Brandon and Dave attend Toronto Raptors vs. New Jersey Nets Game - May 4, 2007 , Thanks Leanne ^^

cool pics of them at the basketball game! Looks like they were having a great time.

OMG you were clooose :stunned:

 

Dammit I can only see them in a Festival..I'll probably be at least 100m far :(

 

 

 

yes I was! :D On the rail right in front of Dave. Only a few feet from the stage.

 

Being a diehard U2 Fan. I gotta have the rail and nothing else.;) Or as my fellow u2 nut and friend Julie says: "We are the rail 'ho's".:laugh3:

LOL I know what you mean..being a U2 nut myself I had the rail on their concert...but you know, even if I get it on a Festival the stage is always a bit far away..well better than nothing ;)

LOL I know what you mean..being a U2 nut myself I had the rail on their concert...but you know, even if I get it on a Festival the stage is always a bit far away..well better than nothing ;)

 

 

well good luck with that! Being at a festival is brutal! I went to a couple recently in the last few years. I have been to Coachellla twice. And went to Virgin Festival last year in Baltimore. I haven't decided yet if I am going to Virgin Festival again this year. It's like 98 bucks for a one day ticket. And frankly there aren't as many good bands as last year. I only am interested in The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys so not sure if its worth the money as opposed to last year when there were way more great bands playing. The Killers were there last year along with The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, Wolfmother, RHCP and The Who just to name a few.

 

Get a good zoom on ur camera if you can. I think i have a 10x optical zoom or something like that.

Killers take a Vegas route in concert

 

Question: How can you tell a rock band is from Las Vegas?

 

Answer: They can turn into a lounge band at the drop of a hat (a Fedora is recommended).

 

That was the case of the Killers, the Nevada foursome that played a near-capacity Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates Thursday. Four songs into their 90-minute, 20-song set, lead singer Brandon Flowers launched into “My Kind of Town,” the Sinatra standard that not just toasts the city (well, area) Flowers was currently playing, but also provided him the opportunity to sing the word “razzmatazz.” Flowers came through, singing the song in its entirety and with sincerity. Chicago, he said later, was the first song the Killers played outside their hometown.

 

The Killers are apparently very adept at shifting roles. “Sam’s Town” (Island), the band’s second and most recent album, is positioned to be their U2 moment. It followed “Hot Fuss” (Island), a platinum-selling dance pop debut so likable, it became a phenomenon, cross-pollinating audiences, from frat boys to dancing queens.

 

Yet Flowers and crew knew career longevity meant making serious statements. In pop music terms that means taking cues from U2. “Sam’s Town” is the result — an album produced by U2’s producers and packaged with black-and-white shots of the band taken by U2’s photographer. With some Joshua Trees in the background in case someone will miss the point.

 

In concert, the new songs did not share the same sense of paranoia and fun as the old. Flowers, who has since abandoned the manliner and tailored suits in favor of fitted vest, boots and string tie more fit for a Western saloon, has claimed full ownership of being a frontman, leaving synthesizer duties — the main thrust of this band — to faceless auxiliary players. Creating a holy frenzy similar to the Arcade Fire and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, bands that rose up in the Killers’ wake, he bounced his jittery frame across the stage. Songs that tried for deep resonance (“This River is Wild,” “Read My Mind”) ended up sounding more like they were standing in the shadows of Coldplay or U2 or any other band that could pull off self-confessing, soul-purging much better. Subtlety is not a strongpoint of the Killers, they sounded more at home sticking with the flag-waving basics: Choppy guitar riffs, clattering beats and the dark romance of synthesizers.

 

And, as this being the ultimate Vegas act, confetti flowed freely all night. Early club hits like “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me” were automatic winners, songs so perfectly crafted, all the band had to do was to sit inside let them take them to the finish. The Killers demonstrated their true roots during a brief cover session at the encore. Accompanied by just a synthesizer and distorted guitar, Flowers made Frankie Valli’s bobbysoxer staple “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” less of a teenage pledge of fidelity and more of a lonely plea for attention. That bridged to the hard mechanical beats of Joy Division’s “Shadowplay,” demonstrating one more time that love is not just hard, the sound of it is harder.

 

http://www.dailyherald.com/story.asp?id=311943

I'm most likely going to see them in Dallas in September, I can't wait. :)

they are coming here in november :dance:

^you're so lucky, Lore!!!

