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Just a brief site update to let all our visitors know that the Placebo slash fan fiction section of the site is now back online, revamped and better than ever!

If you’re just a reader, no need to create an account, just browse by author, title, genre, pairing and so much more. You also have the ablility to leave reviews. Though initial feedback and correspondence will usually be done via our community when authors first post their works.

Visitors to the site may submit their own fic. It will be moderated so as not to have content in violation of our submission and rating rules.

Visit the FAN FICTION section and read all the details there!

Though Placebo did not come away with Kerrang!’s award for Best Single, the night was not without accolades! Congratulations to Placebo for coming away as Kerrang!’s Classic Songwriter of 2006, selected by the K! Awards Judging Panel!

“By nature we kind of really hate nostalgia so we just keep looking forward the whole time. …But it’s good to still be around, to still be attending these kinds of functions,” said the band’s singer Brian Molko.

Someone call the ambulance? No need to when you’ve got one of your own! Placebo arrived in their own creative way, an ambulance decked out with Placebo ensignias ta-boot!

You can watch highlights of the Kerrang! Awards on Kerrang TV on Sunday and Monday night, 27th & 28th August.

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STEFAN OLSDAL COLLABORATES WITH FANGORIA

Fangoria’s new album is about to be released and one of the tracks features bass from none other than Placebo’s own Stefan Olsdal. His musical stylings can be found on the song, ‘Nada mas que añadir’

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ADDITIONAL TV APPEARANCES:
UK: 27th August – From 9:30pm, watch highlights from Placebo’s performance from Reading Festival on BBC3 and BBC2, including a live to air interview with Brian.

AUSTRALIA: 28th August (Sunday Night/Monday Morning) – 12:55am, 30mins, Ch 10 – Video Hits Presents: Placebo
For more than 10 years Placebo have been at the forefront of the alternative rock scene. They’ve consistently released great albums and backed these up with amazing live shows. This special gives a rare insight into one of the worlds most enigmatic bands. (more…)

Placebo’s next singleS!
On August 16th 2006 French fans returned from their Placebo gig at Colmar (see right) and reported that scenes for the bands next video, Meds, were shot at the concert. It is understood that the live footage will be spliced in with material filmed at other locations. Regarding past information from artist Timo Maas, it seems that Space Monkey will not be a single in its own right, but perhaps his remix will appear as a B-Side on Meds.
According to sirendisc.com the expected release date is October 2nd, 2006 and will be released in the following formats:

7″ vinyl single
CD single 2 track
CD single 3 track + Video

For a while now we’ve been hearing rumblings about Follow The Cops Back Home having a casting call and video filmed in California, USA. With so many single names being thrown about (seems to be the trend this album!) it was hard to know what was true. However it appears that this track will indeed be a single, but only for the United States. It was directed and shot by Daniel Askill several months ago.

Placebo have been busy touring all the festivals and doing some of their own shows. Whilst at the Pukkelpop Festival radio station Studio Brussel caught up with Placebo’s drummer Steve Hewitt (as seen left) and you can listen to the interview here.

Placebo MySpace VIDEOS
As you may know Placebo have an Official MySpace run by their American record label, astralwerks. Over the last week or so Brian and Stefan have sent video messages to the fans, check them out!

Also for fans of Xavoir Roide (aren’t we all?!), you can veiw a gorgeous teaser from his latest project, Paul St. Paul & The Apostles, on YouTube here! If you live in the UK get along to one of their shows! Their second show is on September 2nd, @ Stay Beautiful, The Purple Turtle, Camden.

TOUR:
American fans, your ticket presales start TODAY!

LIVE PICTURES (more…)

Placebo are finally returning to America after a three year absence! They will be co-headlining with She Wants Revenge. This is not the first time Placebo have teamed up with members of SWR. Justin Warfield features as a guest vocalist on the track Spite and Malice, featured on Placebo’s album Black Market Music, and more recently Stefan Olsdal remixed a SWR track with his side project Hotel Persona.

Also of note to American fans, we’re told their 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition re-release of Placebo will be on October 3rd 2006.

USA TOUR DATES: (more…)

While American fans continue to play the waiting game for official tour dates (some presales are already occuring!) we have a few things to keep everyone occupied!

First and foremost, get your votes in for the 2006 Kerrang! Awards.

Infra-red is nominated for best single. You don’t need to sign up, just click the link and vote!!

The latest issue of Rocksound (left) featured a three page spread on Placebo entitled, Shit Happened.

Only a month until Placebo hit the shores of Australia and just recently there was an article, entitled Placebo Effect, in the Bendigo Advertiser (above, left).

Finally a mammoth thank you to everyone that was able to donate to keep sucker-love.com open for another year! Next update I’ll post a list of their (user)names and add their efforts to the history and heaven sent pages!

sources: alissangel & itzbelle

Suckerlove has been keeping you up to date regarding the re-release of the band’s first ever album, ‘Placebo’. It was originally released in July 1996 and went on to become one of THE seminal rock albums of the 1990s, featuring classic singles such as ‘Nancy Boy’, ‘Teenage Angst’ and ‘Bruise Pristine’.

As previously mentioned the album is now being re-released on September 25 as a 10 Year Anniversary Collectors Edition - we can now reveal that this will include the original album re-mastered, plus exclusive, previously unavailable demo ‘Paycheck’, and fan club only demo ‘Flesh Mechanic’. Also included are b-sides ‘Drowning By Numbers’, which was the b-side to Placebo long since deleted second single ‘Come Home’ – released on Deceptive Records; and ‘Slackerbitch’, which appeared on ‘Nancy Boy’. The second disc will be a DVD made up of all the promo videos from the album and previously unavailable live and TV performances, including a Glastonbury 1998 performance of ‘Lady of The Flowers’, and a hilarious Big Breakfast roadshow performance of ‘Teenage Angst’.

CD:
Come Home
Teenage Angst
Bionic
36 Degrees
Hang On To Your IQ
Nancy Boy
I Know
Bruise Pristine
Lady of the Flowers
Swallow
Paycheck (demo)
Flesh Mechanic (demo)
Drowning By Numbers (b-side)
Slackerbitch (b-side)
H K Farewell (hidden track)

DVD:
Come Home – Alexandra Palace (2006)
Teenage Angst – The Big Breakfast (1996)
Nancy Boy – Top Of The Pops (1997)
Lady of the Flowers – Glastonbury (1998)
Teenage Angst – The White Room (1997)
Bruise Pristine – Top Of The Pops (1997)
36 Degrees – Wembley Arena (2004)
36 Degrees (promo)
Teenage Angst (promo)
Nancy Boy (promo)

Meanwhile the lads are still touring their 5th album, Meds. They’ve recently been to Korea for the Pentaport Rock Festival. You can read a brief article from their Korean press conference entitled, Placebo Likes Being ‘Unfashionable’. You can view images of the press conference below.

TOUR DATES:
Following Steve’s unfortunate mishap in late June the band have now added two Italian dates to their tour schedule. On an unrelated note we’ve also heard the band will be returning to Greece!

05.09.06: Athens, Greece, Terra Vibe
25.11.06: Palacogressi, Jesolo (Venice)
26.11.06: Paladozza, Bologna

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sources: xtaster, placeboworld, mysticbliss.net, yonhap news, The Korea Times