Placebo have shared a new cover of Tears For Fears’ ‘Shout’, giving the chart-topping track an industrial twist – scroll down the page to hear it now.The track follows the release of the band’s latest album ‘Never Let Me Go’, which arrived in March.On their version of ‘Shout’ Placebo add shadowy new layers to the original single, giving it a new industrial tinge without straying too far from the Bath band’s release.‘Shout’ was originally released in 1984 as the second single from Tears For Fears’ second album ‘Songs From The Big Chair’.
It went on to become the band’s sixth Top 40 hit in the UK, peaking at Number Four, while it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in 1985 nine months after it was first released.The song is the latest ‘80s song that Placebo have covered, following on from the likes of Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Jackie’, The Smiths’ ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’, Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’ and, infamously, Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’.The cover precedes the band’s upcoming UK and Ireland tour, which will kick off in Portsmouth on November 18 and run until December 8, when it concludes in Birmingham.
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