Placebo Frontman Facing Charges For Calling Italian Prime Minister “Fascist” And “Racist”

In 2023, the glammy British band Placebo played Italy’s Sonic Park Stupinigi festival, outside Turin. During their set, frontman Brian Molko addressed the crowd in Italian, mentioning the country’s far-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni and continuing “piece of shit, racist, fascist, fuck you.” Meloni responded by suing Molko for defamation. Now, Italian prosecutors have charged Molko with “contempt of the institutions,” as The Guardian reports.

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