Sing me a lullaby, come on!!!

Footage from When You Were Young at the Royal Albert Hall is up on the NME site.
http://www.nme.com/video?bcpid=26429438001&bctid=46028267001
Haven't spotted myself yet, but there's always time...

Smile Like You Mean It

More news on the DVD from Island records:

THE KILLERS LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL – THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL DVD+CD PACKAGE – ARRIVES NOV. 10th ON ISLAND

FULL-LENGTH LIVE DVD WITH 22 SONGS SPANNING ALL 4 KILLERS ALBUMS – PLUS 5 BONUS FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES – FILMED IN HD AND 5.1 SOUND

2nd disc – bonus CD –unavailable elsewhere – of live songs from The Royal Albert Hall

DVD bonus content also includes behind-the-scenes documentary feature

Now The Killers know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall. On July 5-6th, during their 8-country European festival tour, the multi-platinum VMA Award-winning, Grammy-nominated band performed two historic nights at the legendary Kensington venue. LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, The Killers’ first official DVD release, is a spectacular 22-song live concert experience – filmed in HD (with ‘Fan's Eye View’ alternative camera angle) and full 5.1 sound. The package, with live performances on the DVD plus a 17-song live CD from the shows (unavailable elsewhere), will be released November 10th in regular and Blu-Ray editions on Island Records.

Killers fans will appreciate how faithful LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL is to the band’s sight and sound onstage. Moreover, the songs cut across all four of the Killers’ album releases, from their debut Hot Fuss (“Somebody Told Me,” “Smile Like You Mean It,” “Mr. Brightside,” “All These Things That I've Done,” “Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine”); to Sam’s Town (“For Reasons Unknown,” “Bling (Confessions Of A King),” “Sam’s Town (acoustic),” “Read My Mind,” “The River Is Wild,” “Bones,” “When You Were Young”); to Sawdust (“Shadowplay,” “Sweet Talk”); and Day & Age (“Human,” “This Is Your Life,” “The World We Live In,” “Joy Ride,” “I Can’t Stay,” “Losing Touch,” “Spaceman,” “A Dustland Fairytale”).

The DVD's running time is over 2 hours, and packed with bonus extras – starting with an additional five songs from the festival tour: “Tranquilize” (live at the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, July 12th); “Human” and “Mr. Brightside” (from Hyde Park in London on June 26th); and “Smile Like You Mean It” and “When We Were Young” (from the V Festival in August). A behind-the-scenes documentary, including interviews with crew and fans, rounds off the bonus content on the DVD.

The 78-minute live CD was mastered by British producer Stuart Price. Price’s work with the band began with his 12-inch remix (‘Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Mix’) of “Mr. Brightside” in 2004. He later remixed (again as the Thin White Duke) “When You Were Young,” the first single from Sam’s Town. Price produced two tracks, “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf” and “Sweet Talk,” re-recorded for the B-sides album, Sawdust, which also included the “Mr. Brightside” remix. He went on to produce The Killers’ third studio album, Day & Age, and created an extended remix (as the Thin White Duke) of its lead single “Human.” In addition to the Killers, Price has worked with Madonna, Missy Elliott, Gwen Stefani, Keane, and others.

LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL was produced by Jim Parsons and directed by Dick Carruthers, whose credits include The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2000), and long-form live performance DVDs with Oasis, Noel Gallagher, Keane, Van Morrison, Kaiser Chiefs, Bryan Adams, Aerosmith, White Stripes, and many others.

Let us be in love tonight

White Demon Love Song (New Moon Soundtrack)
The killers are on the soundtrack album to Twilight - New Moon, along with Thom Yorke, Muse and Editors amongst others.

It is released today in the US and 19th October in the UK.


You can listen to the track below or buy today if you are lucky enough.

“Do you know what I would change about this moment? Nothing.”

Guitar Hero 5 Fridays
Live from Abbey Road


So, killers overload yesterday. (Well, as close to killers overload as you can get when they aren’t touring over here any more.)

Firstly, there are some videos up on Yahoo from the killers show in San Diego recently, as part of ‘Guitar Hero 5 Fridays.’ There’s Mr Brightside, All These Things… and When You Were Young, plus a short interview with Brandon where he wears his own band t-shirt! (Cute) It looked like a great gig, and I wish I could have been there.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/live/3218/the-killers-guitar-hero-5-fridays-on-yahoo-music/




Secondly, the killers on Live from Abbey Road was broadcast last night on Channel 4. Pictures of that blue jacket, which has divided opinion in fan circles, have been floating around for some weeks, but last night I finally got to see it in context.







The killers performed A Dustland Fairytale, Read My Mind and Human, all with orchestral backing. The songs were really beautiful and gave me goose bumps. They were interviewed (see link below) and discussed being asked to do festivals. Ronnie talked about getting more confident when playing to 70,000 people. Also the covers album was mentioned again, with Brandon saying that it probably won’t be the next killers material you hear, but it will happen eventually. At the start of Read My Mind, Brandon said “Do you know what I would change about this moment? Nothing,” then smiled in his typical nervous sweet way. Only Brandon can get away with that…













http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWHZc-dCE1U

We hope you enjoy your stay…

Killers DVD Live from the Royal Albert Hall

As I am sure many of you know, the killers are releasing their first live DVD in November. The date varies depending on which website you visit, but it should be 9^th in the UK and 10^th in the USA and possibly elsewhere. Check shopping sites of your country for more up to date details. The DVD also comes with a live audio CD of the performance. This was filmed on 5^th and 6^th July 2009, and I was lucky enough to be at the concert on the 5th. It was an amazing night and the best killers gig I have been to, which is no easy feat, believe me.

The killers have put a teaser trailer on their youtube channel, which gives an idea of what is to come.

Roll on November…

Tracklisting:

Human
This Is Your Life
Somebody Told Me
For Reasons Unknown
The World We Live In
Joyride
I Can’t Stay
Bling (Confession Of A King)
Shadowplay
Smile Like You Mean It
Losing Touch
Spaceman
A Dustland Fairytale
Sam’s Town (Acoustic)
Read My Mind
Mr. Brightside
All These Things That I’ve Done
Sweet Talk
This River Is Wild
Bones
Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
When You Were Young

Bonus Features

Behind the scenes documentary including interviews with crew and fans.
Alternative angles

Bonus Festival Performances

Tranquilize ~ Oxegen Festival 2009
Human ~ Hyde Park 2009
Mr Brightside ~ Hyde Park 2009
Smile Like You Mean It ~ V Festival 2009
When You Were Young ~ V Festival 2009

Having been at V and Hyde Park this year, too, this package gets better and better.