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Speaker 1: The Fitzi and Whipper Podcast.

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Speaker 2: Brandon Flowers you beautiful man. Hello, oh mate, thank you

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Speaker 2: so much for this. Thank you. I've got a photo here.

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Speaker 2: I'm just looking at Brandon. I first got to interview

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Speaker 2: you December sixteen, two thousand and four. He look so young.

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Speaker 1: His name was Fitzy brand Do you remember him Fits

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Speaker 1: a year? You remember fitz tall guy, six foot six,

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Speaker 1: played a bit of foot He had sort of thinning

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Speaker 1: hair at the time.

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Speaker 3: You remember him, Yeah, sits. I can't sit the fits.

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Speaker 2: The fits. Yeah, mates, bestes. Well, actually just on the

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Speaker 2: footy theme as well. You were. I mean, I still

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Speaker 2: think Brandon. I got to take my son in twenty

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Speaker 2: seventeen because my team was playing that year in the

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Speaker 2: Grand Final. Unfortunately we lost to Richmond and you played.

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Speaker 2: But I still think the Killers were the greatest AFL

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Speaker 2: entertainment that we had.

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Speaker 3: Did you enjoy it?

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Speaker 2: Did you do enjoy that?

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Speaker 3: Geek? I? Did you know? It's you know, it's sort

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Speaker 3: of equivalent to our super Bowl in America, but there's

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Speaker 3: not as many bells and whistles for the for the performers,

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Speaker 3: and it's out in the deal, so it's you better.

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Speaker 3: You know, you better be ready and it went but

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Speaker 3: just kind of went by so quickly. But it was

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Speaker 3: like a little bit of a dream. But I loved

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Speaker 3: it and I loved we paid a little tribute to

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Speaker 3: Midnight Oil and it was a treat.

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Speaker 1: Brand because the thing is too I think some bands

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Speaker 1: and some artists see those sorts of gigs because their

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Speaker 1: world stage in a sense risky because if things don't

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Speaker 1: go to plan, like Meatlafe, I don't know if you remember,

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Speaker 1: if you've heard of his performance, it was out of

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Speaker 1: If it doesn't got a plan, you can very quickly

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Speaker 1: become sort of a running joke within the country. And

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Speaker 1: we loved Meetland. Thank god you nailed it.

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Speaker 3: It was I know, we were made aware of some

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Speaker 3: past performances and it.

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Speaker 2: Was it was amazing because he was out in the

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Speaker 2: crowd as well. He was dealing with the crowd. But

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Speaker 2: you guys were unbelievable. You also got I mean Jack

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Speaker 2: who played in the game. He got up and performed

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Speaker 2: with you as well. I mean the early days of

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Speaker 2: the Killers, did you when you first started, I'm back

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Speaker 2: in the naughties, were the crowd coming up on the

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Speaker 2: stage with you and jumping into the moshpit and doing

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Speaker 2: that kind of stuff with smaller gigs. Brand No, not.

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Speaker 3: A lot really. No, I guess we weren't accommodating enough

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Speaker 3: to our to our fans, but but that was a

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Speaker 3: that was a rare occurrence. Somebody was able to come

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Speaker 3: up and do something like that.

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Speaker 2: We love that.

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Speaker 1: But you would say, I mean, you see some of

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Speaker 1: the side shows that's splendor in the grass fits and

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Speaker 1: they can often get out of control if they're at

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Speaker 1: a pubble or something like that. Have you had shows

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Speaker 1: where it does get out of control, Brandon, when you

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Speaker 1: were sort of starting out and they were smaller stages

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Speaker 1: and smaller sets, Yeah, I mean it was.

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Speaker 3: There were you know, there was a lot more you know,

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Speaker 3: physicality and the sweat in a in a small room

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Speaker 3: and you're and you're you know, you're right in each

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Speaker 3: other's faces, and and I enjoy those those kind of moments,

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Speaker 3: you know, and going back and trying to play small

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Speaker 3: shows every now and then because you know that's where

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Speaker 3: our roots are. But you know, we're sort of in

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Speaker 3: a bubble now and yeah, a lot of separation. So

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Speaker 3: I do I do long for those moments.

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Speaker 2: Well, why I think you are one of the greatest

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Speaker 2: live acts in the world at the moment is because

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Speaker 2: of you. You're the ultimate entertainment. You go, you run

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Speaker 2: from one side of the stage to the other brand

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Speaker 2: and you must be absolutely it's a great workout for

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Speaker 2: two hours for you up there performing the whole time.

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Speaker 2: I see you as the ultimate rock star in my eyes.

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Speaker 2: I wanted to ask you, though, when you have three

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Speaker 2: children and you are a rock star, and you know

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Speaker 2: people are coming up and asking for photos and autographs,

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Speaker 2: how do the kids perceive dad? Do they see that

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Speaker 2: side of you at all? Brandon?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a it's a it's a funny one. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think it's sometimes taken, you know, take them by

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Speaker 3: surprise or and we kind of forget. But but they

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Speaker 3: know they've got they're grown accustomed to it, and you know,

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Speaker 3: they're polite and they just kind of step up off

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Speaker 3: to the side and it's just it'll it may be

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Speaker 3: you know, a part of dinner every now and then,

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Speaker 3: or walking down the street, but it's it's never been

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Speaker 3: the hindrance for them or anything like that.

