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Caution: The Killers feat. Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Buckingham’s return to music after Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac fired him without cause from the band whose sound he created/perfected, then made libelous claims about him in the press, and, finally, left him so heartbroken he actually had a heart attack that necessitated a year of voice therapy to heal his damaged vocal chords.
Any sound he makes from here on out is a triumph. We will rise from this Treason! Caution: The Killers feat. Lindsey Buckingham https://youtu.be/uU6PLP0PX2g |
That’s really nice. I could really add that to my gym playlist — and then stay home from the gym because covid19.
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This is Amazing! Lindsey is in TOP form, I hear his touch everywhere in this track, he is CREATING at the highest level.
Much needed for my spirit in these difficult days the world is facing. I believe he will surprise us with his new album soon. |
So glad the creative force of that band is out there creating. More than I can say for the rest of those slugs.
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and how amazing is that?? The Killers!?!?! i love Lindsey and i love The Killers. and i have tickets to see both tours this late spring / summer, with high probability that i won't see either the way it's going. but this collaboration made my day and my week!!!!! so happy about it! right band for LB to collaborate with!! as far as the song, this sounds like the Killers getting back to their roots - which i mostly adored, while was not that much into their hugely successful most recent album - but this to me is not nearly as great than their older hits. still Brandon Flowers' voice is as fantastic as ever, and yes - you can hear Lindsey's touches all over that song, and a pretty classic Lindsey guitar outro at the end. |
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The Killers – “Caution” (Feat. Lindsey Buckingham)
Chris DeVille @chrisdeville | March 12, 2020 - 12:01 pm Imploding The Mirage The Killers announced their Wonderful Wonderful follow-up Imploding The Mirage way back in November, but we haven’t heard any music from it until now. Today the band visited Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 broadcast to debut “Caution,” the album’s lead single, which features guitar from none other than Lindsey Buckingham. They’ve also revealed the release date (5/29) and the cover art — although fan site The Killers News already dug that up yesterday, noting that it’s a 1996 painting called “Dance Of The Wind And Storm” by Thomas Blackshear. Another Blackshear painting called “Golden Breeze” serves as the single art for “Caution.” After launching Wonderful Wonderful with the funky, tongue-in-cheek “The Man,” the Killers are returning to their earnest, bombastic classic-rock impulses on “Caution.” It’s unmistakably a Killers song, but I’m also reminded of Dire Straits and maybe even Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. As Brandon Flowers tells Lowe, “We experimented a little bit on the last album. We’re proud of ‘The Man’ and all that it did, but the heart wasn’t quite there. I was being a little ironic with ‘The Man’ and I think we’re at our best when we’re bearing our hearts, and we’re kind of doing that on ‘Caution’.” Given the push back toward classic rock, it’s no surprise that for production the Killers turned to Grammy winner Shawn Everett (The War On Drugs, Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves) and Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado (Father John Misty, Alex Cameron, Whitney). It’s even less surprising that they recruited the services of an actual classic rock icon in Buckingham, whose lengthy guitar solo closes out “Caution.” Other guests on the new LP include k.d. lang, Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering, Lucius, Blake Mills, and keyboard work from the War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel. Alleged influences for Imploding The Mirage include Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel alongside old mainstays like Bruce Springsteen and New Order. Flowers, who recently moved his family to the mountains of Utah, says “Caution” relates to [extremely Sheryl Crow voice] leaving Las Vegas: It’s sort of about having the wherewithal to listen to that angel on your shoulder, even if they’re telling you something that you don’t want to hear. And I think for me with this song was a lot about leaving Las Vegas. I was having this sort of hunch or impression that that was something that I was supposed to do for my family. And it was hard for me because I’m an ambassador for — and so it was tough for me to leave, and I thought I was able to harness that energy and there was a sort of a relief when it happened, and you kind of feel that the spirit in “Caution.” https://www.stereogum.com/2076605/th...kingham/music/ |
