While The Killers take a break from recording new tunes, their SEKSI frontman Brandon Flowers is prepping his first solo album, Flamingo, set for an autumn release!
He recently sat down to talk about the process, and revealed he's not only doing a duet with one of our faves, Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis, but also collaborating with producers Stuart Price - who's worked with Madonna and Kylie Minogue - Daniel Lanois (who's worked with Bob Dylan and U2) and Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young)!!
Flowers says:
"It's a pretty good line-up, I think. Stuart and Daniel have been working together, and I've done another three tracks with Brendan on his own. Jenny's helped me out on a couple of songs, and we also get to duet on the record, on a song called Hard Enough, which turned out great. She's always popped into my mind whenever I think about getting a female vocalist involved because she's a fellow child of Las Vegas, too. It's all very rooted right here in Las Vegas dirt."
Wow! He has quite the variety of musical aesthetics working at once!
We can only imagine what the final product is going to sound like!
As he gets ready to step away from The Killers and release his solo album Flamingo, Brandon Flowers gives deets to NME on the greatly anticipated release.
Here are some HIGHlights:
On breaking out:
"To be honest, I personally would prefer it if this was a Killers record. Some of these songs were originally destined to be Killers songs, but it is what it is. I certainly never sat around dreaming of going out on my own, but singing songs and writing songs, it's kind of what I do, you know? And I just don't want to stop right now."
On his solo career affecting the band:
"I see this as something that will only make The Killers stronger… I feel like I'm getting something out of my system with this album, but I want the next Killers album to be a wonderful collaboration between four guys who are ready to make the best record that they possibly can."
On his collaboration with Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis:
"Jenny's helped me out on a couple of songs, and we also got to duet on a song called 'Hard Enough,' which turned out great. She's always popped into my mind whenever I think about getting a female vocalist involved because she's a fellow child of Las Vegas, too. A lot of people don't realize that, but she was actually born there, in the same hospital as Ronnie Vannucci Jr, only a few weeks apart!"
On whether he'll tour:
"Oh, hell yeah! I mean, obviously, we need to make sure that people want to hear it first. But we'll definitely be coming to the UK. And I'm up for doing the festival circuit if they want me!"
On moving on:
"I really can't blame the other guys, but I've just got this fire in my bosom that's still burning. I'm ready to go!"
The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is going it alone! On the band's official website, fans can now sign up for email updates on Brandon's solo album!
It'll seem like you are if you buy tickets to see The Killers Live At The Royal Albert Hall, which will be playing on November 5th in select movie theaters.
But, don't freak out if you can't make it that day! The CD, DVD and Blu-ray of the performance will be available on November 10th.
To recap - early this morning, we heard the terrifying news that 54-year-old Robert Dewey Hoskins, a man who was convicted of stalking and threatening Madonna, had escaped from a mental hospital in Norwalk, CA.
The LAPD were describing the man as follows:
"…A very psychotic man when not taking his medication and has very violent tendencies."
Now, we're VERY happy to report that the Los Angeles Police Department have captured Madonna's very dangerous stalker!
The LAPD announced that Hoskins was found around 9 a.m. this morning "not far from the mental facility from which he escaped."
He's currently in police custody and he's being escorted back to the hospital.
We're just glad that nobody was hurt while this man was on the loose. We're ESPECIALLY glad that he wasn't able to get close to Madonna.
Great job, LAPD! We're very pleased and impressed!
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