The Killers

[efcfanwirral]

Just now, charlierc said:

I found this curious and wanted second opinions.

 

The Killers just announced a November/December tour of Australia, and at some of the Aussie shows, they'll play Hot Fuss in full. I thought it was just an exclusive for their recent Las Vegas residency, so I'm surprised both at it getting a run in Oz and that there was no UK Hot Fuss in full concert when they were here in June/July.

 

Am I allowed to be a tad surprised at this?

I'm also surprised, though I suppose now they're going down this road they could fill in a couple of Hot Fuss shows over here in November? Or even January, Green Day are doing their double"anniversary" thing into Asia next year 

[gfa]

Quite funny how the big cities get their new album in full show + a hot fuss full show (ie 2 dates)

 

The smaller cities with only 1 date just get a new album in full show 😂

[efcfanwirral]

13 minutes ago, gfa said:

Quite funny how the big cities get their new album in full show + a hot fuss full show (ie 2 dates)

 

The smaller cities with only 1 date just get a new album in full show 😂

New album is greatest hits though! 

[gfa]

5 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

New album is greatest hits though! 

oh whoops should have done more research!

[charlierc]

20 hours ago, efcfanwirral said:

I'm also surprised, though I suppose now they're going down this road they could fill in a couple of Hot Fuss shows over here in November? Or even January, Green Day are doing their double"anniversary" thing into Asia next year 

That's true. I did see it announced GD will be doing Dookie & American Idiot in full for their newly announced Australian tour in March 2025.

Edited September 13, 2024 by charlierc

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, gfa said:

Quite funny how the big cities get their new album in full show + a hot fuss full show (ie 2 dates)

 

The smaller cities with only 1 date just get a new album in full show 😂

 

7 hours ago, efcfanwirral said:

New album is greatest hits though! 

Although curiously they aren't doing that in full either. Spirit, which is one of the 3 new songs written for Rebel Diamonds, has barely featured in contention.

[NorthernSoul52]

Tour underway down under, with a cover of the INXS classic Don't Change to close out the main set.

 

Imagine it will be a particularly static setlist for the Rebel Diamonds shows. They seemed to lose their nerve a little after the first few shows - knew Brandon wasn't hugely keen on Battle Born as a song these days, but begs the question why they even brought it back to begin with. False hope of the highest order!

[charlierc]

11 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Tour underway down under, with a cover of the INXS classic Don't Change to close out the main set.

 

Imagine it will be a particularly static setlist for the Rebel Diamonds shows. They seemed to lose their nerve a little after the first few shows - knew Brandon wasn't hugely keen on Battle Born as a song these days, but begs the question why they even brought it back to begin with. False hope of the highest order!

I still find it a curio Australia is the only place not called Las Vegas getting the Hot Fuss in full shows.

 

Presumably still with Ted and Jake on guitar/bass rather than flying out Dave & Mark just for those dates but not the other Aussie shows.

[NorthernSoul52]

Yeah, no sign of Dave the other night in Queensland and still feel Mark will only ever play the special occasions close to home going forward.

 

Not a bad set the other night, per se, but feel there's a much deeper roster of tracks they could pull upon with a degree of semi-regularity. They've actually played a lot of great tunes on the Rebel Diamonds run - Lightning Fields, This Is Your Life, Battle Born, Sam's Town, Miss Atomic Bomb, Sleepwalker, Spirit, In Another Life - that rarely see the light of day, but it would be lovely if they were among the others that get a remarkable amount of airtime - I could happily have them retire The Way It Was, Dying Breed, hell, even A Dustland Fairytale and Spaceman from regular rotation to get a few deeper cuts in there.

 

If you've got Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I've Done, When You Were Young, Read My Mind, Human, Runaways and Caution as fixtures, you've got a dozen to play around with there.

 

(Yes, I am still bitter about swapping my Manchester #3 ticket for a Manchester #1 one in hindsight. Apologies for the ramble.)

[charlierc]

On 12/3/2024 at 9:24 AM, charlierc said:

I still find it a curio Australia is the only place not called Las Vegas getting the Hot Fuss in full shows.

 

Presumably still with Ted and Jake on guitar/bass rather than flying out Dave & Mark just for those dates but not the other Aussie shows.

I should guess again. Dave and Mark were indeed in Sydney for the Hot Fuss show earlier having not played the Rebel Diamonds show before it.

[NorthernSoul52]

On 12/7/2024 at 4:00 PM, charlierc said:

I should guess again. Dave and Mark were indeed in Sydney for the Hot Fuss show earlier having not played the Rebel Diamonds show before it.

Well, what do you know.

 

Dave clearly is more amenable to the touring schedule given he did the British shows for Rebel Diamonds. Perhaps there may be contractual situations as to why they only do certain shows though.

[charlierc]

5 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Well, what do you know.

