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Happy Birthday to our darling Swede, Stefan! ♥

Placebo have been keeping busy, just recently they played on the catwalk clad stage in Singapore for MTV Fashionably Loud. Not long until the UK gigs kick off, but in the meantime we have quite a few additions/changes [some not officialy confirmed] to the 2006 tour calendar!

TOUR DATES:
27.05.06 – Festival Do Norte; Villagarcía Do Arousa , Spain
04.07.06 – Quart Festival, Norway
06.06.06 – Stadthalle, Magdeburg [FKP]
07.06.06 – Stadthalle, Bielefeld [MLK]
14.07.06 – Natural Festival; Almería, Spain
15.07.06 – Live Festival; Bilbao, Spain
19.07.06 – Amphitheatre; Nimes, France
21.07.06 – Carhaix Festival; Les Vieilles Charrues, France
23.07.06 – Festival International de Benicàssim, Spain [FIB]
26.07.06 – La Pinede; Juan Les Pins, France
[Spain dates courtesy of Bionic]

Listen to Brian and Stefan’s exclusive interview with John Kennedy from Xfm as they give a track by track run through of Placebo’s new album Meds. Some good insights, be sure to check it out!

USA fans, not long until you’ll have Meds in your posession on April 4th! Also placeboworld tell us that album is reviewed in the US edition of Rolling Stone magazine.

Speaking of magazines, the lovely moondarri has kindly donated her scan of the new Kerrang!. Those who are unable to purchase the magazine, click the image of Brian for the full view and here for the text.

Thanks to the thousands of visitors who continue to visit and be a part of this site, without you we’re nothing! For those of you who only visit the news page, I’d love for you to take a look around and view the content of suckerlove and see what else we have to offer.

These are our latest site updates:

♥ 14 slash images [many from 2006] added to various galleries

♥ 8 creative new wallpapers

♥ 1 video from March 2006 of the boys talking about ‘balls’ & ‘sex’

♥ 98 icons/avatars

♥ mrs_spork & mizrychik62 have both earnt our Heaven Sent award!

♥ 1 stunning image manipulation of Stef/Bri

♥ FAN FICTION: we’re working on revamping the entire ffic archive to allow automated updates for approved writers. This may take some time, and in the meantime may not allow any new fic to be updated. Thanks in advance for your patience.

♥ A brand new slash fanlisting. In addition to the Stefan/Brian, Sucker’s Dream Fanlisting, we now have the Steve/Brian fanlisting, Sing For Your Lover. JOIN!!

♥ To the right of the news page I’ve added a little stat box for some of the items on suckerlove.

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to our beloved drummer, Steven Hewitt! ♥

It has been one week since Meds was released and where available we can begin to take a look at its debut in the album charts:

#1 Austria
#1 France
#1 Mexico
#1 Switzerland
#2 Germany
#3 Finland
#3 Portugal
#4 Australia
#7 Argentina
#7 United Kingdom
#9 Belgium [now #1]
#10 Czech Republic
#12 Norway
#20 Denmark
#21 Ireland
#24 New Zealand
#30 Poland

Note: This information was sourced by sucker-love and though we’ve done our best to obtain official and correct information, chart rankings may vary, or not provide a true representation depending on what day the chart stats are released. The coming weeks will be just as important.
* = checking for officiality. Corrections/Additions welcomed with official links for reference

In Tour news, according to gigwise, UK band White Rose Movement will be supporting Placebo for their early UK dates.

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If you were good little suckerlover’s you would have known to listen to The Edge last night and upon doing so would have heard some great new accoustic tracks played by Placebo, in addition to an interview with [an ill] Brian Molko. Suckerlove can provide you with an interesting direct quote from the host Steve Harris:

“Might try and get them to hang around and do a version of Drag which is going to be the next single, which is amazing, me and Silent Dave’s favourite song off of the album.”

Upon further investigation other sources say that Drag will be released sometime mid year. This is an interesting statement given the strong rumour which said it would be Infra-red, only time will tell!

Interestingly there is now a poll regarding the next single on the official French website. Additionally comments made by Brian in a recent French magazine interview and the meds section on Placeboworld would indicate that if there is indecision Infra-red is at least still in consideration.

If you were naughty and didn’t listen, there’s some consolation. Go to the Virgin Radio Website and from Monday there’ll be a stream of the interview and acoustic session!

On March 15th Placebo treated fans to an intimate concert and signing at Oxford Street’s Virgin Megastore, also Brian attended a VIP Launch Party for GAP (Red). See below for pictures of both events:

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Meds has finally hit stores around the world, and not surprisingly many Placebo fans were instantly addicted!

Internationally there has been much confusion between fans regarding which versions will be released in their country, particularly America. Click on the diagram by mrs_spork to get a clearer idea if you’re still having problems. The American limited edition will not be released with the hardcase/40 page booklet, but will still be both CD & DVD, though presented in a jewel case with a smaller booklet. Placeboworld are asking fans not to import as I imagine this will affect your country’s sales and possibly tours.

