June 2006
Monthly Archive
Fri 30 Jun 2006
It has beeen a week since the 2006 ‘Australian’ Meds tour dates were released with the disappointing exclusion of my home town Adelaide, SA and fellow city Perth, WA.
As Placebo’s latest release ranked #4 on Australian charts and previous tours including these cities sold out we are petitioning to have these locations re-included in the Australian tour schedule. So far we haven’t heard back from official promoters, but hope to get radio station JJJ on side and make a difference!
If you are from one of these states, or even just from Australia and would consider attending please sign the petition, quickly pass it on to friends in real life and online (but do so politely!).
If you would rather pass around the link without an image:
http://www.sucker-love.com/placebo2SAWA
Otherwise here are some banners you may post in your email signatures, on forums, in journals etc.
Click For Image URL
HTML (live journal, MySpace, websites)
UBB Code (most forums, messageboards etc)
More Promo Banners: (more…)
Wed 28 Jun 2006
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! CANCELLED DATES IN ITALY!
Placebo have had to cancel tonight’s show in Rome and tomorrow night’s show in Pordenone. Steve Hewitt fell whilst on the tour bus yesterday morning and damaged his arm. He went ahead with the show last night but woke this morning in agony. A doctor was called and ordered 48 hours complete rest.
The band are devastated at having to cancel these shows and send their apologies to all the fans who had bought tickets. Every effort will be made to re-schedule. Placebo will continue the tour at Werchter in Belgium on Saturday night.
DATES ADDED:
OCTOBER
11.10.06 – Stuttgart, Germany
12.10.06 – Erfurt, Germany
13.10.06 – München, Germany
NOVEMBER
19.11.06 – L’Arena Genève
21.11.06 – La Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon
22.11.06 – Le Zénith, Toulouse
23.11.06 – Le Zénith d’Auvergne, Cournon (Clermont-Ferrand)
26.11.06 – Le MusikHALL, Bruz (Parc Expo de Rennes)
30.11.06 – Oberhausen, Germany
DECEMBER
13.12.06 – Vienna, Vienna Town Hall, Austria
15.12.06 – Berlin, Germany
16.12.06 – Hamburg, Germany
17.12.06 – Leipzig, Germany
19.12.06 – Hannover, Germany
20.12.06 – Mannheim, Germany
ATTENTION: AUSTRALIAN FANS!!
The protest to have SA and WA added to the Australian tour list is underway. Triple J are on the case for us with Rosie Beaton from Super Reqest saying on air:
Hey, thanks for all your emails Placebo fans in SA and WA! I do feel for you, I know what you’re feeling. Yes Placebo are touring in QLD, NSW, VIC, ACT but not SA or WA.
I have have put in a request and asked the offical promoter for details on this and as soon as I find out more I will let you know.
If nothing comes of this there WILL be a petition via this site to pass around!
NEW Promo Pictures:
18 Photos from Nova Rock Festival, Austria, 16th June 2006: (more…)
Thu 22 Jun 2006
Placebo’s latest single Infra-red has hit most stores, of course including iTunes. If you’d like to hear a sample of Hotel Persona’s Infra red Remix, just visit their MySpace.
However the single has been delayed in Australia until July 8th to coincide with the ticketing release (July 7th) for their 2006 AUSTRALIAN TOUR! Supported by, Howling Bells.
**PETITION Details for SA & WA Dates!!**
DATES:
MELBOURNE: September 15th
Festival Hall, West Melbourne, VIC
ACT: September 16th
Royal Theatre, Canberra City, ACT
BRISBANE: September 18th
Brisbane Convention Centre, South Brisbane, QLD
SYDNEY: September 20th
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park, NSW
APPEARANCES (relevant timezones apply)
UK [TV]:
23.06.06: Brian on the couch with Zane on MTV2’s Gonzo. You can see Zane lowe Gonzo goes out on MTV2 on a Friday 7pm – 9pm then is repeated on sat @ 12pm, sun @ 11pm and Mon @ 12pm.
23.06.06: Placebo will be the musical guests on Channel 4 show The Friday Night Project’. You can see the band play the new single ‘Infra-red’, live on the show from 10.30pm-11.35pm on Channel 4.
AUSTRALIA [TV]:
*new, rescheduled date!!*
06.07.06: 8:00pm EST, repeated next morning at 11:am, Channel [V], Red Light Special
Tune into Red Light Special for an hour of Placebo – ranging from their hottest clips to some behind the scene footage plus some exclusive live action.
American Street Team
A group of American fans have decided it is time our lad’s music is well known in their country and have banded together to spread the word of Placebo throughout the United States. If you’re interested in promoting the band’s new album, Meds, and wish to lend a hand, visit their MySpace.
Sat 17 Jun 2006
Those of you who are able should pick up this weeks edition of Kerrang! It features a full page article on Brian Molko entitled, “The Songs That Changed My Life”. Brian talks about artists such as Sonic Youth, The Pixies, Steve getting him started on PJ Harvey and Nine Inch Nails
… oh and his guilty lil pleasure, Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart!
[click the image for full scan]
INFRA RED DOWNLOADS:
Digital downloads available from Monday June 19 are:
Single version (available now from album)
Instrumental
Call The Ambulance remix
The Waltmann remix
Hotel Persona remix
Live at Blackpool Empress Ballroom
Live at Glasgow Academy
Live at Newcastle Academy (iTunes exclusive)
ON TOUR: Puskas Ferenc Stadium, Budapest Hungary. June 12th, 2006.
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Tue 13 Jun 2006
On the road again! Festivals and touring, plenty of pics incoming. For those of us who can’t follow the lads around the world, we can live vicariously through gorgeous images. So if you’ve gone to a gig and taken some great pics, send suckerlove an email and share and share alike!!
Click on the small images for larger. Please don’t hotlink
Besancon, Micropolis, France, 31 May 2006 [more below]
Isle of Wight Festival, 9 July 2006 [more below]
Bielefeld, Germany, 7 July 2006 [more below]
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Thu 8 Jun 2006
BOOK: Guitar Eros – Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel (May 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 3829602340 [purchase]
Jean-Baptiste Mondino’s digitally processed photographs and video clips radically changed the commercial strategies of the rock, pop and fashion industry and made him a guru of the trade. Yet, Mondino originally started as a disc jockey and composer. Music is still his favorite subject and the electric guitar his favorite instrument. No wonder, ever since Picasso and Braque created their first guitar still lifes, this instrument stands for the mesmerizing combination of music, erotics, and modernism. In his new 
book Mondino presents his guitar photographs created over the past twenty years as commissioned works or his own projects. They portray famous rock and pop musicians such as Mick Jagger, Madonna, Tom Waits, and Keith Richards; models and celebrities with guitars; and numerous anonymous guitar players. Central subject and the undisputed star of each picture, however, is the guitar itself.
Shown right, also featured in this artistic release is Placebo front man, Brian Molko.
QUICK LINKS:
Continuing the photographic theme here are some great pictures sent to suckerlove by Filigree! 2nd June 2006 at Rock Im Park, Nuernberg , Germany.
Taken some good live pictures?? Send them in!!
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