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Sir Elton John performed what was set to be his last-ever UK show as he brought Glastonbury 2023 to a close.

Elton John has wowed Glastonbury with a career-spanning, star-studded set for his final UK gig ever.Opening with a cover of The Who’s Pinball Wizard, John ran through all his hits including ‘Rocket Man’, ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ and ‘I’m Still Standing.’There were surprise guests too. “My next guest, I first met in 2005 when I started playing Las Vegas.

Elton John brought out The Killers’ Brandon Flowers during his final ever UK gig at Glastonbury tonight (June 25).“My next guest, I first met in 2005 when I started playing Las Vegas. He came round to my hotel suite to play me his band’s first album, which was called ‘Hot Fuss’,” Elton said, introducing Flowers.“We’ve been friends ever since, and he was the first person I thought of to ask to come and sing with me, even though he’s played Glastonbury six times with The Killers.

Elton John‘s headline Glastonbury set, forming a massive crowd around the Pyramid Stage.Many of the revellers making up the Sunday night audience wore costumes, glasses and sequins in honour of the legendary performer. See photos and social media posts of the avid fans below.The gesture didn’t go unnoticed by John, who towards the end of his set decided to thank the audience.“I want to thank you all for showing up in your costumes and your glasses and your outfits,” he said.

Sir Elton John has left fans in awe with a stellar performance at Glastonbury as he took to the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night for a "special and emotional" show.

The Killers have covered U2‘s classic ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ – watch footage below.Singer Brandon Flowers told the crowd at the band’s concert at Uncasville’s Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut on Friday (March 17) that they wanted to honour U2 on St Patrick’s Day.“Do you know why we celebrate St Patrick’s Day?” began Flowers. “We bring with us an Irishman everywhere we go.

The Killers covered The Smiths‘ ‘Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want’ with Johnny Marr at their show in Washington D.C. last night (October 12) – check out footage below.Brandon Flowers and co.

The Killers played two nights at New York City’s Madison Square Garden over the weekend, with multiple surprise sets from guests. View footage and photos from the performances below.On night one (September 30), Johnny Marr – who has been supporting The Killers during their current US tour – was joined on stage by his Smiths bandmate Andy Rourke.

Ethan Shanfeld Very few modern bands have a “Mr. Brightside.” Even fewer are able to whip it out in the first five minutes of a show and continue to entertain an arena for another 90 minutes. And even fewer are those who can hold their own in a three-song duet with Bruce Springsteen as he beams with excitement announcing their name to the crowd: “THE KILLERS!” “Everybody knows God made Saturday nights for rock ‘n’ roll,” frontman Brandon Flowers declared toward the beginning of the band’s set, the second of two consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden. And the Killers delivered on that, taking New York City on a tour of its greatest songs from “Hot Fuss” to “Pressure Machine.”

The Killers on stage last night (August 27) to perform the Fleetwood Mac classic ‘Go your Own Way’.Performing at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium, The Killers surprised fans by bringing out Buckingham for the encore. Together, they gave a rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s 1976 single ‘Go Your Own Way’, lifted from the iconic band’s 11th studio album, ‘Rumours’.Fan-shot footage of the performance show Buckingham and The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers sharing vocal duties.

The Killers are currently touring the world for their Imploding the Mirage Tour and you can check out the set list right here!

The Killers have shared the cinematic new video for their recent single ‘Boy’ – you can watch the clip below.The band debuted the track, which was officially released last week, at Mad Cool Festival in Madrid last month. According to frontman Brandon Flowers, it “was the song that took me back home, and was sort of the impetus for writing [2021 album] ‘Pressure Machine’”.“There’s an optimism to it,” Flowers told NME about ‘Boy’ last month.

