The Killers who will headline Lollapalooza night 2 on August 4th at Grant Park. are continuing to ramp up their new album ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ due out next month with teasers online including this short clip of unreleased song ‘Run for Cover’. And as you get ready for those big hype trips you call your friends, the Killers have a friend and he’s a got weeknight national TV show.
Late night darling Jimmy Kimmel has long had an on-air friendship with the Killers who also hail from his hometown Las Vegas. They have appeared on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ several times, and tonight is no different. The Killers will tape a freshset for ‘Kimmel’ on Monday in Vegas. The same week they play Lolla, what a week!
Here is darkly funny sketch with Jimmy and the guys in 2006 when they were promoting their second album ‘Sam’s Town’.
Then there was that time they played strip poker on the late night comedy show.
For his birthday, Brandon Flowers and company came in did a tribute in song to the former ‘Man Show’ dude. Oh this death pattern continues…
Every year since ‘06, the Killers have released a lighthearted Christmas song for charity. Two years ago, they collaborated with Kimmel on a song called “Joel the Lump of Coal”. Here is the animated results.
Last year, KImmel invited his celebrity pals as well as the Killers over to do a charity shong for the anti-Aids campaign. The song “We’re Going to Hell” featured Kimmel, Bono as the Devil, Julia Roberts, Kristen Bell, DJ Khaled, The Killers, Channing Tatum, Neil Patrick Harris and Halsey. It was over-the-top but sends a wonderful message to fight an awful disease.
