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September 13, 2010 – Killers singer Brandon Flowers will bring a little piece of Las Vegas to cities across North America this fall on his first-ever solo tour behind Flamingo, his Sin City-tinged debut out September 14.
The 15-date trek kicks off November 10 in Los Angeles and will cross the U.S., from Seattle to New York City, through early December. …
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September 9, 2010 – Elvis Presley was no stranger to Las Vegas. And Vegas native Brandon Flowers did the King proud last night at his London solo gig, taking a break from playing songs off his just released Sin City homage Flamingo to cover "Are You Lonesome Tonight," Presley's 1960 hit. …
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August 31, 2010 – Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is branching out on his own for the first time ever with Flamingo, his debut solo album, out Sept. 14-hear preview clips of all ten songs from the record below!
SPIN.com interviewed Flowers about the record earlier this month-check it out here.
Flowers just completed a short U.S. solo tour, which kicked off in his hometown of Las Vegas. …
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August 19, 2010 – While his band the Killers take a much-deserved break from recording and touring, singer Brandon Flowers is launching a solo career with the September 14 release his debut album, Flamingo. …
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May 12, 2010 – Brandon Flowers has finally spoken about the mysterious Flamingo, his debut solo album.
The Killers frontman -- who unveiled the project in April via a website that post that offered only the album title and the promise that it was "coming soon" -- gave his first interview about the fall release, dishing on his decision to go solo and revealing one of his collaborators: Rilo Kiley singer Jenny Lewis.
"Jenny's helped me out on a couple …
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February 17, 2010 – Jean Flowers, mother of Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, passed away last Thursday in Nevada after a two-year battle with brain cancer. She was 64.
The Killers had canceled several recent tour dates in Australia and Asia "due to the severity of the illness of a close family member," but the exact situation had remained undisclosed until late last week. …
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January 19, 2010 – Citing burnout, guitarist Dave Keuning recently told the Australian Associated Press that the Killer's gig at the Good Vibrations festival in Sydney, Australia, on February 13 would likely be the superstar quartet's "last shows for a while."
When asked if the break was permanent, Keuning replied, "not as far as I know."
"It's like people expect us to [tour and record] non-stop till we die," continued the curly-haired axe-man, "but w …
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June 26, 2009 – In a week when the big news was the death of Michael Jackson, some of music's biggest stars were still making headlines: Chris Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna, Marilyn Manson discussed $200K drug budgets, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.Am's entourage exchanged words -- and, allegedly, fists -- with gossip blogger Perez Hilton. …
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June 25, 2009 – With awesome late-night TV performances and epic new music videos, it appears the Killers are still focused on supporting their excellent 2008 release Day and Age.But don't be fooled: it's onward and upward for the Las Vegas quartet, who've already started working on their next project -- a covers album!
"It's something that we've always talked about doing," Killers frontman Brandon Flowers told NME.com, adding that the band plans to f …
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June 13, 2009 – This week, Jay-Z unleashed a new song, "D.O.A.," from his upcoming release, Blueprint 3 -- while the Killers premiered the epic video for Day and Age cut "A Dustland Fairytale."U2's Bono and the Edge talked about their involvement in the much-anticipated Spider-Man musical, while Blink-182 revealed details about their new material for this summer's reunion tour.
All these stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, editor's blo …
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