After all the problems beset by the Asian leg of the tour, everyone was excited to head to Australia and end the uncertainty surrounding the bands future to play the last few shows. So, bag in hand off i left from Dublin - Hong kong - Sydney. Upon my arrival in HK i learned that the first 2 shows would now not be happening either. So i went onward to Sydney anyway to wait and see what would happen. There was a weird athmosphere around the people who had already travelled as we flitted between disappointment that the shows were not happening to being glad of a few days off to guilt because of what Brandon was going through. After 2 days in Sydney we received the tragic news that Brandons mother had passed away and that he would be joining us immediately after the funeral to perform the last 2 shows of the tour. I was a little surprised to be honest as i don't think i would be interested in playing a show if this had happened to me but it is testament to his determination to end the tour on a high that he was able to attend the funeral and straight after get on a plane to the other side of the world to play a concert.
You see how trivial some things really are at times like this but he was determined to not disappoint any more people after the initial cancellations. Unfortunately the rest of the tour could not be re-arranged as the Australian dates were festivals and a lot of the Asian dates take months and months of planning due to strict visa applications and paperwork etc etc. a lot of effort was put in by everyone involved to find alternate venues and timings but alas nothing came of it. Trying to organise this show is not just a case of turning up with a guitar and away we go. There is a lot of equipment that the band own and also that we rent from companies that go into making this happen as well as all the crew who have to be transported around the world. The band were willing to take on all this cost by themselves to get these shows re-arranged so any one who said on Facebook/Twitter etc that they took the easy way out by not re-scheduling needs to take their head out of their ass and realise they weren't the only ones inconvenienced because everything that could have been done was done. Unfortunately sometimes this is just how things happen, but they will be back, they are not breaking up and will reconvene for another album after some time away to do whatever they want to do whether it be spend time with family, lay by the pool, make music with other people or just do absolutely nothing.....quite frankly after 7 years of touring/recording almost constantly, i think they deserve it.
They will be back as the Killers....recharged and ready to roll on for another 7 years im sure
So here we are after 151 shows in 36 countries the Day & Age tour has finally ended
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the shows over the past 18 months
In Brandons own words.......We Did It!!!
4 comments:
Either they're the nicest people on earth or they pay you so well.... ;-)
Glad you're back blogging again! thanks for the update. Some horrible things were said about the band a couple of months ago. Twitter can be a bloody curse. Hope the band and crew don't pay any attention to the hurtful comments.
thank you so much for this blog, Steven, and for putting some things in perspective!
It´s good to know that the band has such a nice crew! :)
thanku so much for all the effort youve put in the goldcoast gig was fantastic sometimes best laid plans never happen so im sure glad you all managed to get it together thanks for the memories hope we see you down under again take care safe travels and enjoy the break youve got by the look of it you will be on the road again doing mindblowing lighting for great bands xo bride
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