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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!

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?

CLICK HERE TO READ (more…)

You’ve had a month to play around with Battle For The Sun on gomix (and can continue to do so if you wish) but now we’re being spoilt with another treat. GoMix, Placebo and MySpace have just released Julien for our mixing pleasure.

Give it a go, link us to your creations. Also, what are your thoughts on the original song, would you like to see it as the next single from Battle For The Sun??

First week out in the Charts and the boys already have a #1 album in many parts of the world (an instant #1 on the European Billboard Charts), plus a strong showing elsewhere. Take a look at the numbers from the first week on sale. Is your country not listed? Let us know how it did and we’ll add it to the list!

Austria #1
Belgium #1
France #1
Germany #1
Mexico #1
Switzerland #1
Finland #2
Croatia #4
Holland #5
Italy #5
Australia #8
UK #8
Sweden #9
Denmark #12
New Zealand #14
Czech Republic #15
Norway #16

Placebo are playing the iTunes Festival on 14th of July at The Roundhouse in Camden.

Tickets for the show are free and you can register to win at www.ituneslive.co.uk …if you’re a UK resident and signed up to the Placeboworld.co.uk mailinglist you’re also in their draw for tix!

The iTunes Festival is a new type of music festival. Free to attend. Running for the entire month of July and to be enjoyed from anywhere in the world via the web.

Each performance will be recorded and available to download on iTunes.

Stay tuned: Big Media, Video, Audio update coming this weekend!!

Happy Battle For The Sun Release Day!!

Hope you’ve all made your way to your local record store, had a special delivery, or downloaded your digital release of Battle For The Sun!
Please comment with your reactions to the album, DVD and box set (was yours signed, have a golden ticket [take me?!]) in the comments below!

There are several versions of this album available and some have a few bonus tracks:

- Album Only
- Japanese Album [bonus: In A Funk - available to purchase on iTunes!]
- Hard Cover Album: Album + DVD – Making Of Battle For The Sun
- Limited Edition Box Set [all the goodies mentioned previously + bonus tracks Movie On Your Eyelids & Unisex]

Screencaps from the Making of BFTS DVD:

Lyrics to Bonus Tracks: (more…)

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!