{"id":2070469,"date":"2026-07-29T19:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2070469"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:36:33","slug":"watch-brandon-flowers-debut-new-songs-air-killers-classics-and-perform-with-lucy-dacus-and-nathaniel-rateliff-at-newport-folk-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2070469","title":{"rendered":"Watch Brandon Flowers debut new songs, air Killers classics and perform with Lucy Dacus and Nathaniel Rateliff at Newport Folk Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brandon_flowers_live.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Watch Brandon Flowers debut new songs, air Killers classics and perform with Lucy Dacus and Nathaniel Rateliff at Newport Folk Festival<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The singer gave three tracks from upcoming solo album \u2018Thrasher\u2019 their first live outings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-29T20:36:33+01:00\">29th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brandon_flowers_live-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Paris Saint-Germain v Arsenal FC - UEFA Champions League Final 2026\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Brandon Flowers at Puskas Arena on May 30, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Brandon Flowers\u00a0debuted new solo material and joined\u00a0Lucy Dacus\u00a0and\u00a0Nathaniel Rateliff\u00a0at Newport Folk Festival \u2013 watch footage below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1248\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Brandon Flowers talks new solo and Killers music \u2013 and the power of Springsteen and Oasis<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Killers\u00a0frontman\u00a0played his own set at the Rhode Island festival on Sunday (July 26), where he gave three songs from his upcoming third solo album \u2018Thrasher\u2019 their live debuts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He opened with \u2018Crossfire\u2019,\u00a0from his 2010 debut album \u2018Flamingo\u2019, before performing recent singles \u2018Paradise\u2019 and \u2018Plans\u2019 live for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers later debuted the previously unheard \u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019,\u00a0while also revisiting \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019 tracks \u2018Still Want You\u2019 and \u2018Diggin\u2019 Up\u00a0The\u00a0Heart\u2019 for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The set included\u00a0stripped-back\u00a0renditions of Killers classics \u2018Read My Mind\u2019 and \u2018When You Were Young\u2019,\u00a0as well as \u2018The Getting By\u2019 from the band\u2019s 2021 album \u2018Pressure Machine\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Dawes\u2019 Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith also joined Flowers for the band\u2019s \u2018When My Time Comes\u2019,\u00a0with the\u00a0frontman\u00a0introducing them as \u201cthe best harmonists and singers I know\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Watch footage from the performance below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A moment for this clip of @BrandonFlowers performing \u201cPlans\u201d live from @Newportfolkfest pic.twitter.com\/TX1qkQ1d2G<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Island Records (@IslandRecords) July 29, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Flowers\u2019 full Newport Folk Festival setlist was:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u2018Crossfire\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Paradise\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Still Want You\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Diggin\u2019 Up\u00a0The\u00a0Heart\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Plans\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018When My Time Comes\u2019 (Dawes cover)<br \/>\n\u2018The Getting By\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Read My Mind\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018When You Were Young\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018The Road Goes\u00a0On\u00a0Forever\u2019 (Robert Earl Keen)<br \/>\n\u2018The Clock Was\u00a0Tickin\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flowers had already made a surprise appearance at the festival on Friday (July 24), joining Lucy Dacus\u00a0during her set for a stripped-back cover of Jim Croce\u2019s 1972 song \u2018Time In A Bottle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing him as \u201cMr. Killers himself\u201d,\u00a0Dacus welcomed Flowers to the stage for the song, which she recorded for the expanded edition of her fourth album \u2018Forever Is\u00a0A\u00a0Feeling\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Following the performance, she told the crowd: \u201cY\u2019all are going to have to pinch me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbOEswWsUDW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Flowers returned during Nathaniel Rateliff\u2019s star-studded closing set on Sunday, joining him for a cover of\u00a0Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u2018Atlantic City\u2019,\u00a0as well as\u00a0renditions of\u00a0John Prine\u2019s \u2018Paradise\u2019 and The Band\u2019s \u2018The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thrasher\u2019 will be released on August 21 via Island Records, marking Flowers\u2019 first solo album since 2015\u2019s \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019. The Nashville-recorded project draws on his childhood in Nephi, Utah, and the country music his father played during drives through the surrounding countryside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve found my way back to my father\u2019s music \u2013 \u2018Country-Western\u2019,\u00a0as he called it \u2013 and discovered that the stories I carry really feel most at home in the skin of this beautiful American tradition,\u201d Flowers said when announcing the record.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers will support the album with a tour of North America, the UK and Ireland later this year, including a show at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall in October. Find any remaining tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ-XdYQpDT9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He has also said that a second completed solo album will follow \u2018Thrasher\u2019. Flowers previously described the two projects as contrasting \u201cSouth West records\u201d, with one taking a romantic approach and the other continuing the narrative songwriting heard on \u2018Pressure Machine\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>As for The Killers,\u00a0Flowers has predicted that the band\u2019s eighth studio album will arrive in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy best guess is that in 2027 you will get the best Killers record,\u201d he said earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers previously told\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u00a0that the record would feature all four members of the group and would not return to the synth-driven sound of standalone singles \u2018Boy\u2019 and \u2018Your Side\u00a0Of\u00a0Town\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not put it out unless it is the best,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve already discussed it. 