The Killers have pulled out a canopy of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m On Hearth’ throughout a pageant headline set. Try footage of the second beneath.
The occasion befell over the weekend (September 16), when the Las Vegas rock veterans took to the stage because the Saturday headliners for the Sea.Hear.Now Pageant in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Right here, Brandon Flowers and co. celebrated being on Bruce Springsteen’s residence turf by shocking followers with their first-ever cowl of his 1984 observe ‘I’m On Hearth’ – taken from his hit album ‘Born In The united statesA’.
The rendition arrived within the latter half of the 19-song setlist and adopted on from The Killers’ single ‘A Dustland Fairytale’ – a observe taken from their 2008 album ‘Day & Age’ which was rereleased in 2021 with featured visitor vocals from The Boss himself. Try footage of the second beneath.
The headline slot at Sea.Hear.Now was removed from the primary time that the band have made a nod in the direction of the American rock veteran whereas on stage. Final yr, the members introduced the singer out to carry out alongside them at Madison Sq. Backyard.
The second befell as The Killers have been taking part in the second of two nights on the venue in assist of their albums ‘Imploding the Mirage’ and ‘Stress Machine’, and Springsteen got here on stage to carry out ‘Dustland’, ‘Badlands’ and ‘Born To Run’. They have been additionally joined by his bandmate Jake Clemons, the saxophonist nephew of the late and legendary E Avenue Band member Clarence Clemons.
As for the band’s slot in New Jersey over the weekend, the frontman paid one other nod to the 73-year-old artist later within the night by becoming a member of the Tangiers Blues Band for a canopy of ‘The Promised Land’ on the Stone Pony venue. Discover a clip of the efficiency beneath.
In different information, final month, The Killers took to the stage as one of many headliners for this yr’s instalment of Studying & Leeds Pageant.
For his or her set at Little John’s Farm in Studying, the band introduced out a wide range of classics together with ‘Human’ and ‘Any person Instructed Me’, and stunned the group by bringing a younger fan on stage to play the drums on ‘For Causes Unknown’.
“It’s a becoming showstopper of showmanship to a set that would run as a Vegas residency for the remainder of time, however for tonight The Killers have been very a lot ours,” wrote NME in a four-star evaluation of the set. “The ticker-tape and added pomp was the cherry on high, however generally all you want is just a little little bit of ‘Glamorous Indie Rock And Roll’.”
As for Bruce Springsteen, the musician was not too long ago pressured to postpone all of his exhibits for September, as he receives remedy for peptic ulcer illness signs.
“Over right here on E Avenue, we’re heartbroken to need to postpone these exhibits. First, apologies to our fabulous Philly followers who we missed a number of weeks in the past. We’ll be again to choose these exhibits up after which some. Thanks in your understanding and assist,” read the statement saying the information. “We’ve been having a blast at our U.S. exhibits and we’re wanting ahead to extra nice occasions. We’ll be again quickly.”