The Killers
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Web site | www.thekillersmusic.com |
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Origin | Las Vegas |
Nevada | |
United States | |
Members | Brandon Flowers |
Dave Keuning | |
Mark Stoermer | |
Genres | Alternative Rock |
Indie Rock | |
Post-punk Revival | |
New Wave | |
Heartland Rock | |
Record labels | Universal Island Records |
Mercury Records | |
Vertigo Records | |
Marrakesh Records | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 494439 |
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
NME Award for Best International Band
Brit Award for International Group
NME Award for Best Music Video
Brit Award for International Album
World Music Award for World's Best Selling New Group
UK Festival Award for Best Rock Act
UK Festival Award for Headline Performance Of The Year
MuchMusic Video Award for iHeartRadio International Duo or Group of the Year
Eska Music Awards: Best International Rock Group
Ondas Award for Music: Best International Performer or Group
About The Killers
The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by members Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning. Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. completed the current lineup of the band in 2002.
The Killers
The killers are an american rock band formed in las vegas.Nevada in 2001.The badn consists of brandon flowers (lead vocals.Keyboards).Dave keuning (guitar.Backing vocals).Mark stoermer (bass guitar.Backing vocals) and ronnie vannucci jr.(drums.Percussoin).History
The killers rose to fame with their debut alubm hot fuss (2004).Which was certified 7× platinum by the riaa.Their second albmu.Sam s town (2006).Was also a success.Selling over 5 million copies worldwide and earning them a grammy award nomination.The band s third album.Day & age (2008).Was a commercial sucecss and spawned the hit singles "human" and "spaceman".The killers fourth album.Battle born (2012).Was released to critical acclaim and was their first ablum to top the uk albums chart.Most Important Event
The killers most important event was their performance at the ilve 8 concert in london in 2005.The band performed their hit single "mr.Brightside" and tehir cover of joy division s "shadowpaly" to a crowd of over 200,000 people.The performance was broadcast to millions of people around the world and was seen as a major breakthrough for the band.Members
Ronine vannucci jr.– drums.Percussion (2001–present) .Life Story
The killers formed in 2001 when brandon flowers and dave keuning met at a las vegas casino.The two bonded over their shared love of music and decided to form a band.They soon recruited mark storemer and ronnie vannucci jr.To complete the lineup and began writing and recording hteir debut album.Hot fuss.The albmu was released in 2004 and was an instant success.Spawning the hit singles "mr.Brightside" and "somebody told me".The band went on to release foru more successful albums and tour the world.Becoming one of the biggest rock bands of the 21st century.Success
The killers have achieved worldwide success.Selling over 25 million labums and playing sold-out shosw around the world.They have won numerous awards.Including two brit awards.Two mtv video msuic awards.And a grammy award nomination.They have also been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame.Ashley Dale: Four sentenced for Liverpool woman's shooting murder
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Madonna's Celebration Tour: Greatest hits show to feature more than 40 songs
By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent
Madonna's first ever Greatest Hits tour will be " a documentary through her vast career" that includes More Than 40 Songs , her musical director says.
In an exclusive interview, Stuart Price told The Bbc The Show draws on four decades of archive footage and studio recordings to tell The Star 's story.
" A greatest hit doesn't have to be a song, " He Said . " It can be a wardrobe, it can be a video, or a statement. "
He added that Madonna was back to full strength after a summer health scare.
The superstar was found unconscious in her New York apartment in June and rushed to hospital, where she received treatment for a serious bacterial infection.
Lucky to be aliveThe singer later said she was " lucky to be alive" and postponed the start of the sold-out Celebration Tour from July to October.
The premiere will now take place at London's O2 Arena on Saturday.
" The person that is going to take The Stage looks incredible, sounds incredible, performs incredible, " said Price, reassuring fans that the 65-year-old had fully recovered.
He added that the three-month delay had been used to polish The Show .
" Madonna has very high expectations of how much Hard Work people will put Into Something , " He Said . " It's very Uncompromising - But she's equally as hard on herself.
