The Killers

[CharlotteB]

On 12/16/2024 at 9:58 PM, gingerevans84 said:

Wouldnt mind a solo Brandon tour next year. The couple of albums he has put out are top notch disco tunes. 

 

 

I didn't even know he had solo material out!

[NorthernSoul52]

Honestly, all three "new" tunes for the Rebel Diamonds compilation felt like they were Brandon solo cuts more than tunes for The Killers. I know he says they scrapped an album and those were the leftovers they wanted to keep.

 

But each one is basically a twist on a different touchstone: Boy is Erasure's A Little Respect gone heartland disco, Your Side of Town is a Pet Shop Boys-twist on New Order's True Faith, and Spirit is basically a club-rock interpretation of Underworld's Born Slippy.

 

That's not exactly new: Imploding the Mirage felt like a big grab bag of different influences. (Running Towards a Place is pure Fleetwood Mac, Fire in Bone is Talking Heads in funk mode, When the Dreams Run Dry builds its outro off The Highwaymen's Highwayman, etc.)

 

But I'm a little surprised to not see Spirit get more airtime. Think all three could feature in a Brandon solo show.

[charlierc]

13 hours ago, CharlotteB said:

 

I didn't even know he had solo material out!

Two albums - Flamingo and The Desired Effect.

 

Both have some alright tunes on them, although the blurriness of the lines of late means they could both be Killers albums imo.

[Suprefan]

Theyre turning themselves into a casino act now. 3 booked gigs over here now announced at sh*tty casinos with overpriced tickets. They really dont care now

[CharlotteB]

9 hours ago, charlierc said:

Two albums - Flamingo and The Desired Effect.

 

Both have some alright tunes on them, although the blurriness of the lines of late means they could both be Killers albums imo.

 

I'll certainly give them a listen to! 👍🏻

[charlierc]

9 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Theyre turning themselves into a casino act now. 3 booked gigs over here now announced at sh*tty casinos with overpriced tickets. They really dont care now

Highland is the one that some fans seem to be particularly aggrieved by judging by comments from fans that didn't enjoy their previous visit there.

 

Then again, they've done a sh*t ton of corporate gigs over the years. I'm not surprised if they're doing gigs for the cash.

[DomDom1984]

I have no problem with bands chasing the cash. 

[stuie]

19 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Theyre turning themselves into a casino act now. 3 booked gigs over here now announced at sh*tty casinos with overpriced tickets. They really dont care now

 

They can still shift tickets, so don't need to sell out too much.  Are these casino's sh*tty then?  The Vegas shows make sense I guess, being their roots etc. but?

 

[charlierc]

3 hours ago, DomDom1984 said:

I have no problem with bands chasing the cash. 

I'm not necessarily opposed to it either, but it does seem as though after scrapping the album and using the singles for the Rebel Diamonds greatest hits parade, at what point do we think they'd have a better use of their time returning to the studio to make the next album?

 

I'm aware realistically they have the back catalogue to just play wherever they want, but it seems a bit being stuck on a loop. 

 

Saying that, and as said, seems like we've been waiting a bit for the initially broadcast idea of a new Flowers solo LP.

[Suprefan]

3 hours ago, stuie said:

 

They can still shift tickets, so don't need to sell out too much.  Are these casino's sh*tty then?  The Vegas shows make sense I guess, being their roots etc. but?

 

Yamaava is like not that great of a casino since Ive actually been there. It had a different name before but they had a re brand and of course LN now uses it to put some high profile acts into a smaller setting and overcharge to kingdom come.  The Hard Rock in Wheatland kind of speaks for itself. I mean, I loved the Hard Rock in Vegas but one thats north of Sacramento aint it, esp there where its ghetto as hell. Harrahs in Laughlin, again, its f**king Laughlin. Youre on the border or Arizona and Nevada in the asscrack of the desert at a knock off of the original Harrahs in Vegas. And Laughlin is C level casino vibes. So yeah, theyre taking the money but also putting themselves at a level they shouldnt really even be considering for 15 years if theyre still a band by then. A friend of mine who is a huge Killers fan and went to the Vegas residency isnt gonna touch that Highland show with a 10 foot pole.

 

 

13 hours ago, charlierc said:

Highland is the one that some fans seem to be particularly aggrieved by judging by comments from fans that didn't enjoy their previous visit there.

 

Then again, they've done a sh*t ton of corporate gigs over the years. I'm not surprised if they're doing gigs for the cash.

Yamaava( highland ) is crazy priced and I assume its due to the audience. Cause they comp a bunch of the good seats despite the fact that they ask $800 to be anywhere close at minimum. Just the other week there were people having a fight at Mariah Carey's holiday concert there. Who fights at a Mariah Carey show? Oh, drunk casino people.

[charlierc]

On 12/19/2024 at 10:30 PM, Suprefan said:

Yamaava( highland ) is crazy priced and I assume its due to the audience. Cause they comp a bunch of the good seats despite the fact that they ask $800 to be anywhere close at minimum. Just the other week there were people having a fight at Mariah Carey's holiday concert there. Who fights at a Mariah Carey show? Oh, drunk casino people.

Brandon Flowers has kicked people out for fighting in the crowd before, so maybe that's a precedent to fall back on if it happens here.

 

I mean, I've moaned about US ticket prices before - seeing Muse, Arctic Monkeys and Green Day tours of the US sell for at least 2/3 times their UK or European equivalents, so it's not that unheard of. Just one of those things where you can go "... I'm sorry wut". But clearly some will stay pay the price regardless judging by browsing of the fan Reddit and other things.

[NorthernSoul52]

Lower-end price points for The Killers have been pretty decent next to contemporaries in recent times. We'll see if they keep next time out. 

[charlierc]

On 12/26/2024 at 12:10 PM, NorthernSoul52 said:

Lower-end price points for The Killers have been pretty decent next to contemporaries in recent times. We'll see if they keep next time out. 

I went for the cheapest tix at the London O2 show in July, which was about £65.

 

Maybe it's my inherent stinginess that feels narked it was double what it was in 2009 when I first saw them, or that a standing ticket was another £40 on top of the £75 range that the 2022 summer stadium shows are. But it's almost by the by to moan about gig tickets at this moment in time given how much the price of them has skyrocketed since covid. Bloody covid.

 

On the cheaper end I saw tribute act The Fillers at a club in Milton Keynes a year and a half ago, who Ronnie has jammed with before. That was good fun.