Placebo @ Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka- Aug 9, 2009 (funa_h)

PLACEBO have today announced they have been forced to postpone their forthcoming tour of North America after their lead singer, Brian Molko, collapsed on stage at Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan. Brian had picked up a virus in Asia which, coupled with jet lag and exhaustion, caused the problem after the first song.

Brian is now back home in London recovering, but has been ordered by his doctors to take a 6 week long period of rest. Regrettably therefore, the band and management have no option but to postpone the forthcoming North American tour.

A similar incident just happened to Steven Tyler and Aerosmith (which is related to the new ZZ Top show at the Beacon Theatre).

For NYC, the Placebo cancellation means no show at Terminal 5 on October 11th (thx remphish). A video that was taken right after Brian fell, and more of the cancellation message, below...

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"With a thirteen year history that takes in five studio albums, ten million album sales, breakdowns, clean ups and the dizzy swell of global success, Placebo are set to return with their first new album since the release of Meds in 2006. The new album, titled Battle For The Sun, [was] released on June 9, 2009 on Vagrant Records in the US and Canada." -Placebo

"Their sixth album includes lyrics about suicide and big-ass choruses that could go on an emo record." -Rolling Stone

"We want to thank everyone who bought 'Battle For The Sun' and pushed us higher in the US charts than ever before," commented the band. "It's a buzz for us and we look forward to coming over to play for you in September."

Placebo have announced a North American tour that includes an October 11th show at Terminal 5 in NYC. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday at noon. All dates, and a new video, below...

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Roseland. Bah. Placebo dates below....

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I never watched it even once, but it's obviously made big waves in the music world. "Fox announced Wednesday that it has officially deep-sixed The O.C."

Every song ever played in the OC (according to Wikipedia) below....

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He doesn't do any blogs.

Placebo presale starts Wednesday. Updated official tour dates below...

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"On 18th September, Placebo will release a 10th anniversary re-mastered version of their classic eponymous debut.....In addition the the news of the reissue, Placebo have also posted on their website that a tour of the United States is likely to take place in October and November." [Plug In Music]

The U.S. dates will be announced any minute, but in the meantime, we know for sure that Placebo will unfortunately be touring and co-headlining with the horrible She Wants Revenge. Tickets go on sale soon for their November 7th show at Nokia Theatre in NYC where Placebo is listed as headliner (please be true). Tickets are already on sale for their October 22nd show in LA which doesn't even mention Placebo (leading many people to believe that Placebo is opening on the show?!?!?). All dates so far below...

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