The people have spoken and it is my pleasure to show you Tony Hadley, former lead singer of Spandau Ballet singing a cover of The Killers’ “Somebody Told Me,” live in New York on Tony’s first ever solo tour of the United States!
I used to be a really big fan of The Killers. I met lead singer Brandon Flowers twice and he was a total dick both times. The experiences have still scarred me to this day, since my ‘success rate’ with over thousands of celebrity encounters in my life is about 95%. Luckily, I’ve met worldwide superstars such as Bono, Mick Jones of The Clash, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga and they were all very nice to me, so that has helped me decide where I’ll spend my money on concert tickets and merch. Why am I writing this post then, you ask? Because I have hundreds of great photos of Brandon Flowers that I took the last time I saw him in concert and I just hate letting them go to waste. One can only assume that after the huge flop of his solo album, it delivered the necessary blow to his ego that he needed and he’ll be nice to everyone again. My birthday wish for Brandon is to spread the love in this new decade of your life. What have you got to be so upset about?
On August 26, 2010, The Killers lead singer Brandon Flowers made his live solo debut in New York playing a sold out show at the Highline Ballroom. The brief 45 minute set showcased his solo album “Flamingo,” and featured mostly new songs. For the encore, he treated the screaming crowd to an acoustic ’cover’ of the Killers classic “When You Were Young,” and as you will hear in this video, it was a sing-a-long that sent the crowd into the night with bliss oblivion.
Rumours of The Killers lead singer Brandon Flowers’ sexuality have been floating around since the beginning of his musical career. Â Sure, he’s Mormon. Â Sure, he has kids. Â In this day and age, that means nothing. Â I will love him no matter who he chooses to get down on his knees for. Â When I saw his New York live solo debut on August 26, 2010, I overheard lots of my gays in the audience saying things like “No straight guy loves the Pet Shop Boys as much as he does” and “He is such a bottom.” Â I don’t know if either of these things are true. Â However, covering Kim Carnes’ 1980s song “Bette Davis Eyes,” certainly doesn’t help his case for heterosexuality, but here at According2g, we love all people equally.
On August 26, 2010, Brandon Flowers of The Killers made his solo debut in New York with a sold out show at the Highline Ballroom. Â He opened the show with a track from his upcoming album “Flamingo.” Â The song is called “On The Floor” and it goes a little something like this…