Brandon Flowers From The Killers Fans Out Over Working With Lindsey Buckingham
Listen Article heading image for Brandon Flowers From The Killers Fans Out Over Working With Lindsey Buckingham Image: The Killers, supplied Joining Triple M to announce their new album, single and tour The Killers singer frontman Brandon Flowers told us what to expect from their coming Imploding The Mirage Australian tour. Talking about The Killers brand new single, Caution, Brandon Flowers casually dropped that ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Lindsey Buckingham appears on the new track, bringing his iconic guitar sound and "romance" to the new tune and "cutting loose". The first album not recorded in their home state of Nevada, The Killers new album Imploding The Mirage has a Californian sound, with influence from the band's back catalogue. Catch up on the full interview: https://www.triplem.com.au/story/bra...kingham-157947 Triple M and Frontier Touring is thrilled to bring The Killers back to Australia. Tour and ticket info available here Imploding The Mirage is available for pre-order now, more info: www.thekillersmusic.com
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https://www.nme.com/reviews/track/th...orizon-2624358
FEATURES The Killers – ‘Caution’ first listen: a propulsive charge for the synth-rock horizon The Killers' 2020 comeback comes complete with a stupendous guitar solo from Lindsey Buckingham – formerly of Fleetwood Mac Mark Beaumont As the nation awaits news of whether the government plans to step up the country’s sluggish coronavirus response to include a month of solid duvet days, one act that’s wasting no time in stepping up is The Killers. Ever since the likes of ‘When You Were Young’ and ‘Spaceman’ fixed a warp drive to their edgy brand of canyon bombast they’ve had one of rock’s most powerful engines thrumming under the hood. The first single from The Killers’ forthcoming sixth album really pushes pedal to metal to see what this baby can do. On ‘Caution’, the disco strut of ‘The Man’ and the inventive sensitivities of 2017’s ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ are set aside for a propulsive charge for the synth rock horizon, with Brandon Flowers once more out to make heroes of the downbeaten. “Let me introduce you to the featherweight queen,” he sings. “She got Hollywood eyes but she can’t shoot what she sees/Her mama was a dancer and that’s all that she knew/‘Cause when you live in the desert it’s what pretty girls do.” Our heroine isn’t taking everything lying down though. “I’m throwing caution,” Brandon declares on her behalf as a dustbowl tornado of euphoric synths, monstrous drums and electronic bagpipes hits the chorus. “Tonight the winds of change are blowing wild and free/If I don’t get out, out of this town I might just be the one to burn it down.” Read more: The Killers announce details of new album ‘Imploding The Mirage’ and biggest global tour to date The Killers claim they’ve been probing previously uncharted areas of their childhood record collections for the new album, places where Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel spin slowly under blood red suns, but ‘Caution’ sounds more like an explosion of jubilance and relief that ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ is finally out of their system. The Killers, 2020. Credit: Olivia Bee Rather than conquer new territories it builds 50 storeys of sound on its homeland. They’ve been mining retro synthrock for almost 20 years and here is where the 1980s revival comes of age, finally encompassing everything the 21st Century can throw at it. It all culminates in a stupendous guitar solo which – considering Dave Kuening remains absent from press photos – is probably the most exciting thing that special guest guitarist Lindsey Buckingham – formerly of Fleetwood Mac – has done since he broke the chain. Whatever The Killers are on, they should put it in the water. |
Anyone know for sure either way whether Lindsey's contribution was recorded before or after the heart attack?