 

Dave clearly is more amenable to the touring schedule given he did the British shows for Rebel Diamonds. Perhaps there may be contractual situations as to why they only do certain shows though.

It is unusual tbf to have totally different line-ups in the same city. Rotating songs is one thing but this on top is certainly an unusual development.

[NorthernSoul52]

Mark is the weird one. That's very unusual for him to venture out in earnest.

[efcfanwirral]

I find it very interesting that they've added Vegas shows for the Hot Fuss "Anniversary" in January, so crossing over into the new year. Got to wonder if maybe we will get a couple of them over here like Australia have? That, and Bloc Party, have set the precedent for these album tours crossing over two calendar years and being more like an anniversary of "the time" rather than strictly the year. 

[efcfanwirral]

Those setlists are great, the Hot Fuss bit including the ones that weren't on every version like Change Your Mind is incredible. I'd travel anywhere in the country to see that. I even looked into Vegas but quickly decided I was being stupid

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, efcfanwirral said:

I find it very interesting that they've added Vegas shows for the Hot Fuss "Anniversary" in January, so crossing over into the new year. Got to wonder if maybe we will get a couple of them over here like Australia have? That, and Bloc Party, have set the precedent for these album tours crossing over two calendar years and being more like an anniversary of "the time" rather than strictly the year. 

Bloc Party seem to be taking Silent Alarm nostalgia a long way tbf. They'd already done an in full anniversary tour in 2018/19 (I should know I was at the Manchester 2019 gig).

[NorthernSoul52]

I'll be honest, I'm still holding out hope Brandon will eventually change his tune and do a Battle Born show in full.

 

But I imagine the only other record they'll give this treatment to is Sam's Town, potentially as the bedrock of a proper tour in 2026.

 

1 Sam's Town

2 Enterlude

3 When You Were Young

4 Bling (Confession of a King)

5 For Reasons Unknown

6 Read My Mind

7 Uncle Jonny

8 Bones

9 My List

10 This River Is Wild

11 Why Do I Keep Counting

12 Exitlude

 

13 Somebody Told Me

14 Quiet Town

15 Shot at the Night

16 The Man

17 Runaways

18 Caution

19 All These Things That I've Done

20 Human

21 Mr. Brightside

[efcfanwirral]

9 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I'll be honest, I'm still holding out hope Brandon will eventually change his tune and do a Battle Born show in full.

 

But I imagine the only other record they'll give this treatment to is Sam's Town, potentially as the bedrock of a proper tour in 2026.

 

1 Sam's Town

2 Enterlude

3 When You Were Young

4 Bling (Confession of a King)

5 For Reasons Unknown

6 Read My Mind

7 Uncle Jonny

8 Bones

9 My List

10 This River Is Wild

11 Why Do I Keep Counting

12 Exitlude

 

13 Somebody Told Me

14 Quiet Town

15 Shot at the Night

16 The Man

17 Runaways

18 Caution

19 All These Things That I've Done

20 Human

21 Mr. Brightside

We've said that we'd probably go to Vegas for a Sam's Town show if it was the only one, but obviously would much prefer it to come here!

[NorthernSoul52]

Saves on the airfares!

[charlierc]

30 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

We've said that we'd probably go to Vegas for a Sam's Town show if it was the only one, but obviously would much prefer it to come here!

They did it in Vegas as an exclusive in 2016 for the ten year anniversary tbf. So it wouldn't be unheard of.

 

Even if you'd also want to hope it doesn't come during the World Cup, set to take place in America in 2026 and likely going to lead a huge rise in the airfare to go there in that time.

[NorthernSoul52]

Nah, The Killers will play here during the World Cup. Every England game has a different show booked just so they can play the national anthem every time Cole Palmer scores a screamer / attempts to speak more than five words.

[NorthernSoul52]

Looks like a couple of sneaky surprises on Melbourne #1 the other night - unexpected played My God for just the sixth time ever and wheeled out Iva Davies to do Icehouse's Electric Blue, which is genuinely one of the most underrated singles of the eighties for me.

 

Not too many other changes - the Hot Fuss show was the same as in Sydney, and Melbourne #2 seemed to be a mix of an average Rebel Diamonds II show with elements of Rebel Diamonds III. (But not the banger elements.)

[charlierc]

I am curious as to what is planned tbf. I thought the plan was Brandon's solo LP given he said as such in an interview with NME this time last year, yet they're finishing the Vegas Hot Fuss residency with a few shows next month and just announced an extra show in California as a warm-up for a February festival in Arizona.

 

Guess we'll find out more in due course or something.

[gingerevans84]

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

[charlierc]

23 hours ago, gingerevans84 said:

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

Yeah The Desired Effect is 10 years old next year and does have a decent array of tunes on it. His solo show I caught at Brixton Academy on that tour was also rather good.