Placebo release reworked version of Bruise Pristine from their RE:CREATED album

Placebo have unveiled a newly-reworked version of Bruise Pristine.

Taken from the band’s upcoming RE:CREATED album (which is due out in full on June 19 via Elevator Lady Ltd through AWAL), their self-titled debut’s fifth and final single from back in the day has now been given a mega update, 30 years later.

Of the entire RE:CREATED record as a whole, Placebo explain that they see it more as a “director’s cut. We haven’t recreated it from scratch. We went back to the original master tapes and brought 30 years of playing these songs live back into the record.

“This project was about finally finishing the record, dragging it into the 21st century sonically, while preserving the integrity and the spirit of the original. It’s not about improving it, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s about completing it.

“When we made the first album, we didn’t yet have the experience or the studio knowledge to fully translate what was in our heads. Over the years, the songs took on a life of their own onstage; they grew, they developed, they kind of completed themselves.

“It’s a celebration of where we began, and a meeting point between who we were then and who we are now. It’s a way of honouring that innocence, while letting the songs exist with the scale, confidence and energy of the band we’ve become.”

Stream the new, 2026 version of Bruise Pristine below:

Catch the band live at the following dates this year:

Placebo 30th anniversary European and UK tour

September

28 Oporto Super Bock Arena
29 Lisbon Sagres Campo Pequeno

October

1 Madrid Movistar Arena (The Ring)
3 Barcelona St. Jordi Club
5 Toulouse Zenith
7 Nantes Zenith
9 Esch-sur-Alzette Rockhal
12 Leipzig Quarterback Immobilien Arena
15 Vilnius Twinsbet Arena
16 Riga Xiaomi Arēna
18 Helsinki Veikkaus Arena
20 Stockholm Annexet
22 Oslo Spektrum
24 Copenhagen KB Hall
26 Hamburg Barclays Arena
27 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
29 Frankfurt Festhalle

November

1 Antwerp Afas Dome
2 Cologne Lanxess Arena
4 Zurich Hallenstadion
6 Milan Unipol Forum
9 Munich Olympiahalle
10 Vienna Stadthalle
13 Budapest Arena
15 Prague Fortuna Sports Hall
16 Berlin Uber Arena
18 Lodz Atlas Arena
21 Stuttgart Hans-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
23 Lyon LDLC Arena
25 Paris Accor Arena
28 Nottingham NIC Arena
30 Glasgow OVO Hydro

December

2 Dublin 3 Arena
4 Manchester Co-op Live Arena
5 London OVO Wembley Arena
7 Cardiff Utilita Arena

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