>> James: OUR NEXT GUEST IS THE LEAD SINGER OF ONE OF THE
BIGGEST BANDS IN THE WORLD WITH OVER 28 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD
WORLDWIDE.
FROM THE KILLERS, THE MAGNETIC, THE ELECTRIC, BRANDON FLOWERS.
IS HERE ON THE SHOW.
BRANDON, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
NOW YOU'RE ZOOMING IN FROM UTAH.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> James: HOW IS LIFE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW?
HOW IS IT GOING?
>> I'M LOVING IT.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD LEAVE LAGS VEG-- LAS VEGAS BUT YOU
KNOW, I AM TRYING TO REALLY SETTLE IN HERE.
AND MY KIDS LOVE IT.
SO I LOVE IT.
>> James: WHEN DID YOU LEAVE?
WHEN DID YOU LEAVE VEGAS, WHEN WAS IT?
>> IT'S ALREADY BEEN FOUR YEARS AGO.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO REMIND ME, IT WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS I SAW
YOU, YOU WERE ABOUT TO MOVE AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT LIKE THESE
MOUNTAINS THAT DEFINE ME IN THE DESERT AND THE LIFE, THE STRIP.
WHAT WAS I GOING TO BE IF I MOVED.
AND YOU SAID WELL HOME FOR ME IS WHEREVER MY WIFE AND KIDS ARE.
AND THAT ACTUALLY GAVE ME COMFORT AND HAS PROVEN TO BE
TRUE FOR ME.
>> James: OH, I LOVE THAT.
I'M SO THRILLED THAT YOU ARE ALL HAPPY THERE.
NOW LAST WEEK THE KILLERS, YOU PLAYED YOUR FIRST GIG IN OVER 20
MONTHS.
YOU PLAYED TERMINAL FIVE IN NEW YORK.
HOW WAS IT TBG BACK ON STAGE.
DID IT LIVE UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS?
>> IT DID.
IT WAS, IT REALLY WAS EMOTIONAL.
A PART OF MY IDENTITY, BEING A PERFORMER, BEING ON STAGE, I
LOVE RECORDING SONGS BUT THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT
COMMUNITY AND THAT COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE.
AND SHARING IT AND CELEBRATING IT.
AND IT HAS BEEN 19 MONTH SINCE WE HAD BEEN ON THE STAGE.
SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY BUT IT WAS MOSTLY JUST
SUCH CELEBRATION AND I LOVED IT.
>> James: AND YOU JUST ANNOUNCED SOME TOUR DATES FOR
NEXT SUMMER IN EUROPE AND IN NORTH AMERICA.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR TOUR DATES AND SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING, IS
THERE ANY ONE PLACE THAT YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO PLAY?
>> WE HAVE SH, YOU KNOW, GREAT EXPERIENCES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHAT WOULD BE, WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
DEFINITIVE MOMENTS IN YOUR CAREER, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE LUCKY
THAT WE HAVE A DOZEN OF THEM.
BUT ONE PLACE THAT I LOOK BACK AT IS WE ONCE PLAYED A BALLROOM
IN-- AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WERE PLAYING ANYTHING
FROM OUR SECOND RECORD, SAM'S TOWN AND WE HAD THIS WILD
SUCCESS WITH OUR FIRST ALBUM.
>> James: YEAH.
>> AND SO WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO IT AGAIN.
AND WE CAME OUT WITH OUR FIRST SINGLE CALLED WHEN YOU WERE
YOUNG.
AND THE PLACE JUST LIT UP AND WENT OFF.
AND IT WAS JUST, IT FELT SO GOOD.
IT FELT LIKE WE BELONGED UP THERE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FOND MEMORIES AND TOWARD THE U.K. FOR
SURE.
>> James: I LOVE, I COULD HAVE BEEN HERE ALL DAY FOR A BILLION
DOLLARS I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM, PRESSURE MACHINE,
THIS IS THE SECRETARY IN A YEAR, IS IT TRUE WITHOUT THE PANDEMIC
WE MIGHT NEVER HAVE GOTTEN TO THARY THESE SONGS?
>> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.
THESE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SONGS.
>> James: YEAH.
>> PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO HEARING BIG SONGS FROM THE
KILLERS AND WE FEEL THAT PRESSURE WHEN WE GO IN THE
STUDIO TO DELIVER AND TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE SEATS, AT THE
AENAS AND THE STADIUM.
AND SO WHEN EVERYTHING GOT SHUT DOWN THESE OTHER SONGS, YOU
KNOW, IN THE SILENCE, WE ARE ABLE, I SAY THE OTHER SONGS WERE
ABLE TO BLOOM THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO QUIET TO
COMPETE WITH YOUR TYPICAL KILLER SONG.
>> I THINK IT'S SUCH A BRILLIANT RECORD.
NOW AFTER THE BREAK YOU WILL BE PERFORMING IN ANOTHER LIFE.
TELL US ABOUT THE SONG AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND IT.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY JUST WITH THINKING
ABOUT THOSE MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE AND THE DECISIONS YOU MADE.
THEY MAY HAVE SEEN MICROBUT YOU WONDER HOW PIG THEY ENDED UP
BEING AND WHAT ROAD THEY LEAD YOU DOWN AND I THINK THAT THAT
IS REALLY WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
AND ME WONDERING-- THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH MADE ABOUT GIVING
THE KILLER THEME FROM LAS VEGAS, I SPENT SO MUCH OF MY FORM TIFF
YEARS IN THIS TOWN IN RURAL UTAH AND YOU WONDER WHAT YOUR LIFE
HAD BEEN LIKE HAD I STAYED.
>> James: WELL, WE CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.
STICK AROUND BECAUSE THE KILLERS ARE PERFORMING RIGHT AFTER THIS
BREAK.
BRANDON FLOWERS, EVERYBODY.