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Battle Born World Tour

2012–14 concert tour by the Killers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Battle Born World Tour
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The Battle Born World Tour is the fourth major concert tour by American rock band The Killers, in support of their fourth studio album Battle Born, which was released in September 2012. The tour included the band's biggest show to date at Wembley Stadium. It also saw them visit new territories including Russia, Ukraine, China and more. The tour was the 43rd highest grossing worldwide during 2013.[1]

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History

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During the summer of 2012, the Killers played festivals across Europe and North America as well as intimate shows in small venues. The band then began a promo tour in September 2012, before the proper tour started on October 26, 2012 in Glasgow, Scotland.[2][3] The band then went on to play shows in 41 different countries across Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Oceania. Ted Sablay who toured with the band during the Sam's Town Tour returned as an additional musician, alongside Jake Blanton who previously toured with frontman Brandon Flowers during his first solo tour.

The stage setup included a giant lightbulb keyboard stand similar to the one used during the Day & Age World Tour, but this time in the shape of the lightning bolt from the cover of the Battle Born album. The pyrotechnics for the tour were provided by Le Maitre Events.[4]

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Pyrotechnics during "Miss Atomic Bomb"

On November 13, 2012, the band's show at Manchester Arena was stopped during the song "Bling (Confession of a King)" with lead singer Brandon Flowers telling the crowd that his voice had 'gone' and he couldn't continue, resulting in the following night's show also in Manchester being cancelled.[5] Two days later, both shows were rescheduled and eventually took place on February 17 and 18, 2013, respectively.

The band's shows on December 13, 14 & 15th in Camden, New York City & Toronto were cancelled after Brandon Flowers contracted laryngitis.[6] The band was later forced to cancel a number of shows during the European leg of the tour in March 2013, due to winter storms. All of these shows were rescheduled for May & June 2013 with the exception of the band's scheduled appearance Caprices Festival in Switzerland which was cancelled indefinitely.

Bassist Mark Stoermer didn't perform with the band during the Asian leg of the tour,[7] believed to be as a result of a back injury. He tweeted "Everything is alright, just need to spend this time at home. Looking forward to returning." Keuning was stressed during his absence, telling the NME that he was "sick of this".[8] Jake Blanton played bass in his absence.[9] He returned for the final show of the tour in Las Vegas.

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Wembley Stadium

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On June 22, 2013, the band headlined Wembley Stadium.[10] It was their biggest show to date with 69,745 people in attendance.[11] At the show, the band performed a new song that was written specifically for the night titled 'The Wembley Song', the song namechecked various bands who had headlined both the old and new stadium, and also made references to the 1966 World Cup Final and the old stadiums famous Twin Towers.[10] The final verse of the song explored the band's career to date ("From Dave's Apartment to Wembley").

Later that night, the band performed a surprise set at The Garage, accommodating only 600.[10] Fans were let in on a first-come, first-served basis and the setlist consisted of a mix of hits and more obscure tracks rarely played live. The band had performed a similar show in El Paso the previous month. Both shows were professionally filmed by director Giorgio Testi. A video of the 'Wembley Song' was posted on the band's official YouTube channel and the band has hinted that more footage from the show may be released at some point.

Critical reviews were positive, Mark Beaumont in The Guardian gave a 5 star review calling it "A night the stadium league got a whole lot brighter, and lightning struck London twice".[10] In a glowing write-up Gigwise stated "their 23-song strong set feels like every good Wembley gig should: historic".[12] In another good review the Evening Standard remarked "The Killers seemed genuinely thrilled to be here, especially as their career first burst into life in London".[13]

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Set list

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Covers

During the Battle Born World Tour, guitarist Dave Keuning and frontman Brandon Flowers would often play a short cover that had some sort of connection to the town or region in which the band were performing. These covers included songs by the Beatles, Oasis, the Smiths, U2, Van Morrison, Alphaville, Frank Sinatra, The Strokes, Travis, Prince, Crowded House, Otis Redding, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Dean Martin, Bob Seger and more. On January 26, 2013, which is Australia Day in Australia, the band performed in Melbourne, and did a cover of the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda".[14] During their headline performance at the Life Is Beautiful Festival on October 27, 2013, they performed a cover of Pale Blue Eyes in tribute to Lou Reed, who had died earlier that day.[15]

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Personnel

The Killers

Additional musicians

  • Ted Sablay – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jake Blanton – keyboards, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals, bass (during the tour of Asia, except for "For Reasons Unknown" in which he plays keyboards)
  • Rob Whited – percussion
  • Bobby Lee Parker – acoustic guitar
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Opening acts

