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  Killers Livestream Snared by Bad Weather

  September 18, 2012 – As of this post, the Killers' American Express "Unstaged" performance is supposed to be live-streaming and in full swing, but the Werner Herzog-directed event isn't working so well. "Apologies, we're currently experiencing tech difficulties due to tornado warnings. …
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  Watch Werner Herzog Grill the Killers About Vegas, Wild Donkeys

  September 18, 2012 – For a credit company, American Express has a shockingly reciprocal relationship with brilliant film folks. They've commissioned ads from Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese, they've backed contests for the Tribeca film fest, and via current live-streaming concert series "Unstaged," they've been pairing bands with idiosyncratic directors. …
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  The Killers, 'Battle Born' (Vertigo/Island)

  September 17, 2012 – Think back to what constituted "rock" when the Killers broke out in 2004. Bands were back. New York rediscovered post-punk. Disco was no longer a dirty word to dudes with guitars. And even the emo kids started buying drum machines. But eight years on, what happened to all those dressed-up guys rocking the dance floor? The White Stripes, LCD Soundsystem, Fall Out Boy, all gone; the Vines, the Bravery, Panic! …
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  The Killers Getting Werner Herzog Treatment in Live Webcast

  August 29, 2012 – Werner Herzog has hauled a riverboat up a small Peruvian mountain, for 1982 film Fitzcarraldo. He has been given unprecedented access to caverns in southern France that hold the oldest human-made images known to exist on the planet, for 2010 documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams. …
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  Mitt Romney: 'The Killers Are One Group I Enjoy'

  August 24, 2012 – Few presidential candidates have had their musical taste and knowledge scrutinized by as many artists as this year's Republican offerings Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. Sure, Bruce Springsteen wasn't especially pleased with Reagan's use of "Born in the U.S.A." in '84 and Tom Petty insisted George W. Bush back down from using "I Won't Back Down". …
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  Watch the Killers Cover Oasis' 'Don't Look Back in Anger'

  August 20, 2012 – Now that former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has joined his brother Noel in singing the band's tunes again, maybe it's fair game for anyone to cover them (One Direction notwithstanding). …
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  Watch the Killers' 'Runaways' Video, Starring Brandon Flowers' Leather Jacket

  July 26, 2012 – Brandon Flowers dons rock'n'roll's signature costume of bad-boy bad-assery dating back at least to that Fonzie-looking dude from Garfield in Paradise in the new video for "Runaways," the stadium-sized advance single from September 18 album Battle Born. Luckily, director Warren Fu — whose previous work has included videos for the Strokes and Daft Punk — knows how to pump up the poperatic grandeur just so. …
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  The Killers' First New York Show in Three Years: One Continuous Climax

  July 24, 2012 – Hundreds of fans waited in mismanaged lines in the rain for the Killers' Monday night show in New York — their first concert in a giant city on their first American tour in three years. …
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  The Killers Unleash New 'Battle Born' Songs at U.S. Tour Launch

  July 20, 2012 – The Killers' new album Battle Born isn't out until September 18, but the Las Vegas pop-rockers previewed some of the new material last night in the first show of their busy summer schedule. As NME points out, the band's Asheville, North Carolina, set began with "Runaways," the new album's Springsteen-reaching advance track. …
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  Watch the Killers' Dubstep-Free 'Battle Born' Trailer

  June 7, 2012 – From the looks of the cinematic trailer the Killers just dropped for their forthcoming follow-up to 2008's Day & Age, their next album Battle Born will not follow fellow '00s rockers Muse into the land of wub. The 1:38 of music below via Stereogum indicates the band is sticking to its plan — lots of the '80s keyboard-driven goodness and a few Springsteen-esque grabs at the golden ring. …
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