Placebo are setting out on a world tour to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their self-titled debut album.
These shows will differ from the norm, as Molko has promised that the band will play a good chunk of songs from their back catalogue that don’t normally squeeze onto their setlists. The 43-year-old said earlier that:
“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.“
