B3EP[2] (often referred to as simply B3) is an EP by alternative rock band Placebo, released on 15 October 2012 through record label Vertigo.

In 2010, band members Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal began to publicly state that they were working on material for another studio album.

[4] Placebo confirmed in late May 2012 that they expect to release some tracks by the end of year, and that they have been assisted by Adam Noble (Red Hot Chili Peppers, dEUS) on a new album which will be released by the Northern Hemisphere summer in 2013.

Reviewer Katherine Flynn, after criticising the band's previous album, 2009's Battle for the Sun, which she wrote "didn't feel as urgent, or as true, as anything that had come before [in Placebo's canon]", saw B3 as a "[return] to their loud, largely minor-key hijinks" and writing that the EP "kicks", citing the ending track "Time Is Money" as a highlight.

[10] All tracks are written by Placebo (Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest), except as noted