Set for
NOVEMBER 11th release
Features tracks from The Killers’ 4 Incredible
Albums, Plus 2 Brand New Songs
“SHOT AT THE NIGHT” - First Single Produced by
M83,
Already One of the Most Anticipated Collaborations
of the Year!
(New
York, NY – September 16, 2013) Ten years ago today, on September 16th, 2003, four
young men from Las Vegas left America for the first time to play their first
ever London show, appearing fourth on the bill at Camden’s Dublin Castle. It
was the first time they had played a gig outside of North America.
Fast forward to 2013, that band – The Killers – has
gone on to sell over 20 million albums worldwide, headlined festivals across
the globe, performed at The White House, and picked up myriad awards. Each of
The Killers’ four studio albums has yielded some of the most amazing songs of
the last decade, and, this summer, amidst various festival headlining shows all
over the world, they reached a summit very few artists have ever managed: headlining Wembley Stadium to an ecstatic
capacity crowd of 70,000. These shows – from their masterful showing headlining
this year’s Lollapalooza to their crowning achievement commanding the stage at
Wembley – reaffirmed what millions everywhere already know: The Killers have released some of the finest,
most memorable, most loved songs of the last ten years, and they’re still going
strong.
In celebration of their first decade together, The
Killers will release Direct Hits on
November 11th, 2013 under MCA Music
(Universal Music Philippines). A
collection of singles from their four albums, plus two brand new songs, the
album begins with the band’s breakthrough hit - and first song they wrote
together – “Mr. Brightside.” It
follows the group from debut album Hot Fuss and its further singles, “Somebody Told Me,” “Smile Like You Mean
It,” and “All These Things That I’ve Done,” through Sam’s Town’s “When You Were Young,” “Read My Mind,”
and “For Reasons Unknown,” via Day
& Age’s singles, including massive 2008 hit, “Human,” and last year’s stunning Battle Born album singles,
kicking off with “Runaways.” A brace of brand new songs completes the
set: “Shot
At The Night” was recorded with M83’s Anthony Gonzales, and will be
released as a single on September 17th via iTunes (Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leo22AXLEXg). The video for the song was
directed by Robert Schober and was shot entirely in Las Vegas. “Just
Another Girl,” meanwhile, was produced by long time Killers collaborator
Stuart Price, who produced 2008’s Day & Age.
The deluxe edition of Direct Hits will additionally feature the original demo of “Mr. Brightside” and a new remix of “When You Were Young” by Calvin Harris,
as well as Battle Born’s “Be Still.” Full tracklisting is as follows:
1. Mr.
Brightside
2. Somebody
Told Me
3. Smile
Like You Mean It
4. All
These Things That I’ve Done
5. When You
Were Young
6. Read My
Mind
7. For
Reasons Unknown
8. Human
9. Spaceman
10. A Dustland Fairytale
11. Runaways
12. Miss Atomic Bomb
13. The Way It Was
14. Shot At The Night
15. Just Another Girl
Deluxe Version also includes:
16. Mr. Brightside (Original Demo)
17. When You Were Young (Calvin Harris Remix)
18. Be Still
**Plus a never-before-seen Killers Documentary
DVD**
