 Placebo are today announcing news of their long-awaited 8th studio album. Nine years on from the release of their last outing Loud Like Love, Never Let Me Go is confirmed for release on 25th March 2022. Also announced today is a new track from the album, ‘Surrounded By Spies’, along with 2022 headline UK / European tour dates.
In September, Placebo resurfaced from a long hibernation to release their first single in five years – and first from the new album - ‘Beautiful James’. A joyous and celebratory song, it came quietly loaded with antagonism for the increasingly prominent, ignorant, factions that have come to litter modern conversation. As Brian Molko commented at the time, “If the song serves to irritate the squares and the uptight, so gleefully be it.” As great masters in cataloguing the human condition, Placebo’s unique way of examining both its flaws and beauty finds fertile ground in 2021. Crawling out of the pandemic into a landscape of intolerance, division, tech-saturation and imminent eco-catastrophe, theirs is a voice that has rarely felt more significant to contemporary discourse, and more appropriate to sing these stories to the world. Within the magnetic slow-burn of new track ‘Surrounded By Spies’ no punches are pulled in confronting the erosion of civil liberties, as Brian Molko’s deft lyrical delivery is married to a creeping sense of claustrophobia that fittingly makes the walls feel as though they are closing in from all around. PLACEBO UK & EUROPEAN 2022 HEADLINE TOUR DATES OCTOBER Sat 1 - Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle Tue 4 - Stuttgart, Germany - Schleyerhalle Thu 6 - Berlin, Germany - Mercedes-Benz Arena Sat 8 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega Mon 10 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene Tue 11 - Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus Thu 13 - Helsinki, Finland - Ice Hall Black Box Fri 14 - Tallin, Estonia - Saku Arena Black Box Mon 17 - Warsaw, Poland - Expo XXI Hall 3 Wed 19 - Leipzig, Germany - Quarterback Immobilien Arena Sat 22 - Hamburg, Germany - Barclaycard Arena Mon 24 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome Wed 26 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle Thu 27 - Milan, Italy - Mediolanum Forum Sat 29 - Zurich, Switzerland - Samsung Hall Mon 31 - Prague, Czech Republic - O2 Universum NOVEMBER Wed 2 - Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle Fri 4 - Esch El Azette, Luxembourg - Rockhal Mon 7 - Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena Tue 8 - Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis Thu 10 - Nancy, France - Zenith Fri 11 - Paris, France - Accorhotels Arena Sun 13 - Bordeaux, France - Arkea Arena Mon 14 - Rennes, France - La Liberte Fri 18 - Portsmouth, UK - Guildhall Sat 19 - Brighton, UK - Brighton Centre Mon 21 - Liverpool, UK - Eventim Olympia Tue 22 - Manchester, UK - O2 Victoria Warehouse Thu 24 - Cardiff, UK - Motorpoint Arena Sat 26 - London, UK - O2 Brixton Academy Sun 27 - London, UK - O2 Brixton Academy Tue 29 - Leicester, UK - De Montford Hall Wed 30 - Leeds, UK - O2 Academy DECEMBER Fri 2 - Newcastle, UK – O2 City Hall Sat 3 - Glasgow, UK - O2 Academy Mon 5 - Dublin, Ireland - 3 Arena Wed 7 - Cambridge, UK - Corn Exchange Thu 8 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy 1
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