NEWS: THE KILLERS announce new compilation album and additional 2024 tour dates with special guests TRAVIS
Credit - Chris Phelps
Ahead of the release of their brand new compilation album, Rebel Diamonds, tomorrow (8th December), The Killers have added four extra dates in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow and London to their celebratory 2024 tour due to exceptional demand during early ticket pre-sales. The band have also announced that special guests Travis will perform across the tour.
The Rebel Diamonds Tour - which goes on sale at 09:30 tomorrow, will celebrate the band’s 20 years of hits in a series of arena shows, now including four nights each at Manchester’s Co-Op Live and London’s The O2.
The upcoming dates are the first time The Killers have played arena shows in the UK since 2017’s Wonderful Wonderful tour, and follow the band’s most recent stadium tour, which saw them play to 400,000 fans at sold out shows including two euphoric nights at London’s Emirates Stadium in June 2022, and last year’s standout headline shows at Reading & Leeds Festivals.
The Killers will be joined by special guests Travis for the dates, which run as follows:
Wednesday 12th June DUBLIN, 3Arena **NEW DATE JUST ADDED**
Friday 14th DUBLIN, 3Arena
Saturday 15th DUBLIN, 3Arena
Tuesday 18th MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
Wednesday 19th MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
Friday 21st MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
Saturday 22nd MANCHESTER Co-Op Live **NEW DATE JUST ADDED**
Tuesday 25th GLASGOW, Ovo Hydro
Wednesday 26th GLASGOW, Ovo Hydro
Thursday 27th GLASGOW, Ovo Hydro **NEW DATE JUST ADDED**
Thursday 4th July LONDON, The O2
Friday 5th LONDON, The O2
Sunday 7th LONDON, The O2
Monday 8th LONDON, The O2 **NEW DATE JUST ADDED**
Tickets for the Rebel Diamonds Tour go on sale at 09:30 on Friday 8th December, from www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.gigsandtours.com, coinciding with the release of Rebel Diamonds.
Rebel Diamonds is an album of highlights featuring 20 tracks, including the modern day classics “Mr. Brightside,” “When You Were Young,” “All These Things That I’ve Done,” “Human,” “Read My Mind”, “The Man” and more, through to the band’s most recently released, critically-lauded single, “Your Side of Town,” and one brand new anthem, “Spirit”.
Rebel Diamonds is a curated dive into an impressive catalogue of songwriting and musicianship - one that has solidified the band as one of the most important voices in rock ‘n’ roll over the last two decades. The album features at least one song from each of the band’s seven studio albums. From the groundbreaking debut Hot Fuss, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, to the band’s latest full length LP, 2021’s Pressure Machine, Rebel Diamonds showcases the group’s versatility and staying power across the ever-changing alternative music landscape. The collection is made up of songs that embody who The Killers are as a band, additionally including some favourites of theirs that have resonated over the years - tracks like “Be Still,” from 2012’s album Battle Born or “Dying Breed” from 2020’s album Imploding The Mirage or “A Dustland Fairytale” from 2008’s Day & Age, which the band recently re-recorded and performed with Bruce Springsteen.
“See it’s been said that what’s remembered lives,” reflects lead singer Brandon Flowers in the preview video for the record HERE, “and we’ve racked up stadiums full of memories the past twenty years, enough to fill lifetimes. Twenty songs for twenty years – Rebel Diamonds.”
The Killers are Brandon Flowers (vocals), Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums), Dave Keuning (guitar), and Mark Stoermer (bass).
Rebel Diamonds tracklisting:
1. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
2. Mr. Brightside
3. All These Things That I’ve Done
4. Somebody Told Me
5. When You Were Young
6. Read My Mind
7. Human
8. Spaceman
9. A Dustland Fairytale
10. Be Still
11. Runaways
12. The Man
13. Caution
14. My Own Soul’s Warning
15. Dying Breed
16. Pressure Machine
17. Quiet Town
18. boy
19. Your Side of Town
20. Spirit
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