Credit: Olivia BeeWith the concert world still on lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the music community is continuing to reminisce about live shows of the past. The Killers, however, have one gig in particular that they wouldn’t mind forgetting.
Speaking to the U.K.’s Radio X, frontman Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. recall their worst concert: a show in Manchester that was threatened by some dangerous stage equipment.
“There was all this stage rigging and there were these heavy chains that are used to pull up a truss with lights and things,” Vannucci recalls. “The linkage has to be really heavy and they sit in these baskets. And for whatever reason, the chain was spilling over the basket and it came down inches away from my left and scared the s*** outta me.”
When asked whether the situation was “a close shave,” Flowers quips, “Well, not close enough, obviously,” referring to Vannucci’s giant beard.
“I would’ve been toast, like dead, if [the chain] would have come any closer,” Vannucci says.
The Killers, meanwhile, had planned to release their new album Imploding the Mirage — which includes the single “Caution” — last Friday. However, like pretty much everything else, the record has been delayed due to the pandemic.
By Josh Johnson
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