Seriously? OMG! WTF?

The coups keep coming for The Killers. In the summer of 2005, the electro-pop phenoms from Las Vegas performed in London for the Live 8 charity extravaganza. They’re back as musical guests on "Saturday Night Live," this time for the show’s season premiere tonight. "All the stars came together," said their manager Robert Reynolds. "Obviously, a lot of bands were vying for that spot." They’ll play two songs — "When You Were Young" and "Bones" — from their new album, "Sam’s Town," which is being released on Tuesday. For "Bones," The Killers will get help from the horn section of SNL’s house band. The song’s video is being produced by veteran director Tim Burton, his first music video. The Killers will be musical guests on ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for three consecutive nights next week, a first for Kimmel’s show.

Norm Clarke

I am curious to see how the smaller SNL cast does tonight.

The Killers got a visit from an unwanted guest while filming the video for ‘When You Were Young’ in Tlayacapan outside Mexico City.During the shoot of the western-themed video, Dave Keuning was visited by an lizard in his hotel room."It was in the reptile family, and it moved fast. I was almost asleep and I saw a mark on the wall that I didn’t think was there before, and I just was staring at it for like a minute," the guitarist told The Rock Radio."And then it ran around the room. You know, it just took off. These lizards are quick. And I couldn’t deal with that, so I left and got a room, like, three stories up or something."The band, are set to release their new album ‘Sam’s Town’ on October 4, while ‘When You Were Young’ comes out on September 18.

NME

Maybe they should change their name from The Killers to The Scardy Cats.  

Batman director Tim Burton is reportedly set to direct a music video for rock band The Killers.The acclaimed film-maker, who directed films such as Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, is a huge fan of the Las Vegas rockers.Burton reportedly visited the group in a London studio recently as they worked on their as-yet-untitled second album and suggested he shoot their next music clip.According to reports, Burton is expected to film a video for either Bones or Read My Mind, both of which feature on the bands forthcoming album. The Somebody Told Me singers are scheduled to release their new single, When You Were Young on September 18.

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The Killers will return Sept. 18 with "When You Were Young," the first single from their highly anticipated sophomore album, which is still untitled. The set is due Oct. 2 in the United Kingdom and a day later in North America via Island Def Jam. It was recorded in the band’s Las Vegas hometown with producers Flood and Alan Moulder.
Atop the band’s signature vintage keyboard sound and a thumping bass line, lead singer Brandon Flowers asks, "Can we climb this mountain / I don’t know / Higher now than ever before / I know we can make it if we take it slow."
Although the track list has yet to be revealed, other songs expected to make the final cut include "Read My Mind," "Bones," "Uncle Johnny Did Cocaine" and the title cut.
The new album is the follow-up to the Killers’ 2004 debut, "Hot Fuss," which has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
"We’re trying to strip it down a little bit," lead singer Brandon Flowers previously told Billboard.com of the new material. "Not have it be so busy. Just let it breathe and let it be a great song. We wrote some great songs on the first one, but these have more of a classic feel."

Billboard 

Their first album was great and hoping to say that about the second album. 

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