Rock band Placebo have apologised to fans after being forced to cancel another show on their European tour, two hours before taking to the stage in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, singer Brian Molko, 49, and guitarist and bassist Stefan Olsdal, 48, wrote of their ‘great pain’ in letting their fans down.
It comes after the Every You Every Me hitmakers cancelled numerous shows earlier this month due to a COVID outbreak, before now being struck down by a mystery illness, leaving their fans concerned.
‘We are frustrated and disappointed to not be able to perform’: Placebo have been forced to cancel several dates of their European tour due to a Covid outbreak in band and crew
Taking to their social media they penned: ‘It is with great regret and sadness that due to illness within the band and subsequent doctors advice, we have to cancel our show at the Moni Lazariston in Thessaloniki this evening’.
The band who were due to perform at the 3,000 seat venue continued: ‘We sincerely apologise for the disappointment this will cause, it pains us greatly to let you down, especially at such short notice’.
‘By having a day’s rest and recuperation, it will allow us to go ahead with tomorrow’s show in Athens. You can get your tickets refunded for tonight at your point of purchase’.
Fantastic: Brian pictured during the first day of the Mad Cool 2022 festival in Valdebebas, on July 6, 2022, in Madrid, Spain
Before signing off: ‘Thanks for understanding, peace and love, Brian and Stefan’.
Fans rushed to the comment section concerned about the rockers with one writing: ‘Take good care of yourselves, your health is the most important thing’.
While a second added: ‘Take care of you, we’re praying for you’ and third wrote: ‘Get well soon x’.
Statement: The band posted the news to their social media two hours before they were due to preform
However some fans were disappointed that the band would be performing the following evening with one commenting: ‘ Well, I don’t get it how come you cancel todays shows due to illness and tomorrow it will be fine to play in Athens.
‘Sorry for the person who is ill but completely unprofessional and unethical to cancel the show two hours before. I don’t think Thessaloniki will want you here again’.
It comes after the band cancelled shows earlier this month writing: ‘Due to an outbreak of Covid within the Placebo band and crew we regretfully announce that Placebo will be unable to perform at Bucharest, Romexpo in Romania on Wednesday 13th July and at Skopke calling in Macedonia on Saturday 16th July.
Get well soon: Fans rushed to the comment section concerned about the rockers with one writing: ‘Take good care of yourselves, your health is the most important thing’
‘We are frustrated and disappointed to not be able to perform these shows which are important to us – as we know they are to you.
‘We apologise sincerely for the inconvenience and disappointment.
‘We are doing all we can to reschedule and please check locally for further announcements. Please stay safe out there. Peace and love, Brian and Stefan.’
Disappointed: However some fans were disappointed that the band would be performing the following evening with one commenting: ‘ Well, I don’t get it how come you cancel todays shows due to illness and tomorrow it will be fine to play in Athens
Frustration: They shared another post earlier this month following a COVID outbreak in the band
Placebo’s eighth studio album Never Let Me Go has won rave reviews since its release in April this year and was released nine years after their latest outing.
Stefan told Guitar World that their latest musical offering took on a different form during the creative writing process.
He said: [Brian] came to me with the photograph that is now on the cover, and basically said, ‘Let’s take things, turn them on their head, and work backwards. Let’s start with the photo.’
‘It was a place to start again. Venturing into new horizons, starting a new chapter.
‘It was the first time we’d begun an album without a permanent drummer. It harked back to the days of me and Brian in his council flat just messing with broken toy keyboards and badly-tuned guitars. The only difference is that we did this one in my studio where there were expensive vintage synths and guitars.’
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Brian also previously said that he flipped his usual writing process on its head and they wrote the music first and then added the words so that they didn’t go ‘easy on themselves.’
He told NME: ‘I have what I would describe as a boredom problem. [Stefan] has often said that he’s never met anyone with a lower boredom threshold than myself – and that really influences and informs the way that we work.’
But there is good news for fans.
The band will begin their north American tour in September before performing in the UK and Ireland in November and December.
Talented: Admitting he has a ‘boredom problem’, Brian claimed it informs the way that he works and led him to present bandmate Stefan (right) with images first, rather than music (pictured in 1997)
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