APPEARANCES:
All Week: The London radio station XFM has declared it Placebo Week…for their shows!

March 18th: Steve and Brian will be appearing on Soccer AM [strange bedfellows indeed!!], which is aired on Sky Sports 1. Aired between 9am – 12pm, the lads are said to be on around 10:30am.

March 19th: Placebo will be the headline band on Album Chart Show on channel 4 at 12:25am [sat night]. They will perform, Because I Want You, Follow the Cops Back Home in addition to an interview with Brian.

March 24th: OuiFM will broad cast the recent concert from La Cigale, France @ 9pm on Boogie Nights. [Thanks xsofplacebo]

TOUR DATES:
[not confirmed, dates have since been removed from MTV.de]
06.06. Leipzig – Haus Auensee
07.06. Hamburg – Stadtpark

Drop by Placeboworld for a new video interview with Stefan and Brian about Meds and while you’re there visit the store to check out the new Meds merchandise.

Hope you’ve been sticking close to the Suckerlove calendar and hang around for a propper Meds review, site content update and possibly a competition!

TITLE: X-Posed
FORMAT: Audio CD
AVAILABLE: March 28, 2006 / April 17, 2006
FROM: Chrome Dreams, the same people who made [unauthorised] Androgyny & Maximum Placebo. [found for suckerlove by lilyamelie ]

On Placebo X-posed, the band tell their full story [apparently] in their own words, via a set of previously unheard interviews, recounting what inspires them, what keeps their music relevant, how they’ve managed to sell millions of records and much, much more. This is a rare opportunity to hear a band at their absolute peak revealing all, and is a must have item for every fan of this incredible group.

Also drop by Placeboworld to view a slide show of recording Broken Promise with Michael Stipe and view a video of Brian and Stefan talk about recording Placebo’s duets with Alison and Michael. Plus plenty of other updates today, some of which have previously been mentioned @ suckerlove.

Hope everyone went and bought their singles!? Only a few days till we have the Album/DVD!

March 13th: See Placebo perform Because I Want You on BBC1′s Top of the Pops @ 7pm [UK time]

March 15th: The Artist – Placebo will be on JIM, a Belgian music TV channel. Featuring interviews, videos and live footage.

March 18th: Suckerlove has discovered that Placebo will be joining Virgin Radio’s The Edge to record another of their now legendary Edge sessions and they’ll be telling us about their new record too, Fri 17th/Sat 18th, 1am [UK]
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You can now buy the following versions of Because I Want You at the iTunes music store:

Single
Ladytron Club remix
Demo version
Instrumental
Russell Lissack from Bloc Party remix

Placebo were on Enislive, german radio moments earlier promoting their live songs being aired ‘tonight’ [see international listening times etc here]

Don’t forget to look at past updates/the calendar for appearances.

As well as the afternoon interview, I’ve capped this evening’s webbroadcast. Twas quite a funny interview, self proclaimed Diva tantrum from Brian and all.

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A new side project for Stefan Olsdal [with David Persona & Javier Solo].

The group are called Hotel Persona and have an official website coming soon. They play a mix of alternative electro spanish pop.

For those interested, I definitely recommend that you visit the Hotel Persona MySpace where you can listen to their samples of Modern Kids and Queiro Volar! [some of you may recall seeing Stef DJ in a shirt with this slogan].

As the month of Meds continues we’re swimming with appearances and information. Get your pad and pen ready, these are just a few of the ongoing events!

Launch the Meds Album Player to listen to several new album samples!! Hear Meds, Infra-red, Drag, Space Monkey & Song To Say Goodbye!!

A plethora of tour dates have been added to the calendar.

March 9th: EinsLive Radioconcert, exclusive acoustic set @ 9pm
Go here to listen to the live broadcast online, and here to figure out any time conversion.

March 10th: o2 Music Flash – FREE concert. 9pm, Columbiahalle, Berlin.

TV APPEARANCES
March 8th: MTV Rockzone @ 11pm:
Placebo are going to answer mail from viewers & apparently give make-up tips for boys
March 18th: Hit Machine on m6
March 31st: Taratata on France3
April 1st: Taratata on France 4

MAGAZINES [march]:
-Rolling Stone [Mexican, see left]
-Rock Sound [French]
-GUITARExtreme
-MOJO
-Guitarist [French]

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Interview with The Ticket @ DailyMirror.co.uk

Well, Hello Duckies!
Placebo are Quack with a New Album, but Want Fans to Quit Throwing Ducks

PLACEBO’S achievements in the 10 years since Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal met by chance at a London tube station have been considerable. With drummer Steve Hewitt, they have sold five million albums, got a greatest hits album under their belt, and have had duets with stars such as David Bowie, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Marilyn Manson.

They’ve survived drug binges and seen many of their peers fall by the wayside. But their new album Meds shows them at the top of their game, boasting dark and lusty rock with brooding atmospheres and melodic class. Sitting in their South London rehearsal space, Stefan and Brian ponder why they have lasted the course. (more…)