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class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Phoebe Bridgers reveals tracklist for new album \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Graham_Coxon_James_Kelly-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Graham_Coxon_James_Kelly-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Graham Coxon announces second batch of vinyl reissues for complete solo catalogue<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Brandon Flowers\u00a0debuted new solo material and joined\u00a0Lucy Dacus\u00a0and\u00a0Nathaniel Rateliff\u00a0at Newport Folk Festival \u2013 watch footage below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1248\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Brandon Flowers talks new solo and Killers music \u2013 and the power of Springsteen and Oasis<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Killers\u00a0frontman\u00a0played his own set at the Rhode Island festival on Sunday (July 26), where he gave three songs from his upcoming third solo album \u2018Thrasher\u2019 their live debuts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He opened with \u2018Crossfire\u2019,\u00a0from his 2010 debut album \u2018Flamingo\u2019, before performing recent singles \u2018Paradise\u2019 and \u2018Plans\u2019 live for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers later debuted the previously unheard \u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019,\u00a0while also revisiting \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019 tracks \u2018Still Want You\u2019 and \u2018Diggin\u2019 Up\u00a0The\u00a0Heart\u2019 for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The set included\u00a0stripped-back\u00a0renditions of Killers classics \u2018Read My Mind\u2019 and \u2018When You Were Young\u2019,\u00a0as well as \u2018The Getting By\u2019 from the band\u2019s 2021 album \u2018Pressure Machine\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Dawes\u2019 Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith also joined Flowers for the band\u2019s \u2018When My Time Comes\u2019,\u00a0with the\u00a0frontman\u00a0introducing them as \u201cthe best harmonists and singers I know\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Watch footage from the performance below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A moment for this clip of @BrandonFlowers performing \u201cPlans\u201d live from @Newportfolkfest pic.twitter.com\/TX1qkQ1d2G<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Island Records (@IslandRecords) July 29, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Flowers\u2019 full Newport Folk Festival setlist was:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u2018Crossfire\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Paradise\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Still Want You\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Diggin\u2019 Up\u00a0The\u00a0Heart\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Plans\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018When My Time Comes\u2019 (Dawes cover)<br \/>\n\u2018The Getting By\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Read My Mind\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018When You Were Young\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018The Road Goes\u00a0On\u00a0Forever\u2019 (Robert Earl Keen)<br \/>\n\u2018The Clock Was\u00a0Tickin\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flowers had already made a surprise appearance at the festival on Friday (July 24), joining Lucy Dacus\u00a0during her set for a stripped-back cover of Jim Croce\u2019s 1972 song \u2018Time In A Bottle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing him as \u201cMr. Killers himself\u201d,\u00a0Dacus welcomed Flowers to the stage for the song, which she recorded for the expanded edition of her fourth album \u2018Forever Is\u00a0A\u00a0Feeling\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Following the performance, she told the crowd: \u201cY\u2019all are going to have to pinch me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbOEswWsUDW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Flowers returned during Nathaniel Rateliff\u2019s star-studded closing set on Sunday, joining him for a cover of\u00a0Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u2018Atlantic City\u2019,\u00a0as well as\u00a0renditions of\u00a0John Prine\u2019s \u2018Paradise\u2019 and The Band\u2019s \u2018The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thrasher\u2019 will be released on August 21 via Island Records, marking Flowers\u2019 first solo album since 2015\u2019s \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019. The Nashville-recorded project draws on his childhood in Nephi, Utah, and the country music his father played during drives through the surrounding countryside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve found my way back to my father\u2019s music \u2013 \u2018Country-Western\u2019,\u00a0as he called it \u2013 and discovered that the stories I carry really feel most at home in the skin of this beautiful American tradition,\u201d Flowers said when announcing the record.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers will support the album with a tour of North America, the UK and Ireland later this year, including a show at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall in October. Find any remaining tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ-XdYQpDT9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He has also said that a second completed solo album will follow \u2018Thrasher\u2019. Flowers previously described the two projects as contrasting \u201cSouth West records\u201d, with one taking a romantic approach and the other continuing the narrative songwriting heard on \u2018Pressure Machine\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>As for The Killers,\u00a0Flowers has predicted that the band\u2019s eighth studio album will arrive in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy best guess is that in 2027 you will get the best Killers record,\u201d he said earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers previously told\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u00a0that the record would feature all four members of the group and would not return to the synth-driven sound of standalone singles \u2018Boy\u2019 and \u2018Your Side\u00a0Of\u00a0Town\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not put it out unless it is the best,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve already discussed it. It\u2019s gotta be so good or it\u2019s not worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-brandon-flowers-debut-new-songs-air-killers-classics-and-perform-with-lucy-dacus-and-nathaniel-rateliff-at-newport-folk-festival-3959725&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brandon_flowers_live.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Watch Brandon Flowers debut new songs, air Killers classics and perform with Lucy Dacus and Nathaniel Rateliff at Newport Folk Festival The singer gave three tracks from upcoming solo album \u2018Thrasher\u2019 their first live outings By Max Pilley 29th July 2026 Brandon Flowers at Puskas Arena on May 30, 2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2070469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2070469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2070469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2070469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2070469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}