Placebo announce Nottingham date on 30th anniversary tour of debut album
Celebrating three decades since the release of their groundbreaking debut album, Placebo announced the impeding release on June 19 of Placebo RE:CREATED – a powerful new reworking of the record that first introduced them to the world in 1996.
And to mark the anniversary further, the band will also be embarking on a full 30th anniversary tour, including a date at Nottingham’s National Ice Centre on November 28. Originally arriving at the height of the Britpop era, Placebo stood in stark contrast to the prevailing cultural mood.
While much of British guitar music at the time leaned into laddish nostalgia and national identity, Placebo’s debut delivered something altogether more provocative and confrontational.
Its songs addressed sexuality, androgyny, addiction and alienation with an honesty rarely heard in mainstream rock at the time.
Thirty years on, Placebo RE:CREATED sees the band return to this pivotal album with a fresh perspective.
The new record features reworked and embellished versions of all 10 tracks from the original album plus two bonus tracks from the original release.
Among the tracks are the singles like Nancy Boy and 36 Degrees, songs that helped establish Placebo’s reputation.
The band said: “We think of this record as a director’s cut.
"We haven’t recreated it from scratch, we went back to the original master tapes and brought 30 years of playing these songs live back into the record. “This project was about finally finishing the record, dragging it into the 21st century sonically, while preserving the integrity and the spirit of the original.
"It’s not about improving it, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s about completing it. “When we made the first album, we didn’t yet have the experience or the studio knowledge to fully translate what was in our heads.
"Over the years, the songs took on a life of their own on stage, they grew, they developed, they kind of completed themselves. “It’s a celebration of where we began, and a meeting point between who we were then and who we are now.
"It’s a way of honouring that innocence, while letting the songs exist with the scale, confidence, and energy of the band we’ve become.”
Alongside the new record, Placebo are hitting the road for an extensive UK and European arena tour, including Nottingham.
Tickets are available at placebo.ffm.to/live