Battle Born World Tour

Battle Born World Tour

Tour by The Killers
Associated album	Battle Born
Start date	July 19, 2012
End date	Ongoing
Legs	10
No. of shows	62 in North America 59 in Europe 11 in Asia 7 in Oceania 6 in South America Total: 145
The Killers concert chronology

The Battle Born World Tour is the fourth major concert tour by Las Vegas, Nevada rock band The Killers in support of the band's fourth studio album, Battle Born, which was released in September 2012.

Synopsis

During the summer of 2012, The Killers played festivals across Europe and North America as well as intimate shows in small venues. The band then began a promo tour in September 2012. The tour proper started on October 26, 2012 in Glasgow and the band went on to play shows across Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Oceania. Ted Sablay who toured with the band during the Sam's Town Tour returned as an additional musician, alongside Jake Blanton who previously toured with frontman Brandon Flowers during his solo tour.

The stage setup included a giant lightbulb keyboard stand similar to the one used during the Day & Age World Tour but this time in the shape of the lightning bolt from the cover of the Battle Born album. There was also a greater use of Pyrotechnics compared to previous tours.

Pyrotechnics during "Miss Atomic Bomb"

On November 13, 2012 the band's show at Manchester Arena was stopped during the fifth song of the night "Bling (Confession of a King)" with lead singer Brandon Flowers telling the crowd that his voice had 'gone' and he couldn't continue, the following night's show also in Manchester was cancelled. Two days later both shows were rescheduled and are due to take place on the 17th and 18 February.

The band's shows on December 13, 14 & 15th in Camden, New York City & Toronto were cancelled after Brandon Flowers contracted Laryngitis, the band were later forced to cancel a number of shows during their European Tour in March 2013 due to Winter storms. All of these shows were rescheduled for May & June 2013 with the exception of the band's scheduled appearance Caprices Festival in Switzerland which was cancelled indefinitely.

Bassist Mark Stoermer will not be performing with the band during the Asian leg of the tour, believed to be as a result of a back injury he tweeted "Everything is alright, just need to spend this time at home. Looking forward to returning." Jake Blanton will play bass in his absence.

Wembley Stadium

On June 22, 2013 the band headlined Wembley Stadium, it was their biggest show to date with around 80,000 people in attendance. At the show, the band performed a new song that was written specifically for the night titled 'The Wembley Song', the song namechecked various bands who had headlined both the old and new stadium, and also made references to the 1966 World Cup Final and the old stadiums famous Twin Towers. The final verse of the song explored the band's career to date ("From Dave's Apartment to Wembley").

Later that night the band headed across town to play a surprise set at the 600 capacity The Garage, London. Fans were let in on a first come first serve basis and the setlist consisted of a mix of hits and more obscure tracks that the band rarely play live. The band had done a similar thing in El Paso the previous month. Both shows were professionally filmed by director Giorgio Testi, a video of the 'Wembley Song' was posted on the band's official YouTube channel and they have hinted that more footage from the show may be released at some point.

Critical reviews were positive, The Guardian gave a 5 star review calling it "A night the stadium league got a whole lot brighter, and lightning struck London twice." In a glowing write-up Gigwise stated "their 23-song strong set feels like every good Wembley gig should: historic." In another good review the Evening Standard remarked "The Killers seemed genuinely thrilled to be here, especially as their career first burst into life in London".

Setlists from the night.

June 22nd, 2013 in London (Wembley Stadium)

 

1. "Enterlude"
2. "When You Were Young"
3. "Spaceman"
4. "The Way It Was"
5. "Smile Like You Mean It"
6. "This River is Wild"
7. "Bling (Confession of a King)"
8. "Shadowplay" (Joy Division cover)
9. "Miss Atomic Bomb"
10. "Human"
11. "Somebody Told Me"
12. "I Think We're Alone Now" (Tommy James & The Shondells cover)
13. "Here with Me"
14. "For Reasons Unknown"
15. "From Here on Out"
16. "A Dustland Fairytale"
17. "Wembley Song"
18. "Read My Mind"
19. "Runaways"
20. "All These Things That I've Done"

Encore:

1. "Flesh and Bone"
2. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
3. "Battle Born"
4. "Mr. Brightside"

