On September 11, 2013, the band tweeted a picture, which contained six lines of Morse code . The code was translated to “The Killers Shot at the Night”. On September 16, 2013, exactly ten years to the day of their first show in London, the Killers released ” Shot at…
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The Killers’ fourth studio album Battle Born was released on September 18, 2012. The album became the Killers’ fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the UK and Ireland and has been certified Platinum in the UK and Gold in Ireland, Mexico and Australia. The band’s Battle Born World Tour was…
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The band returned to the stage in 2011 when they headlined the new International Lollapalooza Festival in Santiago , Chile on April 2, 2011. They also performed at the season closing Top of the Mountain concert in Ischgl , Austria on April 30, 2011. They headlined Hard Rock Calling for…
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The band headed back into the studio to record their fourth studio album in 2011, and during the recording they worked with five producers; Steve Lillywhite , Damian Taylor, Brendan O’Brien , Stuart Price and Daniel Lanois . In June 2012, a short trailer was released on the Killers VEVO…
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In January 2010, the band announced that they would take a short break after being on the road for the better part of six years. The break lasted for about a year and a half, during which band members devoted themselves on solo projects , while the band made sporadic…
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The band embarked on the Day & Age World Tour , during which they performed on every continent except Antarctica and headlined US festivals Lollapalooza and Coachella for the first time. The tour was named one of the top 50 worldwide concert tours of 2009. On July 5 and 6,…
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Day & Age was released on November 18, 2008. Flowers stated that Day & Age was “like looking at Sam’s Town from Mars”, with the band having called it their “most playful record” with the album making use of saxophones , steel drums , harpsichord , and tribal chanting. The…
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“Human” was released in September 2008 with Flowers describing the song as ” Johnny Cash meets the Pet Shop Boys”. The song became a hit worldwide. The lyric “Are we human, or are we dancer?” confused listeners, due to its grammar and ambiguity. Flowers explained that the line was inspired…
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The band released a compilation album called Sawdust , containing B-sides from the band’s first two albums, rarities, and unreleased material in November 2007. Sawdust has been classified Platinum in the UK. The album’s first single, a cover of ” Shadowplay ” by Joy Division which was recorded for the…
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In February 2007, the Killers attended the BRIT Awards in the United Kingdom, where they performed “When You Were Young”. The band won two awards—Best International Group & International Album. In the same month, the band’s Tim Burton -directed video for the album’s second single, ” Bones “, won Best…
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