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The Countdown starts now as we wait for The Killers new album Pressure Machine

Tour dates:   

  • Fri April 15, 2022   Las Vegas NV  The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan (SOLD OUT)

  • Sat April 16, 2022   Las Vegas NV  The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan (SOLD OUT)

  • Tue April 26, 2022     Monterrey MX    Arena Monterrey

  • Wed April 27, 2022    Monterrey MX   Arena Monterrey

  • Fri April 29, 2022   Mexico City MX      Foro Sol (SOLD OUT)

  • Sun May 1, 2022     Guadalajara MX   Estadio 3 de Marzo (SOLD OUT)

  • Fri August 19, 2022   Vancouver BC   Rogers Arena

  • Sat August 20, 2022    Seattle WA    Climate Pledge Arena

  • Sun August 21, 2022   Portland OR     Moda Center

  • Tue August 23, 2022    San Francisco CA    Chase Center

  • Wed August 24, 2022      San Diego CA      Pechanga Arena

  • Fri August 26, 2022   Las Vegas NV       T-Mobile Arena

  • Sat August 27, 2022     Los Angeles CA        Banc of California Stadium

  • Tue August 30, 2022   Salt Lake City UT     Vivint Arena

  • Wed August 31, 2022    Denver CO       Ball Arena

  • Thu September 8, 2022   Houston TX    Toyota Center

  • Fri September 9, 2022    Austin TX    Moody Center

  • Sat September 10, 2022 Fort Worth TX   Dickies Arena

  • Tue September 13, 2022     Miami FL     FTX Arena

  • Wed September 14, 2022    Orlando FL     Amway Center

  • Fri September 16, 2022       Atlanta GA State       Farm Arena

  • Sat September 17, 2022      Nashville TN    Bridgestone Arena

  • Sun September 18, 2022     St. Louis MO      Chaifetz Arena

  • Tue September 20, 2022     St. Paul MN     Xcel Energy Center

  • Wed September 21, 2022    Chicago IL         United Center

  • Fri September 23, 2022       Toronto ON        Scotiabank Arena

  • Sat September 24, 2022      Montréal QC    Bell Centre

  • Sun September 25, 2022     Verona NY      Turning Stone Event Center

  • Thu September 29, 2022       Washington DC        Capital One Arena

  • Fri September 30, 2022       New York NY  Madison Square Garden

  • Sat October 1, 2022      New York NY   Madison Square Garden

  • Mon October 3, 2022        Boston MA    TD Garden

  • Tue October 4, 2022     University Park PA   Bryce Jordan Center

  • Thu October 6, 2022   Pittsburgh PA     Petersen Events Center

  • Fri October 7, 2022       Cleveland OH   Wolstein Center

  • Sat October 8, 2022      Detroit MI      Little Caesars Arena

The Killers will release an expanded, deluxe edition of their critically-lauded seventh studio album, Pressure Machine, on Island Records on March 25, 2022. The deluxe edition of Pressure Machine will feature newly-realized, reimagined versions of select songs from the album, framing the stories they tell in different sonic colors. 

Songs like album opener “The West Hills” get both a stripped back, acoustic version, as well as a ghostly, choral rendition. Pressure Machine’s stirring duet “Runaway Horses” with Phoebe Bridgers is re-imagined with a full band. Album closer “The Getting By” is revamped in four different styles, each one highlighting what The Killers do best - perfect choruses, stadium-ready melodies, and the soaring instrumentation that has made them one of the most beloved bands of the last two decades. 

The new tracks on Pressure Machine, like the original album, were co-produced by the band, Shawn Everett, and Jonathan Rado (of Foxygen), all of whom worked together on The Killers’ critically-acclaimed album Imploding The Mirage, released in 2020.  

On March 21st, in celebration of the deluxe edition’s release, The Killers will also debut a live film entitled “Notes From A Quiet Town” exclusively on Facebook. Featuring three stripped back performances from the band, the film, which is set in frontman Brandon Flowers’ hometown of Nephi, Utah, also includes stories from Nephi locals, much like the album. Click HERE to watch the trailer for the film. 

A quieter, character-study-driven album, Pressure Machine made major waves upon its release last summer. The album lives squarely in Nephi, Utah, a close-knit community of 5300 people with no traffic lights, a rubber plant, wheat fields, and the West Hills. Nephi is the place Flowers spent his formative years (10-16), saying “had it not been for advancements in the automotive industry, Nephi in the 90s could have been the 1950s.” The album’s songs are based on the memories and stories of people that impacted him growing up, interspersed with commentary from current Nephi locals about their town. 

The resulting record is an aural document of growing up - and living - in the American Southwest, told from a myriad of perspectives. For the first time in his life, Flowers had complete lyrics before a note of music was put to tape. No stranger to inhabiting different characters in songs, on Pressure Machine he steps into the shoes of some of the people whose lives he watched unfold as a teen. The album weaves the threads of Flowers’ signature lyricism throughout his career into a perfect whole culminating in the most elegant album The Killers have ever made. Indeed, Pressure Machine’s stories detail the real life personal battles, overwhelming regrets, local tragedies, and the opioid epidemic that hit Flowers’ hometown, as well as every hometown in America. Flowers sings about the choices people make, for better and for worse, and the consequences of those choices; the ones who were left behind, and the ones that can’t be forgotten.

The Killers will be touring throughout North America to celebrate both Pressure Machine and Imploding The Mirage, along with their much-loved catalog of global hits. Tickets for these shows are on sale now. 

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