19 March 2026
Re:Created album artwork
Celebrating three decades since the release (17 June 1996) of their debut LP,
British power-pop rockers PLACEBO, with original members, vocalist-guitarist
Brian Molko and bassist Stefan Olsdal, will release a RE:CREATED version.
It’ll feature new, reworked and embellished versions of all
10 tracks from the original album plus two bonus tracks.
Pre-order info here.
Placebo explains: “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.
It’s a celebration of where we began, and a meeting point between who we were then
and who we are now; a way of honoring that innocence, while letting the songs exist
with the scale, confidence, and energy of the band we’ve become”.
The band will play several UK and European shows to celebrate the event.
ALL DATES HERE.
Don’t do it, Brian, there’s a lot of work to do.
Original Album