“Don’t overthink it, boy / White arrows will break / The black night / Don’t overthink it, boy.” That advice served up to your grill today (August 5) comes from The Killers, who drop a lively new tune called “boy” that feels nice a nice mix of their classic aughts material with a bit of U2 and Erasure’s “Respect” influences mixed in. Just when we think we’re out, Brandon Flowers pulls us right back in.
“boy” — no capital letters despite its all-caps ambition — is the first dose of Killers music since last years seventh album Pressure Machine. The anthemic composition was written by Flowers before the Pressure Machine sessions, and some of its contents helped shape the album that came after it.
“This was the first song written after we had to cancel the Imploding The Mirage tour due to the pandemic,” B-Flo says. “I had recently moved back to Utah and started to make trips to Nephi, where I grew up. I found that the place I had wanted to get away from so desperately at 16 was now a place that I couldn’t stop returning to.”
Flowers adds: “I have a son approaching the age I was at that time in my life. With ‘boy’, I want to reach out and tell myself — and my sons — to not overthink it. And to look for the ‘white arrows’ in their lives. For me now, white arrows are my wife, children, my songs and the stage.”
That’s some more good advice. Take “boy” with you wherever you go this weekend, and scan through all The Killers’ upcoming North American tour dates, including an October 3 romp at Boston’s TD Garden, below.
The Killers, 2022 North American Tour
August 19: Vancouver, CA – Rogers Arena
August 20: Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
August 21: Portland, OR – Moda Center
August 23: San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
August 24: San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena
August 26: Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
August 28: Glendale, AZ – Gila River
August 30: Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Arena
August 31: Denver, CO – Ball Arena
September 8: Houston, TX – Toyota Center
September 9: Austin, TX – Moody Center
September 10: Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
September 13: Miami, FL – FTX Arena
September 14: Orlando, FL – Amway Center
September 16: Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
September 17: Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
September 18: St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena
September 20: Saint Paul, MN – XCEL Energy Center
September 21: Chicago, IL – United Center
September 23: Toronto, CA – Scotiabank Arena
September 24: Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
September 26: Verona, NY – Turning Stone Event Center
September 27: Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
September 30: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
October 1: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
October 3: Boston, MA – TD Garden
October 4: University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
October 6: Pittsburgh, PA – Peterson Events Center
October 7: Cleveland, OH – Wolstein Center
October 8: Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
October 10: Washington, DC – Capital One Arena