Watch Brandon Flowers cover The Coral’s classic ‘Dreaming Of You’ and debut new song ‘A Good Man Is Hard To

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The gig came in celebration of ‘Thrasher’, Flowers’ latest solo album which sees him provide a rare glimpse into his upbringing in Utah and lean into the country music he was raised on.

Após um show épico na Royal Albert Hall de Londres na semana passada, o vocalista dos The Killers trouxe a turnê de shows do UK para o Beacon Hall de Bristol no sábado (October 17).

As seen in the previous shows, the frontman kicked things off with lively tracks ‘The Red Ground’ and ‘Does It Ever Cross Your Mind?’, before launching into his 2010 solo track ‘Crossfire’.

Other songs on the setlist included cuts from the new album like ‘Tiger’s Blood’, ‘Miss America’ and ‘Still Want You’, as well as a handful of Killers songs including ‘Pressure Machine‘ track ‘In The Car Outside’ and ‘Sam’s Town’ classic ‘Read My Mind’.

Ao contrário de shows anteriores, no entanto, o set em Bristol viu Flowers interpretar uma versão da música “Dreaming Of You”, de The Coral, de 2002 – dando um toque country ao clássico indie, tocando-a ao lado de sua banda solo e de duas vocalistas de apoio.

The set also featured the debut performance of a currently unreleased track called ‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find’.

Backed by a simple green light, the song opened with stripped-back, stirring instrumentals, and saw Flowers sing about the determination not to lose faith in love, even when times are tough.

A faixa mantém esse som lento e delicado ao longo de toda a música, mas ganha ritmo perto do refrão, quando ele canta em voz alta: “She can change her number, she can change her mind/ But a good man is hard to find”.

Check out the full track below, along with more footage from the night and the complete setlist.

Dates for the ‘Thrasher’ tour kicked off in North America last month, and saw Flowers bring out his 15-year-old son Henry to cover Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ in Salt Lake City.

A etapa do Reino Unido e Irlanda continua amanhã à noite (terça‑feira, 20 de outubro) em Manchester, antes de concluir com shows em Nottingham, Glasgow, Dublin e mais ao longo do restante do mês.

Find the full list of dates here and any remaining tickets here.

As for ‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find’, it seems likely that song will feature on an upcoming solo record – particularly as he told NME in August that ‘Thrasher’ would be the first of two connected solo albums, with a more “romantic” follow-up already completed and on the way.

In a four-star review of ‘Thrasher’, NME praised Flowers as “a much better storyteller than he gets credit for”, adding: “With country music, there’s nowhere to hide, now Flowers is out of his cage and doing just fine.”.

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