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The Killers announce extra dates and huge support act for 2024 UK and Ireland arena tour

The band have added four extra dates in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow and London

The Killers have announced a handful of extra dates and their opening support act for their ‘ Rebel Diamonds ‘ greatest hits UK and Ireland arena tour.

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Ahead of the release of their ‘best of’ album, ‘Rebel Diamonds’, 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.

Brandon Flowers and Co. have also shared that the Glaswegian band Travis will be serving as opening support for the tour.

The ‘Rebel Diamonds’ tour will mark the first time The Killers play arena shows in the UK since 2017’s ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ tour, and will see their return after the band’s most recent stadium tour, which saw them play to 400,000 fans at sold-out shows, and their acclaimed headline appearances at Reading & Leeds 2022 .

Tickets for the tour are set to go on sale tomorrow, December 8 at 9:30am local time. Visit here for tickets and check out the updated list of dates below.

The Killers 2024 ‘Rebel Diamonds’ UK and Ireland tour dates are: 

JUNE  12 – Dublin, 3Arena **NEW DATE JUST ADDED** 14 – Dublin, 3Arena 15 – Dublin, 3Arena  18 – Manchester, Co-Op Live 19 – Manchester, Co-Op Live 21 – Manchester, Co-Op Live 22 – Manchester, Co-Op Live **NEW DATE JUST ADDED** 25 – Glasgow, Ovo Hydro 26 – Glasgow, Ovo Hydro 27 – Glasgow, Ovo Hydro   **NEW DATE JUST ADDED** JULY 4 – London, The O2 5 – London, The O2 7 – London, The O2 8 – London, The O2 **NEW DATE JUST ADDED**

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The tour and will celebrate the band’s entire discography from from their seminal debut, ‘ Hot Fuss ‘ (2004), through to ‘Sam’s Town’ (2006), ‘ Day and Age ‘ (2008) ‘ Battle Born ‘ (2012), ‘ Don’t Waste Your Wishes ‘ (2016), ‘ Wonderful Wonderful ‘ (2017), the five-star ‘ Imploding The Mirage ‘ (2020) and their most recent effort, ‘ Pressure Machine ‘ (2021).

In other recent news, ‘Mr Brightside’ was the  UK’s most streamed song in Spotify history .

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American rock band, The Killer have today announced a headline show at The O2 as part “Rebel Diamonds” tour, taking place July 2024 celebrating the band’s 20 years of hits.

The new dates are the first time The Killers have played arena shows in the UK since 2017’s Wonderful Wonderful tour.

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).

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The Killers announce 2024 ‘Rebel Diamonds’ UK arena tour

The gigs will celebrate the band's upcoming greatest hits album..

By Will Richards

The Killers are releasing new greatest hits album Rebel Diamonds next week, and are set to celebrate the release on a 2024 UK and Ireland arena tour.

Rebel Diamonds lands on December 8 and features 20 of their biggest hits from their first two decades as a band.

Next June, they will hit the road in the UK and Ireland to celebrate the release of the new album, beginning in Dublin and finishing with three shows at The O2 in London.

Tickets for the Rebel Diamonds tour go on sale at 9.30am GMT on Friday, December 8. You will be able to buy yours here .

See the full list of tour dates below.

JUNE 2024 14 – Dublin, 3Arena 15 – Dublin, 3Arena 18 – Manchester, Co-Op Live 19 – Manchester, Co-Op Live 21 – Manchester, Co-Op Live 25 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 26 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro JULY 2024 4 – London, The O2 5 – London, The O2 7 – London, The O2

It's only right that we give first dibs to the land that gave us our first big shot at doing what we do! Thank you and without further ado, here we go… Tickets for our UK/Ireland tour go on general sale at 9:30am GMT Friday, 8th December. Gain access to an exclusive presale… pic.twitter.com/7k9nf3IweY — The Killers (@thekillers) December 1, 2023

Alongside new song ‘Spirit’, The Killers’ new greatest hits album celebrates tracks from across their career, from 2004 debut Hot Fuss to Battle Born (2012), Wonderful Wonderful (2017) and their most recent records, Imploding The Mirage (2020) and Pressure Machine (2021).

See the tracklist below.

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. Runaways 11. Be Still 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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The Killers have announced a Greatest Hits tour for 2024.

The Las Vegas rockers will celebrate 20 years since the release of their Hot Fuss album and the release of their new Greatest Hits compilation, Rebel Diamonds , with UK and Ireland dates in June and July next year.

The band posted on X (formerly Twitter): "It's only right that we give first dibs to the land that gave us our first big shot at doing what we do!"

Now the band have added additional shows.

The epic dates will now include four nights at Manchester Co-op Live, three shows at Glasgow's OVO Hydro and six dates at The O2, London. The band will also now stop off at Dublin's 3Arena for three nights.

Travis have also been confirmed as special guests, joining them on all their shows.

Find out everything you need to know about the dates and how to buy tickets.

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The Killers' 2024 Greatest Hits UK and Ireland tour dates:

• 12th June 2024: Dublin 3 Arena - EXTRA DATE ADDED
• 14th June 2024 Dublin 3 Arena
• 15th June 2024 Dublin 3 Arena
• 18th June 2024: Manchester Co-op Live
• 19th June 2024: Manchester Co-op Live
• 21st June 2024: Manchester Co-op Live
• 22nd June 2024: Manchester - EXTRA DATE ADDED
• 25th June 2024: Glasgow OVO Hydro
• 26th June 2024: Glasgow OVO Hydro
• 27th June 2024 Glasgow OVO Hydro - EXTRA DATE ADDED
• 4th July 2024: The O2, London
• 5th July 2024: The O2, London
• 7th July 2024: The O2, London
• 8th July 2024: The O2 London  - EXTRA DATE ADDED
• 10th July 2024: The O2 London  - EXTRA DATE ADDED
• 11th July 2024: The O2 London  - EXTRA DATE ADDED

How to buy tickets to The Killers' 2024 UK tour dates:

• Tickets for the latest dates go on sale from Friday 15th December at 9.30am via www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.gigsandtours.com .
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Meanwhile, The Killers' Greatest Hits album, Rebel Diamonds is released on 8th December.

