Placebo In Concert

‘A band for outsiders, by outsiders’, as their lead singer once said, Placebo have sold over 10 million records, recorded six studio albums and have seemingly been touring the world consistently for the past decade, headlining festivals and arenas around the world. The band perform on Saturday 28 April with support from Newcastle based up-and-comers SHIELDS, making up one of four nights of music as part of Sundance London.

“As a band, we follow our own philosophy of making the music we want to make, putting faith in our songs and records. The Sundance Film Festival has been championing similar likeminded people for over 30 years and encouraging them to put faith in their own talent. Were huge film fans and delighted to be part of the inaugural Sundance London festival.” – Brian Molko

Placebo: Coming Up For Air

After eighteen years as a band, there seems to be no boundary too great to prevent Placebo from performing for an audience. Their ‘Love Us or Hate Us’ attitude matched with their wild stage shows has spawned a devoted global legion of fans.

Charlie Targett-Adams’s Coming Up For Air tracks the band on its eighth world tour following the release of 2009’s Battle for the Sun with this postcard travelogue documenting the eccentric life of a band on tour meeting screaming fans, music journalists and royalty across the world. From epic performances to intimate personal reflections, this backstage look finds a maturing rock group finally open to both personal and professional honesty.

Sundance London is happy to bring together filmmaker Charlie Targett-Adams and the members of the band for a rare theatrical screening of Coming Up For Air and a chance to discuss the past, present and future of Placebo.

Director Bio

London born filmmaker Charlie Targett-Adams is a director with music in his blood. After graduating from UCL and attending film school in Mexico City he directed a documentary for one of the most successful Spanish rock bands of all time, Heroes Del Silencio.Charlie has not looked back since, directing work with artists including Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Stereophonics and Graham Coxon.

Charlie’s work captures the everyday, transforming it with a high-aesthetic and bringing out an intimacy in the high profile artists he works with. He has recently taken this style to the world of fashion working with brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Aquascutum and a collaboration between P&G Beauty and Missoni.

Charlie recently completed a feature length documentary for Placebo on their 8th world tour, a three year project which saw them take in 44 countries and perform in front of 2.5million people. The Word magazine described it as ‘an impressive documentary that screen grabs the world’. He is pleased to present this work at this year’s inaugural festival.

SHIELDS BIO

SHIELDS self-released their debut single Spires in the summer of 2011 which picked up support from Zane Lowe who heralded the track as his ‘Next Hype’.

The follow up release, White Knuckle Tight Grip, further proved that the band were truly original, an opinion shared by Radio 1’s Fearne Cotton who gave the band their first daytime national radio plays with evermore vocal support to the tracks ability to make you want to get up and dance.