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Here’s a nice Sam’s Town-era promo performance on Jimmy Kimmel’s show. Not much of note on this other than the fact that both songs are cut off, which sadly was the norm for a lot of these late-night live show performances. TECH SPECS: MP3 (320kbps) TRACKS Read My Mind (cut) Sam’s Town (cut) (MEGA) Decryption Key: y5TQ2cyBcvTL67sjaDWSEwfCp51GODyI4tE04vOzdGQ
In a surprise performance that I didn’t expect to post on this site, here’s a small portion of Elton John’s final UK concert (for now). Among the handful of guest performers was none other than Brandon Flowers! Aside from being a guest appearance, this performance is notable for Elton’s nice introduction of Brandon (included as track 00 in this upload) and Brandon’s nod to an earlier Killers…
Time to make up for some lost time with a few last-minute show posts! Here is the entirety of the professionally recorded show from earlier this month. Some quick highlights obviously include the inclusion of ‘In the Car Outside’ and ‘boy’, as well as a fan drumming on ‘For Reasons Unknown’ who tried returning the drumsticks, plus all the fun concert-exclusive takes on our favorite tracks caught…
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Im at 7 if were not counting opening acts as seperate shiws-- and I still have a show or two lined up 🤪
Here’s one that’s surprisingly an oldie by now– a 2020 livestreamed concert the Killers did to promote Imploding the Mirage back in the fall of 2020– complete with interview segments breaking up the songs! Enjoy! TECH SPECS: MP3 (320kbps) TRACKS Intro Caution Interview 1 Blowback Interview 2 When You Were Young (Acoustic) Interview 3 Running Towards a Place Interview 4 My Own Soul’s…
WEIRD AL CAME TO TUMBLR TO TELL OFF AN IMPERSONATOR AND THEN JUST FUCKING LEFT
My first exposure to the Killers (and Franz Ferdinand... and Weezer... and Modest Mouse... and almost everyone else polka-fied in the song) was through "Weird Al" Yankovic's Polkarama. So that makes this relevant to this blog.
Plus it's just hilarious.
Keeping the streak of 2022-2023 shows going, here’s the full Durant gig the Killers did a few months back! Thanks to aviewfromtheshow for recording the entire gig and sharing a video of it on YouTube! There are a few tech glitches I found that I may try fixing in a future re-upload, but they are audio cutouts that happen twice during ‘boy’ and once during the ‘Runaways’/’Read My Mind’ transition…
For anyone who’s been following the Killers for the past few decades, it should come as no surprise that the Killers seem to love Jimmy Kimmel. They’ve done sketches with him on his show, have debuted a handful of songs on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and even had him on one of their then-annual Christmas songs. But did you know they spent the American release day of Hot Fuss on the show? I didn’t until…
New ItM show up at KBA!
Here’s the first of a good few Imploding the Mirage tour recordings I’ve prepped for upload! Aside from a fan drumming on ‘For Reasons Unknown’ (a tradition I’m sure we’re all thrilled is back!), this marks the seventh time ‘In Another Life’ has been performed. TRACKS Sam’s Town Enterlude Mr. Brightside The Way It Was Shot at the Night Run for Cover Smile Like You Mean It Runaway…
Broadcast live by LiveXLive, here is the complete Hangout Music Fest performance from 2018! The main highlights include a soundboard recording of ‘The Calling’ and a tribute to Tom Petty, who had passed away the previous October. TRACKS Mr. Brightside Spaceman Somebody Told Me The Way It Was Shot at the Night Run for Cover Smile Like You Mean It For Reasons Unknown Human The…
Howdy! Just to save some of you time– as the title hints, there are no show links in this post. Feel free to check back later for those. But if you want to get a little behind-the-scenes look at what’s been going on with me and the site the past two years– read on. Over the past two years, uploads have been sporadic and without much rhyme or reason at KBA*, but that hasn’t stopped you all from…
BRANDON FLOWERS THE DESIRED EFFECT released May 15th 2015
Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, Kansas (Live May 2, 2009)
As part of the holiday season (and making up for so few show posts this year), here is the seventh of seven daily uploads! Thanks for checking these out and see you all in 2023! Wrapping up this week-long holiday gift is something from deep in Santa’s bag! Here’s a complete 2009 concert in really good quality, considering the age and how few non-professionally recorded shows from this time…
KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA (Live December 11, 2004)
As part of the holiday season (and making up for so few show posts this year), here is the sixth of seven daily uploads! Thanks for checking these out and see you all in 2023! Well, almost all of the presents are ‘opened,’ and not a single KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas show– until today! Enjoy this amazing Hot Fuss-era soundboard recording! TECH SPECS: MP3 (320kbps) TRACKS Jenny Was A Friend Of…
The Voice, Universal City, California (Live December 10, 2012)
As part of the holiday season (and making up for so few show posts this year), here is the fifth of seven daily uploads! Thanks for checking these out and see you all in 2023! Here’s a nice two-for-one– the Killers’ appearance on the third season of the American singing competition show, The Voice, with both the video and extracted audio. The band performed with contestant-turned-country…
Brandon Flowers: Maida Vale Studios, London, England (Live September 6, 2010)
As part of the holiday season (and making up for so few show posts this year), here is the fourth of seven daily uploads! Thanks for checking these out and see you all in 2023! Breaking up the Killers shows a bit with a vintage solo Brandon show! Here’s the complete radio broadcast of Flowers’ Maida Vale Studios appearance promoting his first solo album, Flamingo! TECH SPECS: MP3…
Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster, England (Live May 24, 2022)
As part of the holiday season (and making up for so few show posts this year), here is the third of seven daily uploads! Thanks for checking these out and see you all in 2023! This show is very boomy and Brandon gets drowned out in the mix and there are some cuts in the recording, but it still makes for a decent audience recording of a fun show! TECH SPECS: MP3 (128kbps) TRACKS My Own Soul’s…