The celebratory collection includes 20 tracks and brings together classic Killers songs, such as Jenny Was A friend of Mine , Mr. Brightside and When You Were Young alongside their more recent works, The Man , My Own Soul's Warning , and their synth-laden Boy single. The album also includes new track, Spirit.

Let us introduce you to Rebel Diamonds. Out December 8th. pic.twitter.com/7HoGfDKHOx — The Killers (@thekillers) November 7, 2023

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

8. Spaceman

9. A Dustland Fairytale

10. Runaways

11. Be Still

12. The Man

13. Caution

14. My Own Soul’s Warning

15. Dying Breed

16. Pressure Machine

17. Quiet Town

19. Your Side of Town

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The Killers have confirmed a short run of UK and Ireland tour dates to complement their headline slots at Reading & Leeds 2023 .

After topping the bill at the twin festivals next August, the Las Vegas-conceived band will head to Scotland, where there will hold their first-ever show in Edinburgh. The group will headline the Royal Highland Centre Showgrounds on August 29.

In September, The Killers will continue the brief tour at Belfast’s Boucher Road Playing Fields before heading to Stradbally to headline the 2023 edition of Electric Picnic.

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Tickets for the Edinburgh and Belfast shows will both go on sale at 9am GMT on Monday (December 12). Edinburgh tickets will be available to purchase here , while Belfast tickets will go on sale here .

The short tour follows the band’s massive, sold-out stadium tour this summer , which saw The Killers play to 400,000 fans at shows, including two euphoric nights at London’s Emirates Stadium.

The new dates are the latest to be added to what looks set to be a busy schedule for The Killers next summer. Previously, the band were confirmed to be performing at Atlanta, GA’s Shaky Knees festival alongside Muse and The Lumineers.

Meanwhile, the group’s latest album, Pressure Machine , was released in 2021 and was followed up by the standalone single “boy” in August. Written before the songs that made up Pressure Machine , the themes explored in “boy” helped lead frontman and principal songwriter Brandon Flowers to the subjects that would eventually be the focus of that record.

“This was the first song written after we had to cancel the  Imploding The Mirage  tour due to the pandemic,” Flowers explained in a press release at the time. “I had recently moved back to Utah and started to make trips to Nephi, where I grew up. I found that the place I had wanted to get away from so desperately at 16 was now a place that I couldn’t stop returning to.

“I have a son approaching the age I was at that time in my life. With ‘boy’, I want to reach out and tell myself – and my sons – to not overthink it. And to look for the ‘white arrows’ in their lives. For me now, white arrows are my wife, children, my songs and the stage.”

Buy or stream “Boy.” View The Killers’ tour itinerary below.

Aug 26 – Reading, UK – Reading Festival Aug 27 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival Aug 29 – Edinburgh, UK – Royal Highland Centre Showgrounds Sep 1 – Belfast, UK – Boucher Road Playing Fields Sep 3 – Stradbally, IE – Electric Picnic Festival

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How to get tickets for The Killers’ 2024 UK tour, including price and pre-sale information

The band will be celebrating 20 years of hits

‘Mr Brightside’ by The Killers is a bonafide British classic. Sure, The Killers aren’t British, but it’s a fresher's week anthem, wedding crowd-pleaser and pub belter all rolled into one. That song unites all generations from all walks of life, almost as though its lyrics are implanted in our brains from birth. In fact, it has spent a total of 382 weeks (nearly seven years) on and off in the UK charts. 

Always wanted to see ‘Mr Brightside’ in the flesh? Now’s your chance. The American band has announced a bunch of live UK shows to celebrate their latest album ‘Rebel Diamonds’, which a compilation of all of their greatest hits from the last two decades including ‘Mr. Brightside’ (obviously), ‘Jenny Was a Friend of Mine’ and ‘When We Were Young’. 

Here's how you can secure a chance to belt out ‘it was only a kiss’ with The Killers themselves. 

When are The Killers going on a UK tour in 2024?

The band will be hitting arenas in London , Glasgow and Manchester in June and July 2024, with extra dates in all three cities added as of today (December 8).

When do tickets go on sale for their Rebel Diamonds tour? 

General sale kicked off at 9:30am on Friday, December 8. 

How can I register for tickets? 

No need! Just make sure you’ve got your finger on the trigger bright and early on Friday morning. 

How much do tickets cost for The Killers tour? 

They aren’t cheap, let’s put it that way. Standing tickets for this Killers tour apparently start from £102, while seated tickets can range from £52.50 to £129.50. Not quite Madonna levels of expensive , but still pretty spenny. 

Can I go VIP?

Yep, you can do that through the official hospitality partner,   Seat Unique .   Packages get you things like premium seats, arrival via the hospitality entrance, premium dining options and other cool things.   Find out more here .

Any presale details to be aware of? 

Presale tickets went live on Ticketmaster on Wednesday, December 6 at 9:30am but were only available to fans who preordered ‘Rebel Diamonds’ from the band’s website . 

What UK dates have been confirmed for The Killers tour?

June 18: Co-Op Live, Manchester

June 19: Co-Op Live, Manchester

June 21: Co-Op Live, Manchester

June 22: Co-Op Live, Manchester (new date)

June 25: Ovo Hydro, Glasgow

June 26: Ovo Hydro, Glasgow

June 27: Ovo Hydro, Glasgow (new date)

July 4: The O2, London

July 5: The O2, London

July 7: The O2, London

July 8: The O2, London (new date)

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Since the release of their 2004 debut, Hot Fuss, with its now-classic breakthrough singles Mr Brightside and Somebody Told Me, Las Vegas’ The Killers have gone on to sell 28 million albums, win countless Grammy, Brit, Q, NME nominations and awards and headline stadia and festivals around the world. 

Hot Fuss’ follow up, Sam’s Town, a love letter of sorts to the band’s hometown, was released in 2006 and featured When You Were Young and Read My Mind. Third studio album, Day & Age, was released to widespread critical acclaim in 2008, anchored by the massive global hit, Human. 2012’s Battle Born then saw them expand their world tour into countries they’ve never visited before, and ultimately headlining a sold out Wembley Stadium, one of the most significant and memorable shows of their career.

The Killers’ most recent LP, Wonderful Wonderful, was released in September 2017 and saw the group achieve a record breaking fifth consecutive UK Number One, also topping the U.S chart for the very first time. With the addition of that album’s hits, The Man and Run For Cover, The Killers have amassed a truly incredible back catalogue.

