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...from the official site 10/20/06... UK Support acts confirmed
"The support acts for all four UK dates will be Archie Bronson Outfit and Howling Bells. Archie Bronson Outfit will open the shows in Glasgow (November 6th) and Nottingham (November 7th) with Howling Bells to follow. The shows in London (November 9th) and Manchester (November 10th) will kick off with Howling Bells followed by Archie Bronson Outfit."
...from the official site 10/09/06... MEDS is out now!
"There will be TWO brand new tracks on the new single for Meds. They are titled LAZARUS and UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU. Also, the enhanced CD features the video for Meds. Full tracklisting for the formats is as follows:
7" 1. Meds
2. UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU
2-track CD 1.Meds
2. Lazarus
Enhanced CD 1. Meds
2. UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU
3. Space Monkey - Timo Maas mix
4. Meds (video)"
the official site 9/25/06... 10th ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF DEBUT ALBUM
"On 25th September, Placebo will release a 10th anniversary re-mastered version of their classic eponymous debut...
The album re-issue will feature the original album re-mastered, plus exclusive, previously unavailable demo 'Paycheck', and fan club only demo 'Flesh Mechanic'. Also included are b-sides 'Drowning By Numbers', which was the b-side to Placebo long since deleted second single 'Come Home' - released on Deceptive Records; and 'Slackerbitch', which appeared on 'Nancy Boy'. The second disc will be a DVD made up of all the promo videos from the album and previously unavailable live and TV performances, including a Glastonbury 1998 performance of 'Lady of The Flowers', and a hilarious Big Breakfast roadshow performance of 'Teenage Angst'...
See below for full track listing. CD:
Come Home
Teenage Angst
Bionic
36 Degrees
Hang On To Your IQ
Nancy Boy
I Know
Bruise Pristine
Lady of the Flowers
Swallow
Paycheck (demo)
Flesh Mechanic (demo)
Drowning By Numbers (b-side)
Slackerbitch (b-side)
H K Farewell (hidden track) DVD:
Come Home - Alexandra Palace (2006)
Teenage Angst - The Big Breakfast (1996)
Nancy Boy - Top Of The Pops (1997)
Lady of the Flowers - Glastonbury (1998)
Teenage Angst - The White Room (1997)
Bruise Pristine - Top Of The Pops (1997)
36 Degrees - Wembley Arena (2004)
36 Degrees (promo)
Teenage Angst (promo)
Nancy Boy (promo)
Bruise Pristine (promo)"
from the official site 8/25/06... Did someone call an ambulance?
"Placebo picked up an award for Classic Songwriter at last night's Kerrang! awards. The band arrived in style by ambulance complete with flashing lights and sirens."
...from amazon.com & 101cd 5/21/06... 10th Anniversary Placebo rerelease!
Placebo's first album is being rereleased as a 2 disc special edition. Details of the tracklisting & dvd contents are still sketchy, but here's what I know so far...
"Artist: Placebo Title: Placebo (10th Anniversary Edition) + DVD Discs: 2 Release Date: July 17, 2006 Label: Elevator"
...from scarletpage.com 5/20/06... Your Child exhibition: Photos by Scarlet Page
Frequent Placebo photographer Scarlet Page (in association with War Child, a charity for children in conflict areas) is having an exhibit of her photographs (including one of Brian and his son, Cody, along with photos many other famous UK faces and their children).
EXHIBIT DETAILS
DATES: May 19th - 28th 2006
TIMES: 10am to 7pm Mon - Thurs; 11am to 6pm Fri - Sun
ENTRY COST: Free
ADDRESS: Stables Market, The Gin House, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AH ...from suicidegirls.com...
New Interview w/ Bri An interview with Brian has been posted on suicidegirls.com. click here to read it.
...from the official site 5/05/06...
Infra-Red single details "Following the success of the release of the album 'Meds', Placebo's most acclaimed album in five years, and a recent sold-out UK tour, the band will release 'Infra-red' on 19th June in the UK, which is already proving to be a live favourite with audiences. Ahead of this, you will be able to purchase 'Infra-red' as a digital download from 5th June.
The singles will feature remixes of 'Infra-red' by Hotel Persona, Nackt from Warren Suicide and Waltmann. The DVD single will feature the video, an exclusive making of the video documentary and a very special 8 minute version of the video for 'Song to Say Goodbye'." ...from the official site 5/04/06...
