Placebo to celebrate 20th anniversary of debut album with huge UK tour

The rockers will head out for a nine date tour across December and have promised a career-spanning setlist.

Speaking about the tour, frontman Brian Molko said: "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 tour seems like the right time to do so."

He continued: "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 in there too."

Placebo will play:

Glasgow SEE Hydro Arena (December 2)

Leeds First Direct Arena (3)

Manchester Arena (5)

Nottingham Motorpoint Arena (6)

Birmingham Barclaycard Arena (8)

Dublin 3Arena (10)

Newport Centre (12)

Brighton Centre (14)

London SSE Wembley Arena (15