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https://www.spin.com/2020/03/the-kil...nce-new-album/
The Killers Release ‘Caution,’ Announce New Album "Caution" is off their upcoming LP, 'Imploding The Mirage,' which is out in May Emily Tan // March 12, 2020 The Killers CREDIT: Theo Wargo/Getty Images Earlier in the week, The Killers teased a song titled “Caution,” and now it’s finally out. Brandon Flowers opened up about how the song was inspired by leaving his hometown, Las Vegas to Zane Lowe on Apple Music. “It’s sort of about having the wherewithal to listen to that angel on your shoulder, even if they’re telling you something that you don’t want to hear,” Flowers said in the interview. “And I think for me with this song was a lot about leaving Las Vegas. I was having this sort of hunch or impression that that was something that I was supposed to do for my family. … And so it was tough for me to leave, and I thought I was able to harness that energy and there was a sort of a relief when it happened, and you kind of feel that the spirit in Caution, I feel like.” The Killers also had the chance to work with Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham on “Caution,” which drummer Ronnie Vannucci said was an experience to witness. “He did all the sort of famed tricks where we were recording to tape, so we slowed the tape at half speed or quarter speed, and then he did guitar playing,” Vannucci said. “And so that’s how you get those sort of crystal-ly high tinkle sounds. And then he just slayed a solo at the very end of it. And at that time, the song, we didn’t really have an ending for it, so it just kind of went on. But his solo was just too good. So we just made the ending as long as his solo. So that’s why it’s so long.” The band also announced the release of a new album, Imploding The Mirage, their first new music since 2017. The new album brings a number of collaborators including Buckingham, k.d. lang, Natalie Mering from Weyes Blood, Adam Granduciel from War on Drugs and Lucius. Imploding The Mirage will release on May 29. Check out the tour dates below: 5/26/20 DONCASTER, UK @ KEEPMOAT STADIUM ** 5/28/20 FALKIRK, SCOTLAND, UK @ THE FALKIRK STADIUM ** SOLD OUT 5/30/20 MANCHESTER, UK @ EMIRATES OLD TRAFFORD, UK ** SOLD OUT 6/1/20 NORWICH, UK @ CARROW ROAD STADIUM, UK ** SOLD OUT 6/3/20 SOUTHAMPTON, UK @ ST MARY’S STADIUM, UK ** SOLD OUT 6/5/20 LONDON, UK @ EMIRATES STADIUM, UK ^^ 6/6/20 LONDON, UK @ EMIRATES STADIUM, UK ^^ SOLD OUT 6/9/20 BRISTOL, UK @ ASHTON GATE STADIUM ## SOLD OUT 6/11/20 COVENTRY, UK @ RICOH STADIUM ## SOLD OUT 6/13/20 MIDDLESBROUGH, UK @ RIVERSIDE STADIUM ## SOLD OUT 6/16/20 DUBLIN, IRELAND @ MALAHIDE CASTLE ^^ SOLD OUT 6/17/20 DUBLIN, IRELAND @ MALAHIDE CASTLE ^^ SOLD OUT 6/19/20 SCHEESSEL, GERMANY @ HURRICANE FESTIVAL 6/20/20 NEUHAUSEN, GERMANY @ SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL 6/21/20 WERCHTER, BELGIUM @ TW CLASSIC 6/23/20 ZAGREB, CROATIA @ INMUSIC FESTIVAL 6/27/20 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN @ LOLLAPALOOZA (STOCKHOLM) 7/6/20 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS @ ZIGGO DOME && 7/7/20 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FRANCE @ LA SEINE MUSICALE && 7/9/20 MADRID, SPAIN @ MAD COOL FESTIVAL 7/10/20 BILBAO, SPAIN @ BILBAO BBK LIVE FESTIVAL 7/12/20 MILAN, ITALY @ MILANO SUMMER FESTIVAL 7/14/20 VIENNA, AUSTRIA @ STADTHALLE 7/16/20 OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC @ COLOURS OF OSTRAVA FESTIVAL 7/18/20 