Significant longlayers from yesteryear
17 June 2026
British rock veterans PLACEBO released their kick-ass eponymous debut LP
on 17 June 1996, today 30 years ago. It featured kick-ass debut single Nancy Boy.
NME said: “Dangerous, mysterious and utterly addictive.”
The album peaked at #5 in the UK.
To celebrate the event, the band launch a Re:Created
version this Friday, June 19th. More info here.
It’ll feature new, reworked, and embellished versions of all
10 tracks from the original album plus two bonus tracks.
Placebo: “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