 

*sulks in the corner*

Yay..just three days 'till I see them in Budapest :juggle::dance:

 

this time sun is gonna shine :sunny:

And rail it was...that was one of the best concerts I've ever been to...it completely blew me away (and my harms are wearing the signs :sick:), Brandon couldn't stand still for one second, he kept going around the stage and mounting over everything :laugh3:

I didn't realise how many people there were 'till I saw the pic a friend of mine took :stunned:

 

to add something that made these three days even better, we met the full band or some of them three times: talked a bit with Dave outside their hotel (but that was so unexpected to us that we forgot to ask him for any pic or sign LOL) and saw the other coming out, unfortunately in a rush to take a taxi, found Mark going around Budapest city center in the evening with other people from their crew (all so nice with us), had a pic with him and our t-shirt signed, and when we passed in front of their hotel on our way to the center on the last day, we found out they were leaving to the airport (apart from Ronnie who had already gone)...so this time it was Brandon's turn to be asked for a pic (poor him, he seemed sooooo sleepy, we didn't even want to bother him, so sweet of him :nice:)

 

I don't even know if someone is interested in what I'm writing, this topic is not really lively, but I'm still overexcited and had to do it =)

I saw them like 2 months ago in Spain along with Kasabian and Smashing Pumpkins. Just one word: AMAZING :crown:

^wow! I really ENVY you for that!:o kasabian, the killers and smashing pumpkins all at once!!!!

^wow! I really ENVY you for that!:o kasabian, the killers and smashing pumpkins all at once!!!!

 

Yups ^_^ it was crowded with drunken people, though =P Kasabian played first (the singer is too funny :P), then The Killers, who, as I've said before, were amazing...I had never sung so loud before. Brandon = Sexy. Haha. The last to play were Smashing Pumpkins....they were good, too, but truth be told, no one like The Killers :) Plus there were these guys wearing t-shirts that said "The Victims"...really witty =P

Yups ^_^ it was crowded with drunken people, though =P Kasabian played first (the singer is too funny :P), then The Killers, who, as I've said before, were amazing...I had never sung so loud before. Brandon = Sexy. Haha. The last to play were Smashing Pumpkins....they were good, too, but truth be told, no one like The Killers :) Plus there were these guys wearing t-shirts that said "The Victims"...really witty =P

 

=P....aaaw I have a crush on the singer of Kasabian so now that I hear you telling me he´s also funny:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

anyway I hope I am gonna see The killers one day too!:)

=P....aaaw I have a crush on the singer of Kasabian so now that I hear you telling me he´s also funny:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

anyway I hope I am gonna see The killers one day too!:)

 

Hahaha, really? I went to the concert without knowing him. I had just listened to them, never looked for pics =P then when they came onstage I was like "Bahaha...he's...CUTE! :rolleyes:" He drank beer during all the performance, so perhaps he was funny 'cause he was drunk? :P I like him anyways.

 

Yeah, you MUST see The Killers!

Hahaha, really? I went to the concert without knowing him. I had just listened to them, never looked for pics =P then when they came onstage I was like "Bahaha...he's...CUTE! :rolleyes:" He drank beer during all the performance, so perhaps he was funny 'cause he was drunk? :P I like him anyways.

 

Yeah, you MUST see The Killers!

 

lol....well ok...who cares the important thing is that he was actually funny so:PP

lol....well ok...who cares the important thing is that he was actually funny so:PP

As far as anyone knows, drunk Brandon is the only Brandon that actually talks a lot on stage. Heh.

 

They're gonna be here in less than a month, but I may not make it on account of a speeding ticket I got. Boo. (I'm also missing Arctic Monkeys here, three days later. Same thing. Go me.)

As far as anyone knows, drunk Brandon is the only Brandon that actually talks a lot on stage. Heh.

 

They're gonna be here in less than a month, but I may not make it on account of a speeding ticket I got. Boo. (I'm also missing Arctic Monkeys here, three days later. Same thing. Go me.)

 

ah really?:lol::lol:

 

aaw I am sorry!..I also had the chance to see Arctic monkeys but I had to choose between them and Placebo and I went for placebo:p

ah really?:lol::lol:

 

aaw I am sorry!..I also had the chance to see Arctic monkeys but I had to choose between them and Placebo and I went for placebo:p

Well, I might be able to do one or the other, bsed on a) money, b)who wants to go. I already have a friend from a Killers' forum who's gonna be at the Columbus show, but I really wanna see Artics...ergh.

 

Also, I had "Indie Rock and Roll" stuck in my head all day. I absolutely lurve that song.

Also, I had "Indie Rock and Roll" stuck in my head all day. I absolutely lurve that song.

Aww me too..I wish they played it at the Festival, but I really couldn't ask for more :wacky: :heart:

*bump*

 

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Panicator you have the cutest sig :nice:

 

Uh, I'm adding some pics I made at the concert

 

The setting up of the stage

 

the audience behind us :stunned:

 

Bones (I know it's blurry but I just LOVE it)....ohhhhhh *sighs*

 

My new desktop

 

 

 

For reasons unknown, Brandon playing the bass

 

 

The setlist

 

I can't stop thinking about it...it seems too unreal, especially after the nightmare after the storm in Venice :curtain:

nice pics!

great pics :)