Placebo are today sharing Shout, a cover of the iconic Tears For Fears single. 'Shout’ — taken from the Tears For Fears album Songs From The Big Chair — peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 and joins a rich lineage of Placebo cover versions of songs from the 80s. Artists such as Sinead O’Connor (Jackie), The Smiths (Bigmouth Strikes Again),...

Placebo today release their highly-anticipated, and universally-acclaimed, new album, Never Let Me Go. The near decade-long wait for a new full-length from the band is over.

Excitement for the new album reached a fever pitch in recent months as the band teased its early singles, ‘Beautiful James’, ‘Surrounded By Spies’, ‘Try Better Next Time’ and ‘Happy Birthday In The Sky’. Each single offered its...

Placebo are today sharing a brand-new single, ‘Try Better Next Time’. It follows recent new tracks ‘Beautiful James’ and ‘Surrounded By Spies’, the latter of which heralded news of the band’s long-awaited 8th studio album — and first together in almost a decade — Never Let Me Go.

Listen to ‘Try Better Next Time’ and view the visualizer...

Placebo are today announcing their first new single in five years. Listen to ‘Beautiful James’ here.

Over the course of more than 25 years, and over 13 million album sales, Placebo have shown themselves to be masters at cataloguing the human condition. The band’s unique way of examining both its flaws and beauty has for a long time made them a refuge for those who felt...

The lineup for Rock Werchter is gradually shaping up. Huge acts like Pearl Jam, The Strokes, Kendrick Lamar, System of a Down, Twenty One Pilots and Volbeat will take the stage. Other prominent performers on the lineup are Beck, Faith No More, Pixies, Thom Yorke Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, Wilco. Rock Werchter is always a cast-iron guarantee of the best line-up. It's no different in...

Bilbao BBK Live kicks off the year announcing a colossal name for its 2020 edition: Placebo. The six years since the release of Loud Like Love, their latest work to date, have seemed like an eternity, but at long last Brian Molko and Stefan Olsden’s band are back and ready to rock Kobetamendi.

Placebo join a whole host of musical stars in Bilbao from 9-11 July,...

Placebo celebrate an incredible 20 years with the release of a must have retrospective hits album ‘A Place For Us To Dream’, on October 7th.

‘A Place For Us To Dream’ includes singles from the early; ‘Bruise Pristine’, ‘Come Home’, ‘Teenage Angst’, to the career defining ‘Nancy Boy’, ‘Every You Every Me’, ‘Pure Morning’, ‘The Bitter End’ right up to, ‘Meds’, ‘For What It’s Worth’ & ‘Too Many Friends’. The...

Placebo will be heading out on a world tour in October to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the release of their platinum selling debut album ’Placebo’. The first leg of the ’20 Years of Placebo’ tour kicks off in Denmark on October 13th 2016 and runs through to Wembley Arena in London on December 15th 2016. Further dates for 2017 will be revealed later.

The band promise a set list...

This summer Positivus Festival can expect a real Brit invasion - alongside the previously announced artists, including the rock legend Robert Plant, Positivus is also proud to announce the addition of several other UK heavyweights - Placebo and Kasabian, Manchester’s contemporary rock quartet Everything Everything, London’s dark underground princess Charlie XCX, as well as Bristol’s trip-hop patrons Lamb. The international line-up will be complimented by celebrated local acts - the...

Placebo is les Ardentes’ biggest rock headliner ever in the festival’s history! In seven albums and almost twenty years, Placebo has become a international rock top act without ever losing any of its singularities: an inimitable punk pop sound, impressive live sets, dark melodies and the unique voice of their leader.

Over the years Placebo has ripened from the glam universe of early « Nancy Boy » and...

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