The Killers have today (August 5) released a new song, ‘Boy’ – check it out below.It’s the first new music from the band since their last album, ‘Pressure Machine‘.The new track was debuted at last month’s Mad Cool festival in Madrid and sees a return to the band’s anthemic style of songwriting.Frontman Brandon Flowers said the song was written before ‘Pressure Machine’ but the themes explored in the song’s lyrics led him to write that album.Flowers said of the song: “This was the first song written after we had to cancel the ‘Imploding The Mirage’ tour due to the pandemic.“I had recently moved back to Utah and started to make trips to Nephi, where I grew up. I found that the place I had wanted to get away from so desperately at 16 was now a place that I couldn’t stop returning to.

Killers‘ set at the Colours of Ostrava festival in the Czech Republic, they were joined onstage by Phoebe Bridgers to perform their 2021 collaboration, ‘Runaway Horses’.Bridgers and Killers frontman Brandon Flowers duetted during the rendition, in what appears to be the first time the two acts have performed the track together live.“ok who got a video of me singing with the killers,” Bridgers wrote on Twitter shortly after the performance, sparking a flurry of fan-shot footage and photos.

The Killers have debuted a new song titled ‘Boy’.“Do you wanna be the first to hear us play a new song right now? It goes like this,” frontman Brandon Flowers told the audience during their main stage set last night (July 7). After playing the new song, Flowers asked the crowd, “Si or no?” with them responding “Si” alongside roars of applause.Watch footage of the new song being performed below:A post shared by Andrew Trendell (@andrewtrendell)A post shared by The Killers (@thekillers)Last year saw The Killers release their seventh studio album, ‘Pressure Machine’.

Killers concert has said he wouldn’t mind doing it all over again. Doug James, from Sale, Greater Manchester, travelled further than he thought he would in the arms of his fellow revellers at the Old Trafford cricket ground gig on Saturday. Wearing a red fleece and jeans, Doug managed to temporarily halt the gig when he fell over the barrier and hit his head.

The Killers were joined by a fan on drums at their Falkirk show last night (June 7) – see footage below.As is customary at many of the band’s gigs, a fan was picked from the crowd to sit behind Ronnie Vannucci’s drum kit to perform ‘For Reasons Unknown’.As he told BBC News, 28-year-old Kyle Grieve – who drums for local Edinburgh band Retro Video Club – was at both of the gigs in Falkirk, on Monday (June 6) and Tuesday. At the first show, he held up a sign asking to play drums with the band.

The Killers made a Scots superfan's dreams come true when frontman Brandon Flowers invited him on stage to play drums on one of the band's biggest hits.

The Killers gave their song ‘Pressure Machine’ its live debut at the first of two dates in London last night (June 3).The Las Vegas band are midway through a UK and Ireland tour right now and performed at Arsenal’s Emirate Stadium yesterday.During the gig, The Killers aired the title track of their latest album, which was released last year, for the first time. The song was requested by BBC Radio 2 DJ Jo Whiley, according to frontman Brandon Flowers.“Jo Whiley, she’s always championed us since the very beginning – she’s here tonight,” Flowers told the crowd.

The 1975 will be making an as-yet secret announcement next month. 

Brandon Flowers has called for stricter gun control laws in the US in the wake of this week’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.On Tuesday (May 24), an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School, which teaches children aged seven to 10. Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed that the suspect was later shot dead by responding law enforcement officials.At least 19 children and two teachers were killed in the attack.

The Killers made their UK live return with an intimate show at the O2 Academy in Sheffield last night (May 17). Check out photos, footage, the setlist and more below.Brandon Flowers and co took to the stage at the 2,150-capacity venue to warm up for their 2022 UK and Ireland stadium tour, which kicks off in Doncaster next Tuesday (May 24).

The Killers gave their hometown crowd a special treat to kick off their first tour in years!

Pressure Machine‘ tomorrow (March 25), The Killers have shared their new live film/documentary Notes From A Quiet Town – check it out below.The 33-minute film sees The Killers visit Nephi, Utah which is where frontman Brandon Flowers lived between the ages of eight and 16. It follows on from the band’s seventh album ‘Pressure Machine’, which was a concept record about Flowers’ childhood in the town.Notes From A Quiet Town features interviews with locals alongside stripped-back performances of ‘Cody’, ‘Terrible Thing’ and ‘Quiet Town’.Check it out below:Speaking about the creation of ‘Pressure Machine’ to NME, Flowers said: “Mentally, I started to go to this place where I grew up and write songs about it. It was as if there was a chamber of memories somewhere that was just waiting for me to unlock it.

