Brandon Flowers (born June 21, 1981), who is the American frontman, keyboardist and primary lyricist of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers, served as a bellhop at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino In Las Vegas.
His gravelly voice and rugged looks enhanced his appeal in that very stylistic genre, and provided him many roles as cop (The Narrow Margin (1952), Armored Car Robbery (1950)) or gunman (The Killers).
Fandango has promoted many then up-and-coming bands such as The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Keane, Death Cab For Cutie, Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, Razorlight, and The Polyphonic Spree.
Critics have often compared their sound to the likes of Bloc Party, Friendly Fires, The Killers, Minus The Bear and Phoenix.
JigGsaw's second CD was a self-titled EP mastered by Brian Gardner (My Chemical Romance, The Killers, Green Day); released in 2007 without a label.
The band's general line-up is extensive, including members of Keane, Noah & The Whale, The Killers, The Long Winters, The Staves and Mumford & Sons.
Brandon Flowers, of The Killers lived in Nephi from age 8 until his junior year in Juab High School.
Nergaard has written 9 new songs for Unclouded and has two covers on this album: "Human" by The Killers and "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress."
Dave Chappelle performed comedy on June 2, 2004, while The Killers played at The Thunderdome on April 6, 2007 and the Harlem Globetrotters played an exhibition game on February 15, 2007.
In later years, Vince often relinquished his comedy image and was seen in innumerable small roles, often as careworn little men, undertakers, janitors, bartenders and drunks in pictures ranging from films noir (The Killers, 1946) to westerns (Springfield Rifle, 1952).
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In the last few years it has hosted major international acts including the likes of blink-182, Rihanna, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, The Killers, Hey Ocean, Katy Perry and Paramore, as well as comedians as Frankie Boyle, Ricky Tomlinson and Peter Kay.
Male masochism, a key element in many of the films, especially film noirs like Criss Cross, The Killers, Gilda, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and more modern explorations like Lolita and Cronenberg's M. Butterfly, earns its own chapter.
Since then, Ivyrise has worked with alternative rock producer Alan Moulder, famed for his work with The Killers, Nine Inch Nails and Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins, A lead singer Jason Perry, as well as French producers Yves Jaget and Mickael Laguierri.
The format shifted to modern rock in early 2003 adding hard rock acts like System of a Down but also keeping bands like Coldplay from its old format and also playing 90s alternative bands like Green Day and Bush as well as modern bands like The White Stripes and later Modest Mouse and The Killers which were not heard on other local stations.
"The Killers" (キラーズ, kirāzu) is an independent short story which is a parody of Ernest Hemingway's classic "The Killers".
"Mr. Brightside" off The Killers' multi platinum selling album Hot Fuss, was recorded in just a few hours and mixed by Needham on a 12-channel Neve in about 40 minutes.
During the Summer the park holds many concerts and events, some of the more popular artists have been : Foo Fighters, Green Day, Muse, The Killers, Westlife, Van Morrison, Sting, David Gray, Meat Loaf, UB40, The Waterboys, R.E.M., Oasis, Coldplay, The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Underworld, Metallica and many others.
The band regularly toured the UK and, in addition to headlining, they have toured with Razorlight, Bloc Party, The Dears, Delays, Hope of the States, The Killers and The Futureheads.
Absolutepunk.net raved about the album, saying that it's "Packed full of vivid imagery and storytelling that resembles "Born to Run"/"Darkness on the Edge of Town"-era Springsteen, "The '59 Sound" is an impeccable work of punk-rock art where each listen offers something new, never taking any hint of imagination or personal effect away from the listener; this is the album The Killers wanted to make with "Sam's Town" but were unsuccessful at."
The Quietus has featured exclusive interviews with Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock, The Clash's Mick Jones, The Smiths' Johnny Marr, The The's Matt Johnson, Oasis's Noel Gallagher, New Order's Peter Hook, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, The Killers' Brandon Flowers, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Andy McCluskey, and La Roux's Elly Jackson, among others.
Tommy attended Chaparral High School in Las Vegas where he met the future bass player for The Killers, Mark Stoermer in jazz band.
The 2007 Virgin Festival Afterparty hosted at UKULA featured appearances by The Cinematics, Metric, Smashing Pumpkins and The Killers.
On the 23rd and 24 August 2011, Ward Park hosted the Tennents Vital festival, featuring acts such as Eminem, Ellie Goulding, The Script, Jimmy Eat World, D12 and The Killers.