MOSCOW, RUSSIA @ PARK LIVE FESTIVAL 8/18/20 DENVER, CO @ PEPSI CENTER ++ 8/19/20 SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ VIVINT SMART HOME ARENA ++ 8/21/20 VANCOUVER, BC @ ROGERS ARENA ++ 8/22/20 GEORGE, WA @ GORGE AMPHITHEATRE ++ 8/23/20 PORTLAND, OR @ MODA CENTER ++ 8/25/20 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ CHASE CENTER ++ 8/26/20 SAN DIEGO, CA @ PECHANGA ARENA ++ 8/28/20 LAS VEGAS, NV @ MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA ++ 8/29/20 LOS ANGELES, CA @ BANC OF CALIFORNIA STADIUM ++ 8/30/20 PHOENIX, AZ @ GILA RIVER ARENA ++ 9/10/20 HOUSTON, TX @ TOYOTA CENTER ++ 9/11/20 FORT WORTH, TX @ DICKIES ARENA ++ 9/12/20 AUSTIN, TX @ FRANK ERWIN CENTER ++ 9/15/20 MIAMI, FL @ AMERICANAIRLINES ARENA ++ 9/16/20 ORLANDO, FL @ AMWAY CENTER ++ 9/18/20 ATLANTA, GA @ STATE FARM ARENA ++ 9/19/20 NASHVILLE, TN @ BRIDGESTONE ARENA ++ 9/20/20 ST. LOUIS, MO @ CHAIFETZ ARENA ++ 9/22/20 ST. PAUL, MN @ XCEL ENERGY CENTER ++ 9/23/20 CHICAGO, IL @ UNITED CENTER ++ 9/25/20 TORONTO, ON @ SCOTIABANK ARENA ++ 9/26/20 MONTREAL, QC @ BELL CENTRE ++ 9/27/20 VERONA, NY @ TURNING STONE EVENT CENTER ++ 9/29/20 PHILADELPHIA, PA @ WELLS FARGO CENTER ++ 10/1/20 NEW YORK, NY @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ++ 10/2/20 NEW YORK, NY @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ++ 10/3/20 WASHINGTON, DC @ CAPITAL ONE ARENA ++ 10/5/20 BOSTON, MA @ TD GARDEN ++ 10/6/20 UNIVERSITY PARK, PA @ BRYCE JORDAN CENTER ++ 10/8/20 PITTSBURGH, PA @ PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER ++ 10/9/20 CLEVELAND, OH @ ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE ++ 10/10/20 DETROIT, MI @ LITTLE CAESARS ARENA ++ 11/11/20 BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA @ BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 11/14/20 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA @ QUDOS BANK ARENA 11/18/20 PERTH, AUSTRALIA @ RAC ARENA 11/21/20 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA @ AAMI PARK 11/29/20 MEXICO CITY, MEXICO @ FORO SOL 12/1/20 MONTERREY, MEXICO @ ARENA MONTERREY 12/2/20 MONTERREY, MEXICO @ ARENA MONTERREY 12/4/20 ZAPOPAN, MEXICO @ ESTADIO 3 DE MARZO Support information: Blossoms (dates marked **), Sam Fender (dates marked ^^) and Manic Street Preachers (dates marked ##) in the UK; Johnny Marr (dates marked ++) in the U.S. and Canada; Orville Peck supports on select dates in Europe (marked with &&). |
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That is a great photo.
Lindsey should use it as an album cover |
WOW WOW WOW
A great track..and that's such a nice pic too. He looks good. |
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Love The Killers and Caution sounds great. Very nice solo by Lindsey and so glad to hear he's active and doing well!
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Such a great picture of him, I love his hair.
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robloud I woke up in my own bed in NYC, flew to Los Angeles, dropped my bags, and made my way to the studio to meet the boys. I walk in and who do I find? Lindsey fn Buckingham ripping solos for The Killers’ new banger, Caution. And when I found myself standing outside with him, the sun setting, that cool ass car, and a perfectly placed building light, I built up the guts to ask for this portrait. And he was gracious as all hell. It was a special day. Hope y’all are loving the new track! I can’t wait to hear it live with an audience! |
He looks just fabulous...