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Tour dates

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Cancellations and rescheduled shows
November 13, 2012 Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Arena Rescheduled to February 17, 2013 due to illness.
November 14, 2012 Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Arena Rescheduled to February 18, 2013 due to illness.
December 13, 2012 Camden, United States Susquehanna Bank Center Rescheduled to May 19, 2013 due to illness.
December 14, 2012 New York City, United States Madison Square Garden Rescheduled to May 14, 2013 due to illness.
December 15, 2012 Toronto, Canada Air Canada Centre Rescheduled to May 15, 2013 due to illness.
March 8, 2013 Brussels, Belgium Forest National Rescheduled to June 17, 2013 due to illness.
March 9, 2013 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal Rescheduled to June 6, 2013 due to illness.
March 12, 2013 Paris, France Zénith de Paris Rescheduled to June 10, 2013 due to dangerous weather conditions.
March 13, 2013[KK] Valais, Switzerland Crans-Montana Cancelled due to dangerous weather conditions.
October 7, 2013 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast Rescheduled to October 9, 2013 due to illness, and changed the venue to Differ Ariake.
October 26, 2013 [LL] Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre Band's scheduled appearance cancelled.
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "Firefly Music Festival"
B This concert was a part of "Coke Live Music Festival"
C This concert was a part of "Sziget Festival"
D This concert was a part of "Frequency Festival"
E This concert was a part of "V Festival"
F This concert was a part of "Zurich Openair"
G This concert was a part of "A Perfect Day Festival"
H This concert was a part of "Electric Picnic Festival"
I This concert was a part of "Berlin Festival"
J This concert was a part of "iTunes Festival"
K This concert was a part of "DCode Festival"
L This concert was a part of "Deck the Hall Ball"
M This concert was a part of "December to Remember"
N This concert was a part of "Wrex the Halls"
O This concert was a part of "Not So Silent Night"
P This concert was a part of "Almost Acoustic Christmas"
Q This concert was a part of "Big Day Out"
R This concert was a part of "Lollapalooza Brazil"
S This concert was a part of "Festival Estéreo Picnic"
T This concert was a part of "Rock im Park"
U This concert was a part of "Rock am Ring"
V This concert was a part of "Rock in Roma"
W This concert was a part of "City Sound Festival"
X This concert was a part of "Pinkpop Festival"
Y This concert was a part of "Isle of Wight Festival 2013"
Z This concert was a part of "Park Live Festival"
AA This concert was a part of "T in the Park"
BB This concert was a part of "Lucca Summer Festival"
CC This concert was a part of "Super Bock Super Rock Festival"
DD This concert was a part of "Festival Internacional de Benicàssim"
EE This concert was a part of "Lollapalooza"
FF This concert was a part of "Raise Up Your Summer Festival"
GG This concert was a part of "LouFest"
HH This concert was a part of "2013 Singapore Grand Prix"
II This concert was a part of "Sandance Festival"
JJ This concert was a part of "Life Is Beautiful Festival"
KK This concert was a part of "Caprices Festival"
LL This concert was a part of "Bridge School Benefit"
MM This concert was a part of "March Madness Music Festival"
NN This concert was a part of "Hangout Music Fest"
OO This concert was a part of "Festival d'été de Québec"
PP This concert was a part of "RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest"
QQ This concert was a part of "Big Red Music Festival"
RR This concert was a part of "Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival"
SS This concert was a part of "V Festival"
TT This concert was a part of "Glasgow Summer Sessions"
Note Bassist Mark Stoermer was absent from this leg of the tour. Jake Blanton played Bass.
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Box office score data

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TV

Notable television performances
September 7, 2012 Norway & Sweden Skavlan Performed "Runaways"
September 15, 2012 United Kingdom The Jonathan Ross Show Performed "Runaways"
September 20, 2012 United States The Late Show with David Letterman Performed "When You Were Young" & "Runaways"
September 24, 2012 United States Jimmy Kimmel Live Performed "Miss Atomic Bomb" & "Runaways"
September 28, 2012 United States The Ellen DeGeneres Show Performed "Runaways" & "All These Things That I've Done"
October 30, 2012 United Kingdom Later... with Jools Holland Performed "From Here On Out"
December 18, 2012 United States The Voice Performed "Here With Me"
November 8, 2013 United Kingdom Later... with Jools Holland Performed "Shot At The Night"
November 10, 2013 Netherlands MTV Europe Music Awards Performed "Shot At The Night" & "Mr. Brightside"
November 12, 2013 United States Jimmy Kimmel Live Performed a set including "Shot At The Night" & "Runaways"
November 13, 2013 United States Jimmy Kimmel Live Performed a set
November 15, 2013 United States The Ellen DeGeneres Show Performed "Shot At The Night" & "Mr. Brightside"
December 14, 2013 United States The X Factor UK Performed "Human" & "Mr. Brightside"
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