The Killers Say New Album is “Finished” and “Coming This Year”
The Killers have confirmed that they are almost done working on their new album. The follow-up to 2020’s acclaimed ‘Imploding The Mirage‘ is “coming this year”.
In a fan Q&A on Instagram Live, the Las Vegas indie rockers have shed some light on when to expect the album.
“I mean it’s finished, yeah. We’re basically in the mastering phase,” said frontman Brendon Flowers. “It will come out this year. We were hoping for an early summer release, but the vinyl manufacturing companies are all inundated with the artists who held their albums back because of COVID. Now they’re all trying to get their albums out and are making this push. We want to release everything simultaneously, so we’re running into a wall.”
He continued: “It will be [released] this year, and it is finished.”
Drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. added: “It gives us time to make tweaks. It’s good and it’s different. I want to explore talking about the record, but we were told not to let the cat out of the bag too much.”
The announcement comes after The Killers recently broke a UK chart record with their ‘Hot Fuss’ breakthrough single ‘Mr Brightside’, having spent 260 non-consecutive weeks in the top 100 of the UK singles chart since its re-release in 2004 – and having remained firmly in the top 100 for the last five years.
The Killers will embark on their rescheduled UK and Ireland stadium tour in summer 2022. They will be joined by special guests Manic Street Preachers.
The band had initially been set out to hit the road in summer 2020, before those dates were delayed to this year and set to kick off in May 2021. However, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and with mass outdoor gatherings currently not set to return in the UK until June 21, the gigs have now been rescheduled until next summer – with an extra show added in Falkirk.
Check out the full info. about The Killers’ tour dates here.
