{"id":27492,"date":"2026-08-04T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27492"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:36:14","slug":"the-killers-brandon-flowers-says-hes-considered-quitting-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27492","title":{"rendered":"The Killers&#8217; Brandon Flowers Says He&#8217;s Considered Quitting Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/brandon-flowers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brandon-flowers\" data-tag=\"brandon-flowers\">Brandon Flowers<\/a> has revealed that he\u2019s considering hanging up his microphone. In a new <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/music\/article\/brandon-flowers-interview-9023m787q\" target=\"_blank\">interview with <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/music\/article\/brandon-flowers-interview-9023m787q\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>t<\/em><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/music\/article\/brandon-flowers-interview-9023m787q\" target=\"_blank\"><em>he Times<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-killers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-killers\" data-tag=\"the-killers\">the Killers<\/a> frontman compared his life on the road with that of his father. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cMy dad goes to yard sales, where he buys frames to take home and paint,\u201d Flowers said. \u201cHe\u2019s never had any money in his life and he\u2019s happier than I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe continued, \u201cI\u2019m really going through it right now: How much longer do I want to do this, what does it mean, why am I doing it anyway? Whenever I finish a tour, without fail I get sick. Then I think of Mick Jagger and ask myself: What keeps\u00a0him\u00a0getting up on that stage? I guess it\u2019s because there are powerful moments in a concert. How could I not want to do that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tElsewhere in the interview, Flowers reflected on his dreams before becoming a musician. \u201cI aspired to be a valet,\u201d he said of growing up in Las Vegas. \u201cI saw my cousins and uncles living off tips, supporting their entire families with those jobs, and my end goal was to work at a nice place like the Bellagio. My first job on the Strip was at Spago in Caesars Palace, bussing tables. I worked at a French brasserie, I worked at a golf course. I loved the service industry. I\u2019m still in it, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFlowers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brandon-flowers-paradise-country-1235594687\/\">will release<\/a> a country album, <em>Thrasher<\/em>, on Aug. 21. He recorded<em> <\/em>the LP in Nashville with producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado. Some of the musicians who recorded on the album include Gillian Welch collaborator David Rawlings, pedal steel guitarist Bruce Bouton, and harmonica player Charlie McCoy, whose playing graced Bob Dylan\u2019s Nashville LPs. Flowers has so far shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brandon-flowers-paradise-country-1235594687\/\">\u201cParadise,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UChTfZClM1osoBdrzOghD7kg\">\u201cPlans,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and a live version of that song\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g5kuOomwvs0\">filmed at RCA Studio A<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe musician told <em>the Times<\/em> that although his musical focus right now is the American heartland, \u201cyou can never take the synth pop out of me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFlowers described coming to terms with what success means during the interview. He said he found doing interviews difficult when the Killers exploded into popularity in the mid-2000s. <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cOn top of that we disappeared from home, playing 250 shows for the first record, so relationships were disintegrating,\u201d he said. \u201cBut what are you gonna do? This thing is happening, it\u2019s miraculous and enticing, and you have to throw yourself at it. It wasn\u2019t until 2019 that I realised: good art is its own reward. Before then I just wanted to be on the cover of\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0magazine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFlowers will tour in support of <em>Thrasher<\/em> this fall. The trek kicks off Sept. 1 in Phoenix and wraps Oct. 6 in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Flowers has revealed that he\u2019s considering hanging up his microphone. 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