The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is looking back on a memorable moment with one of his musical heroes, Bruce Springsteen.
Flowers, 45, recently recalled the experience of singing Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” alongside the legendary rocker at the 2009 Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands, but before the pair took the stage together, Springsteen wanted to make sure Flowers knew the song’s lyrics.
“He put a piece of paper down and a pencil, and it was almost like, ‘How well do you know the song? Write out what you’re going to sing, what I’m gonna sing’,” Flowers recalled in an interview with The Standard. “And I knew every word.”
The two musicians then practiced the song together privately before their performance.
“We sang it together alone in his room, and that is about as close to heaven as you can get,” Flowers said.
The moment was a dream come true for Flowers, who has spent more than two decades as the lead singer of The Killers. The band is known for hits including “Mr. Brightside,” “Somebody Told Me” and “When You Were Young.”
Springsteen, meanwhile, has remained an important musical influence for Flowers. The pair’s 2009 performance of “Thunder Road,” originally released on Springsteen’s 1975 album Born to Run, brought together two generations of rock musicians.
Flowers is now exploring a more personal side of his songwriting on his third solo album, Thrasher. The record draws on his childhood in Nephi, Utah, and the family members, friends, and experiences that helped shape his life. The album follows The Killers’ 2021 release, Pressure Machine, which also explored the complexities of growing up in his rural hometown.
“I grew up in rural Utah, and so a lot of those stories and memories of that upbringing have been on the back burner and not always at the forefront of my writing,” Flowers told People earlier this fall. “As I’ve gotten older, I’m feeling more comfortable going there and trying to do some justice to those experiences.”
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