Setlist

B3
For What It’s Worth
Loud Like Love
Every You Every Me
Scene of the Crime
A Million Little Pieces
Twenty Years
Too Many Friends
Rob the Bank
Purify
One of a Kind
Exit Wounds
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

Tour Dates

10/20/14 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo

10/23/14 San Francisco, CA The Masonic

10/24/14 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia

11/03/14 Oporto, Portugal Coliseu Do Porto

11/04/14 Lisbon, Portugal Coliseu Lisboa

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Placebo

It’s been a very long time since I saw Placebo. I remember seeing them at First Avenue in 2001 with Idlewild… so it should be nice to see the band again, some 13 years later. ….

Moth & the Flame

The first band to go up was a favorite here at W♥M, The Moth and The Flame. Chatting with the guys beforehand they informed me that they had ….

London’s Placebo are currently on tour in support of their seventh studio album Loud Like Love, stopping by Mill City Nights in Minneapolis, last night.

The Moth and the Flame

Opening up for Placebo was The Moth and the Flame, their very first time in Minneapolis. We’ve been following the band since 2012, so it’s a relief to finally get to see the band in person.

On their brief set, TMTF played tracks from their debut 2011 album and also some tracks from their Ampersand (&) EP, including “Sorry” and “Wishing Well”.

Singer Brandon Robbins stressed how lucky they were to support Placebo on their US tour, and mentioned that Placebo were the nicest people.

If you recall, we’ve been talking about Placebo‘s Loud Like Love album since its announcement in May 2013… We speculated a possible World Tour at the time, and very glad to see that the London band is taking their live shows to America.

Placebo at First Avenue Ticket (2001)

As far as I know, the band has only been to Minneapolis in 2001 (which I saw at First Avenue) and again in 2006 at The Fine Line Music Café (with She Wants Revenge). Given the smaller capacity of the Fine Line, I’m assuming it sold out quickly.

So it’s been a long time since Placebo’s been in Minneapolis, and we welcomed the band with open arms.
The fans who turned up to show, mostly alternative and goth fans, danced and sang their adoration for Placebo.

Brian Molko

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Brian Molko looked and sounded fantastic. Although original drummer Steve Hewitt left the band in 2007, I don’t think anyone missed him on this tour… I have to say that new drummer Steve Forrest did an amazing job, spending the entire set shirtless to show off his various tattoos.
The massive grin on his face tells me that this was a job that he love doing.

Also worth noting is that Placebo had over 20 guitars on the sideline and by the soundboard. I’m not sure why they needed so many guitars, I think they only swap out about five of them.

Setlist

Half the set was devoted to Loud Like Love, including the title track, “Scene Of The Crime”, “A Million Little Pieces”, “Too Many Friends”, “Rob The Bank”, “Purify”, “Exit Wounds”, “Begin The End”. Old favorites, like “Every You Every Me” and “Special K” got the loudest cheers from the audience.

The biggest surprise to me was hearing the first few notes of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”. At first, I thought it was a joke, but then realized that indeed Placebo was covering the song. Molko is known for his androgynous lyrics and appearance, so covering Bush’s song made a lot of sense to me.

Placebo continues their US tour, which they will end at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California. Their latest record Loud Like Love is out now on Universal Music Enterprises.