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The Killers have just announced a huge UK and Ireland tour for next year, including three shows in Manchester. Ahead of the release of their brand new compilation album, Rebel Diamonds, on December 8th, the band confirmed a celebratory tour for summer 2024. The Rebel Diamonds Tour will celebrate the band’s 20 years of hits in a series of arena shows, including three nights at Manchester’s very own Co-op Live . The Killers will be bringing 20 years of hits to Manchester on Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th, and Friday 21st June 2024.

The new 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.

The Rebel Diamonds album and tour will celebrate 20 years of iconic hits including ‘Mr Brightside’, ‘When We Were Young’, ‘Read my Mind’ and ‘The Man’.  

It’s the fourth multi-night announcement for Co-op Live’s opening season, following on from Olivia Rodrigo, Take That, and Liam Gallagher.

Co-op Live – Europe’s most sustainable music-first arena – is edging closer to its official opening in April 2024, when a diverse range of global superstars will head to Manchester.

Expected to be the busiest UK arena opening season ever, Co-op Live will host 25 shows within its first month of opening.

A joint venture between Oak View Group and City Football Group and backed by pop-singer Harry Styles, Co-op Live has been designed to transform the live music experience for both artists and fans and is set to host some of the biggest acts from around the globe.

Co-op Presale tickets will go live on Wednesday December 6th, 2023 at 9:30am – exclusively for Co-op members. For Presale tickets, click HERE .

The Killers UK and Ireland tour will visit:

• Friday 14th June: DUBLIN, 3Arena
• Saturday 15th June: DUBLIN, 3Arena
• Tuesday 18th June: MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
• Wednesday 19th June: MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
• Friday 21st June: MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
• Tuesday 25th June: GLASGOW, Ovo Hydro
• Wednesday 26th June: GLASGOW, Ovo Hydro
• Thursday 4th July: LONDON, The O2
• Friday 5th July: LONDON, The O2
• Sunday 7th July: LONDON, The O2

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A day festival featuring live music across five different stages is coming to a community garden centre in Manchester this summer.

Green Island Festival has revealed the second wave of its 2024 line-up which will take place across June 15th, July 27th and September 7th, at Hulme Community Garden Centre.

The grassroots festival is set to present five stages across the garden centre, NIAMOS and Warwick Street. Guests can expect to hear many musical flavours as Green Island brings global sounds to the forefront. 

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The Marquee Stage will exclusively host the best up-and-coming bands and vocalists. In June, Pedro Fonte & Dada Joaozinho will be bringing a flavour of bossa nova all the way from Brazil.

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Selector Stage

The brand-new Selector Stage – tucked away in a hidden corner of the festival to be discovered with strictly vinyl only, and an elite audiophile sound system for a proper selector experience – will be taken over by B-MUSIC-MULTI-LINGO-DISCO curated by Andy Vottel, with Stan Chow, Helene Gautier, Sean Demdike and Lee Janda.

July will bring Apricot Ballroom x Cosmic Slop, a collision of two Northern audiophile heroes by way of Sheffield and Leeds respectively. And last but not least, Lena C’s Melodic Junction enlists Cheb Mimo, Santa Leticia and Josh FB for the September festival.

The Forest Stage

The Forest Stage, a hidden gem located down the garden path will present some of the best selectors in the scene. June welcomes Una Lee, Nossa!, Supernature Disco, Dr. Jive and Murder He Wrote. 

July will see Reno Collective, Tim Knight, Yohan, Levi Love, Urbi and Contours.  And in September, there’ll be Rhod Parry, Zuri b2b Spinelli, Jade Li, Atiké and Shimrise.

For hungry and thirsty festivalgoers, a food and drink hub will be created at Warwick Street, which connects the venue and the garden centre.

The area will host local favourites including Midori with their delicious handmade gyoza, kimchi and dips, Tibetan Kitchen serving their fragrant, flavourful curries, stir fries and legendary momos, and plant-based, seasonal goods from Root to Flower.

Afterparties for each date will be hosted at YES, a two-floor takeover of the Pink Room and basement from 11pm till late.

In June, Rinse FM resident Arthi will be delivering a blistering mix of dancehall, baile, funky, dembow and everything in between. Accompanied by a set from Manchester’s very own SHEwillprovide and many more.

July will see Zed Bias commander the Pink Room and a takeover of the basement by Manchester label and party Left Right & Centre, with Korzi, mamba.exe and Nora.

Whilst September will have the ever hypnotic Me Gusta Collective oversee processions.

Cementing itself as an annual staple in Manchester’s grassroots music scene, Green Island is a community gathering with global sounds at the forefront. 

The antithesis to festival giants, Green Island offers unrivalled up close and personal performances, and its charm lies in its relaxed and inclusive atmosphere. 

This year sees the festival double in size as it adds cultural institution NIAMOS to its fabric, creating space for up to 1000 festival-goers. Accessibility still remains at the forefront, with tickets starting from £20.

Tickets for all festival dates and afterparties are on sale, HERE .

HUGE free festival for dogs coming to Manchester this month

Pooches will enjoy a pawesome time

A free dog festival is coming to Manchester later this month for a huge day of fun.

Mark your calendar and unleash the fun as the Ex-Paw Extravaganza returns on Saturday, April 27th at Angel Meadow Park from 11am – 4pm.

Owners can enter their dogs into its famous dog show with five different categories including Cutest Pup, Golden Oldie, Waggiest Tail, Talentful Trickster and Best Dressed. 

It’s just £4 to enter with 50% being donated to Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Home. Winners of each category will receive a goodie bag and a sought-after Ex-Paw Rosette.

Guests can also learn about how to give first aid to their furry friends with My Pet First Aid, who offer hands-on training by experienced instructors at all levels, from pet owners to pet professionals. 

Manchester’s newest Pug Cafe, CuppaPug, will have pug welfare at the centre of their heart with some helpful information and advice for pug owners.

A new addition to the event this year will be breed-specific meet-ups taking place throughout the day and will be an opportunity for guests to meet like-minded doggie enthusiasts in Manchester.

Owners and pet lovers can browse a fantastic line-up of stalls selling dog wear, accessories, food and treats in case they want to treat their fur baby.

Pawsome pooches can try out the agility course which is free to use throughout the day or schedule a pupdate in the puppy play area.

