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That's
right ladies and gentlemen, my life is SO inconsequential, and SO very
little EVER happens to me, that I have decided to dedicate this Xanga
to nothing but Placebo. I thought to myself, hey, I'll do a few
friendly posts about the band, let people know where I'm coming from,
and that would be that... but no, I figure that I never update this
thing about MYSELF, so why not do something constructive?? So, if you
don't like Placebo, I suggest you unsubscribe yourself from me post
haste *giggles* either that, or learn to love 'em
::NEWS::
Placebo have been jumping around the
globe on their highly successful tour (including festival dates),
pleasing crowds from Germany to Thailand, receiving rave reviews and
gracing the covers of dozens of magazines. Rocksound, Kerrang!, NME,
Zero Magazine, Guitarist Magazine, Heat Magazine, Q Magazine, Daily
Record, The Times, MOJO, Evening Standard and the Guardian (just to
name a few!) have all sung their praise on Placebo's tour and new
album, 'Meds'
::CHARTS::
In Placebo's first week sales of
'Meds', they jumped to #1 in Austria, France, Switzerland and Mexico!
They placed in the top ten in Germany, Finland, Portugal, Australia,
Argentina, United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Czech republic, and top 50
in Norway, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand and Poland! As if that wasn't
enough, Placebo finally snagged a place in the American Billboard
charts hitting #180! Seems insignificant, but this is the first album
that has ever even placed! This marks Placebo's most popular album
release in the states to date.
::AWARD::
Placebo have already won the "2005 Best Concert Award" from
Chiles biggest radio station 'Rock Pop'! Congratulations are in order I
do believe!!! ::TELEVISION::
If you've got it in you to seek out the TONS of interviews, tracks,
sets and shows Placebo have been doing on TV for the past few months,
you will see they have been headlining some pretty heavy stuff. They
performed their cover of Melody Nelson on the French "Canal + Tribute
to Serge Gainsbourg" as well as their own special on "Canal +"
reviewing their last 10 years as a band. Also, for some strange reason
they were on a morning Soccer show in the UK, have done several sets
for French TV, had a special Acoustic gig for Australian fans, were
interviewed and played several live tracks for 4Music in the UK, played
MTV's Fashionably Loud, and did an amazing live set for Steve Lamacq on
Radio 1 as well as many many others. These videos are floating around YouTube and can also be found at the lovely home of PlaceboMedia.
::BABIES AND ENGAGEMENTS::
It had already been confirmed that lead singer/guitarist Brian Molko
had become a beaming father to a young Cody Molko with girlfriend and
photographer Helena Berg, but now, for charities sake, there is a photo
of the kid and his... erhm, well eccentric father *laughter*
Further info on War Child, the charity
‘Your Child’ Exhibition - DATES: May 19th - 28th 2006
TIMES: 10am-7pm Mon-Thurs; 11am-6pm Fri-Sun
ENTRY: Free
ADDRESS: Stables Market, The Gin House, Chalk Farm Road
London NW1 8AH
And engagements? Apparently, drummer Steve Hewitt let it slip in a recent article that he is soon to be wed
 *throws confetti in the air*
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