Rebel Diamonds Tour
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Tour by The Killers | |
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Start date | June 12, 2024 |
End date | October 8, 2024 |
Legs | 3 |
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The Rebel Diamonds Tour is the seventh major concert tour by American rock band The Killers. The tour supports their second greatest hit album Rebel Diamonds (2023), which features select songs from each of their studio albums.
The tour began at the 3Arena in Dublin on June 12, 2024 and is currently scheduled to encompass 29 dates across the UK, Ireland, Spain, Japan, United States, Canada and Mexico.[1][2][3][4][5]
Background
The tour was announced in December 2023, ahead of the release of Rebel Diamonds, initially spanning ten concerts in arenas across the UK and Ireland.[6] This was later extended to 16 dates due to demand.[7] The band later added a number of dates in North America, as well as a number of festival performances in Europe, Japan and the United States.
This tour saw founding member and guitarist Dave Keuning return to perform live with the band, following his hiatus since 2017.[8]
Critical reception
The UK and Ireland leg of the tour received widespread acclaim from music critics. Aidan McCartney of the Manchester Evening News gave the band's performance at Co-Op Live a five-star review, praising "the band's ability to deliver unexpected delights after all this time" and stating that they are "still at the peak of their powers twenty years on."[9] Writing for the i newspaper, Craig McLean noted that the band's set was shorter and more intimate than other similar artists touring at the same time in the UK, but nonetheless noted that "the band were in roaring form from the off", with particular praise for Dave Keuning's "exultant moves on his trapezoidal guitar" in a four-star review.[10] Reviewing the same Manchester concert as McCartney, Andrew Steel of The Yorkshire Post was similarly complimentary of the band's downsizing of the "relative... intimacy" of the band's arena performances in comparison to their stadium shows during the Imploding the Mirage Tour in 2022, claiming it allowed the band to appeal more to hardcore, as well as casual, fans.[11] Dave Simpson of The Guardian gave the band's Co-Op Live show four stars, commenting that the band "set the pace with a series of big hitters" and that frontman Brandon Flowers "comes over like a cross between a young Elvis Presley and a fairground compere".[12]
Set list
The UK and Ireland leg of the tour has generally rotated between three different set lists, with minor changes between nights.
The first set list was used on the tour's opening night in Dublin on June 12, 2024, and for all subsequent opening nights in other cities, as well as the band's fourth night in Manchester. It features "Read My Mind" as the opening song, and closes with "Mr. Brightside". The encore also features a cover of Erasure's "A Little Respect".[13]
- "Read My Mind"
- "Somebody Told Me"
- "Spaceman"
- "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
- "Smile Like You Mean It"
- "Shot at the Night"
- "This River Is Wild"
- "Running Towards a Place"
- "On Top"
- "The Man"
- "A Dustland Fairytale"
- "Be Still"
- "Runaways"
- "All These Things That I've Done"
- "When You Were Young"
- "Caution"
- "Dying Breed"
Encore
- "Your Side of Town"
- "boy"
- "A Little Respect" (Erasure cover)
- "Human"
- "Mr. Brightside"
The second set list has been used for the tour's second night at each venue. This set opens with "
- "My Own Soul's Warning"
- "Enterlude"
- "Human"
- "The Way It Was"
- "Somebody Told Me"
- "Shot at the Night"
- "Smile Like You Mean It"
- "For Reasons Unknown"
- "Dying Breed"
- "Bones"
- "Come Dancing" (The Kinks cover)
- "Caution"
- "Runaways"
- "Read My Mind"
- "Your Side of Town"
- "Andy, You're A Star"
- "Spirit"
- "All These Things That I've Done"
Encore
- "Pressure Machine"
- "Mr. Brightside"
- "When You Were Young"
- "Exitlude"
The third and final set list was played on the third night of the tour in each city. It opens with "Mr. Brightside" and closes with either "Battle Born" or "All These Things That I've Done" (the former serving as the closing song in Dublin and the latter in Manchester).[16][17] This marks the first time that "Battle Born" has been performed live since 2013, when it was the closing track for the Battle Born World Tour.[18]
- "Mr. Brightside"
- "Spaceman"
- "Shot at the Night"
- "Run for Cover"
- "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
- "Quiet Town"
- "Somebody Told Me"
- "Human"
- "boy"
- "Here with Me"
- "Miss Atomic Bomb"
- "A Dustland Fairytale"
- "Runaways"
- "Read My Mind"
- "Smile Like You Mean It"
- "My Own Soul's Warning"
- "When You Were Young"
Encore
- "Lightning Fields"
- "All These Things That I've Done"
- "Battle Born"
Notes
- The band's performances of "Caution" have frequently featured a snippet of "Rut" in the intro.
- On June 15th in Dublin, the band also performed snippets from Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and U2's "Sweetest Thing" during "A Dustland Fairytale" and "Read My Mind" respectively.[19]
- On June 19th in Manchester, the band performed their 2011 album track "From Here On Out" instead of the cover of The Kinks' "Come Dancing".[20]
- On June 21st in Manchester, the band performed covers of New Order's "True Faith" and The Stone Roses' "Ten Storey Love Song".[21]
- On June 22nd in Manchester, the band performed "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" in the place of "On Top", the first time the song had been played since 2019.[22]
- On June 26th in Glasgow, the band performed a cover of The Waterboys' "The Whole of the Moon". "Pressure Machine" was also cut from the show despite being listed on the printed setlist.[23]
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act(s) | Attendance | Revenue |
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Leg 1 — Europe [24] | ||||||
June 12, 2024[5] | Dublin | Ireland | 3Arena | Travis[25] | — | — |
June 14, 2024[26] | ||||||
June 15, 2024 | ||||||
June 18, 2024[27] | Manchester | England | Co-op Live | — | — | |
June 19, 2024 | ||||||
June 21, 2024 | ||||||
June 22, 2024[25] | ||||||
June 25, 2024[28] | Glasgow | Scotland | OVO Hydro | — | — | |
June 26, 2024 | ||||||
June 27, 2024 | ||||||
July 4, 2024 | London | England | The O2 Arena | — | — | |
July 5, 2024 | ||||||
July 7, 2024 | ||||||
July 8, 2024 | ||||||
July 10, 2024 | ||||||
July 11, 2024 | ||||||
July 13, 2024[a][29] | Madrid | Spain | Iberdrola Music | N/A | — | — |
Leg 2 - Asia | ||||||
July 26, 2024[b][30] | Yuzawa | Japan | Naeba Ski Resort | N/A | — | — |
Leg 3 - North America | ||||||
August 3, 2024[c][31] | Chicago | United States | Grant Park | N/A | — | — |
August 9, 2024[d][32] | San Francisco | Golden Gate Park | ||||
September 7, 2024[33] | Camden | Freedom Mortgage Pavilion | TBA | |||
September 8, 2024[34] | Columbia | Merriweather Post Pavilion | ||||
September 10, 2024 | Toronto | Canada | Budweiser Stage | |||
September 11, 2024 | ||||||
September 14, 2024[35] | New York City | United States | Forest Hills Stadium
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September 15, 2024 | ||||||
October 3, 2024[36] | Guadalajara | Mexico | Estadio 3 de Marzo
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October 5, 2024[36] | Mexico City | Estadio GNP Seguros | ||||
October 8, 2024[36] | Monterrey | Estadio Borregos |
Notes
References
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- ^ "Review: The Killers bring an electrifying nostalgia-filled set to Co-op Live - Aidan McCartney - Manchester Evening News". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
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