June 23rd, 2013 in London (The Garage)

 

1. "Change Your Mind"
2. "Under the Gun"
3. "Tranquilize"
4. "Read My Mind"
5. "Losing Touch"
6. "I Think We're Alone Now" (Tommy James & The Shondells cover.)
7. "Runaways"
8. "When You Were Young"
9. "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll"
10. "Mr. Brightside"
11. "All These Things That I've Done"

Set list

July 20, 2012 in Asheville, NC (Orange Peel)

 

1. "Runaways"
2. "Somebody Told Me"
3. "Smile Like You Mean It"
4. "Spaceman"
5. "This Is Your Life"
6. "Rising Tide"
7. "Miss Atomic Bomb"
8. "For Reasons Unknown"
9. "Bling (Confession of a King)"
10. "Shadowplay"
11. "Human"
12. "A Dustland Fairytale"
13. "Read My Mind"
14. "Mr. Brightside"
15. "All These Things That I've Done"

Encore:

1. "Flesh and Bone"
2. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
3. "When You Were Young"

October 26, 2012 in Glasgow (Glasgow SECC)

 

1. "A Matter of Time"
2. "Flesh & Bone"
3. "Smile Like You Mean It"
4. "Spaceman"
5. "Bling (Confession of a King)"
6. "Miss Atomic Bomb"
7. "Human"
8. "Here with Me"
9. "For Reasons Unknown"
10. "The Way It Was"
11. "Deadlines and Commitments"
12. "Somebody Told Me"
13. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
14. "A Dustland Fairytale"
15. "Read My Mind"
16. "Runaways"
17. "Mr. Brightside"
18. "All These Things That I've Done"

Encore:

1. "From Here on Out"
2. "Be Still"
3. "When You Were Young"
4. "Battle Born"

October 31, 2012 in Birmingham (LG Arena)

 

1. "Bones"
2. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
3. "Somebody Told Me"
4. "The Way It Was"
5. "Spaceman"
6. "Flesh and Bone"
7. "Bling (Confession of a King)"
8. "Miss Atomic Bomb"
9. "Human"
10. "Here with Me"
11. "For Reasons Unknown"
12. "From Here on Out"
13. "A Matter of Time"
14. "A Dustland Fairytale"
15. "Read My Mind"
16. "Runaways"
17. "Mr. Brightside"
18. "When You Were Young"

Encore:

1. "Smile Like You Mean It"
2. "All These Things That I've Done"
3. "Battle Born"

February 17th, 2013 in Manchester (Arena)

 

1. "Sam's Town"
2. "Enterlude"
3. "When You Were Young"
4. "The Way It Was"
5. "Smile Like You Mean It"
6. "Spaceman"
7. "Bling (Confession of a King)"
8. "Shadowplay"
9. "Miss Atomic Bomb"
10. "Human"
11. "Somebody Told Me"
12. "For Reasons Unknown"
13. "From Here on Out"
14. "A Dustland Fairytale"
15. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
16. "Read My Mind"
17. "Runaways"
18. "All These Things That I've Done"

Encore:

1. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
2. "Mr. Brightside"

April 2, 2013 in Santiago, Chile (Movistar Arena)

 

1. "Mr. Brightside"
2. "Spaceman"
3. "The Way It Was"
4. "Smile Like You Mean It"
5. "Here with Me"
6. "Bling (Confession of a King)"
7. "Miss Atomic Bomb"
8. "Human"
9. "Somebody Told Me"
10. "Flesh and Bone"
11. "For Reasons Unknown"
12. "From Here on Out"
13. "A Dustland Fairytale"
14. "Read My Mind"
15. "Runaways"
16. "All These Things That I've Done"

Encore:

1. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
2. "When You Were Young"
3. "Battle Born"

Covers

During this tour Guitarist Dave Keuning and Singer Brandon Flowers would often play a short cover that has some sort of connection to the town or region in which the band were performing. These include songs by The Beatles, Oasis, The Smiths, U2, Van Morrison, Alphaville, Frank Sinatra, The Strokes, Travis, Prince, Crowded House, Otis Redding, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Dean Martin, Bob Seger and more. On the 26th of January 2013 the band played in Melbourne, the day of a public holiday known as Australia Day. In celebration of this the band played a rendition of Waltzing Matilda, a widely known Australian folk song.

