Killers Plan Lengthy "Thriller"-like Movie

But Brandon Flowers and his Killers haven't made it this far by being quitters, are we right? According to a report on Billboard.com, the band plans to produce a 25-minute movie in the fashion of Michael Jackson's 1983 "Thriller" (their comparison, not ours). Drummer Ronnie Vannucci told Billboard, "We want to make a movie-- not so much a music video-- based on three songs to be played on MTV." The three songs are "Midnight Show" and "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" from the Killers' platinum debut, Hot Fuss, and an unreleased song "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf"; they appear to tell the story of a murder committed by a jealous boyfriend and its aftermath.

The lads have already met with a slew of "established" Hollywood directors and actors for the project and hope to have the train wreck cleaned up by the end of this year, when they can use the flick to bridge the gap between Hot Fuss and their sophomore album, due out next spring.

Vannucci says the band will hit the studio again in November, with ten concrete tracks already worked out now. "I think we're trying to open up a bit," he said. "At least the kind of the mindset we're going in with is leaving some space. We kind of collectively think that a lot of stuff on Hot Fuss is a little too cluttered sounding."

As for the here and now, however, the Killers are on the last leg of a massive world tour, which will take them through August, including a few stops in Europe with U2. Those dates are these:

05-30 Detroit, MI - Fox Theater
05-31 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheater
06-01 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
06-03 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
06-04 New York, NY - Central Park Summer Stage
06-06 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
06-07 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavillion
06-08 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Keane, Louis XIV)
06-10 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues (with Louis XIV)
06-11 Atlanta, GA - Music Mid-Town
06-24 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-29 Cardiff, England - Millenium Stadium *
07-01 St. Gallen, Switzerland - St. Gallen Festival
07-02 Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium *
07-05 Katowice, Poland - Slaski Stadium *
07-06 Berlin, Germany - Maria
07-07 Hamburg, Germany - Gruspan
07-09 Glasgow, Scotland - T in the Park
07-10 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen
07-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Arena *
07-14 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club
07-15 Zurich, Switzerland - Abart Club
07-17 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo
07-20 Louisville, KY - Palace Theater
07-21 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
07-23 Mt. Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino
08-09 St. Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium
08-10 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
08-12 Denver, CO - Red Rocks
08-13 Wichita, KS - Cotillion
08-14 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
08-15 Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Events Center
08-17 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Live
08-18 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
08-19 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-27 Reading, England - Reading Festival

* with U2

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