, but I'm serious; I really am. We get to make friends with other bands.

Tribune: Why did Placebo agree to be on the Projekt Revolution tour?

Molko: I think of it as a way for us to gain some new fans, absolutely. If we turn just one person on to our music and they share it with their friends, that's good for us; we've done our job.

Tribune: What's been the reception, so far? (Placebo is second on the main stage, between Julien-K and H.I.M.)

Molko: The Linkin Park crowd is a hard bunch (nervous laughter). They're there to see Linkin Park. We have to convince them, bring them to our side. But it's a good thing; it makes us a better band.

Tribune: Any regrets for going on this tour?

Molko: There have been some tough crowds. Like I said, they're not really there to see us. We just have to try to win them over.

But backstage is really cool. There's no problems; there's no egos. It's a really, really positive vibe.

Tribune: What's your favorite song to to do live?

Molko: When we do our own shows, we do a more experimental rock encore, more "space rock." I mean there actually are some "songs" in all that noise (laughs). But at the moment, there's "Twenty Years" and "Running Up That Hill."

Tribune: What's next after this, your own tour?

Molko: Nothing at the end of this tour (laughs). We've been going on two years on the road. I think it's time to go home.[/i]
Thanks to Rougevelvet

Dernière modification par cate (27-08-2007 14:46:21)

Merci bien Cate.

merci Cate !!