Placebo to play Korea!
"Placebo are to headline the Pentaport Rock Festival (500 Okryun-Dong, Yeonsu-Ku,Inchon City, Korea) on 29th July. The venue is Song Do Air Field with a 20,000 capacity. Other bands on the bill will include BEP, Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol and Audioslave.
The website is www.pentaportrock.com if you want to check it out."
...from the official site...
DJ Stefan dates "Stefan will be doing more DJ dates across Europe in May, so keep checking for updates on Placeboworld.
The confirmed dates for his Hotel Persona DJ outfit so far are as follows:
Thursday 4th May - The Gasoline Club, Milan, Italy
Friday 12th May - Transmission @ RAZZMATAZZ CLUB, Barcelona, Spain
Friday May 19th - Androgyny @ Le PULP 25 Boulevard Poissonnieres, Paris.
Saturday 20th May - Transmission, 333 Old Street, London." ...from the official site 4/03/06...
Placebo to play Reading and Leeds festival! "Placebo will play just before headliners Pearl Jam on the bills at this years Reading and Leeds festivals. They will play Leeds Festival on Friday 25th August and Reading Festival on Sunday 27th August.
Book online at: www.meanfiddler.com and www.seetickets.com"
...from the official site 2/17/06...
"Limited Edition bonus disc details
Disc two will contain the following extras:
1. Documentary - directed by Ewen Bremner
2. Lyrics in 'virtual booklet'
3. Twenty Years - Live From Wembley (video)
4. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep - The Cure and Placebo (video)
5. Backstage at Live 8 (video)
6. Long Division (audio)
7. In The Cold Light Of Morning - demo (audio)
8. I Do - demo (audio)
9. Pierrot The Clown - demo (audio)"
...from the official site 1/19/06...
'MEDS' the new album - released 13.03.06
'Well, if you haven't already heard through the grapevine, then here it is officially, the fifth Placebo album title is called 'MEDS'.
The track listing is as follows:
1. Meds
2. Infra-red
3. Drag
4. Space Monkey
5. Follow The Cops Back Home
6. Post Blue
7. Because I Want You
8. Blind
9. Pierrot The Clown
10. Broken Promise
11. One Of A Kind
12. In The Cold Light Of Morning
13. Song To Say Goodbye
...from the official site 1/13/06...
UK and Worldwide singles update
'Because I Want You' will be the first single from the forthcoming album in the UK only is now set for release on March 6th.
The first single Worldwide (excluding UK) we can now exclusively reveal will be the track 'Song To Say Goodbye', released on March 6th.
...from Kerrang! magazine...
Placebo are putting the finishing touches to the forthcoming follow-up to their 2004 collection 'Once More With Feeling: Singles 1996 - 2004'.
"We've just finished recording," Brian Molko tells K!. "We did the album in eight weeks, which is really fast for us, especially as 'Black Market Music' took nine months! We weren't supposed to be doing anything but maybe I'm a workaholic. I find myself really empty when I'm at home, not working. It feels like I don't have a focus."
The as-yet-untitled album is due for release next year.
...from United's official site... You´ve probably heard about it, now you can listen to it. Download Kinship in an exclusive remix by Materia, featuring Stefan Olsdal of Placebo and David X.
...from Indochine's official site...
News du 4 aout:
Le dimanche 31 juillet, Nicola s'est rendu à Londres avec Oli pour enregistrer Pink Water avec Brian Molko au studio StrongRoom. Le mix s'est terminé le 3 aout, le groupe prend ensuite 15 jours de repos. Double album, simple album, single... infos à suivre.
(could someone please translate this for me? -dee)
...from dee...
they didn't win the kerrang thing :(
Some other band won.
...from the official site...
Placebo nominated for Kerrang! award.
It was nearly 8 years ago when Placebo first picked up the Kerrang! Best British Band Award. Since then the band have been nominated for various other Kerrang! awards and attended countless award shows. The winners of this year's awards will be announced on 25 August, and Placebo have been nominated in the Best British Band category for 2005.
...from the RDB forum...
Placebo are taking part in Live Aid, the charity concerts organized by Bob Geldof, and will be performing a free gig in Paris on the July 2nd.
...from the official site...