Ex-Paw Extravaganza isn’t just about celebrating your four-legged companions, it also works towards making a difference to the lives of dogs in need – with 50% of ticket proceeds from its dog show being donated to Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Home.

And Foundation Coffee House will be offering FREE puppacinos for all the doggos on the day.

If hoomans get a little hungry as they watch their pride and joy have the time of their lives, they will be pleased to hear Ex-Paw has partnered with the recently re-launched Fairfield Social Club and will be providing attendees with delicious food from ISIT Kitchen. 

Fairfield Social Club’s new venue on Irk Street is located right next to Angel Meadow with direct access to the park, making it the perfect place for the Extravaganza After Pawty.

The event will take place at Angel Meadow Park on Saturday, April 27th  from 11am – 4pm.

Ex-Paw Extravaganza is FREE to attend. Entry tickets to the dog show can be found HERE .

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The Killers announce 'Rebel Diamonds' album and confirm 2024 UK tour

The album features 20 songs from their career

Las Vegas indie rock heroes The Killers are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a career-spanning album called ‘Rebel Diamonds.’

Released on Friday 8th December, the 20-song collection ‘Rebel Diamonds’ comes two decades on from The Killers’ blockbuster debut single ‘ Mr. Brightside .’

Other songs that feature include ‘When You Were Young,’ ‘All These Things That I’ve Done,’ ‘Human,’ ‘Read My Mind’, the band’s recent critically lauded single ‘Your Side of Town’, and the soon-to-be-premiered track ‘Spirit.’

“See it’s been said that what’s remembered livessays Brandon Flowers in the preview video for the record, “and we’ve racked up stadiums full of memories the past twenty years, enough to fill lifetimes. Twenty songs for twenty years – Rebel Diamonds.”

‘Rebel Diamonds’ is available from The Killers’ official UK webstore right now on various formats and bundles.

Confirming that there will be UK dates supporting the release of ‘Rebel Diamonds’, a message on the webstore reads: Pre-order ‘Rebel Diamonds’ on any format from the killers store by 17:00 GMT on Monday 27th November 2023 to receive an exclusive ticket pre-sale code for the forthcoming and yet to be announced 2024 tour!’

The Killers played a series of huge UK stadium shows in summer 2022 as part of the Imploding the Mirage World Tour.

The Killers are Brandon Flowers (lead singer), Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drummer), Dave Keuning (guitarist), and Mark Stoermer (bassist).

The Killers’ ‘Rebel Diamonds’ tracklisting:

Jenny Was a Friend of Mine

Mr. Brightside

All These Things That I’ve Done

Somebody Told Me

When You Were Young

Read My Mind

A Dustland Fairytale

My Own Soul’s Warning

Dying Breed

Pressure Machine

Your Side of Town

The cover stars of famous albums revealed, including The Killers' 'Sam's Town':

Stereophonics – ‘performance and cocktails’ (1999).

The photograph that adorns Stereophonics' multi-million-selling second studio album 'Performance and Cocktails' was taken by Scarlet Page (daughter of Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page) at a football pitch under the Westway dual carriageway in West London. For around eight years, the identity of the kissing couple remained a mystery until journalist Tony Barrell revealed their names in a November 2007 Sunday Times article. The woman was Lucy Joplin, who was 23 in 1999, and the man was Kipp Burns, also 23. Joplin told Barrell: "I gave them something money couldn't buy that day. Me and my boyfriend had been up all night on absinthe and opium, and that faraway look in my eyes couldn't have been achieved any other way!" Joplin said she was just paid £75 for the image, which she spent immediately on "underwear."

Lucy Joplin

Lucy Joplin went on to form a pop band called Lucy's Diary and they've released two studio albums; 2010's 'Rock Kicks' and the eponymous 'Lucy's Diary' in 2015. The image of Lucy is from the video to her 2014 single 'Pieces Of Me.'

The Smiths – ‘Meat Is Murder’ (1985)

In keeping with Morrissey's staunch pro-vegetarian ethos, The Smiths named their second studio album 'Meat Is Murder'. For the artwork, The Smiths used a famous 1967 photograph of a 20-year-old American Marine called Cpl. Michael Wynn taken while he was fighting in the Vietnam War. The wording emblazoned on Wynn's helmet was changed from "Make War Not Love" to "Meat Is Murder" for the sleeve.

Corporal Michael Wynn

The original photograph of Cpl. Michael Wynn from Columbus, Ohio in Da Nang, South Vietnam on 21st September 1967 during Operation Ballistic Charge. Two years later, the famous image was used on the cover art to Emile de Antonio's Vietnam War documentary film In The Year of the Pig. Later in the Vietnam War, Wynn spent nearly two months in military hospital after being shot in the chest - 8 out of the 12 men in his squad were killed or wounded on the same day. Like many US soliders, Wynn faced an unexpected backlash when he got home. He noted in 2019: "I am proud of being a Marine and my service in Vietnam… It took me longer than it should have to get that pride because of the way Vietnam Veterans were treated upon their return and for years after. I experienced this firsthand and for years did not mention that I was a Vet. I hope veterans are never treated like that again. People who have never experienced combat cannot possibly understand it. We were just doing our job-it was not a political issue."

Pulp – ‘This Is Hardcore’ (1998)

Pulp's critically lauded sixth studio album 'This Is Hardcore' features a cover photo that was art directed by Peter Saville and American portrait artist John Currin. Depicting a seemingly naked woman bent over red satin sheets, posters of the somewhat controversial artwork were defaced in London upon the album's release. The woman on the sleeve is Russian journalist, socialite, actress and politician Ksenia Sobchak who ran against Vladimir Putin in the 2018 Russian presidential election. She was the youngest presidential candidate in Russian history.

Ksenia Sobchak

Ksenia Sobchak at the February 2021 Moscow premiere of Renata Litvinova's drama film The North Wind at Khudozhestvenny Cinema. Years after the release of Pulp's 'This Is Hardcore', Sobchak told VH1: "The shoot was fun. Jarvis (Cocker) is very nice, very shy."

