Placebo lead singer 'faces Italian police probe' after PM comments

Placebo lead singer Brian Molko faces probe in Italy after branding right wing PM Giorgia Meloni a ‘piece of s**t, fascist, racist’ during Turin concert

• Molko, 50, made the comments in Italian on stage at the Sonic Park festival 

Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation against the frontman of British group Placebo, who during a concert called Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’, local media reported Tuesday.

Lead singer Brian Molko, 50, was on stage last week with the band at the Sonic Park festival in Stupinigi outside Turin when he hurled insults about Italy’s premier.

‘Giorgia Meloni, piece of s**t, fascist, racist’, Molko yelled in Italian, as seen in fan videos from the concert posted on social media.

Reached by phone, prosecutors in Turin declined to comment.

Lead singer Brian Molko is pictured during the 2023 European tour 

Molko, 50, was on stage with the band at the Sonic Park festival in Stupinigi outside Turin when he hurled insults about Italy’s premier

Giorgia Meloni, 46, heads Italy’s most right-wing government since World War II

Meloni, 46, heads Italy’s most right-wing government since World War II.

Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine of up to 5,000 euros (£4,300) anyone who ‘publicly defames the Republic’ including the government, parliament, the courts and the army.

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