Placebo - the new album
"Placebo are returning to the studio to start recording their 5th studio album. The new album due for release in 2006 is being produced by Dimitri Tikavoi, who has previously worked with Placebo on tracks such as 'The Ballad of Melody Nelson' and 'Running Up That Hill'."
...from the official site...
Timo Maas collaboration - update
"The forthcoming Timo Maas album titled 'Pictures' is scheduled for release on 13th June, 2005 and features 3 tracks co-written with Brian titled:
First Day
Pictures
Like Siamese
First Day will be the first single to be released off the album."
...confirmed by xsofplacebo...
"A new Placebo Biography, edited by Camion Blanc, called 'Placebo - Des Cadences Et Des Maux' will be released around April 20th. Written in French by a journalist named Sébastien Michaud, this biography contains about 90 black & white photographs, a complete discography, and more. The book is approximately 300 pages."
...from Timo Maas, as posted on his official forum on 3/29/05...
"The first single of my forthcoming album "Pictures" is gotta be 'First Day', featuring Brian Molko and JoKate on vocals...
Remixes are delivered by Danial Taylor, Buick Project and more!!!!
Watch out for promos in about 3 weeks and release at the end of May 2005!"
...from the official site...
"Placebo have been shortlisted for an award for dvd creativity/content at the British Video Awards. The awards take place on 7th April in London.
The Category is called 'Best British Authored DVD'. The other shortlisted DVD's they are up against are 'Little Britain' and 'Shaun of the Dead'. We will let you know the results as soon as it happens."
...confirmed by the official site...
"Placebo have lined up their only shows for 2005 in South America and Mexico. With the chance to play in Brazil, Argentina and Chile for the first time, and also to return to Mexico, the band couldn't turn down such a great experience and opportunity."
The details are on the tour dates page.
...http://www.contactmusic.com 2/22/05...
MOLKO LAUNCHES LIVE FOUNDATION
PLACEBO star BRIAN MOLKO has helped develop a new foundation which specialises in organising major live events to raise funds for disaster victims.
Following the success of fundraising concerts for the Indian Ocean tsunami survivors, the NANCY BOY singer has teamed up with British DJ PETE TONG, record producers and label bosses to form the PLAYING ALIVE FOUNDATION, which will use live events to benefit victims of natural and man-made disasters in the third world.
Music extravaganzas already planned under the scheme in Britain this year (05) include JAZZ AID and a TRIBAL GATHERING dance event, both of which will raise money for the war torn Darfur region of Sudan.
Molko says, "We wholeheartedly support the great fundraising efforts of Playing Alive in response to the humanitarian disasters in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan."
...confirmed by the official site...
Once More With Feeling entered the UK music charts at #8
...from the official site...
Placebo have confirmed the supports for their Wembley Arena show on November 5th are 'Har Mar Superstar' and 'The Departure'.
...from the official site... tracklist of 'Once More With Feeling - singles 1996-2004'
36 Degrees
Teenage Angst
Nancy Boy
Bruise Pristine
Pure Morning
You Don't Care About Us
Every You Every Me
Without You I'm Nothing (featuring David Bowie)
Taste In Men
Slave To The Wage
Special K
Black-Eyed
The Bitter End
This Picture
Special Needs
English Summer Rain
Protege Moi
I Do
Twenty Years
...from the official site...
Placebo are pleased to announce that on 25 October they will release a collection of their singles-to-date, entitled Once More With Feeling: Singles 1996-2004.
The collection brings together all the singles the band have released over the past eight years from their four albums to date: Placebo, Without You I'm Nothing, Black Market Music and Sleeping With Ghosts. As a treat to fans it also features Protege Moi, previously only available in France, and two new songs, I Do and forthcoming single Twenty Years.
Placebo are one of the UK's most successful bands of the last 10 years, having sold one million albums in the UK and 5 million albums worldwide, with 1.4 million of those sales being from last year's Sleeping With Ghosts, which went Top 10 in 20 countries (including the UK). This success culminated last year with the band performing a duet on Pixies' Where Is My Mind with Frank Black in front of an audience of 18,000 screaming French kids, which was captured for posterity on the DVD, Soulmates Never Die, which went on to sell 200,000 copies worldwide, the biggest selling Virgin DVD ever. On top of all that, last month after debuting at no.2 and hovering around the upper echelons of the French chart for 16 months, Sleeping With Ghosts in one week climbed 51 places, from no.52 to no.1.
