Overview
- Garbage and Placebo, which shared a Royal Albert Hall bill Saturday, headlined a Teenage Cancer Trust night curated by The Cure’s Robert Smith.
- Garbage performed The Cure’s Lovesong for the first time at Smith’s request, with Shirley Manson calling it a bucket‑list tribute to the band that inspired them.
- Placebo played their first show in two years with a stripped‑back set that opened with Sinéad O’Connor’s Jackie, drawing a standing ovation for its slow‑burn finale.
- Manson used the stage for pointed remarks that backed anti‑far‑right marchers, supported trans girl guides and gender non‑conformity, and she spoke about her late father while pushing through laryngitis.
- The week‑long Royal Albert Hall fundraiser ran March 23–29 and supported Teenage Cancer Trust’s specialist care for young people with cancer, closing with Wolf Alice.