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Oasis, the Killers, and Kaiser Chiefs are to cover songs from the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to mark the 40th anniversary of the classic album's release.
The original album was released on June 1, 1967, and to mark the event the big names will all be covering tracks from the record for a BBC2 special to be aired in the U.K. on June 2.
Razorlight, James Morrison, the Fratellis, and Travis are among the other acts taking part.
The BBC reports that Geoff Emerick, the engineer in charge of the original sessions, will...
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Posted by
leonard 1 year 10 months ago
i think this is their best video ever.
I love Brandon's little dance!
Brandon Flowers has criticised Green Day for what he sees as their calculated anti-Americanism.
In particular, Flowers singled out the track 'American Idiot' and the fact they filmed their DVD 'Bullet In A Bible', which features the song, in the UK.
"You have Green Day and 'American Idiot'. Where do they film their DVD? In England," The Killers' frontman told The Word. "A bunch of kids screaming 'I don't want to be an American idiot' I saw it as a very negative thing towards Americans. It really lit a fire in me."
Explaining he was...
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Posted by
david 2 years 2 months ago
Killers singer Brandon Flowers has apologized to rival bands he has bad-mouthed and vows to keep his mouth shut for now on. The American rocker landed in trouble after attacking the 'Emo' pop punk movement, and warning it will sweep the nation and change the teenage generation forever.
Bands he targeted, including Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy, reacted angrily and Flowers accepts he was wrong to speak out. He says, "I'd like to take it all back. These people are just doing what they want to do, just like I am.
"I'm actually a nice...
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There was much pomp and circumstance surrounding the worldwide debut of the Killers' Sam's Town on Monday evening.
From the neo-industrial venue (the epically named New World Stages) to the mock playbill packed with lyrics; from the moody, Anton Corbijn-shot black-and-white photographs adorning the walls to the guest list — which included Island Def Jam head honchos Jay-Z and L.A. Reid — it was all clearly a big to-do. But the surrounding hubbub paled in comparison to the music itself, which was, to coin a phrase, incredibly...
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The Killers have revealed details of their upcoming second album, which is out this Autumn.
'Sam's Town' will be the follow-up to the breakthrough album 'Hot Fuss' and will be released in the UK on October 2nd.
The first single to be taken from the Las Vegas bands new album will be 'When You Were Young' and is set for release on September 18th.
New tracks expected to be ready for the eagerly awaited album include the title track 'Sam's Town', 'Read My Mind', 'Bones', 'Uncle Johnny Did Cocaine' as well as the first single. The track...
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