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May 18, 2007
NEWS: Killers Bail out of Red Rocks Show After Two Songs
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Red Rock's summer concert series is off to a rocky start. During the second show of the season it took only two songs into their Denver concert before the Killers cancelled Thursday's show. Brandon Flowers was visibly and audibly upset while singing "When You Were Young" and walked off the stage. Ending what first appeared to be a moment of lyrical forgetfulness and turning it into an extended break with PA music turned on in an attempt to distract from the empty stage at the base of the sandstone monoliths.
After about ten minutes Killers drummer (likely short straw puller) Ronnie Vannucci, Jr took to the mic and delivered the evening's eulogy: "His voice is very screwed up," referring to Brandon Flowers who suffered an apparent throat injury, before spiraling oddly into praising the crowd's otherwise good health.
Even odder was the serendipitous presence of Merry Swankster at Red Rocks - camera in hand to record the announcement described above and the shit-storm of boos from the "loyal" Killers fans. Video by Kelli Douglas, distribution care of YouTube.
Video of doctor who followed after the jump.
Posted by Merry Swankster at May 18, 2007 04:50 AM
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I think it's terrible that The Killers website has nothing about the show cancellation. Fans will be pretty pissed if Brandon had such a throat injury that he couldn't sing last night but he'll be fine for tonight's show.
I smell a jaybroni....
Posted by: Kelli Douglas at May 18, 2007 12:54 PM
According to http://www.9news.com/life/entertainment/article.aspx?storyid=70293
show has been rescheduled for Sept 4th and no other shows will be cancelled.
Posted by: Kelli Douglas at May 18, 2007 01:45 PM
Wait, did you guys explain why you were at a Killers concert at Red Rocks?
Posted by: Jeff K at May 18, 2007 03:18 PM
We just wanted to pretend we were 13 again. That's really the only excuse.
Posted by: Kelli Douglas at May 18, 2007 03:24 PM
Everyone who booed should go to hell.
Posted by: Your mom at May 18, 2007 05:21 PM
Everyone who booed will go to hell. It's somewhere in Deuteronomy.
Posted by: Randall Monty at May 18, 2007 10:23 PM
I want nothing more than to smack the shit out of those so called "fans" who booed them.. Good lord people like that piss me off so bad
Posted by: UGH at May 26, 2007 12:05 AM
