The Killers: ‘Mr Brightside is like Happy Birthday now. That song plays itself’
Answering your questions as they release a new best-of, the Killers’ Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci discuss label rejection, their recent scrapped album and the joy of Bake Off
November 2023
The reader interview
Post your questions for the Killers
As they release greatest hits compilation Rebel Diamonds, the band’s Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci will take on your questions
August 2023
Clowny and crass, yes – but how boring rock would be if artists like Brandon Flowers kept quiet
Shaad D'Souza
Surely as fans we want to see performers express themselves in concert – however misguided they sometimes might be, says culture journalist Shaad D’Souza
June 2022
The Killers halt concert to check on 67-year-old crowd surfer – video
Brandon Flowers stopped gig at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester to check on a fan after he fell and cut his head
May 2022
The Killers review – Brandon Flowers thrills intimate venue with Vegas showman swagger
The sound system at this rare small gig struggles to handle the Killers’ bombast, but it hardly matters with a crowd of millennial super fans primed to roar back the hits
August 2021
The Killers: Pressure Machine review – their best album in years
Frontman Brandon Flowers channels his Utah childhood on this lush, uncharacteristically reflective album
August 2020
Kitty Empire's album of the week
The Killers: Imploding the Mirage review – Boss business as usual
Brandon Flowers is in Springsteen territory again
July 2019
Billy Bragg claims it is 'beyond doubt' that Morrissey is spreading far-right ideas
Bragg also calls out the Killers’ Brandon Flowers for describing the former Smiths frontman as ‘a king’ despite controversies
June 2019
'It's universal': Why the Killers' Mr Brightside will be this year's Glastonbury anthem
The synth-addled tale of jealousy and betrayal is set to storm the Pyramid Stage, 16 years after its release. Brandon Flowers and others reveal why we make such a hot fuss of it
November 2017
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography
Kathy Burke, Philip Pullman and Natalie Dormer and a rat in the kitchen all feature in this month’s showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer in October 2017.
September 2017
The Killers: Wonderful Wonderful review – glossy and striking
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June 2017
Glastonbury 2017: Sunday daytime with Chic, Barry Gibb and the Killers – as it happened
Sunday was soothed by Laura Marling, and Barry Gibb got the Pyramid crowd singing. Then it all kicked off with a surprise appearance from the Killers and Chic’s disco party in the sunshine
July 2015
New Order enlist Iggy Pop, Elly Jackson and Brandon Flowers for new album
The group announce more details of their 10th studio album, as well as a series of Music Complete tour dates
May 2015
Brandon Flowers is UK chart No 1 with second solo album The Desired Effect
The Killers star went head to head with Paul Weller this week, but eventually finished 5,000 combined chart sales ahead of the former Jam frontman
Brandon Flowers review – gold lame Elvis jacket or not, he’s got no game
The Killers frontman delivers a buzzy rock’n’synth solo show, but he can’t shake his nice-guy humility
Music blog
Can you put Brandon Flowers's facial hair to good use?
Brandon Flowers: The Desired Effect review - thrillingly 80s-style pop
Brandon Flowers: The Desired Effect review – slick 80s-style drivetime
March 2015
The playlist
The playlist – pop: Brandon Flowers, Ronika, Shamir
Brandon Flowers on The Desired Effect: 'Every song on this album is a single'
