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Soundside Music Festival cancelled

Soundside Music Festival - with headliners The Killers, Weezer, Hozier and Vampire Weekend - has been cancelled.

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“Mr. Brightside” Hits So Different In College Football 26

If you were looking for a fight song to play at sporting events, “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers probably wouldn’t be among the top candidates. Though the upbeat, anthemic track served as the Las Vegas-based quartet’s breakout debut single in 2004, it’s a pretty depressing song. I could write a…

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"The crowd erupts every time we start playing the riff - people never get sick of it": The Killers' Dave Keuning on the birth of the band's signature tune

How a cosy closet and experimenting with voicings birthed Mr Brightside

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How The Killers made Mr Brightside, one of the most enduring rock songs of all time

‘And I just can’t look, it’s killing me,’ is the bellowed refrain that closes everything from weddings to student nights. Mark Beaumont looks at how The Killers’ anthem about betrayal hasn’t left the charts for 20 years

The Independent UK

The Killers scrap new album plans as they continue 2023 tour

Band put on an energetic show in Scotland on August 29 after performance at Reading and Leeds festivals

Evening Standard

Reading Festival review, day three: Queen of alt-pop Billie Eilish closes the weekend in sublime but subdued fashion

Meanwhile, Imagine Dragons come up short compared to fellow Las Vegans, The Killers, who performed the night before

The Independent UK

‘I had to calm an impossible situation’: Brandon Flowers addresses The Killers controversy in Georgia

Rock frontman was criticised for remarks made during the band’s show in Batumi

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The Killers decried for inviting Russian fan on stage at Georgia concert

Georgians, infuriated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and occupation of their land, say the US band’s move was naive at best.

Al Jazeera

The Killers booed at Georgia concert after bringing Russian drummer on stage

A Russian drummer was invited onto the stage to perform with the band

Evening Standard

Booing and walkouts after the Killers tell Georgia audience Russian is their ‘brother’

Backlash after lead singer Brandon Flowers welcomes on stage fan from country that invaded and still occupies part of former Soviet state

The Guardian - AU

Watch Megadeth's Dirk Verbeuren smash out The Killers' Mr Brightside perfectly on drums after hearing it for the very first time

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren is tasked with the challenge of recreating The Killers' indie rock classic Mr Brightside after hearing it for the first time

Metal Hammer

Leeds Festival 2023 announcement as 27 new artists confirmed

More indie, alternative, hip-hop, and dance acts will join headliners Sam Fender, The Killers, Billie Eilish, and more

Leeds Live

Leeds Festival headliner Lewis Capaldi announces special intimate gig in the city

Lewis Capaldi is joining Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, Foals, The Killers and Imagine Dragons topping the bill at Leeds Festival 2023

Leeds Live

Electric Picnic announce 'mystery headliner' and fans are baffled

Fans have been scratching their heads over the mystery performer

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Eddie Vedder, The Killers and Foo Fighters will headline the 2023 Ohana Festival

SAN DIEGO — Eddie Vedder, The Killers and Foo Fighters have been announced as the headliners of the 2023 edition of Ohana Festival, the three-day bayside music festival Vedder founded six years ago at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.

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