Oasis – ‘(What's the Story) Morning Glory?’ (1995)

The two men walking past each other on London's Berwick Street on the sleeve to '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' are DJ Sean Rowley (facing the camera in the light blue shirt) and the designer of the album cover Brian Cannon. The Gallagher brothers were originally set to appear on the album artwork, but they were put off by the early start time to achieve the desired deserted street image. Photographer Spencer Jones said in 2018: "It was about five in the morning. I think (Noel and Liam) were in two minds and in the end it just didn't happen. It would have been interesting if they had been on the cover, though." Rather than getting up early for the shoot, Jones, Cannon and Rowley powered through the night thanks to the power of caffeine and they were joined by Noel's girlfriend Meg Mathews for moral support.

Sean Rowley

'(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' cover star Sean Rowley pictured in the noughties. Rowley devised the Guilty Pleasures concept as part of his show on London BBC Radio showcasing songs that are "slightly shameful to love." Shortly afterwards, Guilty Pleasures evolved into a hugely popular clubnight and it even had its own short-lived show on ITV. The other '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' cover star, designer Brian Cannon, has created timeless album covers for an array of artists including The Verve ('Urban Hymns'), Ash ('1977') and Suede ('Dog Man Star'). He was also the manager of The Beta Band and created the sleeves for two more blockbuster Oasis albums; 'Definitely Maybe' and 'Be Here Now.'

Hole – ‘Live Through This’ (1994)

The prom queen on the sleeve to Hole's 1994 album 'Live Through This' is Hawaiian fashion model Leilani Bishop. The image was shot by photographer Ellen von Unwerth and it depicts Bishop dressed up as a beauty pageant complete with a tiara and a bouquet of flowers, with mascara running down her face. Courtney Love stated in 2009: "I wanted to capture the look on a woman's face as she's being crowned... this sort of ecstatic, blue eyeliner running, kind of 'I am, I am—I won! I have haemorrhoid cream under my eyes and adhesive tape on my butt… but I won Miss Congeniality!'

Leilani Bishop

Now aged 44, Leilani Bishop has enjoyed a highly successful modelling career working with the likes of Tommy Hilfiger, Balenciaga, Esprit, and Victoria's Secret, and in 2000 she had an acting role in the comedy satire film The Intern. Speaking to Kerrang!, Bishop said of the Hole shoot: "I was a Nirvana fan and had at that point only heard a couple of (Hole) songs, but was thrilled to be a part of the project, knowing who (Courtney Love) was and what she was capable of… I actually have never met the band. Courtney was supposed to come by the shoot that day, but her girlfriend had a baby and even though she and I have friends in common still have not crossed paths, which I kind of love. The alter ego that is still somewhere out there…"

The Killers – ‘Sam’s Town’ (2006)

The woman on the cover to The Killers' second studio album 'Sam's Town' is model and singer Felice LaZae. Aged 22 at the time Anton Corbijn photographed her, LaZae was working as a production assistant at the Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas. Posing as a beauty Queen complete with sash, LaZae told Tony Barrell in 2007: "The Killers' management said they wanted to have somebody who represents the real America, not just what you see on TV. I'm half Puerto Rican, and a lot of Killers fans have written to me to say how nice it is to see a Latino on the cover, instead of the usual girl with blonde hair and blue eyes."

Felice LaZae

Now in her thirties, Felice LaZae is a singer, songwriter and solo artist. She currently sings with The Kanye West Sunday Service Choir and has appeared with them on the Jimmy Kimmel and James Corden shows. The above photo is from LaZae's 2019 video 'Drunk Weather.'

Arctic Monkeys – ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not’ (2006)

Arguably one of the most famous cover stars in this feature, the worse-for-wear bloke smoking a cigarette on the cover to Arctic Monkey's seminal debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' is Chris McClure, brother of Reverend and The Makers frontman Jon McClure. Back in 2006, Chris McClure was singer with Sheffield sextet The Violet May and the photograph from Arctic Monkeys' debut album was taken in the early hours of the morning at the now closed Korova bar in Liverpool following a drinking session. NHS Scotland slammed the sleeve for encouraging smoking, but the band's reps said: "You can see from the image smoking is not doing (McClure) the world of good."

Chris McClure

Marking the 15th anniversary of the photograph in January 2021, Chris McClure wrote on Twitter: "15 years. What a record. Met some great people since... literally through having my photo taken. Pleasure to be associated with it."

The Rolling Stones – ‘Sticky Fingers’ (1971)

In keeping with the highly suggestive album title, The Rolling Stones' 1971 album 'Sticky Fingers' is adorned with a controversial close-up image of the bulging crotch of an anonymous male figure. The idea for the album sleeves was conceived by legendary artist Andy Warhol, however there was an air of mystery about the identity of the model with some speculating that it could be fashion designer Jed Johnson or even Mick Jagger. However, actor and Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro claims that it was himself. Commenting on the origins of the image, Dallesandro told biographer Michael Ferguson: "It was just out of a collection of junk photos that Andy pulled from. He didn't pull it out for the design or anything, it was just the first one he got that he felt was the right shape to fit what he wanted to use for the fly."

The Smiths – ‘The Smiths’ (1984)

Just over a decade after the release of 'Sticky Fingers', Joe Dallesandro appeared on the cover to The Smiths' 1984 self-titled debut album. The image is a still from the acclaimed 1968 Andy Warhol movie Flesh, which stars Dallesandro as a hustler working on the streets of New York City.

Joe Dallesandro

Now in his early seventies, Joe Dallesandro is arguably one of the most famous male sex symbols of American underground films of the 20th century. His lead role as heroin addict Joe Smith in Andy Warhol's 1970 film Trash won critical acclaim and the movie was named Best Film of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine. The line "hey Joe" in Lou Reed's 1972 song 'Walk on the Wild Side' is a reference to Dallesandro.

Nirvana – 'Nevermind' (1991)

Arguably one of the most famous babies in the world, Spencer Elden was just four months old in 1991 when his parents' friend, photographer Kirk Weddle, shot an image of him submerged in a swimming pool seemingly chasing a dollar bill on a fishhook. Spencer's parents were paid $7,500 for the shoot with Elden's father helping out with the lighting. In 2016, Spencer marked the 25th anniversary of 'Nevermind' by recreating the cover at Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena, California with photographer John Chapple. He'd previously recreated it in 2008 aged 17. "It's strange that I did this for five minutes when I was four months old and it became this really iconic image," Spencer said in 2016. "It's cool but weird to be part of something so important that I don't even remember."

