On Monday Night Football, the Killers performed “Mr. Brightside” on a rooftop in Las Vegas as a welcome to the NFL’s Raiders. The game was played against the New Orleans Saints and was the Raiders’ first home game of the season where they unveiled their new Allegiant Stadium.
Brandon Flowers, singer for the Killers, introduced the band and their signature single, from 2004’s Hot Fuss, “Hello, we’re the Killers. It’s our pleasure to welcome the Raiders to fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. I think we’ve got just the song for the occasion.”
Watch the Monday Night Football performance of “Mr. Brightside”
The Killers’ sixth LP, Imploding the Mirage, was released a month before the live appearance. In a recent live stream event “Remembering Ian Curtis” with Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris from New Order, Flowers mentioned the Killers beginning work on another record, tentatively due out spring 2021.
He said “Every time someone makes a record, they say that they have 50 songs and they’re going to release another record. We really are. We’re going to release another one in about 10 months. We’ve already gone back into the studio with [producer Jonathon Rado] and [producer Shawn Everett]. We did a week in Northern California. I had a lot of time on my hands. Before, I’d normally be gearing up to tour, all of that time has gone back into writing more songs. It’s been pretty fruitful.”
Watch the full “Remembering Ian Curtis” live stream event here.