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CoS song of the week
they skipped a part there so "former FM guitarist LB" turned in "former LB":
https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/...llers-caution/ The Killers Play It Safe on Infectious “Caution” Complete with belt-like-no-tomorrow chorus, canned synth strings, and enormous drums by Dan Weiss on March 13, 2020, 12:52pm the killers caution stream imploding mirage The Killers, photo via artist's Facebook Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify New Sounds playlist. If there’s still a world to end after 2020, the best-case scenario is we look back on this week as the peak of Coronavirus Mania, the same week that The Killers chose to release a single whose chorus repeatedly howls “I’m throwing caution” at a time when people are legitimately going to the gym in surgical masks. So that happened. 00:30 / 00:30 Top articles 5/5 (Buy: Tickets to Upcoming Killers Shows) Long ago, Brandon Flowers proved himself an expert winner of bets involving the ability to make a hit song out of words that barely function as reality, like “riding on the back of a hurricane,” “do you want to feel my bones,” and, most famously, “are we human, or are we dancer?” That’s why he’s a rock star, undeterred by normal constraints of language or physics or anything that would get in the way of whatever tidal wave his inevitably massive hook and bombastic, ‘80s-Springsteen-indebted arrangement is riding. So, yeah, his probably political forthcoming album, Imploding the Mirage, and Coronavirus-timed first single is about dispensing with caution altogether. The man excels at artifice; fake the news until you make it. (Actually, their previous single, 2017’s “Run for Cover”, mentioned “fake news” by name.) Of course, “Caution” isn’t actually political. It’s not even all that Springsteen. The soft-focus synth bass and flat four-four drive put it more in line with Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ‘69” or even Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer”, with lyrics that only could’ve come from our generation’s most outsized glam-rocker: “Let me introduce you to the featherweight queen,” the song opens, referencing Paul Simon in passing (“Never had a diamond on the sole of her shoes”) and hitting pay dirt with “She can go straight from zero to the Fourth of July.” Utter nonsense like “She got Hollywood eyes, but she can’t shoot what she sees” is top-shelf surrealist swagger like peak Steven Tyler or Lennon’s “Come Together”. In fact, the most political line in the song may be the simple, Vegas-raised analysis, “Momma was a dancer and that’s all that she knew/ ‘Cause when you live in the desert, that’s what pretty girls do.” For Fans Of: Just about every artist who’s vowed through song to “get out of this town” or “burn it down” or both, from John Mellencamp to Gin Blossoms to Flowers’ many ‘80s faves. There is so much rock ‘n’ roll dedicated to settling a score with one’s birthplace! And yet, you can’t take The Killers out of Vegas or Vegas out of The Killers. Did I mention The Killers? If you love them, you’ll love “Caution”, which ticks every box on the “yup, it’s them” checklist: The belt-like-no-tomorrow chorus, the canned synth-strings, the enormous drums. Best Moment: The one true surprise of “Caution” is the full ****ing minute of guitar soloing it goes out on. Sound familiar? It should. That’s former Lindsey Buckingham behind the strings, and while most of it’s chopped in the radio edit, here’s hoping this assist is the first step in getting purely triumphant shredding back on rock (or even pop) radio. (At the very least, it’s a nice reminder of what the Mac’s missing these days.) Where to Go From Here: Every Killers fan should already have a healthy-to-sizable appreciation for Bowie and Springsteen, and definitely a working understanding of Duran Duran’s hits, so maybe it’s time to brush off Bryan Adams’ Reckless or John Mellencamp’s The Lonesome Jubilee to really dig into the history of their ersatz versions of the big dogs? And it’s not necessarily a given that their American fanbase knows Pet Shop Boys’ virtually-perfect Discography: The Complete Singles Collection or Scritti Politti’s squelchy masterpiece Cupid & Psyche ’85 front-to-back, so maybe they can deepen their synth appreciation? Other Great Songs This Week: King Von’s trap tall-tale “Took Her to the O” (and its equally outrageous video) will stay in your skull as one of 2020’s most addictive rap songs. Said skull might explode, though, upon experiencing the down-the-rabbit-hole EDM meltdown of Gupi and Fraxiom’s “Thos Moser.” (and its equally outrageous video). Jhené Aiko, Miguel, and Future will mend your skull back together with the soothing and sinuous “H.O.E. (Happiness Over Everything)” (the video is not particularly outrageous, but it does include fire-breathing). And speaking of outrageous videos, Lil Yachty, Drake, and DaBaby’s “Oprah’s Bank Account” features Yachty as Oprah interviewing Drake about reaching his full L.S.C.: “light-skin capability” and DaBaby about “going to your bitch’s house and then going back.” |
I may be just imagining it, but I feel I hear his voice. Like especially on that line “straight out of the news.”
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Listened to it several times. Love it!