The new songs to be featured on Once More With Feeling, I Do and Twenty Years show a further maturity and growth in the band's songwriting abilities. I Do, influenced by Neu! and Laurie Anderson, is Placebos' first unashamed love song. "We've been threatening to do it for years and we've finally done it", says Brian. The second, Twenty Years, is more in keeping with the bands' existential angst. According to Brian, it's "pure epic melancholy, a meditation on the passing of time and mortality... but it's not miserable!"
Once More With Feeling will be released on 25 October. It will be available on CD (CDFLOOR23) and DVD (DVDFLOOR23). The DVD will feature previously unseen footage and include a recent interview with the band filmed specifically to mark the occasion of the album's release. It will be preceded on 18 October by the single Twenty Years.
The band play Reading and Leeds Festival, on 29th and 27th August respectively, and their last UK show till 2006 at Wembley Arena on 5th November. Tickets for the Wembley show are priced at £20.00 and available from Wembley Arena (0870 060 0870), See (0207 403 3331), Stargreen (0207 734 8932) and www.gigsandtours.com
...from the official site...
Brian is currently based in Bangkok, Thailand doing a DJ residency at the Met Bar hotel every thursday night in April.
If any one is in the region please feel free to go along and check out Brian spinning an eclectic range of his favourite tunes rock through to electronica.
The Metropolitan
27 South Sathorn Road
Tungmahamek, Sathorn
Bangkok 10120, Thailand
www.metropolitan.como.bz
...from the official site...
Reading festival dates for 2004
Placebo will be playing Leeds festival on Friday 27 August and then Reading festival on Sunday 29th August. They are 3rd from the top of the bill behind Green Day (headlining) and 50 Cent.
...from the official mailing list...
"Also in France, the next single there, a French-language version of 'Protect Me From What I Want', entitled 'Protege-Moi', has started to get plays on radio, and will be in the shops in the spring. More details on placeboworld soon."
...from the official site...
"Only UK shows of 2004 announced !!
Placebo have just announced dates for the only UK shows of 2004, which will feature the same stage production used on the European arena tour in the Autumn, which is quite a spectacle!
Wednesday, 3rd March, 2004 - Manchester Carling Apollo Tickets £17.50 Adv."
...from the official site...
"NEW SINGLE AND LIVE DVD
PLACEBO return with the release of a reworked version of 'English Summer Rain' through Hut Recordings on February 23rd. It is the fourth single to be lifted from their acclaimed fourth album, 'Sleeping With Ghosts', which has now sold over 1.1 million copies worldwide.
The single precedes the release of a full length DVD recorded at a sold out Bercy in Paris in front of 18,000 people. Entitled 'Placebo - Soulmates Never Die - Live In Paris', the DVD will be released March 8th. It includes additional documentary footage of the band on the road throughout 2003 as they undertook their mammoth world tour.
2003 saw PLACEBO reclaim their place in the British Rock hierarchy with another sold out UK tour and proved to be one of the UK's strongest exports of 2003. With worldwide sales figures of over 600,000 within 3 weeks of release the album crashed into the top 10 in 20 countries world wide including Belgium (#1), Greece (#1), France (#2) and Germany (#2).
They then commenced their world tour to support the International success of the album taking in cities all over the world from Warsaw (5,000 people) to Mexico City (35,000 people) to Rock Am Ring, Germany (75,000). The next new territory on the map will be China, playing Beijing and Shanghai in the Spring, 2004
PLACEBO are pleased to announce their return to the UK with the following dates.
MARCH
Mon 01 - Brixton Carling Academy.
Wed 03 - Manchester Apollo.
TICKETS GO ONSALE TO THE PUBLIC, 9AM TUESDAY 16TH DECEMBER"
...from the official site...
"PLACEBO GO ACOUSTIC!
After a whirlwind tour of Mexico last week, where the band played a club show to over 4,000 people in Guadalajera and then went on to headline a football stadium in Mexico City in front of 35,000 people, they returned to the USA on Monday December 1, only to have their equipment held up by customs.
