Placebo announced plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary with an extensive world tour in 2016 & 2017. The 20 Years of Placebo World Tour will celebrate the band's entire history and will include material the band has not played in years, including songs leader Brian Molko himself had previously said he'd never perform again. From Molko's official statement on the tour:
"Let's just say there will be songs in the set that I've sworn never to play again. I think it's time that we purposefully acknowledged what a lot of Placebo fans really want to hear. They've been very patient with us since we rarely play our most commercially successful material.
A 20 year anniversary tour seems like the right time to do so. That's our intention. This tour is very much for the fans and a chance for us to revisit a lot of our early material.
So, if you want to see us play songs like 'Pure Morning’ and 'Nancy Boy’ which we haven't played in almost ten years and may not play again, then you'd better come along to these shows! We'll have some surprises in there too...."
The first leg of the tour kicks off in the autumn and focuses on Europe & the U.K. Don't count out a North American leg just yet -- they've only announced dates for the first leg so far and according to the band "further dates for 2017 will be revealed later" so keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned! Dates for the first leg of the tour are posted below.
20 Years of Placebo World Tour
Oct 13 -- Denmark @ Aarhus Train
Oct 14 -- Denmark @ Copenhagen Vega Main Hall
Oct 16 -- Norway @ Oslo Sentrum Scene
Oct 18 -- Sweden @ Stockholm Cirkus
Oct 20 -- Finland @ Helsinki Hatwall Arena
Oct 22 -- Latvia @ Riga Arene
Oct 24 -- Russia @ St.Petersburg New Arena
Oct 26 -- Russia @ Moscow Olimpiyskiy
Oct 29 -- Poland @ Warsaw Torwar
Oct 31 -- Germany @ Hamburg Barclaycard Arena
Nov 02 -- Germany @ Cologne Lanxess Arena
Nov 04 -- Germany @ Munich Olympiahalle
Nov 05 -- Germany @ Leipzig Arena
Nov 07 -- Germany @ Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
Nov 08 -- Czech Rep @ Prague Forum Karlin
Nov 10 -- Croatia @ Zagreb Cibona Hall
Nov 11 -- Hungary @ Budapest Sportarena
Nov 13 -- Austria @ Vienna Stadthalle
Nov 15 -- Italy @ Milan Mediolanum Forum
Nov 16 -- Switzerland @ Zurich Hallenstadion
Nov 18 -- France @ Lille Zenith
Nov 19 -- Belgium @ Antwerp Sportpaleis
Nov 21 -- Holland @ Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
Nov 23 -- Germany @ Frankfurt Festhalle
Nov 24 -- Germany @ Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
Nov 26 -- France @ Amneville Galaxie
Nov 28 -- France @ Nantes Zenith Metropole
Nov 29 -- France @ Paris Accorhotels Arena
Dec 02 -- UK @ Glasgow SSE Hydro
Dec 03 -- UK @ Leeds First Direct Arena
Dec 05 -- UK @ Manchester Arena
Dec 06 -- UK @ Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
Dec 08 -- UK @ Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
Dec 10 -- Ireland @ Dublin 3Arena
Dec 12 -- UK @ Newport Centre
Dec 14 -- UK @ Brighton Centre
Dec 15 -- UK @ London SSE Wembley Arena
Published March 14th, 2016