After over ten years with the band, Steve Hewitt has decided to part ways with Placebo. The split is said to be amicable and the result of the band members growing apart, but I still couldn't help but let out a "whoah" when I discovered this news. Brian and Stefan will continue on with the band -- and are even planning their next album -- though they have said they are in "no hurry" to find a replacement for Steve.

That is definitely not news I was expecting to report today.

This past Sunday, I went to the Projekt Revolution Tour in Hartford, CT. Here is a rundown of the festival.

The nice people at MySpace and nowwhat.com will be streaming six hours of the August 22nd show, starting at 2:30pm. And that's why the Internet may well be the best thing ever -- if you can't make it to a show? The Internet can make the show come to you. Projekt Revolution features Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, HIM, Placebo, Taking Back Sunday, Mindless Self Indulgence, and Saosin, amongst others.

The book features art from Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington, Gerard Way, Ray Toro, Brian Molko, and other artists on the Projekt Revolution tour.

The EP, called Extended Play '07, will be released in the US on July 31st, ostensibly to help promote their run on the Project Revolution tour. It is all previously released songs, though three of them are live versions.

Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Cold War Kids, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Hawthorne Heights, the Klaxons, Modest Mouse, Muse, OK Go, Peter, Bjorn & John, Pete Yorn, Placebo, Plain White T's, +44, Say Anything, Silverchair, the Strokes and more...

In a recent interview, Brian Molko discussed the band's "goth" following -- and how it relates to their inclusion on the Projekt Revolution Tour, while admitting the band, in the early days, were pretty much just "cross dressers."