Watch Placebo play ‘Nancy Boy’ for first time in six years at Download 2023
nme.comPlacebo have played ‘Nancy Boy’ live for the first in six years at Download 2023. Watch clips of the performance below.‘Nancy Boy’ was noted as the band’s gender-bending breakthrough hit.
At this year’s Download Fest, Placebo decided to play it for the first time in six years.Previously speaking with NME, Placebo explained why they were reluctant to play their greatest hits as of late.
Frontman Brian Molko and the band’s co-founder Stefan Olsdal reflected on their ‘Best of’ tour sharing that “at the time we were on Universal Records, and we had the feeling that we’d lose all support from them if we didn’t embark on this hideously materialistic and mercantile endeavour.”Olsdal added: “That tour lasted for quite a long time, and we started to get this slightly unhealthy relationship with our old material.” He continued: “I started to feel quite disillusioned by the band and what we were doing.
I felt during the last tour that the band was over and that I couldn’t continue with this.”Fans were ecstatic to see placebo play the track, later taking to social media to express their excitement.
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