LATEST NEWS STORIES ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1.10.07PLACEBO PART COMPANY WITH DRUMMER STEVE HEWITTPlacebo have parted company with drummer of 11 years, Steve Hewitt, due to personal and musical differences.Brian Molko commented "Being in a band is very much like being in a marriage, and in couples - in this case a triple - people can grow apart over the years. To say that you don't love your partner anymore is inaccurate, considering all that you've been through and achieved together. There simply comes a point when you realize that you want different things from your relationship and that you can no longer live under the same roof, so to speak."The split is amicable and a sad time for both parties. Steve Hewitt replaced Robert Schultzberg behind the drum kit in 1996 whilst the band were promoting Placebo’s eponymous debut album and went on to record the following 4 studio albums ‘Without You I’m Nothing’, ‘Black Market Music’, ‘Sleeping With Ghosts’ and most recently ‘Meds’.Placebo have just returned from the USA where they were part of the high profile ‘Projekt Revolution Tour’ alongside Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. The band are now taking a well earned break.Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal will begin work on Placebo’s 6th studio album next Spring and are in no rush to find an immediate replacement for Steve. 25.07.07Exclusive: Placebo Projekt Revolution Tour Map!Keep track of Placebo as they play as a part of this summer's Projekt Revolution Tour on the exclusive tour map!Users will be able to take photos from the shows and upload them to this site. Also, users are able to put this widget on their myspace page to follow them on tour.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 23.07.07Placebo on ManiaTVThe Artist of the Day piece on Placebo that premiered on ManiaTV’s live 24/7 main channel last week is now available on demand in their MyTV section::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 16.07.07Extended Play '07 USA releaseUSA - To coincide with Placebo’s appearance on the eagerly-anticipated Projekt Revolution tour (with My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Taking Back Sunday, and more), PLACEBO is releasing Extended Play ’07 in the U.S., out July 24 as a digital release only on iTunes USA and July 31 as a physical release on CD.This EP will serve as an introduction to PLACEBO for new fans discovering the band this summer. Extended Play ’07 features five classic PLACEBO tracks from their decade long history as well as three previously unreleased live tracks, including the rarely performed “Pure Morning.â€Extended Play ’07 Track listing:1. Nancy Boy 2. Every You Every Me 3. Taste in Men 4. Bitter End 5. Meds 6. Pure Morning (live from Arras) ** 7. Infra-red (live from Nimes) ** 8. Running Up That Hill (live from Santiago) **( ** = Previously unreleased ) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 11.07.07LES VOIX DU GAOU FESTIVAL CANCELLED TONIGHTEn Francais: 'Par ce mail, l'équipe du Festival LES VOIX DU GAOU de Six Fours Les Plages a le regret d'annoncer l'annulation du concert d'ouverture de cette 11ème édition en raison de fortes rafales de vent. Pour des raisons de sécurité, les 3 groupes programmés ce soir, à savoir Gomm, The Howling Bells et Placebo ne joueront pas ce soir. Ce dernier est programmé demain soir au Festival MUSILAC d'Aix les Bains. Les billets seront remboursés dès demain matin dans les points de vente où ils ont été achetés. Le service de presse du festival.'English: 'Festival LES VOIX DU GAOU in Six Fours Les Plages (south of France) is sorry to announce the cancellation of its opening night concert for the 11th edition of the festival, due to strong wind gusts/blasts. Therefore for safety reasons, the bands PLACEBO, Gomm and Howling Bells will not perform tonight's show. PLACEBO will however play tomorrow night at MUSILAC Festival in Aix-les-Bains (France). Tickets will be refunded from tomorrow morning on, where they were bought. Press department of Festival Voix du Gaou.'PLACEBO turned up for soundcheck and waited for a decision to be made by local officials before leaving the site. The band send apologies to all the disappointed fans but the decision was not their's to make. FFLAM FESTIVAL POSTPONEDA statement just released from the promoter of FFLAM Festival in Wales, where Placebo were due to headline on 14th July, reads as follows:"Due to consistently bad weather conditions over the last few weeks, we regret that the Fflam Festival has been postponed. This has been a hard, but well considered decision and we believe it is the best one for all concerned.The adverse weather has caused a delay in putting the infrastructure in place and it is also a big concern that the unfavourable climate will hugely dampen the experience we want to give all our festival goers. Postponing the festival will mean that we can give everyone the Fflam festival experience they deserve, bands, organisers and festivalgoers alike.We expect the new date to be at the end of the summer and are doing all we can do get everything reorganised as quickly and efficiently as possible so that we can confirm the date within the week.Tickets already purchased will be honoured for the rescheduled dates. Alternatively, ticket refunds (excluding booking fee) will shortly be available from point of purchase for anyone who wishes to take up this option. We would, however, like to reassure everyone that the festival WILL take place and encourage them to await further information on the new date before making their decision"29.05.07Projekt Revolution Pre-sale updateTwo more pre-sales have just been a nounced for the upcoming Projekt Revolution tour!Firstly, the July 25th show at White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA, will hit pre-sale on May 29th at 4pm local time. Tickets will be available untill Thursday, May 31st, at 10pm local time.Additionally, the July 31st show at the San Diego Coors Amphitheatre will be on pre-sale as of 4pm local time on May 30th, untill 10pm local time on June 1st.The password for each of these pre-sales will be PLAPR6Find links over on the Tour Blog!25.05.07Support BandsDue to visa problems Evaline are no longer going to be supporting Placebo on any of the shows in Europe. Placebo are understandably disappointed as they are such an exciting new band. Man Boy will now be supporting Placebo in Helsinki, Tallin and Riga and GDR will be supporting in Kiev.center22.05.07Projekt Revolution Canada Pre-salePre-sale tickets for Placebo fans for this Summer's Projekt Revolution Tour at the Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada, are going onsale tomorrow, May 23, for a 48 hour period only. You will need the password which you can see below to access password protected area through Ticketmaster, starting at 4pm local time 5/23 and ending 4pm local time 5/25.This link below will take you into the tour section, where you can buy tickets for Toronto:Pre-Sale tickets Here Password: PLAPR6This link won’t appear live until the announced time tomorrow as per below. Presale starts: May 23, Wednesday at 4pm (local time) Presale ends: May 25, Friday at 10pm (local time).Enjoy!::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::21.05.07 Support ChangeUnfortunately Evaline will not be able to join Placebo at the beginning of their tour. GDR will be playing the 2 shows in Moscow (22nd/23rd May) and the show in St Petersburg (25th May).:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 21.05.07APOLOGY TO PORTUGESE FANSPlacebo would like to apologise unreservedly to all the fans who attended the Creamfields festival in Lisbon on Saturday night (19th May). The set was cut short due to Brian losing his voice as an extreme reaction to the cold temperatures. He was literally unable to keep singing. The band left the stage for the encore but decided it was impossible to continue. "We sincerely apologise to all our fans at Creamfields. We understand that it must have seemed confusing as to what was going on and we are sorry we had to cut our set short. Nothing frustrates us more than having on stage problems. In this instance, the problems were simply Brian's voice. We hate to let our fans down but there was just nothing we could do. It's certainly not the way we'd hoped to kick off our European tour!!" 05.16.2007::: TODAY THE RELEASE FROM PLACEBO..S NEW VIDEO "RUNNING UP THAT HILL" CHECK IT OUT ON MOTIONBOX.COM..
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