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| The Killers shoot for Malaysia Posted: POPULAR American rock band The Killers will make its debut concert at Sepang Helipad in Selangor on Sept 22. Led by frontman Brandon Flowers, the band is touring behind its fourth Battle Born album, which was released last year. The quartet is completed by guitarist Dave Keuning, bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci. Formed in 2001 in Las Vegas, the group quickly established its mainstream rock credentials through its first two albums – Hot Fuss (2004) and Sam's Town (2006). Hit singles like Mr Brightside, Somebody Told Me, When You Were Young and Read My Mind have earned the band a massive global following. Meanwhile, Battle Born, named for the band's Las Vegas studio, is a record that has a common bond with the stadium rock-influenced third album Day & Age (2008). It's a guitar-oriented rocker, with the influence of U2 creeping up on the Killers' ceaseless Bruce Springsteen fascination. The upcoming The Killers concert here is presented by Future Sound Asia. Tickets, at RM238 and RM358, go on sale on Saturday. They are available at selected Rock Corner outlets in the Klang Valley or online at www.boxtix.asia. More info at www.fb.com/officialfuturesoundasia. |
| Posted: Still one of the most endearing electro pop bands from the 1980s, Britain's Pet Shop Boys makes a concert stop in Singapore. THE Pet Shop Boys, the duo who brought us stomping 80s/90s electro-pop classics like West End Girls, It's A Sin and Go West, will bring its high-tech, larger-than-life show to Singapore on Aug 3. This high-energy show is part of the Electric tour, which has been gaining rave reviews since it kicked off in May in Chile in South America before moving on to Europe. The tour heads to Asia in August. The Times Of London enthused that the Pet Shop Boys show at the O2 in London "combined the energy of a rave with the pacing of a musical, spreading peaks and troughs over four acts and finding room for a breathtaking laser show and some truly bonkers costume changes". The Independent was equally impressed with the duo's performance at the same venue. It said, "The Pet Shop Boys have been reinventing the pop concert as a modern art spectacle for decades, but they manage to pack more ideas into these two hours than the venue (the O2) usually sees in two months." The band worked with Grammy-winning producer/DJ Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers, Take That) on the tour's music arrangement while the tour's production was created in collaboration with award-winning creative director and set designer Es Devlin, who has also worked with Take That, Lady Gaga, Kanye West and Jay Z, plus the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony. Comprising Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the Pet Shop Boys was one of the pop groups that popularised the synth-pop phenomenon in the 1980s and went on to become one of the world's best-selling music acts, having sold over 50 million records worldwide. The Guinness Book of Records lists the legendary British pop duo as the most successful duo in British music history. They are also three-time BRIT Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees. The one-night-only performance at the Resorts World Convention Centre, Compass Ballroom, will feature songs from across the band's entire career, including songs from the recently released album Electric. "Electric Pet Shop Boys Live" is presented by Unusual Entertainment, in collaboration with Resorts World Sentosa. Tickets for Electric Pet Shop Boys Live are available at Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg). |
| Posted: [unable to retrieve full-text content]Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. proved that they are still on top of their game when they packed Bukit Jalil Putra Indoor Stadium with some 11,000 fans last Saturday night. |
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