Placebo a Leeds

PLACEBO ANNOUNCE CHARITY SHOW IN LEEDS, UK



PLACEBO are delighted to reveal that they will be playing a very special one-off show at the Leeds o2 Academy on the 8th November 2013, in aid of The Mercy Centre, Bangkok and the Kagyu Samye Ling Temple in Scotland.
All profits from the shows will be donated to the two charities
Tickets will go on sale Friday, and special guests will be announced soon.

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I PLACEBO ANNUNCIANO UNO SHOW DI BENEFICENZA A LEEDS, UK



i PLACEBO sono felici di annunciare che suoneranno uno show molto speciale e unico alla o2 Academy di Leeds l'8 novembre 2013, per supportare il The Mercy Centre, a Bangkok e il Kagyu Samye Ling Temple in Scozia.
Tutti i profitti dello show saranno donati alle due associazioni benefiche.
I biglietti saranno in vendita venerd́, e ospiti speciali saranno annunciati presto.

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PLACEBO REVEAL GUEST SUPPORTS FOR LEEDS CHARITY SHOW

We recently announced that Placebo will be playing a one-off charity benefit show at the 02 Academy, Leeds on the 8th November 2013.
it is now time to reveal the guests that have been asked to play at the show.
First on we welcome THE MIRROR TRAP , the main support then comes from the London band LANDSHAPES and then to finish the night off, after Placebo have played, we are very excited to have BAFTA winning actors JONNY OWEN & VICKY McCLURE on DJ duties

Stefan Olsdal had this to say about the show,

"As Placebo have always tried to help where help is needed, we have decided to do a special gig for the charities we support.
All the proceeds from the Leeds show on November 8th will be going to The Mercy Center in Bangkok and the Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center in Scotland.
The money you spend on your ticket will go directly to help the children and communities of the many slums of Bangkok and the rebuilding of roads to and from the monastery in the hills of Scotland. In return you will get a Placebo gig to remember!!
We appreciate your understanding and support in this and we hope to see you all there.

Couldn't think of a better way to come back and play in Leeds!!! "

Peace and Love

Placebo

FURTHER LEEDS CHARITY SHOW DETAILS

Placebo are presenting a show at Leeds Academy on Friday 8th November in support of two charities close to the band's heart - The Mercy Centre, Bankgok and the Samye Ling Buddhist Temple, Scotland.
The band will be presenting the evening that includes the following line up:
PLACEBO
Landshapes
The Mirror Trap
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DJ'ing on the night comes from BAFTA winning actors Jonny Owen (soon to be seen in his new movie Svengali) and Vicky McClure (best known for her roles in various Shane Meadows movies including This Is England, and recently seen in the acclaimed series Broadchurch)
Doors open at 6:30pm and Brian Molko will be introducing the evening,
so please arrive early.

MERCY CENTRE
Father Joe runs Mercy Centre Bangkok and has done for forty two years. He regularly works twenty hour days and deals with human trafficking victims, abused children, drug addicts, aids sufferers, orphans…. if someone arrives at Mercy Centre in need of help, his door is always open.
Placebo have had an office in Bangkok since 2004 to serve the South East Asia region and have followed the work of Father Joe and his team over the years, visiting the centre and meeting the children when they're in town. Last weekend, a raging fire took hold of the Klong Toey slums, which is home to so many of the poor and suffering who Father Joe takes care of. The fire engulfed 72 homes and left 428 residents including 98 children without shelter. Everything the victims owned was destroyed. Thankfully the Mercy Centre Kindergarten, which stands 20 meters from where the fire took hold, survived. The Mercy Centre team will now go about rebuilding homes and supporting those in need. Money raised from this show will go towards this rebuilding process. Additionally, the Mercy Centre provides good education to the poor, sick and needy and it's through this process that there are now Mercy Centre kids who have gone on to be doctors and university lecturers!
www.mercycentre.org

SAMYE LING BUDDHIST TEMPLE
Part of the money raised through the concert is going to Samye Ling Buddhist temple in Scotland, it has been in existence for forty six years and is the biggest outside of Tibet, the monastery is famous throughout the world and does many projects to help the poor and repressed too numerous to mention here.
Money from the concert will go towards a road in to the monastery, the current one is in a very poor state. Many people give their time for free to help build it. Lama Yeshe and his brother Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche (who some of you will know was assassinated in China last week) decided to call this road 'the path of liberation'.
The concert will take on even greater significance with the murder of Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche, so please try and get along early to learn a little more about the temple.
www.samyeling.org

All profits from the concert will be going to Mercy Centre & Samye Ling.

Many thanks for coming and supporting this cause,