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Placebo Frontman Faces Criminal Charges in Italy for Political Stage Banter

Placebo's Brian Molko faces criminal charges in Italy for calling Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a 'piece of shit, fascist, racist.'

Placebo frontman Brian Molko is facing criminal charges after offering some pointed onstage political commentary during a July 2023 performance at Italy’s Sonic Park Stupinigi festival. The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has noted that Italy has seen an increased number of legal actions against public figures, including journalists and artists, under Meloni’s leadership. She has a notable fanbase among American right-wing figures, who praised a speech in which she promised to “defend God, family, and country” and claimed “those who would like us to no longer have an identity” won’t let her define herself as “Italian, Christian, woman, mother.”

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