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Placebo have just shared ‘Happy Birthday In The Sky’, the final single to be released from their upcoming album. Never Let Me Go arrives 25 March and will be followed by a UK and Ireland tour later on in the year.

‘Happy Birthday In The Sky’ gives us another glimpse of what the band will explore on Never Let Me Go as they take on the complexities of the modern world. Here, they’ve given us a particularly sombre piece of the album as they explore heartbreak and grief, as Brian Molko explains:

“Happy Birthday In The Sky for me, is one of the more heartbreaking moments on the album. Happy Birthday In The Sky is a phrase that I've been using for quite some time.  When I say, happy birthday to people who aren't with us anymore, it communicates the kind of heartbreak that we're really, really good at communicating I think. You know that sense of loss, that sense of desperation. It's as if a part of your body and your soul has been ripped from you unfairly. And you pine and you pine, and you wait.

Although the sound is somewhat more stripped back than classic Placebo albums, it still has the distinct mark of the band that fans know and love, with all of the emotional depth that you can always count on from Placebo.

Placebo will tour the UK and Ireland this year:

November 2022

18 – Portsmouth, Guildhall

19 – Brighton, Brighton Centre

21 – Liverpool, Eventim Olympia

22 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse

24 – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena

26 – London, O2 Brixton Academy

27 – London, O2 Brixton Academy

29 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall

30 – Leeds, O2 Academy Leeds

December 2022

02 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall

03 – Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow

05 – Dublin, 3 Arena

07 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange

08 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 1

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