Placebo released their new single “Surrounded By Spies’ yesterday November 8th and announced today November 9th that they will be releasing their new album Never Let Me Go on March 25th. The band released their last single “Beautiful James” in September following a 5-year hiatus and also announced that they are set to tour both the UK and Ireland in 2022, thus providing their followers with more musical delights with the announcement of their new single, new album and upcoming tour.
Placebo is an English rock band that was formed in 1994 by frontman Brian Molko (Vocalist and guitarist) and Stefan Olsdal (Guitarist and Bassist). Robert Schultzberg (Drummer) was a band member from 1994-1996 and was replaced by Steve Hewitt (Singer, songwriter, drummer and record producer) following his departure. Hewitt also left the band in 2007 and was replaced by Steve Forrest (Drummer) who left the band in 2015 leaving Molko and Olsdal as a duo.
The band released their debut self entitled album Placebo in 1996, the album received attention and placed the band on the musical map. The inspiration for the band’s new single “Surrounded By Spies” came from Molko discovering that his neighbours were spying on him. Molko said of the single “It’s a true story told through a lens of paranoia, complete disgust for modern society’s values and the deification of surveillance capitalism,” The press release said of the band’s new single “Within the magnetic slow-burn of new track “Surrounded By Spies,” no punches are pulled in confronting the erosion of civil liberties”
Watch the video for the band’s new single “Surrounded By Spies” here
The band’s new album Never Let Me Go will be their first studio album for eight years and was ready for release before the Covid 19 Lockdown. In respect of the delay of the album, Molko said “We had a lot of get-up-and-go, and then everything that happened, happened, so everything is sort of delayed by about two years now” When discussing the band’s new album title Molko further said “The title alone is enough to give you a light punch to the gut, and it’s hard to imagine a better reason to shut up and listen” The band’s new album is now available for pre-order today November 9th. Followers are then provided with pre-sale tickets for the bands upcoming UK and Ireland tour.
– OUR NEW ALBUM – WILL BE OUT EVERYWHERE ON MARCH 25TH 2022. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW VIA OUR OFFICIAL STORE TO GET EXCLUSIVE PRE-SALE ACCESS TO OUR 2022 UK & EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR. https://t.co/y7w3aVyM4L pic.twitter.com/VPhOyp9PJd — PLACEBO (@PLACEBOWORLD) November 9, 2021
The band’s UK and Ireland tour will be their first tour in 9 years and will see their tour kick-off in November 2022 in Portsmouth on November 18th. Tickets for the band’s upcoming tour go on sale at 09.00 am on November 17th.
See the tracklist for Placebo’s new album Never Let Me Go below and pre-order the album here
Forever Chemicals
Beautiful James
Hugz
Happy Birthday In The Sky
The Prodigal
Surrounded By Spies
Try Better Next Time
Sad White Reggae
Twin Demons
Chemtrails
This Is What You Wanted
Went Missing
Fix Yourself
See the tour dates for Placebo’s UK and Ireland Tour below and buy tickets here
18/11/22 Guildhall- Portsmouth
19/11 Brighton, Centre
21/11 Eventim Olympia- Liverpool
22/11 O2 Victoria Warehouse- Manchester
24/11 Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
26/11 O2 Academy Brixton- London
27/11 O2 Academy Brixton- London
29/11 De Montfort Hall- Leicester
30/11 O2 Academy- Leeds
02/12/22 O2 City Hall- Newcastle
03/12 O2 Academy- Glasgow
05/12 3 Arena- Dublin
07/12 Corn Exchange- Cambridge
08/12 O2 Academy- Birmingham
