under the gun
The Killers played the Coliseum last night. It was the last stop on their year and a half tour promoting their first album. The opening band was called British Sea Power. Nothing too special. The bass player was wearing some kind of tree decoration on his head for awhile. At the end of their set, they were jumping on each other's shoulders and walking around. One of the guys hopped onto an amp stack and did some kind of dance. That was about it.
The show was filled with mostly teenagers and many of them had on some kind of Killers merch. The band has probably made a fortune on this tour off t-shirt sales alone.
With so many teens at the show, I felt like the band was playing in some large highschool gymnasium. The talent shows at our highschool sucked by the way. The best performance was by these guys that decided to cover Filter's Hey Man Nice Shot one year. Yup....that's as good as it got back then.
The backdrop of the set looked pretty low budget, with a shiny grey banner that said The Killers on it. Too bad you could barely make out the writing on the banner. The last time I saw them, they had a nicely lit logo in the background.
I felt the setlist this time seemed stronger than their previous show here in April. The songs played were mostly the same, but the order was switched around quite a bit and created a better flow to the set. They opened with Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, with the bass player Mark doing a solo intro before the band kicked in. Some highlights for me included On Top, Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll, and Mr.Brightside. There was a huge sing-a-long at the end for All These Things That I've Done. Brandon called out everyone with a lighter or cellphone to hold it up. It's scary to realize how many kids have cellphones these days.
Their set was 1hr 10mins with one encore.
Setlist:
Jenny Was A Friend of Mine
On Top
Somebody Told Me
Midnight Show
Believe Me, Natalie
Change Your Mind
Under The Gun
Smile Like You Mean It
Andy, You're A Star
Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
Mr. Brightside
Encore:
Everything Will Be Alright
Moonage Daydream (David Bowie cover)
All These Things That I've Done
The show was filled with mostly teenagers and many of them had on some kind of Killers merch. The band has probably made a fortune on this tour off t-shirt sales alone.
With so many teens at the show, I felt like the band was playing in some large highschool gymnasium. The talent shows at our highschool sucked by the way. The best performance was by these guys that decided to cover Filter's Hey Man Nice Shot one year. Yup....that's as good as it got back then.
The backdrop of the set looked pretty low budget, with a shiny grey banner that said The Killers on it. Too bad you could barely make out the writing on the banner. The last time I saw them, they had a nicely lit logo in the background.
I felt the setlist this time seemed stronger than their previous show here in April. The songs played were mostly the same, but the order was switched around quite a bit and created a better flow to the set. They opened with Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, with the bass player Mark doing a solo intro before the band kicked in. Some highlights for me included On Top, Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll, and Mr.Brightside. There was a huge sing-a-long at the end for All These Things That I've Done. Brandon called out everyone with a lighter or cellphone to hold it up. It's scary to realize how many kids have cellphones these days.
Their set was 1hr 10mins with one encore.
Setlist:
Jenny Was A Friend of Mine
On Top
Somebody Told Me
Midnight Show
Believe Me, Natalie
Change Your Mind
Under The Gun
Smile Like You Mean It
Andy, You're A Star
Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
Mr. Brightside
Encore:
Everything Will Be Alright
Moonage Daydream (David Bowie cover)
All These Things That I've Done
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