PLACEBO CELEBRATE AS ‘BATTLE’ RIDES HIGH ACROSS THE WORLD

Placebo take European Billboard Chart By Storm in at No.1
Number 1 In 9 Countries and Top 5 In 19
Career best US and Japan Chart Positions

Placebo have stormed the charts across Europe and in major territories worldwide with the release of their latest record Battle for the Sun.

The album entered the charts at number one in nine countries – including a first ever number one in Germany – and top fives in a nineteen countries.

Significantly though, the band have had their first ever Billboard Top 100 placing in the US at No.51, as the album shifted a record number of units in North America, selling more in their first week than the last album, Meds, sold in its first two weeks of release.

The success comes after an innovative pre-release and fan-driven digital campaign. The highlights of which saw the band offer the fanbase free track downloads and culminated in the world wide album premiere which focused on giving over 150,000 fans access to the new record before release through the bands website Placeboworld.co.uk, and was a major factor in the album not leaking upfront of release.

The result speaks for itself, with Battle for the Sun out-performing all previous chart positions in Placebo’s 13-year history.

And, to make the result even sweeter, the record is released by the band themselves, with Vagrant chosen to be their US (and Canadian) partners for structured campaign architecture and marketing for the new record across the US.

Placebo also this week announced they will headline the iTunes Festival in London, UK, on July 14th.  This, along with 25 European festival appearances this summer and a huge arena tour locked in for later in the year further proves another giant step forwards in the bands career, culminating in The O2 Arena in London in December

Key chart results for ‘Battle of the Sun’ to date:
No. 1 Germany
No. 1 Belgium
No. 1 Austria
No. 1 France
No. 1 Switzerland
No. 1 Mexico
No. 1 Greece
No. 1 Turkey
No. 1 Taiwan
No. 2 Finland
No. 2 Russia
No. 3 Korea
No. 3 Slovenia
No. 4 Portugal
No. 4 Croatia
No. 4 Hong Kong
No. 5 Holland
No. 5 Italy
No. 5 Spain
No. 8 UK
No. 8 Australia
No. 9 Sweden

PLACEBO on tour:
Jun 23 – Turkey @ Turkcell Kurucesme Arena
Jun 27 – Greece @ Rockwave Festival
Jul 01 – Norway @ Quart Festival
Jul 02 – Belgium @ Rock Werchter
Jul 04 – France @ Arras Festival
Jul 05 – Poland @ Heineken Open’er Festival
Jul 06 – Czech Republic @ Rock for People Festival
Jul 10 – Portugal @ Optimus Alive Festival
Jul 11 – Spain @ Bilbao Live Festival
Jul 14 – London@ iTunes Festival
Jul 17 – Italy @ Italia Wave Love Festival
Jul 18 – Italy @ Villafranca Castle
Jul 19 – Switzerland @ Moon and Stars Festival
Jul 21 – Switzerland @ Paleo Festival
Jul 24 – Spain @ Plaza de Toros de Atarfe
Aug 01 – Taiwan @ Music Terminals Festival
Aug 03 – Hong Kong @ Hi Tec Star Hall
Aug 05 – South Korea @ Seoul Olympic Hall
Aug 08 – Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
Aug 09 – Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic Fetival
Aug 15 – Hungary @ Sziget Festival
Aug 21 – Belgium @ Pukkelpop
Aug 28 – UK @ Reading Festival
Aug 30 – UK @ Leeds Festival
Oct 21 – France @ Dijon Zenith
Oct 22 – France @ Strasbourg Zenith
Oct 24 – France@ Paris Zenith
Oct 25 – France @ Paris Zenith
Oct 31 – France @ Rouen Zenith
Nov 01 – France @ Nantes Zenith
Nov 06 – France @ Marseille Le Dome
Nov 07 – France @ Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
Nov 09 – Germany @ Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
Nov 10 – Germany @ Hamburg Colorline Arena
Nov 12 – Denmark @ Copenhagen KB Hall
Nov 13 – Sweden @ Stockholm Annex
Nov 21 – Germany @ Leipzig Arena
Nov 22 – Germany @ Berlin Treptow
Nov 24 – Germany @ Mannheim Sap Arena
Nov 26 – Germany @ Munich Olympiahalle
Dec 04 – Germany @ Cologne Lanxess Arena
Dec 08 – UK @ Birmingham LG Arena
Dec 09 – UK @ London 02 Arena
Dec 11 – UK @ Bridlington Spa
Dec 12 – UK @ Manchester Central
Dec 14 – UK @ Glasgow SECC Arena
Dec 15 – Eire @ The Olympia Theatre
Dec 15 – Eire @ The Olympia Theatre

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