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Yes! Always love pics of him where he is smiling or at least looking more relaxed than the overly serious "artiste" photos he often seems to prefer. |
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He looks like a guy that is happy and content. No bitterness or hang ups. He's ready to get on with it. Good for him, and good luck. Good song and great job Linds! Can't wait to hear that talent unleashed even more. Bring it!
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what kind of car is that? is that his?
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interview with Brandon and Ronnie from The Killers, talking about working with Lindsey, and that he has a new album in the can -
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and just like that - LB is back on social media too, not just releasing new hot music!
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Good old Ken Bruce on Radio 2 ...plays the Killers new single...
And mentions that the lead out guitar solo is by no one else but Lindsey Buckingham.... |
Caution #1 on alternative radio
https://themusicuniverse.com/killers...-with-caution/
The Killers hit No 1 with ‘Caution’ Buddy Iahn | April 22, 2020 | Rock The Killers Fastest song of their career to reach No 1 Grammy nominated The Killers return with their fastest No. 1 at alternative radio with hit single “Caution” via Island Records. “Caution” is from the band’s upcoming sixth studio album, Imploding The Mirage, the follow up to 2017’s chart topping Wonderful Wonderful. Produced by the band in conjunction with Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado of Foxygen, the album was recorded in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Park City, Utah. It is the first Killers album to be written and recorded since the band left their hometown of Las Vegas. It also features a brilliant array of collaborators, including Lindsey Buckingham, kd lang, Weyes Blood, Adam Granduciel, Blake Mills, and Lucius – another first for the group, who have typically kept guest spots on their albums to a minimum. “Caution” is all of Imploding The Mirage’s excellence densely packed into three and a half minutes. Both refreshingly next level and reminiscent of the band’s much-loved albums Sam’s Town and Battle Born, it finds The Killers evoking the spirit of ambitious reinvention matched with the kind of anthemic chorus to which they’ve become synonymous. The track features an iconic guitar solo courtesy of the legendary Lindsey Buckingham. [Read More at themusicuniverse.com/killers-hit-no-1-with-caution/ © The Music Universe. All Rights Reserved.] |
That's awesome! I hear it a lot on Sirius' The Spectrum.
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ahead of the Friday 4/24/2020 IG live Q&A with The Killers' Brandon and Ronnie, a LB/FM fan asked this question via twitter:
Q&A starts at about 6-minute mark in this video, and LB question was the first one they selected to answer of all the questions they received on twitter over the last week :thumbsup: basically, it sounds like they've been discussing with LB how to make this happen, and that both The Killers and LB want it (Ronnie says "we'll bribe him!" :lol:). they seemed to have been discussing the option like when they have parallel tours, if / when they happen to be in the same town, they'd ask LB to join them on stage and do several songs together - Caution, of course, but then also some Lindsey solo and some FM songs. if you watch the Q&A through the end, they say that Johnny Marr joined them on stage at Glastonbury back when The Killers were headliner in 2018, and that he will be touring with them this year on US dates, if the tour happens. sounded like Johnny Marr would be a "special guest" / opening for The Killers, and then join them on stage for some songs. while i love better to see LB in small venues instead of the arena tour The Killers are doing, since i go see both LB solo and The Killers tours live, LB opening for them, or just showing up on stage for several songs would all be a fantastic option in my book! and if he would be their "special guest" on some world tour dates, that would finally bring him to LB solo fans on all sides of the world! :cool::] plus, thanks to this collaboration, with his Caution participation LB now has a #1 hit on alternative radio!:] |
https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/the...ng-where-i-am/
The Killers frontman talks isolation and working with Fleetwood Mac legend Lindsey Buckingham. Brandon Flowers has compared being in lockdown to the classic horror movie The Shining. Speaking to the Hit Network in Australia, the Killers frontman said: "I'm in the mountains of Utah, it's just full blown winter vibes here. "Everybody else is starting to get spring before us. It sort of feels like The Shining where I am. The highest is in the high-30s Fahrenheit." The singer also revealed that former Fleetwood Mac legend Lindsey Buckingham had worked with the band in the studio on their latest single, Caution. ""He came to the studio where we were working in LA and he just delivered. "It was great we didn't have to get him to send it in remotely, we got to be in the room with and go to dinner with him. "We're lucky, a lot of these people who are legendary don't get bothered that much because you would assume that we're afraid of them or assume that they're going to say no. "So many times I think they're happy to be thought of and be appreciated and Lindsey was no different." The Killers release their eighth studio album, Imploding The Mirage, next month and Flowers claims that the record sees the band at their "peak". Flowers explained: "There's a lot of spirit in it and a lot of the bands that we admire had that quality. This is sort of peak spirit for The Killers and I'm really excited for it to come out." Imploding The Mirage is the follow-up to 2017's Wonderful Wonderful and is released on 29 May. |
In the UK...I haven’t had the Radio on much this last week, but
Caution has been record of the week !! On Radio 2 I must confess not to hearing it that much, not as much as The Stones new single. But at least The BBC has good taste.. And hopefully some of the DJs will mention Lindsey. |
we’ll call Lindsey fu*kin’ Buckingham!