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Speaker 2: You I think their first gig was twenty seventeen. They

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Speaker 2: played was at Wembley Stadium. Was when you took the

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Speaker 2: kids for the first time, so they would have seen

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Speaker 2: a huge crowd. Did that freak them out?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a lot for them to take in.

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Speaker 3: They're just now getting to that age where they're making

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Speaker 3: it through the entire show without having to go to bed.

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Speaker 3: That's funny, it's exciting, Brandon, what do you.

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Speaker 1: Say to them? And when we're in a similar situation,

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Speaker 1: You're on the world scar with your music, and I

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Speaker 1: host riddle Time on the radio show here and a

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Speaker 1: couple of other really catchy games, but.

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Speaker 2: You know, where the rock star that he is.

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Speaker 1: Do you talk to the kids about fame and what

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Speaker 1: it means? Do you say, you know, don't say that

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Speaker 1: dad does this, or you know, fame isn't doesn't mean anything.

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Speaker 1: At home is what means the most. Do you try

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Speaker 1: and chat to them about that?

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Speaker 3: I think I try to do that with the way

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Speaker 3: that the way that we live at home, and you know,

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Speaker 3: I don't really self a grand eyes or glorify it

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Speaker 3: or try to just let them know that that's just

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Speaker 3: what I've been lucky enough to have be my job

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Speaker 3: and and we and we try to make home life

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Speaker 3: as normal as we can.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, hitting back, we are so excited at the end

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Speaker 2: of the year for these imploding the mirage to a

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty two. Yeah, I mean your affinity that you've

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Speaker 2: had with Australia over the years. Is it one of

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Speaker 2: your favorite places to visit when you do your world

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Speaker 2: tour Brandon?

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Speaker 3: It really is. It's so hard because you know, people

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Speaker 3: probably think I say that about every country that I

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Speaker 3: go through or you know, but it's it's we've been

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Speaker 3: coming here since I think two thousand and four. Yeah, ryme,

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Speaker 3: and it's it's always been summertime and it's always just

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Speaker 3: been the people have been great, and we've had great

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Speaker 3: shows here and a lot of the bands that influenced

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Speaker 3: us come from here. So I think there's this, you know,

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Speaker 3: there's something, there's something between us and and we absolutely

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Speaker 3: love coming here.

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Speaker 2: Do you have you been told by the record company

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Speaker 2: this is how Australia loves you. But mister Bright's Side

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Speaker 2: came out in two thousand and three, you know, it's

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Speaker 2: still number twenty eight on the Australian charts.

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Speaker 3: I heard that yesterday.

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Speaker 2: No, it's number twenty eight on the Australian ch charts.

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Speaker 2: And we are talking what nineteen years later. They must

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Speaker 2: blow your mind. That must blow your mind.

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Speaker 3: It's a you know, we loved the song and we

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Speaker 3: always believed in it, but we didn't know that it

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Speaker 3: would become what it's become. And it's sort of out

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Speaker 3: of our hands now and it's an amazing you know,

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Speaker 3: every band wants to be a part of something like that,

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Speaker 3: whether they would admit it or not, and it's just

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Speaker 3: it's an incredible It really is.

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Speaker 1: A very humble brand and it's bloody massive achievement. It's phenomenal.

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Speaker 2: Actually talking to new songs, You've got a brand new

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Speaker 2: one out. It's called Boy. It's out this Friday. Let's

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Speaker 2: ever listen to it?

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Speaker 3: Sixteen?

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Speaker 2: Is this? You are we going back to Brandon as

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Speaker 2: a young boys? Is where the lyrics come from?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah. People always talk about you know, what advice

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Speaker 3: would you give you know yourself at a younger age,

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Speaker 3: And I always get stumped on it. I think it's

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Speaker 3: because I need more time to speak sometimes and I

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Speaker 3: do that with the songs, and so it's kind of

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Speaker 3: an interesting song to write. Also have a son that's

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Speaker 3: he's just turned fifteen and he's kind of reminding me

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Speaker 3: of myself, and it was interesting to be able to

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Speaker 3: write a song that was almost to myself and to.

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Speaker 1: My son, but in a special way too. That needs

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Speaker 1: to be the key message and I think a lot

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Speaker 1: of people are trying to put out there. So the

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Speaker 1: timing of this song is perfect because you're now old

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Speaker 1: enough to reflect and that's a key message for all kids,

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Speaker 1: you know, in this world that's quite intense, you know,

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Speaker 1: not to overthink things and back that you're good enough

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Speaker 1: and you are who you are, and that's perfect, right.

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Speaker 3: There's so much coming at us all the time, and

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Speaker 3: and this new generation is experiencing things that couldn't have

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Speaker 3: even imagined even you know, in the nineties, and so

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Speaker 3: it's yeah, I think it's a tender. It does have

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Speaker 3: a teneranis to it.

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Speaker 2: Well, you are playing Kudos baink Arena Monday, nineteenth of December.

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Speaker 2: But tickets are on sale Nowfrontier Tiering dot com. You

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Speaker 2: can get them there. Mate. We love you, mate, you

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Speaker 2: are the older entertainment. We love the Killers and we

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Speaker 2: love you here in Australia. We appreciate your time. Brandon.

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Speaker 3: Oh, thank you so much, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Thanks.

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Speaker 3: It's easy and Weapon Podcast