Personnel

• Brandon Flowers – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, bass guitar (on "For Reasons Unknown")
• Dave Keuning – guitar, acoustic guitar, piano (on "Be Still"), background bocals
• Mark Stoermer – bass guitar, background vocals, guitar (on "For Reasons Unknown")
• Ronnie Vannucci Jr. – drums, percussion
• Ted Sablay – guitar, keyboards, background vocals
• Jake Blanton – keyboards, guitar, bass (during the tour of Asia)
• Rob Whited – percussion
• Bobby Lee Parker – acoustic guitar

Opening acts

• Tegan & Sara: October 26 – December 3, 2012, December 13–21, 2012
• Louis XIV: December 28–29, 2012 February 26 - March 11, 2013 April 9–14, 2013
• Most Thieves: December 28–29, 2012; June 6, 2013; June 17, 2013
• Steve Smyth: January 22, 2013
• Howling Bells: February 17–22, 2013
• The Felice Brothers: April 27 - May 2, 2013
• The Virgins: May 6–19, 2013, August 1, 2013 August 3–17, 2013
• The Gaslight Anthem: June 22, 2013
• James: June 22, 2013
• Frank Ocean: July 13, 2013
• Two Door Cinema Club: July 13, 2013
• Haim: July 13, 2013
• Kyoto Protocol: September 22, 2013
• Sandwich: September 26 2013