Spencer Elden

Here's Spencer Elden in 2016 during an interview with journalist and photographer John Chapple clutching a copy of 'Nevermind' on its 25th anniversary. Spencer now works as an artist and he bears a striking resemblance to a certain late frontman from a 1990s grunge band...

Alice In Chains – ‘Dirt’ (1992)

For almost two decades it was assumed that the woman buried in sand on the eerie sleeve to Alice In Chain's second studio album 'Dirt' was the late-great Layne Staley's then girlfriend Demri Parrott. However, photographer Rocky Schenck revealed in a 2011 interview with Revolver Magazine it was in fact model and actress Mariah O'Brien. "Everyone always asks if that is Demri Parrott on the "Dirt" Cover," Schenck said. "I think Demri's name might have been mentioned as a possible model once or twice, but it was never a serious consideration."

Mariah O’Brien

Mariah O'Brien pictured at the 2016 Monster Mania Con in New Jersey. After anonymously appearing on the sleeve to 'Dirt', O'Brien starred in movies including Gas, Food Lodging, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Being John Malkovich, and TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed and The Nanny. She now works as an interior designer in Los Angeles and owns the company Mariah O'Brien Interiors.

Just a few months before the release of 'Dirt', Mariah O'Brien appeared on the slightly risqué sleeve to Spinal Tap's glam rock 1992 single 'Bitch School.'

Led Zeppelin – 'Houses of the Holy' (1973)

The otherworldly cover image that adorns Led Zeppelin's fifth studio album 'Houses of the Holy' is a collage of several photographs taken at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis fame. The two children on the cover were siblings Stefan and Samantha Gates who were aged five and seven respectively at the time, and the gruelling shoot took 10 days. The now 53-year-old Stefan Gates is a television presenter and food writer who is perhaps best known for his documentary series Cooking in the Danger Zone. Amazingly, Stefan only listened to 'Houses of the Holy' for the very first time on a boombox at Giant's Causeway in 2010 for a BBC show called Stefan Gates' Cover Story. Stefan also told a BBC Four documentary that he believed there was something slightly 'sinister' about the sleeve, however his sister Samantha disagreed.

Stefan Gates

Houses of the Holy cover star Stefan Gates today hosting his GastronautTV show on YouTube.

Black Sabbath – ‘Black Sabbath’ (1970)

The timeless and highly eerie cover for Black Sabbath's eponymous debut album in 1970 was shot by photographer Keith McMillan at the 15th Century Mapledurham Watermill, located on the banks of the River Thames in Oxfordshire. Of course, central to the eerie 'Black Sabbath' sleeve is the ghostly, enigmatic woman in black, who is seemingly referenced in the opening lines of the title track and opening song on the record: "What is this that stands before me? / Figure in black which points at me." For decades there's been an air of mystery around the woman on the sleeve, however in a February 2020 interview with Rolling Stone, McMillan revealed it was a woman called Louisa Livingstone who was around 18/19 at the time of the shoot. Sourced from a London model agency, McMillan remembered: "She was a fantastic model. She was quite petite, very, very cooperative. I wanted someone petite because it just gave the landscape a bit more grandeur. It made everything else look big." Livingstone told the magazine: "When I saw the cover, I thought it was quite interesting, but I thought, 'Well, that could be anybody,' so it's not like I got any kind of ego buzz out of it. But, yeah, I thought it was a very nice cover."

The Smashing Pumpkins – 'Siamese Dream' (1993)

The two young girls on the cover of The Smashing Pumpkins are called Ali Laenger and Lysandra Roberts. When the classic Smashing Pumpkins line-up reformed for a tour in 2018, Billy Corgan shared a photo of Laenger and Roberts as adults recreating the iconic artwork. He wrote: "On such a special day in SP history, I want to take a moment to thank Ali and LySandra, who you might know were the little girls that I stood by and watched have their picture taken some 23 years ago (on what was a perfect LA afternoon). Never realizing that this moment in time would forever tie us, and go on to become such an iconic image in rock history. What's amazing is their chemistry with one another still leaps through the camera to this day and yet if memory serves they'd never met before that Siamese shoot. Which tells me their coming together, and the beauty that Melodie's shot captures, of youth and innocence, was meant to be SP's own, personal lucky star. So thank you thank you thank you Ali and LySandra, we adore you, and having you be a part of today's launch brings tears to my eyes. For life goes fast, and I can still see you in my mind's eye wearing crisp white dresses in a stranger's backyard, looking like little Mother Mary's, smiling and laughing into the sun."

Ali Laenger and Lysandra Roberts

The adult Ali Laenger and Lysandra Roberts were also used in the promotional poster and video for The Smashing Pumpkins' classic line-up reunion tour in 2018. Laenger now works as a nurse and Roberts works in IT.

Rush – ‘Hemispheres’ (1978)

Designer Hugh Syme started work on the surrealist painting that adorns 'Hemispheres' before Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson had played him a note of music. The naked Dionysus-like man on the right standing on the gargantuan human brain was an unnamed dancer from the Toronto Ballet School, while the man in the bowler hat – inspired by René Magritte's famous 1964 painting 'The Son of Man' – is Syme's close friend Bobby King who soon became a semi-permanent fixture on Rush sleeves appearing on 1981 live album 'Exit... Stage Left' and 1981's 'Moving Pictures.' "I made good use of his good will … and his cheap modelling fees," Syme joked to Ultimate Classic Rock.

Bobby King as Starman

Together with featuring on three album sleeves, Bobby King is the "bare-assed" male (Syme's words, not ours) on Syme's iconic Rush "starman" logo. The image first appeared on the inside gatefold sleeve to Rush's 1976 album '2112' and has been a mainstay of merchandise ever since. The late-great Neil Peart said of the logo: "All (the naked man) means is the abstract man against the masses. The red star symbolizes any collectivist mentality."

Rush – ‘Permanent Waves’ (1980)

The apocalyptic scene that forms the backdrop of the cover to Rush's seventh album 'Permanent Waves' was taken by the late photographer Flip Schulke of the Galveston Seawall in Texas during Hurricane Carla on in 1961. Somewhat juxtaposing this is the woman in 1950s attire in the foreground who is smiling and unaffected by the horrific devastation behind her. The woman in question is Canadian model Paula Turnbull – who was very famous in Europe at the time - and the photo was taken by British photographer Fin Costello. Hugh Syme, who created the collage art sleeve, can be seen waving in the background of the 'Permanent Waves' cover too.