This left the band in a tricky situation, as they had a sold-out show that evening in Anaheim, California, nearly 7 hours from where the equipment was being held! At 5pm the band decided that 'the show must go on', equipment or no equipment. So borrowing Josh Homme's (from Eagles of Death Metal) drumkit and the venue's, House of Blues, piano, the band set about designing a new acoustic set for that evenings show.
The show still lasted nearly 70 minutes, which also included much banter about the days events with the audience. The set list for the evening was as follows:
SPECIAL K
THIS PICTURE
EVERY YOU EVERY ME
PLASTICINE
TEENAGE ANGST
HOLOCAUST
COMMERCIAL FOR LEVI
PEEPING TOM
CENTREFOLDS
SLAVE TO THE WAGE
HURT
---
MERCEDES BENZ
JACKIE
...from the official site...
"It has finally arrived! A Placebo CD containing cover versions they have done over the years including a few never before commercially available tracks like the fantastic 'I Feel You' by Depeche Mode. It has been one of the most popular requests from you over the years and hopefully has been worth the wait!
It is set to be released as part of a special edition, 2 disc, version of their 'Sleeping With Ghosts' album (through Hut Recordings) on September 22nd in the UK. Disc 1 features all the original tracks from the album including triumphant singles 'Bitter End', 'This Picture' and their new single 'Special Needs' (released 15th September). Disc 2 is the 10 track covers album featuring songs as diverse as the as yet unreleased version of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' and Serge Gainsbourg's 'The Ballad Of Melody Nelson'.
Tracklisting is as follows:
Disc 1: the original tracklisting from 'Sleeping With Ghosts'
Disc 2: Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
Where Is My Mind (The Pixies)
Bigmouth Strikes Again (The Smiths)
Johnny And Mary (Robert Palmer)
20th Century Boy (T-Rex)
The Ballad Of Melody Nelson (Serge Gainsbourg)
Holocaust (Alex Chilton)
I Feel You (Depeche Mode)
Daddy Cool (Boney M)
Jackie (Sinead O' Connor)
The band have nearly finished the first leg of their world tour having taken in Europe, the US and Australasia in their stride and now set their sights on Asia in early 2004. Look out for more details soon.
Meanwhile Placebo return to the UK as the third headline act on the main stage at the Reading and Leeds Festival this weekend, while October brings another sold out European Arena Tour culminating in an 18,000 capacity sell out at The Bercy in Paris."
...from the official site...
"PLACEBO release their new single 'Special Needs' through Hut Recordings on September 15th. This is the third single to be lifted from the acclaimed 'Sleeping With Ghosts' album which is fast approaching 1 million sales worldwide in only 4 months and has recently achieved gold status in the UK.
It is safe to say that Placebo have re-established themselves on the world circuit with sold out shows in the US and Australasia. The band are currently in Europe playing to an average of 4000 people per night taking in all major cities and are making a return to Eastern Europe after the success of their previous visit on their last world tour.
The band return to the UK as third headline on the main stage at the Reading and Leeds Festival in August. This is the first time they have played the UK since their two sold out Brixton Academy shows.
After this they return to Europe for an Arena Tour, then back to the US for a 21 date tour then on to Australia before taking on the monster that is S.E. Asia in early 2004.
Love them or hate them it is hard to deny that PLACEBO are still a world conquering force with the longevity last year's big thing can only dream of.
Tracklisting is:
CD1 Special Needs (Edit)
English Summer Rain - Freelance Hellraiser Mix
Plasticine (Lounge Version)
DVD Special Needs - Video (Directed by Paul Gore)
Making Of The Video
Special Needs - Album Version
The Bitter End - Junior Sanchez Mix
7 inch A. Special Needs (Edit)
B. English Summer Rain - Freelance Hellraiser Mix"
...from the official site...
"Sleeping With Ghosts goes gold!
The band would like to thank all the fans who made 'Sleeping With Ghosts' a gold album in the UK last week."
...from the official site...
"New dates added for Eastern Europe and Australia
The follwing additions and alterations have been made to the schedule:
JULY
27th - Sydney, Enmore Theatre (3rd Night)
29th - Adelaide, Thebarton Theatre
31st - Perth, Metro City
SEPTEMBER
1st - Zagreb Dom Sportova
2nd - Belgrade Sava Centar
4th - Budapest Petofi Csarnok
5th - Prague Sports Hall 6 Warsaw Torwar"
...confirmed by the official site...
