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by Andrew Trendell | Photos by Daniel Quesada
The band storm the final night of their tour
Tags: Placebo Photo: DANIEL QUESADA
25 March, 2015: Placebo ended the last of their two sold out nights at London's legendary Hammersmith Eventim Apollo. Check out our beautiful, exclusive photos here.
Tearing open 'B3' into 'For What It's Worth' into the life-affirming 'Loud Like Love' is a brave move, but pays off. While many bands would fear losing casual fans' attention by loading the top of the set with more recent work, we're reminded there's so such thing as a 'casual Placebo fan' - they're a following in the truest sense of the word, and recognise the thread of greatness that runs through their career.
That greatness lies only in the ilk of the likes of Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Nirvana and co - they have their own unique sonic, aesthetic and lyrical language. From the rapture of classic 'Every You Every Me', to new belter 'Scene Of The Crime', the legion of misfits, others, the disenchanted, the lost (and a few drag queens) here tonight know that this is their band - and no one else can do this - Placebo still matter.
Placebo played:
B3
For What It's Worth
Loud Like Love
Every You Every Me
Scene of the Crime
A Million Little Pieces
Rob the Bank
Purify
Special Needs
Too Many Friends
Space Monkey
Exit Wounds
I Know
Meds
Song to Say Goodbye
Special K
The Bitter End
Encore:
Begin the End
Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) (Kate Bush cover)
Post Blue
Infra-red