Paula Turnbull

Here's a Fin Costello photo of Paula Turnbull at the photoshoot for 'Permanent Waves' in Quebec, Canada in October 1979. Rush's seventh album, which boasted their huge single 'The Spirit of Radio', was released three months after the shoot.

Rush - ‘Exit... Stage Left’ (1981)

The gatefold sleeve to Rush's seminal live album 'Exit... Stage Left' unites four characters from previous Rush record sleeves – the "grotesque puppet" from 1977's 'A Farewell to Kings', Bobby King and the naked man from 'Hemispheres', and, most notably, Paula Turnbull from 'Permanent Waves'. Canadian photographer Deborah Samuel who worked on the artwork with Hugh Syme said: "Paula Turnbull was living in Paris and a top model there. We had to bring her to Toronto from Paris for 1 night to shoot this cover. ... I contacted the vintage clothing store where I had rented her costume before and they still had the original sweater and the skirt in their inventory, which was a miracle really."

Pink Floyd – ‘Wish You Were Here’ (1975)

The two businessmen shaking hands on the iconic artwork to Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' were stuntmen Ronnie Rondell and Danny Rogers. The photograph was taken by Aubrey "Po" Powell of Hipgnosis at The Burbank Studios in California. Decades before the advent of CGI, one of the stuntmen had to be set on fire wearing a flame-retardant suit and Rondell drew the proverbial short straw. Aubrey Powell told Rolling Stone in 2017: "(Rondell) agreed to be set on fire a number of times... As you can imagine, it's a very unpleasant experience being set on fire, and it's very dangerous because you're standing still. Normally, with a fire shot, somebody's moving. They're running away from your face. But we were lucky that afternoon. There was no wind. I shot it 14 times. On the 15th time, a gust of wind caught up and blew the fire straight into his face. Immediately, his team jumped on him, sprayed him with extinguishing foam and saved his life. He just got up from that and said, 'That's it. I'm never doing this again.' But I had it in the can."

Ronnie Rondell

Pictured is legendary stuntman Ronnie Rondell at the Taurus World Stunt Awards in California in 2005. Also an actor and director, Rondell's career has spanned more than half-a-century and he has worked on over 100 movies including Spartacus, Predator 2, Diamonds Are Forever, Lethal Weapon, Tango & Cash, Demolition Man, The Crow and Speed to name but a few.

Mott The Hoople – ‘Hoople’ (1974)

Designed by Roslav Szaybo, the cover to Mott The Hoople's eponymous seventh album 'Hoople' features a stylised portrait of actor and model Kari-Ann Muller with members of the band in her hair. Muller had a short acting career in the 1960s and 1970s and landed parts in the Joan Collins movie The Bitch and George Lazenby's only Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. She eventually gave up her acting and modelling career and trained to be a yoga teacher. However, she has retained her connections to the rock world as she has been married to Chris Jagger, the younger brother of Mick Jagger, for several decades.

Roxy Music – ‘Roxy Music’ (1972)

Two years prior to 'Hoople', Kari-Ann Muller famously appeared on the sleeve to Roxy Music's self-titled debut album. Singer Bryan Ferry personally selected Muller for the shoot, and years later she told Q Magazine she got paid a "meagre" amount for the shoot. "Bryan saw me doing a fashion show and decided he wanted to use me, and I thought it would be fun," she explained. "I got a meagre £20 (around £286 in today's money), as Roxy were unknown at the time, and had no money. Ironic, isn't it, that it would be voted the best record cover of the decade? It always seems to be flashing up on TV for some reason. But it was great watching them being turned from boys next door into superstars." Roxy Music would later draft in big name stars including Jerry Hall, Marilyn Cole and Amanda Lear for their album sleeves.

Kari-Ann Muller

Model Kari-Ann Muller, later a cover star of 'Hoople' and 'Roxy Music', at a London photoshoot in 1971.

U2 – 'Boy' (1980)

The young lad who graced the cover of U2's debut album 'Boy' four decades ago was the then six-year-old Peter Rowen. The younger sibling of Bono's close childhood friend Guggi (who first gave Paul Hewson the nickname 'Bono'), Rowen lived over the street from Bono in Dublin and he still keeps in touch with the frontman and The Edge to this day. Rowen previously appeared on U2's debut EP 'Three' in 1979 and later appeared, aged 8, on the cover of 'War' in 1983. A childhood photo of Rowen was also used on the compilation album 'The Best of 1980–1990' in 1998. The experience of being a U2 cover star clearly had an indelible impact on Rowen as he became a professional photographer as an adult.

Van Halen – ‘1984’ (1984)

The young cherub that is smoking a cigarette on the sleeve to Van Halen's blockbuster album '1984' was a three-year-old boy called Carter Helm. Created by graphic artist Margo Nahas, Van Halen originally wanted a cover featuring four women dancing but the idea was abandoned. Instead, Nahas brought her portfolio to the band and they picked the painting of the smoking putto, which was based on a photograph she took of her best friend's toddler Carter Helm holding a candy cigarette. Reflecting on the shoot, Nahas told Cover Our Tracks in 2016: "Carter was happy to see me when I arrived but had a tantrum when I tried to style his hair with Dippity-do to make it a little punkish. My all-knowing, brilliant friend and Carter's mother, Colleen, suggested I 'give him a few more minutes to get comfortable.' And she was right. I gave him an hour, and I got out my candy, which was this bag of candy cigarettes. Then he was just ready for me to do it."

Led Zeppelin – ‘Led Zeppelin II’ (1969)

The front cover of 'Led Zeppelin II' is based on a photo of Baron Manfred von Richthofen and his 'Flying Circus' Jagdstaffel 11 Division during World War I in 1917. Nicknamed The Red Baron and widely considered the ace-of-aces of the war, von Richthofen shot down more than 80 aircraft before he himself died when he suffered the same fate near Vaux-sur-Somme, France aged 25 in 1918. The album cover design was created by David Juniper, who airbrushed John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham's faces onto members of von Richthofen's squadron from a 1969 press photo of the band. Other faces featured on the cover include Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant, tour manager Richard Cole, astronaut Neil Armstrong, Andy Warhol's friend Mary Woronov and jazz legend Miles Davis.

