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Part #1: The Placeboworld Current Gigs page has been updated and taken on a fantastic transformation!

Not only can you look up and find the date, details and support acts for forthcoming concerts, but you are provided with venue details, ticketing information and handy satellite images of the gig location powered by googlemaps. This feature is particularly handy for Placebo fans travelling far away from home to support their boys on the road.

Part #2: At last the Gig Archive is back! Right now you can access past dates for 2009 and 2007, with the band’s entire performance history to be added to the site over time.

Visitors have the opportunity to contribute their comments, memorabilia and pictures from gigs they’ve attended.

Be sure to contribute by scanning/photographing any tickets, set lists, photos, or by leaving comments about your favourite moments from past concerts you have attended. Eventually we’re going to have a great collaborative resource in our hands!

To celebrate the forthcoming tour and to help introduce Placebo’s friends who are joining them on this journey, the wonderful team at placeboworld would like you to have a FREE ‘Tour Bundle’ download.

All 4 of the bands who will join PLACEBO on tour, have got together to give you one of their tracks as a token of their affection, so you can start to prepare yourself for what promises to be quite simply an unforgettable tour.

TRACKLIST:
1. PLACEBO ‘Breathe Underwater’ (Live At Pukkelpop Festival 2009)
2. EXPATRIATE ‘Get Out, Give In’
3. SILVERSUN PICKUPS ‘Panic Switch (Live)
4. THE HORRORS ‘Sea Within A Sea’
5. UNITED ‘ For What I Feel’ (Live)

The Tour Bundle also comes with a PDF booklet that includes an image and introduction to each band.

To get your FREE Tour Bundle simply CLICK HERE

A private acoustic show will take place in Paris on the 28th October at “the studio SFR”.

You can win tickets thanks to the radio station OUÏ FM and The studio SFR. Additionally the gig will be aired on OUÏ FM the very same night, with support band: Expatriate.

Everyone worldwide will be able to listen to the show and the band’s interview on the station’s website right here.

SOURCES : radioactu.com, music-story.com and lestudiosfr.fr
- Thanks to Pam

Placebo have just been announced in the second list of bands to play Australian music festival Soundwave.

Ticketek have sold out of their allocation for Melbourne, and possibly some other venues, however you can still get tickets via the official Soundwave ticketing site, but do it fast! We hope to see as many Placebo fans there as possible!

I’ll be attending all 5 Soundwaves, and any sideshows announced with the Australian Street Team, taking photos of fans and handing out goodies. If you’d like to join us during our festivities, meet ups, or just become a part of the team online, check out our myspace // facebook // live journal.

MAGAZINES: In other news There’s a great review of Placebo’s latest gig at Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City in Kerrang! You can read the article here and view the great images by photographer Scarlett Page here.

VOTE: Please continue to keep up the voting for Placebo as Best Alternative Artist for the MTV European Music Awards!

Steve Hewitt has been busy making his album and keeping us fans updated with his forthcoming project on his various social networking pages.

You can now get up to the minute official news, direct from the man himself via:

- Facebook [Steve's page / Fan page]
- MySpace
- Twitter

In the latest installment Bean reveals some interesting information on vocalist for the group, “Now that the musical tracks were complete, it was time for me to put down my sticks and lay down the vocals, coming out from behind the kit and fronting these new songs. Backing vocals were provided by Onalle from Roni Size Reprazent and Emily Reid – my daughter.”

Be sure to follow his progress as in the next update he, will begin to introduce us to his new band. Keep the Faith!

Also, if you’re a fan of Mr Hewitt, please come join us on the new forum for his latest work, Heaven & Hell!

- Firstly a big Happy 23rd Birthday to Mr Steven-Sunshine-Forrest!
To celebrate we’ve finally added some Gumpy love to our gallery and have plenty more coming in the way of screencaps! Be sure to check out our updated fan art also!

View these images and more in the gallery

- Listen to this 10 minute interview with Brian on XFM, Razorcuts, originally aired on September 13th

- Be sure that you haven’t missed a moment of Placebo on tour this year. Stefan has edited together 14 fantastic behind the scene videos for our viewing pleasure! View the latest Summer 2009 Tour Videos.

- Placebo have been nominated for Best Alternative Band at the EMA’s. Please vote here: ema.mtv.co.uk/vote

- Last, but certainly not least, many thanks to the following people; silent_lillith, ceej001, funk_fish23, carbonkid70 & itzbelle, for contributing funds towards the site and community to keep us open for yet another year!

Both The Never-Ending Why & Ashtray Heart singles are now available in their designated regions for purchasing. In addition to catchy songs from the new album we fans have also been treated to two new cover songs as B-Sides., PJ Harvey’s – Hardly Wait (The Never-Ending Why) and Archive’s – Fuck U (Ashtray Heart).

Download your copy today from iTunes, or the Placeboworld store. For details on hard copies & tracklistings, see here.

We previously brought you the audio from Placebo’s recent BBC6 Music acoustic Hub Session, at last we have the video to share. Filmed live on August 26th, an amazing stripped down version of the band’s latest single The Never-Ending Why, accompanied by For What It’s Worth.

A lot of people on YouTube have the ability to showcase their talents, and sometimes lackthereof, however sucker-love.com recently came accross this gem by chenottestupida and we think it is worth sharing:

Filmed throughout the bands Asian tour last month, ‘A New Tomorrow’ documents Placebo’s intensively demanding promotional schedule and the 5 shows they played, including the infamous 2nd show at the Japanese ‘Summersonic Festival’ where Brian collapsed on stage

Shot by Charlie Targett-Adams and narrated by Brian Molko, ‘A New Tomorrow’ is both emotional and revealing, allowing unrestricted access into the world of Placebo and heart of Brian himself.

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