Placebo - 30th Anniversary Tour

Placebo celebrates three decades on stage with the 30th Anniversary Tour and will play on 1 November 2026 at the AFAS Dome in Antwerp. Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal guide you through their catalogue, from the raw ’90s to the present, with that recognizable mix of sharp guitar layers, dark pop hooks and electronics flirting with noise. Their live setup moves fluidly between intense and restrained, leaving room for detail and dynamics.

Expect a set that maps the lines between the early period and recent material. Songs like Pure Morning, Every You Every Me, The Bitter End and Without You I’m Nothing gain new dimension alongside tracks from Never Let Me Go. The band uses the stage as a laboratory: melodies are stripped bare or built up, beats push the songs forward, and Molko’s voice keeps everything tightly held together.

Thirty years of Placebo is also thirty years of evolution. The duo continue to play with gender-bending aesthetics, glam influences and a post-punk legacy without lingering in nostalgia. In Antwerp this sounds like a compact journey through their three eras: the razor-sharp start, the widescreen years and the contemporary chapter in which the band lets electronics and guitars speak as equals.