Placebo have postponed their June 8th date in Luxembourg to headline at the Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals in Germany in place of Linkin Park who cancelled due to illness. This also means that Placebo's slot at Pinkpop in Holland has been pushed up two hours earlier than they had previously been scheduled for.
...confirmed by the official site... The official track listing of the This Picture single has changed. The DVD will now contain the video for This Picture, interview footage, This Picture (live accoustic version recorded in France) and an audio track called Jackie.
...confirmed by the official site... The release date for This Picture has been pushed back from the 9th of June 2003 to the 16th of June 2003.
...confirmed by the official site... Placebo will release their 2nd single from SWG, This Picture, on June 9th. tracklistings: CD - This Picture, Soulmates, Where Is My Mind (XFM live version) 7" - This Picture, Where Is My Mind? (Xfm live version) DVD - This Picture (acoustic version), This Picture (video), interview footage
...according to http://www.splendourinthegrass.com/main.html... Placebo will be playing Splendour In The Grass festival in Australia, on Sunday July 20th.
...confirmed by the official site... Placebo will be playing at Reading Festival this year, Friday August 22nd in Reading and Saturday August 23rd in Leeds. for more info: reading site...from http://www1.lesinrocks.com/ListeNews.cfm?iditem=151534...
Les Queens of the Stone Age invitent du beau monde
PJ Harvey et Brian Molko seront les invités de luxe de Queens of the Stone Age qui les accueilleront dans leur studio dans le désert californien. Les deux artistes enregistreront quelques morceaux qui sortiront en disque ultérieurement et qui constitueront le cinquième volume des Desert Sessions, nom que portent les rencontres organisées par les Queens of the Stone Age avec des artistes n'ayant pas forcément l'occasion de jouer ensemble.
Rappelons que les récents auteurs de l'album Songs for the Deaf seront en concert à l'Elysée-Montmartre de Paris le 30 novembre. (27 nov. 2002)
(it's in french, but it says something to the effect that Brian & PJ Harvey will be on Queens of The Stoneage's next Desert Sessions album)...from the official site...
After spending these last few months locked away in the studio, Placebo are close to completing their long awaited 4th album. Latest news about a release date are Spring 2003 with a single being due out this winter. So something to look forward to over as the nights get darker. Some exclusive photos and a special message from the band can be found in the forthcoming issue of Silver Rocket magazine.
...from Ticket Web...
"Friday, December 6 @ 10:30 pm
SPUTNIK CLUB PRESENTS: Brian Molko from Placebo (Guest DJ set) plus 2 floors of music & Sputnik resident DJs til 2am" get tickets £5.00
...from the kerrang site...
Placebo man duets with actress Asia Argento
Placebo's Brian Molko has recorded a cover of Eurosleaze anthem 'Je t'Aime Moi Non Plus' with 'xXx' star Asia Argento for a new concept album about 'pornography and f**king'.
Originally recorded by French crooner Serge Gainsbourg and actress Jane Birkin in 1969, 'Je t'Aime' was the first UK number one single to be banned from UK radio due to it's erotic overtones. Molko and Argento's version features on 'Positions', an electronic 'strip hop' album conceived by French studio wizard Dimitri Tikovoi under the Trash Palace monicker. Other guests on the album include Velvet Underground man John Cale and Cranes vocalist Alison Shaw. Molko also contributes an original track 'The Metric System' to the album, which is out now in France on the Discograph label. 'Positions' is still awaiting a UK release.
Molko is currently mixing Placebo's fourth album with producer Jim Abbiss (The Music/DJ Shadow) at Mayfair Studios in London. For the singer's exclusive low down on the album, see the new issue of Kerrang! on sale now.
...from kerrang magazine...
Molko is currently mixing Placebo's fourth album with producer Jim Abbiss at Mayfair studios in London.
Molko tells that the album is coming along fantastically well "Its a very romantic album." says Molko. "Its all a bunch of love songs really. It started off as an album about the dark side of love, but we've balanced that with a bit of hope."
Placebo have recorded 20 tracks for their new album. Amoung the titles set for inclusion are "English Summer Rain", "This Picture", "The Bitter End" and "Centrefolds".
"There's a lot of big guitar tracks on there" Molko notes. "We've gone of on some different tangents too, but the soul of Placebo is there at all times"
The as-yet-untitled album is scheduled for a late spring release through hut.