this RS interview with The Killers came out 10 days ago -
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ewiKcsmncTTBvc How the Killers Started Over Again Before ‘Imploding the Mirage,’ they’d never made an album without founding guitarist Dave Keuning. It proved to be much more difficult than they imagined By ANDY GREENE When the Killers began work on their new album, Imploding the Mirage, they had virtually everything they needed: a batch of new songs, a seven-month break from the road, and a large home studio nestled away in Park City, Utah, where they could work and live without distraction. The only thing missing was their guitarist, Dave Keuning. Keuning started the band back in 2001, when he took out an ad in a Las Vegas newspaper looking for local musicians to play with. The first song he wrote with future Killers frontman Brandon Flowers after they met up was “Mr. Brightside,” and he’d gone on to play a pivotal role in crafting each album they’d made since then. But he stepped away from the road shortly after the recording of 2017’s Wonderful Wonderful, citing factors including creative frustration, and he hasn’t played with the Killers in the three years since, though they say he technically remains an official member. (Founding bassist Mark Stoermer has also scaled back his involvement in the band, but he continues to play some shows and studio parts.) On the road, the Killers were able to soldier on with hired hands, but recording new songs turned out to be a different story. “We were trying to make it sound like the band wasn’t fractured,” says Flowers. “And trying to sound like the Killers. It was almost like we were doing this dumbed-down, mannequin version of the band.” The more collaborators they brought in to fill that void, the worse it got. They don’t want to name everyone they tried during this self-described “speed dating” process, but producer Jacknife Lee — whom they worked with on Wonderful Wonderful — was one of them. “He was trying to make it sound like there was a Dave there,” says Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. “It felt a little dishonest.” After six months of recording, they didn’t have anything they were happy with. Then producer Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado of California psychedelic-rock duo Foxygen entered the picture. “That was a big awakening for us,” says Flowers. “We loved being with them, and it made us want to course-correct.” Around the same time, producer Ariel Rechtshaid played Flowers some of the new Vampire Weekend album, Father of the Bride. “I realized I couldn’t continue on the path that I was on,” says Flowers. “It reminded me of the way I felt when I heard Is This It [by the Strokes]. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t just phone this in. If Ezra [Koenig] is doing this, I need to up my game a little bit.’ I was inspired and jealous. For me those, two emotions combined really light a fire under me.” The Killers decided to throw out nearly everything they had done in Utah and start over in Los Angeles and in their own studio in Las Vegas. Everett and Rado joined the effort full time, and songs started coming more quickly. Still, Keuning’s absence remained a vexing problem. Vannucci recalls the recording of “Caution,” which would become the new album’s lead single: “We got to the point where it was like, ‘Okay, time to put some guitars on it.’ Then we’d be like, ‘****, Dave’s not here.’ We were having Thai food one night, kind of pissed, and I jokingly said, ‘Okay, we’ll call Lindsey fu*kin’ Buckingham!'” The band just so happens to share a publicity firm with the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, and the next afternoon, Buckingham showed up at the studio, guitar in hand. “He brought that song from 2D to 3D with his guitar playing,” says Vannucci. “He seemed to really get the musical sensitivities of the song right off the bat and just knew what colors to add.” That encounter set the template for the rest of the sessions, where everyone from Weyes Blood and K.D. Lang to the War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel joined in on the fun. “The charm about being in L.A. is that you’re so close to everybody,” adds Vannucci. “They’re just a phone call away.” The track “Dying Breed” was created in collaboration with producer Flood, whom the band hadn’t worked with since their 2006 LP Sam’s Town. Flowers says that helped give the song “an industrial vibe” that he likes: “What I love about Flood is he doesn’t have a problem x-ing something out if he doesn’t