August 21, 2006 14:30

The Killers announce tour

They take ‘Sam’s Town’ on the road

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The Killers have announced an autumn US tour.

The trek will be in support of their forthcoming album ’Sam’s Town’, which is released on October 2.

A statement from the band suggests more dates are to follow and reads: “This is just the beginning, so don’t worry.”

They will play:

Los Angeles The Wiltern (October 6,7)
San Francisco Warfield Theatre (8, 9)
Portland Roseland Theatre (10)
Vancouver Orpheum Theatre (11)
Seattle Paramount Theatre (12)
Magna, The Great Salt Air (14)
Denver Fillmore Auditorium (15)
Chicago Congress Theatre (17)
Detroit State Theatre (18)
Toronto Kool Haus (20)
Atlantic City Borgata Event Centre (21)
Philadelphia Electric Factory (23)
New York Madison Square Garden (24, 25)
Boston Orpheum Theatre (26)
Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium (Vegoose) (28)


As previously reported by NME.COM the final date of the tour will be the a Las Vegas homecoming gig at the Vegoose festival.

Meanwhile, the band have posted a trailer for the epic, western-themed video for forthcoming single ’When You Were Young’ on their Official website Islandrecords.com/thekillers/.

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