Sun 20 Sep 2009
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.
Mon 14 Sep 2009
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.
PART 1:
Sun 13 Sep 2009
On September 12th Placebo performed a small acoustic set for The Sun, Biz Sessions.
SET LIST:
- The Never-Ending Why
- For What It’s Worth
- Jackie
Watch all three songs performed by clicking the cut –>
Sat 29 Aug 2009
Check out the guys playing Reading festival, they put in a stunning effort on Friday!
BBC1 have uploaded a video of The Never-Ending Why live @ Reading: VIEW HERE
Wed 26 Aug 2009
Today Placebo performed a short acoustic set on BBC6 Music radio.
Live in the studio for George Lamb’s show as part of his Hub Sessions segment the band were briefly interviewed and played stripped down acoustic versions of The Never-Ending Why and For What It’s Worth.
You can download the whole event here as one long mp3 or just the two acoustic tracks in a zip file here (thanks to Britt & Cotorep).
The ‘Hub Session’ was also filmed and those in the UK will be able to view the [region locked] performance on the BBC 6 Music Website from this Thursday, 27th August.
Fri 10 Jul 2009
Placebo’s music AND the band themselves have recently featured in a new Motorola™ phone commercial.
View ‘the making of…’, go behind the scenes for three minutes with the band and then watch the advertisement itself set to the song ‘Ashtray Heart’.
Sat 4 Jul 2009
On June 5th French tv show Taratata had Placebo as their guests for an interview and to play a few songs:
An english translation of the above interview can be found here at Placebo Wordz
Stefan and Brian also featured on a request segment, My Taratata:
If you’re looking for more multimedia, check out this exclusive photo collection and video from Placebo’s latest show in Bucharest, Romania thanks to Spinearth.tv.
Sat 20 Jun 2009
It’s full swing PR time so lucky for us Placebo are making appearances in seemingly every magazine, newspaper, radio/tv show and streaming webcasts. I know it’s hard to keep up with all the hype but here’s a few to keep you in the loop.
MULTIMEDIA:
Placebo – 4Play Documentary – Part 1 | Part 2
Placebo – TV 4Play Interview
Brian Molko – Dans Le Journal de M6 – In French
Stefan Olsdal – Intro Magazine Interview
Placebo – Rehearsal Footage – Official
Steve Forrest – As The Opening Act For Placebo, Brussels 02.06.09
Brian Molko – La Boite A Question – In French [watch it anyway!]
Placebo – For What Its Worth/Interview – Italian TV
Placebo – Pre-Rockness Interview
AUDIO:
Brian Molko – Super Request Triple J – Part 1 | Part 2 [AUS]
Brian & Steve – The Music Bed BBC
As always keep your eye tuned to the Press section of Placeboworld which is constantly being updated with the latest scanned articles and reviews from around the world. Stefan in Gay Times, Brian in JJJ Mag, Steve in London Metro …and more!
Thu 21 May 2009
Plenty of radio show album promo bouncing around. Here’s some photos taken in the last few weeks and a video from the band’s live recording at BBC 1.
Wed 6 May 2009
On Wednesday May 13, Placebo will be playing a selection of tunes from their new album ‘Battle For The Sun’ in the Xfm studios for an invited audience of just 30 people. The whole show will be broadcast on the Steve Harris show that night, but if you live in the UK you and a mate could actually be there, just enter the XFM competition!
Additionally Placebo will perform songs live [this was apparently pre-recorded, xfm is live] from the new album on the Zane Lowe radio show, also to be broadcasted this Wednesday 13th on BBC 1 radio. The show starts at 7pm GMT.
Placebo-gallery.net has always been a great source for placebo fans when it comes to HQ images and the latest promotional images. Well once again they do not disappoint. Visit the site and check out the latest shots from photographer Fontaine.