like it. What he did with it was a lot more stark than what we would have done, but it kept the spirit of the song. It has a heart to it that really grabs you.” Lead-off track “My Own Soul’s Warning” was written near the end of the sessions, when Flowers worried he didn’t have a single yet and started to panic. The song came to him in a burst of inspiration, but getting the right mix has been a problem. “It’s a stubborn son of a bitch,” says Flowers. “We’re near 90 mixes of it I think. But it’s my favorite song on the record. I can’t wait for people to hear it.” Taken as a whole, Imploding the Mirage has the kind of roaring energy and catchy hooks that recall the band’s early classics, even though the collaborators all bring unique twists to it. “A lot of moments reminded me of making our first album, where you just know that it’s going to connect because of the way it makes you feel,” says Flowers. “I felt like that 20-year-old kid almost inventing something again.” Still, the Killers aren’t the same band that started out nearly 20 years ago. Stoermer took a step back in 2016, a few years after a pyro mishap in London left him with hearing damage; he remains close to the other guys in the band, and they expect to play select dates with him in the future. The situation with Keuning, who released a solo album last year, is different. “All I ever wanted was to play guitar in a successful band, but it took its toll in more ways than one,” he said in 2019. “Mentally, physically, doing the same thing over and over again . . . I needed balance back in my life.” He was also upset about his role in the creative process. “I was writing all these ideas for songs,” he said. “But they always fell to the bottom of the pile. So I felt, well, may as well do something. And it was fun to realize I could have complete control over them, after having very little control in the Killers.” Both Flowers and Vannucci say the door is open if he ever feels like getting back to work with them. “I don’t want to spill too much dirty laundry, but it’s been years since he’s been really been a productive part of this band,” says Vannucci. “And it sucks. We have to get used to it, and hopefully that will level out and we’ll figure out a way forward. He can come back if that’s what he wants. This is all his decision.” The band is still mixing Imploding the Mirage, whose May 29th release date has been pushed back by the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re incredibly psyched for fans to hear it, even as they are realistic about their odds of getting a song on mainstream pop radio — if they do get a major hit of that kind, it would be their first since 2008’s “Human.” (They’ve fared better at alternative radio, where “Caution” became a substantial hit after this interview, getting the most plays of any song on that format in the last week of April, according to Alpha Data.) In that same time, the Killers have become one of the most popular touring rock bands on the planet, regularly headlining stadiums in Europe and packing arenas all over America. They’ve pulled this off by touring relentlessly, sometimes playing more than 100 shows a gig a year and never getting off the road for more than a few months. “There’s a lot of cities in the world and a lot of people and the fans keep coming,” says Flowers. “It’s addictive. It’s become more than cathartic or more than exciting for me. It’s something that’s a part of my identity, and I still enjoy getting better at it. I love it.” That strategy will be more complicated this time around: The band booked an extensive European summer tour, followed by a run of American arenas, but venue closures due to COVID-19 mean that most if not all of those dates will have to wait. “It’s frustrating,” says Flowers. “But there’s just more important stuff going on right now. Those stadiums are going to still be there in 2021.” In the meantime, the group is trying to think of ways to promote the album from their homes. They already taped a stripped-down performance of “Caution” for Jimmy Kimmel Live from Flowers’ bathroom and announced a live YouTube Q&A for May 15th, and they are thinking about more streaming shows. “We’re starting to bat ideas around,” says Flowers. “I guess the only alternative would be to make another record.” |
I think they should have as an opener for select shows. He could play for an 75 minutes starting at 7:30 and they come on at 9:00 an do their full set and he could join them for Caution. I would go and see that.
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