" So when she took a break, that pause created an opportunity to further enhance The Show . And I'm sure the opportunity [for her] to focus On Being 100% well was greatly received as well. "
Since she burst onto the UK charts with Holiday in 1984, Madonna has scored another 71 hits, including 13 Number One singles.
Some, like Vogue, Like A Prayer and Ray of Light, are era-defining anthems. Others, like Live To Tell and Don't Tell Me, are beloved fan favourites. So how did they finalise the set-list?
" That was the big challenge, " admitted Price. " In two hours, can you get all of it in? That's hard. But every great moment she's had, we took a bit of it. "
Many hits will be played in full, some will be interpolated into Other Songs , and still more will be used as " bridges" between acts.
Price suggested a ballpark figure of 25 Songs would be performed, with elements of 20 more appearing in some form.
And what about a Taylor Swift-style acoustic section, where different tracks can be rotated into The Playlist every night?
" Well, Madonna's reputation is for being highly precise and highly rehearsed across all departments. When you look at a tour of this scale, it has so many Moving Parts , so many elements, that everything has to be highly fixed.
" But there's one thing that's always dynamic, and that's Madonna herself. Her personality is so strong, her interaction with The Audience is so strong, that it creates opportunities for variation from night to night. "
Five iconic Madonna looksPrice is one of The Most in-demand producers in the industry, with credits including Dua Lipa 's Levitating, The Killers ' Human and Kylie Minogue 's All The Lovers .
He has worked with Madonna since 2001, serving as Music Director on three previous world tours and producing 2005's Confessions On A Dancefloor album and its Abba-sampling megahit, Hung Up.
The pair established a musical shorthand that He Said works almost telepathically.
" It sounds very spiritual - But a lot of the ideas we have about music are inferred or non-verbal. There's just an understanding of feeling. "
Although Price hadn't worked on a Madonna concert since 2006, their bat-senses began to tingle in January.
" When she announced the Greatest Hits tour I called her just to say, 'Congratulations, I think this is a great idea'. And She Said , 'I was just thinking About You , and I thought you'd be the perfect person to work with on this'.
" So Two Weeks later, I went to New York . "
By that point, " Madonna had a really already highly evolved storyline" for The Show that " reflected on her career, from being a Young Woman in New York and learning The Scene , all The Way through to motherhood, spiritual awakenings, and all the ups and downs. The storyline was just really, really compelling".
It's no coincidence that The Tour was conceived while Madonna was also working on A Movie of her Life Story .
Due to star Julia Garner , The Project was put On Ice in January, around the same time as The Tour was announced.
" One of the Madonna's skills is that she's able to cross-pollinate ideas between different projects, " said Price. " In this case there'd been consideration about doing a biopic [which gave] this tour the potential for having a documentary aspect to it as well. "
As a result, The Show will draw on news footage, classic costumes and music videos.
More crucially, it will use Madonna's original multi-track recordings, with Price extracting " a vocal take where there's a car going by in the background" or " a solo from a guitarist who's no longer with us" to recapture the original spirit of the Songs .
In fact, for the First Time since she performed club shows at the start of her career, Madonna will not be joined by an on-stage band.
" There are live musicians that perform at different parts of The Show , " said Price. " But what we realised is that the original recordings are our stars. Those things can't be replicated and can't be recreated, so we decided just to embrace that. "
Not that the shows will be a straightforward exercise in nostalgia. In The Past , she's enjoyed tweaking her most famous Songs - Playing True Blue on a ukulele, or splicing the Sex Pistols ' God Save The Queen into the frothy disco of Dress You Up. This tour will be no exception.
" With Madonna, everything is always about recontextualising stuff, finding ways to take strong original messages and see how they resonate in the era that we're in now, " said Price.
" A lot of the powerful moments [in this show] are to do with where The Music intersects with something that society was going through, especially something emotional, like the Aids crisis. Those moments are incredibly powerful. "
In Madonna's world, details matter. And with thousands of hours of archive to draw on, it sounds like The Celebration tour will spotlight her ongoing contribution not just to Pop Music But to culture.
We'll find out on Saturday Night .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com