The Killers have announced details of the expanded, deluxe edition of their 2021 album ‘Pressure Machine’.The follow-up to 2020’s ‘Imploding The Mirage’ originally arrived back in August, charting at Number One in the UK in its first week.The Killers will now release a new edition of ‘Pressure Machine’ on March 25 via EMI, which will feature newly-realised and reimagined versions of select songs from the album that were co-produced by the band with Shawn Everett and Foxygen‘s Jonathan Rado.Such tracks as ‘West Hills’, ‘Runaway Horses’ (which was originally a collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers) and ‘The Getting By’ will be reworked for the new release.The Killers have also announced that on Monday (March 21) they will debut Notes From A Quiet Town, a new live film that will air exclusively on Facebook. You can watch a trailer for the film above.Notes From A Quiet Town, which will feature three stripped-back live performances by the band, was shot in frontman Brandon Flowers’ hometown of Nephi, Utah, and also includes a host of stories from Nephi locals.

doing just fine” like a $9.5 million Los Angeles mansion. The Killers co-founder and guitarist Dave Keuning — known for hits like “Mr.

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has spoken out about life in America since Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump as President.Flowers was speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story when conversation turned to politics.

The Killers‘ Brandon Flowers has reflected on a “surreal” on-screen debate about religion that he once had with evolutionary author Richard Dawkins.The duo came to have a surprise but heated debate back in 2012 when Flowers, a devout Mormon, made an appearance on Swedish TV talk show Skavlan alongside Ulrika Johnson and Abba‘s Björn Ulvaeus.A debate soon erupted in which Flowers described his faith as “a beautiful thing” and said that he “took offence” after The God Delusion writer Dawkins

Pressure Machine‘ today (August 13), but The Killers have revealed to NME that they’re already at work on a “heavier” new record – and that this one is likely to feature all four members.The band’s previous record ‘Imploding The Mirage‘ came out last year and saw guitarist Dave Keuning sit out the recording sessions to enjoy some time at home at San Diego instead.Keuning returned for ‘Pressure Machine’ while bassist Mark Stoermer was absent due to caution around the COVID pandemic, with the rest

The Killers have spoken to NME about their decision to collaborate with Phoebe Bridgers on the track ‘Runaway Horses’ from their new album ‘Pressure Machine‘.Having been a longtime vocal fan of the band, Bridgers has covered The Killers multiple times over the years.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Killers have a new release coming Aug.

The Killers have announced that they’ll return next month with seventh album ‘Pressure Machine’.The new record from the Las Vegas band will arrive via EMI on August 13 and was created after they found themselves with unexpected downtime as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.They were set to hit the road in support of 2020’s ‘Imploding The Mirage’, but instead used their free time to immediately start work on its follow-up.“Everything came to this grinding halt,” said frontman Brandon Flowers.

The Killers’ “very different” next album is set for release in August, drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr.

The Killers have confirmed that they have “finished” work on their new album, with the follow-up to 2020’s acclaimed ‘Imploding The Mirage‘ “coming this year”.The band confirmed news on the record last year, with frontman Brandon Flowers telling NME that it “might be even better” than ‘Imploding The Mirage’.

Brandon Flowers has said that The Killers’ upcoming UK tour is “not looking great” after he suffered a big accident.The band are currently set to kick off their UK tour at Doncaster’s Keepmoat Stadium on May 25.During an Instagram Live Q&A session alongside drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr last week (February 12), Flowers revealed he had been in a bike accident.

The Killers have said that the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Imploding The Mirage’ is “pretty much done”, after working on it throughout lockdown.The latest update on the band’s seventh album comes after they teased new music by sharing two brief snippets of a new song in a recent Instagram live broadcast.Speaking to Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig on Apple Music, frontman Brandon Flowers said: “It’s almost done and we’re going to mix the record next week.