The Killers will return Down Under for a November/December tour to celebrate 20 years since they blasted onto the music scene.
Formed in 2001 by frontman Brandon Flowers and pianist Dave Keuning, the honorary Aussie rock band smashed ARIA charts with their debut album Hot Fuss.
Now the Mr Brightside hitmakers have returned to Australia to celebrate the 2004 track’s 20th anniversary after announcing their Las Vegas residency in January.
It will be the band’s first time Down Under since their A Day On The Green debut in 2022, and they’ve prepared two very special types of shows.
Kicking off in Townsville, The Killers will perform their concert Rebel Diamonds, featuring back-to-back chart toppers, for much of their tour.
However, Sydney and Melbourne will receive an exclusive second concert called Hot Fuss which will be a dedicated performance to their first hit album in its entirety.
The Killers first Rebel Diamonds concert will be in Townsville on Saturday, November 30 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.
They will then jet off to Sydney where they will perform Rebel Diamonds on Friday, December 6 and Hot Fuss on Saturday, December 7 at Qudos Bank Arena.
The Killers will return Down Under for a November/December tour to celebrate 20 years since they blasted onto the music scene. Pictured: Frontman Brandon Flowers
Queensland will see them return on Monday, December 9 to perform their main concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
Melbourne will round out the tour with a Rebel Diamonds performance on Thursday, December 12 and Hot Fuss on Friday, December 13 at the Rod Laver Arena.
Tickets for all shows will go on sale on September 12 at 4pm local time, with Frontier members receiving an exclusive presale on September 10, 3pm local time.
No strangers to our shores, The Killers have been firmly adopted as favourite sons of Australia, even performing a universally acclaimed set at the AFL Grand Final in 2017.
They most recently released new single Bright Lights, a track lauded by Rolling Stone as ‘anthemic’ and by NME as ‘euphoric’.
Formed in 2001 by frontman Brandon Flowers and pianist Dave Keuning, the honorary Aussie rock band smashed ARIA charts with their debut album Hot Fuss
The band have been performing the new single at their Hot Fuss sold out residency in their hometown of Las Vegas this past month to widespread accolades.
The Killers – comprised of Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci Jr. and Mark Stoermer – announced their eight-show residency in January.
The chart toppers took to the stage at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace in August and played every track from the 2004 Hot Fuss album.
‘It’s good to be home. Join the 4 of us for 8 shows at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace in August as we celebrate 20 years of Hot Fuss,’ they wrote on social media.
Now the Mr Brightside hitmakers have returned to Australia to celebrate the 2004 track’s 20th anniversary after announcing their Las Vegas residency in January. Pictured: Band members Dave Keuning, Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vannucci Jr. and Mark Stoermer
Hot Fuss propelled the band to superstardom and has sold more than seven million copies worldwide, reaching number seven on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and topping the charts in the UK.
It spawned four commercially and critically successful singles: Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I’ve Done and Smile Like You Mean It.
The album and its first three singles went on to garner five Grammy Award nominations.
2003 single Mr Brightside peaked at number 10 in both the United States and the United Kingdom and is The Killers’ most successful single.
The Killers will perform their concert Rebel Diamonds, featuring back-to-back chart toppers, for much of their tour, but Sydney and Melbourne will receive an exclusive second concert called Hot Fuss which will be a dedicated performance to their first hit album in its entirety
The song recently reached rare Diamond status, marking 10million sales in the United States.
In 2010 Rolling Stone listed Mr. Brightside as the 48th-best song of the 21st century, and in 2021, it was ranked number 378 in the magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
The Killers are considered one of the biggest rock bands of the 21st century, selling more than 28 million records worldwide, including 10.8 million in the US alone.
The band has received seven Grammy nominations, won two Brit Awards and headlined Glastonbury and Madison Square Garden.
The Killers formed in 2001. After going through a number of short-term bass players and drummers in their early days, both Mark Stoermer (bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums, percussion) joined the band in 2002.
The Killers most recently released new single Bright Lights, a track lauded by Rolling Stone as ‘anthemic’ and by NME as ‘euphoric’
