Niki N. Phaser

                          First of all, fans of The Killers should not get their mourning clothes out of the closet: the band is just taking a break. All, but one. Frontman Brandon Flowers is using this vacation to release his first solo album, Flamingo, due to enchant us this fall, in September. We can’t help but being curious about what it is that he could not express through The Killers. The first single, Crossfire, is not a big departure from the joyful extravagant Vegas sound of Flowers’ band. It does, however, set him as some kind of a  cross between 1980′s David Bowie and Kenny Rogers, which was the singer’s dream all along. The explosive Nash Edgerton directed video is fun to watch and must have been fun to make. Sure, Charlize Theron’s presence is definitely a bonus, especially when she is sporting some ‘kill bill’ moves. Get a taste:

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          In an official statement posted on their website, The Killers have declared that rumours about their ‘demise’ are unfounded, stating that ”They are all looking forward to some time off at the end of this tour as they have been on the road for a long time, but there are no plans for an indefinite hiatus”.

           However, there are some bad news especially for the Australian fans. The gigs at Sydney Enmore, Good Vibrations Festival Sydney and Good Vibrations Festival Perth have been cancelled. The reason is the same that forced them out of their mini Asian tour last month: the serious illness of a close family member. Other details have not been disclosed on the matter. The Las Vegas outfit still hope to make it to the Good Vibrations Festival’s Gold Coast and the Melbourne gigs next weekend. After the previous cancellation, rumours about an indefinite hiatus started to emerged on several websites. Read the full statement here:

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Las Vegas alternative outfit of ‘electric horsedudes’, The Killers, have added two more singles to their respectable collection: The World We Live In and A Dustland Fairytale, both from their 2008 breakthrough release, Day & Age. The first is for Europe, while the dusty ballad is for their native land and the rest of the non-European world. It’s quite fascinating that the songs have a similar gentle dynamic, so we can’t really blame them for having a double-standard approach with their twin singles. One thing that we might impute is that The World We Live In does not hold the advantage of such a well crafted video, like the American single. Director Anthony Mandler surpassed himself with the ‘rebel without a cause in his seventies’ drama set to The Killers’ track. It has all the chances and surely deserves to become one the classic movie-videos. Of course, the secret lies in Flowers’ lyrics who are supposedly inspired by his folks’ story. The song is not about what happens in the video persay, but it surely creates the image of a romance in a God-forsaken desert place. In a way, it’s something genuine American, that only a non-American would truly grasp.

THE KILLERS A Dustland Fairytale VIDEO