...from various online sources...
the 4Scott tribute album will be released on August 26th, 2002 (in the uk, i dunno about the rest of the world). Placebo contributes 1 track, the version of 'haemoglobin' from the gig.
also the 4scott gig will be shown on british TV on the 26th, dunno if placebo will be on it, but it's most likely. the 4scott site: http://www.4scott.co.uk
...from the official site master...
"Placebo have now confirmed that they have found a producer for their 4th (as yet untitled) album. Speaking at the 4Scott tribute gig, Brian announced that they would be joined in the studio in July by Jim Abbiss, who's previously worked with the likes of Sneaker Pimps, Bjork, U.N.K.LE. DJ Shadow and pop princess Kylie Minogue. The band has already laid down several tracks both whilst on the road and at home thanks to their new home studio set ups and are looking forward to beginning work again this summer. During an interview for Silver Rocket, Brian stated that he hoped that the recording of the 4th album would not take as long as BMM so expect them to be in the studio for "longer than 3 months but less than 9". Known tracks are 'Protect me', 'Special Needs', 'Multiply', 'Fade Out', 'Cavity Search' and 'English Summer Rain' (5 of these songs were premiered for SR during the interview and include Brian playing the drums on 'English Summer Rain')"
...from the official site...
brian's latest DJ dates:
June 19, 2002 Introvenus - Underworld, Camden London
Aug. 3, 2002 Somerley Music Festival - Somerley, England *not confirmed yet*
...from the official popstarz website...
"Popstarz 7th Birthday!!
Yes. Its almost here again. May 24, 2002 is another birthday and another landmark for gay alternative clubbing. As you would expect for such an event, plans are already underway, and we can exclusively reveal that there will be a guest DJ that night. Brian Molko of quintessential alternative band Placebo will be spinning some top tunes for a whole hour. Expect more announcements soon, but make sure you pop this one in your diary because if the other six have been anything to go by, then you will need to get there early to avoid the massive queues. Also please note there are no competition guest lists that night but we will honour the free entry ads and flyers with the usual time restrictions." taken from Scarlet Angel and confirmed by thebsh webmaster
"Asia Argento will record the very sexy song "je t'aime moi non plus" (the magic duo between Jane and Serge) with the french electro musician Tikovoi and Brian Molko (the leader of Placebo), Asia will be Serge, and Brian Jane, for more androgyny!!!! the most glam rock couple of the moment will make a video directed by Asia."
...from the official site master...
"Of course, we also have 'the metric system' to look forward to. The track which contains some very funny lyrics will appear on the 'Positions' album by Dimitri Tikovoi. Again, no information regarding it's release date has come my way as yet. Both are good (if a little different!) and I'm sure Asia, Brian and Dimitri won't keep us waiting too long."
...from the official site...
Brian has recorded vocals for the new alpinestars single "Carbon Kid" (to be released June 5, 2002) and he also appears in the video.
taken from www.4scott.co.uk
"Stereophonics, Placebo, Jarvis Cocker and Embrace are just four of the names confirmed for one of the most unique and poignant gigs of 2002. As
different as they are musically these artists share one thing in common - their TV and radio promotions were handled by Appearing, the company set up by the late Scott Piering. So, on April 18, 2002 the Scala in Kings Cross
will play host to a very special evening of live music and DJ sets. More names will be added soon but unfortunately there are only 700 tickets available. Safe to say this is a very hot ticket indeed."
...from the official site master...
"The Black Market Music tour has now come to an end people. We all know there'll be questions as to when they'll be touring next so please take note... As soon as Placebo announce further dates they'll be posted on the sites news page and forum. The very earliest we can expect more shows is summer 2002 for a festival perhaps. If not, then it's the tour for album #4. The band spent the last week of October in the studio demoing a selection of tracks and sounds they've come up with during the BMM tour. They'll return to the studio with yet more fresh ideas after they've enjoyed a much overdue and well earnt break." -webmaster leigh
"As for the live album release date posted on another site, please don't believe it.
We interviewed the band on Oct 18th and when quizzed about rumours of a live CD (and DVD), all the guys said it won't be happening anytime soon.
Again, if a release is on the cards, you'll read official confirmation here first." -webmaster leigh
