Killers To Release Covers Album

01/23/09 1:08pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The Killers' next album will be a covers disc featuring renditions of songs by Tom Waits, Genesis and Rod Stewart, according to frontman Brandon Flowers.

Flowers told Q magazine about the project and said the band weren't sure where they wanted to take their music next after last year's Day & Age.

"Every day, I change. One day, I want to be deadly serious, and the next, I just want to write great pop songs and have fun. I don't have any kind of clear direction. I don't know if I'd want to."

Can one really be deadly serious while wearing ridiculous outfits like Flowers does?

Even if Flowers doesn't have a clear direction, he's ambitious. He thinks The Killers could become the world's biggest band.

"U2 are unbelievable but they're getting old," he said. "I think it's time.

"We want to see where this will take us. It doesn't make any sense to place restrictions [on yourself]."

Flowers recently bought a large patch of desert near Las Vegas because he intends to build a home there with a giant Desert Casino sign in the garden.

The Killers are still on the road in support of Day & Age. You can see them here:

Jan. 23 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre w/M83
Jan. 25 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden w/M83
Jan. 26 Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena w/M83
Jan. 28 Fairfax, VA @ George Mason University Patriot Center w/M83
Jan. 29 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues w/M83
Jan. 30 Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Civic Center w/M83
Jan. 31 Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry House w/M83
Feb. 2 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater w/M83
Feb. 3 Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center w/M83
Feb. 4 Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theater w/M83
Feb. 20 Dublin, Ireland @ The O2 Dublin
Feb. 21 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Odyssey Arena
Feb. 23-24 London, England @ O2 Arena
Feb. 26-27 Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
Feb. 28 Cardiff, Wales @ Cardiff International Arena
March 2 Sheffield, England @ Sheffield Arena
March 3 Nottingham, England @ Nottingham Arena
March 5 Aberdeen, Scotland @ Aberdeen Exhibition And Conference Centre
March 6 Glasgow, Scotland @ Scottish Exhibition And Conference Centre
March 7 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England @ Newcastle Arena
March 9-10 Manchester, England @ Manchester Evening News Arena
March 12 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
March 13 Dusseldorf, Germany @ Phillipshalle
March 14 Berlin, Germany @ Max Schmelinghalle
March 16 Munich, Germany @ Zenith
March 17 Milan, Italy @ Datch Forum
March 18 Zurich, Switzerland @ Maag Eventhall
March 19 Paris, France @ Le Zenith
March 21 Barcelona, Spain @ Pavello Olimpic De Badalona
March 22 Madrid, Spain @ Palacio De Deportes
March 28 Sydney, Australia @ Centennial Park (V Festival)
March 29 Gold Coast, Australia @ Avica Resort (V Festival)
March 31 Christchurch, New Zealand @ Westpac Arena
April 2 Auckland, New Zealand @ Vector Arena
April 4 Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Showgrounds (V Festival)
April 5 Perth, Australia @ Claremont Showgrounds (V Festival)
April 16 Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theater
April 17 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
April 19 San Jose, CA @ San Jose Event Center
April 22 Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater at Qwest Field Events Center
April 23 Victoria, BC @ Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
April 24 Vancouver, BC @ Thunderbird Arena (University Of British Columbia)
April 26 Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
April 27 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
April 30 Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club
May 1 Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theater
May 2 Bonner Springs, KS @ Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
May 4 St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theater
May 5 Columbus, OH @ Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
May 6 Cleveland, OH @ Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City
May 8 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
May 9 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
June 5 Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals
July 1 Bucharest, Romania @ B'estfest 2009