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Warm Up Dates
July 19, 2012	Asheville	United States	The Orange Peel
July 20, 2012	Richmond		The National
July 21, 2012 [A]	Dover		Dover International Speedway
July 23, 2012	New York		Webster Hall
July 24, 2012			Capitale
August 10, 2012	Krakow	Poland	Laznia Nowa Theatre
August 11, 2012 [B]			Museum of Aviation
August 12, 2012 [C]	Obuda Island	Hungary	Obuda Island
August 15, 2012 [D]	St. Polten	Austria	Frequency Festival
August 17, 2012	Leeds	United Kingdom	O2 Academy Leeds
August 18, 2012 [E]	Staffordshire		Weston Park
August 19, 2012 [E]	Chelmsford		Hylands Park
August 23, 2012 [F]	Zurich	Switzerland	Rumlang Festival Grounds
August 31, 2012 [G]	Verona	Italy	Villafranca
September 2, 2012 [H]	County Laois	Republic of Ireland	Stradbally Hall
September 4, 2012	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene
September 7, 2012 [I]	Berlin	Germany	Tempelhof Airport
September 8, 2012	Baden Baden		Theater Baden-Baden
September 10, 2012	London	United Kingdom	HMV Forum
September 11, 2012 [J]			Roundhouse
September 12, 2012			KOKO
September 15, 2012 [K]	Madrid	Spain	Madrid Arena
September 18, 2012	Bronx	United States	Paradise Theatre
September 22, 2012	Toronto	Canada	Polson Pier
September 26, 2012	Los Angeles	United States	The Fonda Theatre
United Kingdom
October 26, 2012	Glasgow	United Kingdom	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
October 27, 2012	Aberdeen		Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
October 31, 2012	Birmingham		LG Arena
November 1, 2012
November 3, 2012	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena
November 4, 2012	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
November 5, 2012	Cardiff		Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
November 8, 2012	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
November 9, 2012	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool
November 16, 2012	London		The O2 Arena
November 17, 2012
North America
November 29, 2012	Broomfield	United States	1stBank Center
November 30, 2012	Orem		UCCU Center
December 3, 2012	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
December 4, 2012[L]	Seattle	United States	KeyArena
December 5, 2012 [M]	Portland		Theatre of the Clouds
December 7, 2012[N]	San Diego		Viejas Arena
December 8, 2012[O]	Oakland		Oracle Arena
December 9, 2012[P]	Los Angeles		Gibson Amphitheater
December 17, 2012	Boston		Agganis Arena
December 18, 2012	Fairfax		Patriot Center
December 20, 2012	Ypsilanti		Ypsilanti Convocation Center
December 21, 2012	Chicago		UIC Pavilion
December 28, 2012	Las Vegas		Chelsea Ballroom
December 29, 2012
January 7, 2013			Rain Nightclub At The Palms
Australia
January 16, 2013	Sydney	Australia	The Metro Theatre
January 18, 2013[Q]			Sydney Showground
January 20, 2013[Q]	Brisbane		Gold Coast Parklands
January 22, 2013	Melbourne		Palace Theatre
January 25, 2013[Q]	Adelaide		Adelaide Showgrounds
January 26, 2013[Q]	Melbourne		Flemington Racecourse
January 28, 2013[Q]	Perth		Claremont Showgrounds
Europe
February 17, 2013	Manchester	United Kingdom	Manchester Arena
February 18, 2013
February 21, 2013	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
February 22, 2013	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	The O2
February 26, 2013	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
February 28, 2013	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe
March 1, 2013	Bærum	Norway	Telenor Arena
March 2, 2013	Malmö	Sweden	Malmö Arena
March 4, 2013	Hamburg	Germany	O2 World Hamburg
March 5, 2013	Munich		Munich Zenith
March 7, 2013	Cologne		Lanxess Arena
March 11, 2013	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
Latin America
March 26, 2013	Asunción	Paraguay	Jockey Club del Paraguay
March 29, 2013[R]	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Jockey Club de São Paulo
March 31, 2013	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio G.E.B.A.
April 2, 2013	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena
April 4, 2013	Lima	Peru	Estadio Nacional
April 7, 2013[S]	Bogota	Colombia	Parque Deportivo 222
April 9, 2013	Monterrey	Mexico	Monterrey Arena
April 10, 2013
April 12, 2013	Guadalajara		Estadio Tres de Marzo
April 13, 2013	Mexico City		Foro Sol
North America
April 27, 2013	San Francisco	United States	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
April 28, 2013
May 1, 2013	Anaheim		Honda Center
May 2, 2013	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
May 4, 2013	Tucson		Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
May 5, 2013	Albuquerque		Isleta Amphitheater
May 6, 2013	El Paso		Chavez Theatre
			The Lowbrow Palace
May 8, 2013	Houston		Bayou Music Center
May 9, 2013	Grand Prairie		Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
May 10, 2013	Cedar Park		Cedar Park Center
May 12, 2013	Nashville		Grand Ole Opry
May 14, 2013	New York City		Madison Square Garden
May 15, 2013	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
May 16, 2013	Cincinnati	United States	Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati
May 18, 2013	Brooklyn		Barclays Center
May 19, 2013	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center
Europe
June 6, 2013	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
June 7, 2013[T]	Nürnberg	Germany	Volkspark Dutzendteich
June 8, 2013[U]	Nürburg		Nürburgring
June 10, 2013	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
June 11, 2013[V]	Rome	Italy	Capannelle Racecourse
June 12, 2013[W]	Milan		Ippodromo del Galoppo
June 14, 2013[X]	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Megaland
June 15, 2013[Y]	Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	Seaclose Park
June 17, 2013	Vorst	Belgium	Vorst Nationaal
June 22, 2013	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Stadium
June 23, 2013			The Garage
June 26, 2013	Riga	Latvia	Mežaparka Lielā estrāde
June 29, 2013[Z]	Moscow	Russia	All-Russia Exhibition Centre
July 2, 2013	Kiev	Ukraine	Palace of Sports
July 13, 2013	Dublin	Ireland	Phoenix Park
July 14, 2013[AA]	Kinross	United Kingdom	Balado Airfield
July 17, 2013[BB]	Lucca	Italy	Piazza Napoleone
July 19, 2013[CC]	Lisbon	Portugal	Super Bock Super Rock
July 21, 2013[DD]	Province of Castellón	Spain	Benicàssim
North America
August 1, 2013	Saint Paul	United States	Roy Wilkins Auditorium
August 2, 2013[EE]	Chicago		Grant Park
August 3, 2013	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
August 5, 2013	Cleveland		Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
August 6, 2013	Columbus		Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
August 8, 2013	Newark		Prudential Center
August 9, 2013	Atlantic City		The Borgata
August 10, 2013	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 12, 2013	Raleigh		Red Hat Amphitheater
August 13, 2013	Charleston		Family Circle Tennis Center
August 15, 2013	Alpharetta		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 16, 2013	Orlando		Hard Rock Live
August 17, 2013	Miami		AmericanAirlines Arena
September 6, 2013	Windsor	Canada	Caesars Palace
September 7, 2013 [FF]	Pittsburgh	United States	Stage AE
September 8, 2013 [GG]	St. Louis		Forest Park
Asia [Note]
September 21, 2013[HH]	Singapore	Singapore	Marina Bay Street Circuit
September 22, 2013	Selangor	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
September 24, 2013	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld Arena
September 26, 2013	Manila	Philippines	Smart Araneta Coliseum
September 28, 2013	Taipei	Taiwan	TWTC Nangang
October 1, 2013	Beijing	China	MasterCard Center
October 3, 2013	Shanghai		Mercedes-Benz Arena
October 5, 2013	Seoul	Republic of Korea	Olympic Park
October 7, 2013	Tokyo	Japan	Studio Coast
October 8, 2013
October 11, 2013[II]	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Atlantis, The Palm
United States
October 26, 2013 [JJ]	Mountain View	United States	Shoreline Amphitheatre
October 27, 2013 [KK]	Las Vegas		Downtown