Baron Manfred von Richthofen and his Flying Circus

The original photo of Baron Manfred von Richthofen (pictured sitting in the cockpit of his Albatros fighter) and his 'Flying Circus' Jagdstaffel 11 Division. Interestingly, Baron Manfred von Richthofen doesn't feature on Juniper's 'Led Zeppelin II' cover at all as the cockpit, where he's sitting in the original photograph, is obscured by plumes of smoke emanating from the silhouette of the Zeppelin airship.

Rage Against the Machine – ‘Evil Empire’ (1996)

Created by late pop artist Mel Ramos, the painting of the boy with a slightly sinister glare on Rage Against The Machine's 'Evil Empire' is based on the 1940s fictional comic book boy hero Crimebuster - the character's 'c' emblem was switched for 'e' (evil). The artwork was actually a tweaked version of an earlier painting Ramos had created of a young boy called Ari Meisel. Now an author and a business entrepreneur, Meisel explained Kerrang in 2020: "I didn't model nor meet the band. My father was and is an art dealer and he represented the painter, Mel Ramos. Mel painted the original painting of me, entitled CrimeBusters, as a birthday present for me when I turned 11. The group saw the painting in a book of Mel's and liked it, then adapted it for their album cover."

'Evil Empire' cover star Ari Miesel speaking at Startup Battlefield in New York in 2017 to promote his company Leverage. Asked by Kerrang whether he ever got recognised from the 'Evil Empire' sleeve, Meisel said: "When I had hair, I was recognised a lot. There were people wearing shirts of it, there was a billboard of it in Times Square. It was surreal."

Placebo – ‘Placebo’ (1996)

The boy with his hands on his face and wearing an oversized red jumper on the sleeve to Placebo's self-titled debut album was 12-year-old David Fox. The photo was taken by his cousin Saul Fletcher and Fox said he was irked when he discovered his image was being used. "Within a week it was out in the shops," Fox said. "It was in Virgin, it was in HMV, it was in Tesco, it was all over the place. I was watching EastEnders with my mum and I saw one of the billboards by the Tube station and it had my face on there." Incredibly, in June 2012, Fox threatened Placebo with a lawsuit saying album cover ruined his life. "When I was in school I used to be well known and have loads of mates. We used to play football together and I was really happy. But when the album came out, the friends I did have began to pick on me. I think they might have been jealous. Or they saw a boy pulling a silly face and didn't want to hang out with him anymore because he looks weird."

David Fox appeared on an Identity Parade on Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 2013. In case you hadn't guessed, he's second from the right.

Blink-182 – ‘Enema of the State’ (1999)

The woman wearing a nurse's outfit and rubber gloves on the cover to Blink-182's blockbuster 1999 album was adult movie star Janine Lindemulder. The pop punk trio claimed they were unaware Lindemulder was a porn star until producer Jerry Finn told them and apparently only picked her for the sleeve when their label sent them some images of potential cover stars. Lindemulder later reprised the nurse role for the 'What's My Age Again?' and 'Man Overboard' videos. Photographer David Goldman said of the concept behind the sleeve: "Up until the very last minute, the album was going to be called Turn Your Head and Cough. And that's why I came up with the idea of the glove. Obviously, an enema is not really a glove type of thing. I thought it was a good visual."

Janine Lindemulder

Blink-182 'Enema of the State' cover star Janine Lindemulder in 2017.

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Ahead of the release of their brand new compilation album, Rebel Diamonds , on 8th December , The Killers are thrilled to announce details of a celebratory UK/Ireland tour in summer 2024. The Rebel Diamonds Tour will celebrate the band’s 20 years of hits in a series of arena shows, including multiple nights at London’s The O2.

The new 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.

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.    

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The Killers is currently touring across 4 countries and has 26 upcoming concerts.

Their next tour date is at Sala Razzmatazz 1 in Barcelona, after that they'll be at 3Arena in Dublin.

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It was amazing!!! From the moment they went on stage to the very last second it was just so much positive energy coming from the band. The crowd was bad, but that isn’t The Killers’ fault! They did the absolute most and it paid off. Brandon hit those high notes despite his flu, Ronnie was legendary on the drums, Ted was amazing, the choir was amazing, et cetera et cetera. It’s a shame (especially for the people that DID know all their songs) that the crowd bothered them so much that they didn’t play Mr. Brightside, but again, the band isn’t to blame.

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This was, so far, the best concert for The Killers that I've ever seen (& I've seen them 3 times already). The acoustics for the Staples Center wasn't the absolute best, but it didn't matter when the whole stadium was singing at the top of their lungs along with the band. First of all, since this was the Wonderful Wonderful Tour, I thought the band would play mostly songs from the new album, but to my surprise, they performed a great mix of songs from their entire discography. What surprised me the most was that The Killers played a ton more songs from their Hot Fuss album than they ever had before. They even dug deep to perform such notable songs like "Andy, You're A Star" & "Smile Like You Mean It". A beautifully sweet touch was when the band performed a new, sort of spur-of-the-moment, song about Los Angeles...a song they had written on the road just before their L.A. leg of the tour. One of the major highlights of the entire concert was when the band had invited a young teenage fan up onto the stage to play the drums on the song "For Reasons Unknown". Apparently this has become an ongoing tradition of the band, to invite fans up on the stage to perform with them. This was such a touching, yet totally bad-ass moment, & I hope The Killers keep on doing this at every concert tour from now on. By the end of the concert, my friends & I had lost our voices from singing & screaming so loudly, but it was one thousand percent worth it. The Killers proved with their electrifying & humorous stage presence, along with their amazing voices & talent, that they will forever hold the spot of being my all-time favorite band.

I actually saw the show at Barclays on Tuesday the 8th. Let me start by saying I see a lot of concerts every year and was only familiar with the better known of The Killers songs. Having said that - they were EXCELLENT! Flowers is a magnificent front man with a set of pipes to carry stadiums. The band is flawless and so rock and roll. I will judge a band by how much they can hook me with a song I’ve never heard before . From the opening with Wonderful Wonderful and The Man thru The Calling start to the encore I was dazzled. I downloaded everything and I’m now a confirmed fan. I will see them again ASAP. One of the best live I have seen -ever. And I’m no spring chicken.

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