placebo’s ‘amazing 2009′ in pr headlines
Nobody needs this many press releases for such an average indie rock band.
Mar 11th: Placebo rehearsal invite – Tuesday 17th March
Mar 16th: Placebo To Release New Album ‘Battle For The Sun’ June 8th
Mar 26th: PLACEBO ANNOUNCE TRACK LISTING FOR NEW ALBUM ‘BATTLE FOR THE SUN’
Apr 7th: PLACEBO ANNOUNCE WARM UP SHOWS
Apr 21st: PLACEBO RELEASE NEW SINGLE “FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH” ON JUNE 1ST
May 26th: PLACEBO ANNOUNCE UK AND IRISH TOUR IN DECEMBER
May 27th: PLACEBO ANNOUNCE WORLDWIDE PREMIERE OF NEW ALBUM ‘BATTLE FOR THE SUN’
Jun 24th: PLACEBO ANNOUNCED AS ITUNES FESTIVAL HEADLINE ACT ON JULY 14TH
Jul 15th: PLACEBO ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE ‘THE NEVER-ENDING WHY’ RELEASED SEPTEMBER 7TH
Aug 14th: Placebo release date change – single ‘The Never-Ending Why’ now released September 14th
Oct 22nd: PLACEBO ANNOUNCE FREE TOUR BUNDLE – FANS CAN SIGN UP AND GET TRACKS FROM TOUR BANDS
Nov 6th: PLACEBO WIN BEST ALTERNATIVE ACT AT MTV EMAs
Dec 1st: PLACEBO TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘BRIGHT LIGHTS’ ON FEB 8TH – UK TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK!
That’s 13 press releases in the space of nine months. You do the math(s).
What? no self agrandising bragging about packing the O2 to at least half capacity in December? I have to go home that way and was shamed by how many old and young “glammy goth” middle class tories were shuffling their knuckles up to the arena… no eyesholes in paper bags though…