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

November 13, 2012	Manchester, United Kingdom	Manchester Arena	Rescheduled to February 17, 2013
November 14, 2012	Manchester, United Kingdom	Manchester Arena	Rescheduled to February 18, 2013
December 13, 2012	Camden, United States	Susquehanna Bank Center	Rescheduled to May 19, 2013
December 14, 2012	New York City, United States	Madison Square Garden	Rescheduled to May 14, 2013
December 15, 2012	Toronto, Canada	Air Canada Centre	Rescheduled to May 15, 2013
March 8, 2013	Brussels, Belgium	Forest National	Rescheduled to June 17, 2013
March 9, 2013	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Rockhal	Rescheduled to June 6, 2013
March 12, 2013	Paris, France	Zénith de Paris	Rescheduled to June 10, 2013
March 13, 2013[LL]	Valais, Switzerland	Crans-Montana	Cancelled

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a part of "Firefly Music Festival"

^B This concert was a part of "Coke Live Music Festival"

^C This concert was a part of "Sziget Festival"

^D This concert was a part of "Frequency Festival"

^E This concert was a part of "V Festival"

^F This concert was a part of "Zurich Openair"

^G This concert was a part of "A Perfect Day Festival"

^H This concert was a part of "Electric Picnic Festival"

^I This concert was a part of "Berlin Festival"

^J This concert was a part of "iTunes Festival"

^K This concert was a part of "DCode Festival"

^L This concert was a part of "Deck the Hall Ball"

^M This concert was a part of "December to Remember"

^N This concert was a part of "Wrex the Halls"

^O This concert was a part of "Not So Silent Night"

^P This concert was a part of "Almost Acoustic Christmas"

^Q This concert was a part of "Big Day Out"

^R This concert was a part of "Lollapalooza Brazil"

^S This concert was a part of "Festival Estéreo Picnic"

^T This concert was a part of "Rock im Park"

^U This concert was a part of "Rock am Ring"

^V This concert was a part of "Rock in Roma"

^W This concert was a part of "City Sound Festival"

^X This concert was a part of "Pinkpop Festival"

^Y This concert was a part of "Isle of Wight Festival"

^Z This concert was a part of "Park Live Festival"

^AA This concert was a part of "T in the Park"

^BB This concert was a part of "Lucca Summer Festival"

^CC This concert was a part of "Super Bock Super Rock Festival"

^DD This concert was a part of "Festival Internacional de Benicàssim"

^EE This concert was a part of "Lollapalooza"

^FF This concert was a part of "Raise Up Your Summer Festival"

^GG This concert was a part of "LouFest"

^HH This concert was a part of "Singtel Singapore Grand Prix 2013"

^II This concert was a part of "Sandance Festival"

^JJ This concert was a part of "Bridge School Benefit"

^KK This concert was a part of "Life Is Beautiful Festival"

^LL This concert was a part of "Caprices Festival"

^Note Bassist Mark Stoermer was absent from this leg of the tour. Jake Blanton played Bass.

Notes