Monday, 25 February 2013

Are we human. Or are we dancer?

Brandon Flowers certainly proved he is both with part two of a gig that was first scheduled in November but ended abruptly four songs in with a loss of voice and a little strop at having been made to face the public.

Last time round Mr Flowers seemed to know the show wouldn't be going on and opened up with the ever popular Mr Brightside. This time round it was saved until the end and didn't fail to disappoint. Brandon was certainly back on form and loving every minute of bouncing round the stage to a set full of crowd pleasing hits.

This is a band that knows exactly what their hits are and how to use them to get the best out of the crowd. They know what is popular and so threw out a set that didn't include the obligatory toilet-break-album-tracks, keeping everyone on their toes patiently waiting to hear "their favourite" song.

The set list was as follows: 
Sams Town
Enterlude
When we were young
Smile like you mean it
Spaceman 
Bling
Shadowplay (Joy Division cover)
Miss atomic bomb
Human
Somebody told me
Reasons unknown
From here on out
Dustland fairytale
There is a light that never goes out (the smiths cover)
Read my mind
Runaways 
All the things
Jenny was a friend of mine
Mr Brightside

For a band that claims to have a heavy Manchester influence in their history by covering Joy Division and The Smiths they often lean more towards Pet Shop Boys with the electro-synth sounds of Brandon's keyboard. 

Having formed in Las Vegas in 2011, there's no secret that the band have had major issues and differences within them and it always seems brandon spends most of his time grovelling to guitarist dave whilst on stage. It's like watching the geeky kid trying to be best friends with the cool kids at school. But it's also quite endearing as you see there's still a self conscious young man hiding behind the "front man" persona.

All in all The Killers are a fun band with fun songs. They bring you into their world with story-telling, sometimes biographical songs, the way a good band should do. 

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