Placebo will celebrate 30 years of their self-titled debut (plus 1998 second album Without You I’m Nothing) with a huge European and UK tour at the end of 2026.
Placebo have announced a huge 30th anniversary headline tour.
The alternative rock icons – Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal – will hit the road between September and December 2026 for a run which will see them perform material from their self-titled debut album and 1998 follow-up Without You I’m Nothing, kicking things off at Oporto’s Super Bock Arena and wrapping up at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff just a couple of weeks before Christmas. Tickets go on general sale next Friday, March 27 at 9am local time.
Before then, the band will release their new Placebo RE:CREATED album – a totally reworked version of their debut – on June 19 via Elevator Lady Ltd through AWAL. “We think of this record as a director’s cut,” they share. “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 onstage; 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.”
Catch them live at the following:
Placebo 30th anniversary European and UK tour
September
28 Oporto Super Bock Arena
29 Lisbon Sagres Campo Pequeno
October
1 Madrid Movistar Arena (The Ring)
3 Barcelona St. Jordi Club
5 Toulouse Zenith
7 Nantes Zenith
9 Esch-sur-Alzette Rockhal
12 Leipzig Quarterback Immobilien Arena
15 Vilnius Twinsbet Arena
16 Riga Xiaomi Arēna
18 Helsinki Veikkaus Arena
20 Stockholm Annexet
22 Oslo Spektrum
24 Copenhagen KB Hall
26 Hamburg Barclays Arena
27 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
29 Frankfurt Festhalle
November
1 Antwerp Afas Dome
2 Cologne Lanxess Arena
4 Zurich Hallenstadion
6 Milan Unipol Forum
9 Munich Olympiahalle
10 Vienna Stadthalle
13 Budapest Arena
15 Prague Fortuna Sports Hall
16 Berlin Uber Arena
18 Lodz Atlas Arena
21 Stuttgart Hans-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
23 Lyon LDLC Arena
25 Paris Accor Arena
28 Nottingham NIC Arena
30 Glasgow OVO Hydro
December
2 Dublin 3 Arena
4 Manchester Co-op Live Arena
5 London OVO Wembley Arena
7 Cardiff Utilita Arena
