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Silversun Pickups announce headline show

Silversun Pickups will be supporting Placebo on their upcoming British and Irish arena tour. The band have added their own headline date to the run and will play London's ULU on December 10. The full list of dates is as follows: December 08 Birmingham, LG Arena (supporting Placebo) 09 London, O2 Arena (supporting Placebo) 10 London, ULU (headline show) 11 Bridlington, Bridlington Spa (supporting Placebo) 12 Manchester, Central (supporting Placebo) 14 Glasgow, SECC (supporting Placebo) Tickets ar

Published: 2009-10-28 Provider: Kerrang!

FREE! Placebo tour download bundle

Placebo will kick off their European arena tour tomorrow (October 21) in Dijon, France. The trek will hit the UK on December 8 at Birmingham's LG Arena before rolling into Ireland's Dublin's Olympia Theatre on December 16 and carrying on through to Italy and beyond. To celebrate the band have compiled a FREE download bundle (complete with a printable PDF booklet) featuring exclusive tracks from all of the bands on the tour. The track listing is as follows: 01 Placebo - Breathe Underwater (Live A

Published: 2009-10-20 Provider: Kerrang!

Placebo plant Golden Tickets in new boxedset

K! faves Placebo have hidden five Golden Tickets in the recently released boxed set version of their latest album Battle For The Sun. The five lucky Golden Ticket winners get to go to a gig of their choice, with a friend, with two night's accommodation and entire round trip travel. Furthermore the prize includes watching the band sound check, dinner with Brian, Stef and Steve at the venue before finally watching the show from side stage! Recently Stefania Simonini from Italy got to claim her pri

Published: 2009-09-11 Provider: Kerrang!

Placebo singer faints on stage

Placebo frontman Brian Molko collapsed onstage in Japan this past Sunday (August 9). The band were forced to cut their set short when the singer fainted onstage at the Osaka leg of the Summer Sonic festival. According to a spokesperson for the band, Molko had been suffering with a virus. "Brian picked up a virus, which coupled with jet lag and exhaustion caused his collapse onstage," says an official statement. "Thanks to prompt and professional care Brian is recovering well. "We would like to e

Published: 2009-08-13 Provider: Kerrang!

Placebo announce December dates

Following the success of their recent warm-up shows, Placebo have unveiled a number of UK and Irish arena dates for December. Dates are as follows: December 08 Birmingham, Arena 09 London, The O2 Arena 11 Bridlington, Spa 12 Manchester, Central 14 Glasgow, SECC 15 Dublin, Olympia Theatre Tickets go onsale this Firday (May 29) from www.aloud.com. The band's new album, Battle For The Sun, will be released on June 8.

Published: 2009-05-26 Provider: Kerrang!