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Placebo’s classic single Every You Every Me will feature on an Australian edition of Wii singing video game, U-SING 2. For more info visit the U-Sing website.

German fans can pick up a copy of the magazine Sonic Seducer this month and it also comes with a nifty DVD/CD with our own Molks gracing its cover. The pack is a summary of Mera Luna 2010. Placebo feature in a live video and interview with Stef and Steve.

If you’re a member of the forum Placebo Fans WorldWide (PFWW), sit tight, the forum is close to returning and will be back better than ever!

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!

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

In other news:
- The latest installment of Stef’s Summer Tour videos is online, and it’s a smasher!
- The hard-working Placebo team have brought us an interactive video for The Never-Ending Why, check it out here, loads of fun!
- Brian Molko interview in the latest edition of NME, find it here @ Placeboworld.co.uk
- Keep e-teaming the latest videos, Ashtray Heart & The Never-Ending Why, request them on TV and request the songs on radio!!

German magazine Kultur News conducted a fun interview with Brian Molko and Steve Forrest of Placebo. Thanks to wonderful suckerlove_ forum member stealenoughtime we have a translation to share with our english fans:

June makes everything new: The Placebo-bosses Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal were gettting with Steve Forrest not only a new drummer but also fresh energy. Are the depressive stages for ever over now?

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JUNE 2rd: Placebo will perform live June 2nd at Brussel’s Cirque Royal. this event will be broadcasted live on website of the Belgian radio Pure FM
JUNE 3rd: Placebo will play at the 1Live radio show in Cologne, Germany (note the station has a webcam!).

MAGAZINES: View the Placeboworld press gallery for a massive group of new scans. See also the suckerlove LJ community for Visions scans, (image left) and other treats! Australian’s check out the latest issue of J Mag for tour news!

- Buy gig tickets and albums (for your chance to win) from the Placeboworld store

Hope you’ve all been enjoying your Battle For the Sun fan playback! Let us know your thoughts, fave tracks and feelings!

Not long until the release date and I’ll return home from my overseas trip at the end of next week so updates will return much more frequently!

Formed in London in 1994, Placebo have now finished the recording of their sixth album Battle For The Sun. The band currently consists of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. With a back catalogue consisting of five studio albums, six EPs and twenty-seven singles they have gathered a strong fan base worldwide.

I Like Music caught up with Stefan Olsdal and new addition to the band Steve Forrest to chat about their sixth album, the difficulties they faced before Steve joined the band and the effect that digital media has had on both Placebo and the music industry as a whole.

“I Like Music because… it allows you to be everything you’re not supposed to be.” – Steve Forrest

“I Like Music because… it makes my life worth living.” – Stefan Olsdal

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German magazine Musikexpress has featured Placebo in their latest issue on stands now!

Get your hands on a copy if you can, but for those who are unable, read the translated article below. With thanks to jule83.

We are trying to freak out as many goths as we can” -that actually could work, since Placebo included unfamiliar brass instruments in their new record. But what to do, when the gothic-girlies fall in love with the new young californian drummer? Lets ask uncle molko and uncle olsdal – and gain laughter.

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Stefan was in Amsterdam recently, he caught up with Spinner for a quick chat. Thanks to _boyangel for the translation.

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After ink black “Meds” from 2006, it was quiet for a while around the three-piece.

Sworn friends singer/guitarist/front man Brian Molko and bassist Stefan Olsdal separate with their drummer, Steve Hewitt. They only found inspiration for new material again when Steve Forrest was introduced as new band member.

“Battle For The Sun” is more positive than their older work from the alternative rockers.

Spinner talked in a hotel bar in Amsterdam with bassist Olsdal, about the new album and the life of a rockstar in such a controversial band.

The bassist seems shy, he chooses his words carefully and every now and then he stares out of the window dreamily. Not very surprising since it’s over 20 degrees outside.

Outside is the real life, but wasn’t it exactly that kind of life that Placebo wanted to escape from?

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French newspaper Le Parisien ran this article on April 7th 2009. The focus of the article is on Molko’s french experiences, but it does delve into the subject of the band’s mortality and the somewhat sensitive issue of the departed Steve Hewitt.

Attached was this striking new promo image, click to view larger. Thanks to he_wears_heals, read the full translated article behind the jump:

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Placebo Saved Themself

Worn down by fatigue, the English band remained silent for three years. Leader Brian Molko explains it for the first time, before a new album coming out.

Here comes Placebo again. The favorite British band of romantic teens, the one which found its biggest crowds in France where they sell thousands of albums and sell out Bercy’s and Zénith’s. Since “Meds”, in 2006, the trio had not given any news. The next step comes with “Battle for the Sun”, a sixth album, in stores June 8.

A new album and a brand new Placebo, without forgetting their basics: melancholy, darkness, androgynous. An image incarnated by the leader, Brian Molko, 36 years old, bilingual icon. Yesterday afternoon, just arriving in Paris, he gave us his very first interview. In French.

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Gemma from Confront Magazine has recently had the opportunity to interview new drummer, Steve Forrest. Sucker-love.com recommends giving it a read, after all, think of all the insight into our other ‘bo boys gained from interviews over the years.

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