Placebo Announce 20th Anniversary World Tour

Placebo will celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band at an upcoming set of world tour dates.

The band will launch the tour on Oct. 13 in Aarhus, Denmark. They’ll wrap things up with a string of U.K. dates in December, culminating with a show in their London stomping grounds on Dec. 15. See the complete itinerary at the bottom of the page. While no U.S. tour dates are included in this particular jaunt, there’s still hope: The band will announce a second leg scheduled in 2017 at a later date.

In a statement, frontman Brian Molko promised to play old catalog favorites that the English rockers haven't included in their set lists in more than a decade -- including their commercial hits “Pure Morning” and “Nancy Boy”:

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 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 too.

Placebo released their self-titled debut in 1996. Their most recent full-length, Loud Like Love, arrived in 2013.

Placebo Tour
Oct. 13: Aarhus, DK - Train
Oct. 14: Copenhagen, DK - Vega Main Hall
Oct. 16: Oslo, NO - Sentrum Scene
Oct. 18: Stockholm, SE- Cirkus
Oct. 20: Helsinki, FI - Hartwall Arena
Oct. 22: Riga, LV - Arena
Oct. 24: St. Petersburg, RU - New Arena
Oct. 26: Moscow, RU - Olimpiyskiy
Oct. 29: Warsaw, PL - Torwar
Oct. 31: Hamburg, DE - Barclaycard Arena
Nov. 2: Cologne, DE - Lanxess Arena
Nov. 3: Munich, DE - Olympiahalle
Nov. 4: Munich, DE - Olympiahalle
Nov. 5: Leipzig, DE - Arena
Nov. 7: Berlin, DE - Mercedes-Benz Arena
Nov. 8: Prague, CZ - Forum Karlin
Nov. 10: Zagreb, HR - Cibona Hall
Nov. 11: Budapest, HU - Sportarena
Nov. 13: Vienna, AT - Stadthalle
Nov. 15: Milan, IT - Mediolanum Forum
Nov. 16: Zurich, CH - Hallensatdion
Nov. 18: Lille, FR - Zenith
Nov. 19: Antwerp, BE - Sportpaleis
Nov. 21: Amsterdam, NL - Ziggo Dome
Nov. 23: Frankfurt, DE - Festhalle
Nov. 24: Stuttgart, DE - Schleyerhalle
Nov. 26: Amneville, FR - Galaxie
Nov. 28: Nantes, FR - Metropole
Nov. 29: Paris, FR - Accorhotels Arena
Dec. 2: Glasgow, UK - SSE Hydro
Dec. 3: Leeds, UK - First Direct Arena
Dec. 5: Manchester, UK - Arena
Dec. 6: Nottingham, UK - Motorpoint Arena
Dec. 8: Birmingham, UK - Barclaycard Arena
Dec. 10: Dublin, IE - 3Arena
Dec. 12: Newport, UK - Centre
Dec. 14: Brighton, UK - Centre
Dec. 15: London, UK - Wembley Arena