Breaking Killers coming to Omaha

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

First show at the Steelhouse. Just sick/deep/gross

 

[Jim14510]

I like the killers. When?

 

[BIGSTICK67]

I like the killers. When?

May 12th

 

[#HBD]

First show at the Steelhouse. Just sick/deep/gross

 

[Adolph Coors]

jealousy

 

[MtnHusker]

I tried booking a show with The Killers. It was after they first exploded on the scheme around 2003. Problem was they only had 28 minutes of music, literally 28 minute set was all they could play. My music fans would have been pissed paying a higher ticket price if the headlined played for under 30 minutes. I passed on them for this reason. They played at the Fox Theater on that tour and the promoter told me the boys were hammered during the show. So much that after the show the band was getting ready to head back to the hotel but they couldn't find the lead singer. Eventually found him passed out on the floor in the Sound Booth. Guess he stumbled back there to lay down and take a nap. Said it was a good show, but definitely a quickie for a pop/punk/indie band.

Punk music can be high energy so sometimes you only get 60-90 minutes out of the bigger headliner but never heard of only 28 minutes. Even some bands with older member like the Dead Kennedy's played for over 2 hours. Green Day for over 2 1/2 hours. Dropkick Murphy's 90+ minutes. Flogging Molly is 2 1/2+. Unwritten Law played for over 2 hours. Strung Out actually played for close to 3 hours cuz they were having a blast, literally needed oxygen after the show. Suicidal Tendencies was 2+ hours. Bad Brains 2+ hours. Couldn't in my right mind put the Killers on stage for only 28 minutes. I was trying to get their manager to convince them to learn some covers they could play to extend the time. Now they have enough material so they play 90+ minute shows.

 

[RedSavage]

buying my tix when they go on sale Friday

 

[That SOB Van Owen]

Swimtown already has too many killers GBR NFM

 

[HCFord1]

May 12th

That's my bday

 

[Huskersballz]

I’ll be going

 

[HuskerDocCo]

you hippy dippies should be watchin the Andrew sisters

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

you hippy dippies should be watchin the Andrew sisters

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy is a banger.

 

[dsbigred1]

I honestly thought when I opened this thread that Tone was posting about a pit bull adoption event in Swimtown..

 

[BingoDingo]

Was hoping this was a new pitbull thread, Tone. That's fine

 

[BingoDingo]

I honestly thought when I opened this thread that Tone was posting about a pit bull adoption event in Swimtown..

Holy shit...uh..

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

This will be unpopular, so @bant me if need be, but I don't get the killers at all. I will say that @#HBD playing slightly different versions of Mr. Brightside on repeat 20-30K times between 2005 and 2012 has jaded my opinion. Hell, there was a time when he had an MP3 player (generic iPod) that only had Mr. Brightside on it, like 4-5 different versions - not one single other different song.

TLDR - Fuck 'em.

 

[#HBD]

I tried booking a show with The Killers. It was after they first exploded on the scheme around 2003. Problem was they only had 28 minutes of music, literally 28 minute set was all they could play. My music fans would have been pissed paying a higher ticket price if the headlined played for under 30 minutes. I passed on them for this reason. They played at the Fox Theater on that tour and the promoter told me the boys were hammered during the show. So much that after the show the band was getting ready to head back to the hotel but they couldn't find the lead singer. Eventually found him passed out on the floor in the Sound Booth. Guess he stumbled back there to lay down and take a nap. Said it was a good show, but definitely a quickie for a pop/punk/indie band.

Punk music can be high energy so sometimes you only get 60-90 minutes out of the bigger headliner but never heard of only 28 minutes. Even some bands with older member like the Dead Kennedy's played for over 2 hours. Green Day for over 2 1/2 hours. Dropkick Murphy's 90+ minutes. Flogging Molly is 2 1/2+. Unwritten Law played for over 2 hours. Strung Out actually played for close to 3 hours cuz they were having a blast, literally needed oxygen after the show. Suicidal Tendencies was 2+ hours. Bad Brains 2+ hours. Couldn't in my right mind put the Killers on stage for only 28 minutes. I was trying to get their manager to convince them to learn some covers they could play to extend the time. Now they have enough material so they play 90+ minute shows.

They could have extended with their “cocaine version” of Mr. Brightside.

 

[MtnHusker]

They could have extended with their “cocaine version” of Mr. Brightside.

It was The Killers first major tour so they were green behind the gills. You can easily tell the bands that are new to touring versus the veteran Road Warriors. Some new bands let a little success get to their heads and others are humble looking to get better.

I think it was band called The Black Fly's that signed their first record deal right before they played a concert for me. They showed me the contract bragging about the money, $250,000/yr. I read through it and had to point out that they were responsible for paying for the bus & transportation with a minimum number of live shows they needed to play, something like 150/year. Bus tours are expensive as the driver alone was $450/day at that time. Add in another roughly $1,000/day for bus rental & fuel plus maintenance and they were well over the $250,000/year. Oil changes are very expensive for tour buses. Hated to rain on their parade but they were already talking about things they were going to spend the money on.

Still remember doing a show with Maroon 5 when they first started touring. They were the opening act. Adam Levine came up and introduced himself to me during sound check asking me if I had any advice for a newer band looking to make it big. I was quite impressed with him as he seemed very motivated plus open to criticism as he wanted to get better. Nice guy and really focused on the music. Their tour manager had just quit his job as an agent for William Morris Agency to manage them. I still remember him telling me "Follow this band as they are gonna make it big". And he was right.

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

I like the killers. When?

May

I tried booking a show with The Killers. It was after they first exploded on the scheme around 2003. Problem was they only had 28 minutes of music, literally 28 minute set was all they could play. My music fans would have been pissed paying a higher ticket price if the headlined played for under 30 minutes. I passed on them for this reason. They played at the Fox Theater on that tour and the promoter told me the boys were hammered during the show. So much that after the show the band was getting ready to head back to the hotel but they couldn't find the lead singer. Eventually found him passed out on the floor in the Sound Booth. Guess he stumbled back there to lay down and take a nap. Said it was a good show, but definitely a quickie for a pop/punk/indie band.

Punk music can be high energy so sometimes you only get 60-90 minutes out of the bigger headliner but never heard of only 28 minutes. Even some bands with older member like the Dead Kennedy's played for over 2 hours. Green Day for over 2 1/2 hours. Dropkick Murphy's 90+ minutes. Flogging Molly is 2 1/2+. Unwritten Law played for over 2 hours. Strung Out actually played for close to 3 hours cuz they were having a blast, literally needed oxygen after the show. Suicidal Tendencies was 2+ hours. Bad Brains 2+ hours. Couldn't in my right mind put the Killers on stage for only 28 minutes. I was trying to get their manager to convince them to learn some covers they could play to extend the time. Now they have enough material so they play 90+ minute shows.

Yeah they’ve gotten pretty good over the years 😉

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

This will be unpopular, so @bant me if need be, but I don't get the killers at all. I will say that @#HBD playing slightly different versions of Mr. Brightside on repeat 20-30K times between 2005 and 2012 has jaded my opinion. Hell, there was a time when he had an MP3 player (generic iPod) that only had Mr. Brightside on it, like 4-5 different versions - not one single other different song.

TLDR - Fuck 'em.

Please ban this helmet @MODS @bant