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MUSIC
 The
Killers Tour South Africa
Venue: Val De Vie Wine and Polo
Estate, R301, Paarl.
Tel: 083 915 8000.
Time: -
Price: R272 – R529
Performances: 6 Dec 2009
Genre: Alternative Rock
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Multi-Award Winning, alternative rock band, The Killers will
be touring South Africa for the first time this December.
Formed in Las Vegas in 2002 the band is Brandon Flowers,
David Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci and Mark Stoermer. Flowers first met
guitarist Keuning while perusing the classifieds for fellow musicians.
When Dave’s ad mentioned The Beatles and Oasis, Flowers knew he was one
the right track. They claimed the name The Killers (taken from the bass
drum of a fictional band in a New Order video) and then recruited Vannucci
and Stoermer.
Their debut album release ‘Hot Fuss’ catapulted them onto
the global stage upon its 2004 release going four times Platinum and
spawning hit singles such as ‘Mr Brightside’, All These Things That I’ve
done’ and ‘Somebody Told Me’. The band toured extensively for two years
straight, performing over 400 shows and eventually returning to Vegas to
work on their second album ‘Sams Town’ (2006) - a love letter of sorts to
their hometown.
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The Killers released their third album in 2008 entitled ‘Day
& Age’, which experimented with different sounds from their previous
releases. The hit single ‘Human’ was inspired by writings of Hunter S.
Thompson. The song also had some help from producer Stuart Price (aka
Jacques Lu Cont) known for his work with Madonna and Missy Elliot. Other
singles include ‘Spaceman’, a glam rock number whose lyrics reference
alien abduction and ‘I Can’t Stay’ a more tropical sound with saxophone
and steel drums and as Flowers puts it ‘ this could be the most perfect
pop song we have ever written’.
Besides the incredible sales figures, The Killers have
received seven nods from The Grammy’s and won a variety of MTV, BRIT and
NME Awards. They have headlined some of the biggest festivals in the world
including Glastonbury, Reading/Leeds and Pukkelpop, and have sold out
prestigious venues such as Madison Square Garden in New York.
Fans in South Africa will be able to see some of The Killers
biggest hits live including Mr Brightside, Somebody told me, Bones, When
We Were Young, Read My Mind and Human.
TOUR ITINERARY
Johannesburg
Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th December 2009
Coca-Cola Dome Johannesburg
Tickets from R269 – R526 (incl. service charges)
Cape Town
Sunday 6th December 2009
Val Di Vie Polo Estate Cape Town
Tickets from R269 – R526 (incl. service charges)
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