It's been sadder since the start of the week. With the Haitians need dire aid, the week's happiness did not peak much. This weekend in Singapore was very anticipated by over-eager Killer fans but we will be left disappointed. News hit our shores via print/innernet confirming that The Killers have cancelled their Asian Tour.
The Killers' Asian tour cancelled
ACCORDING to SISTIC, The Killers "have been forced to cancel" their upcoming Asian tour - set to play in Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo - "due to unforeseen circumstances".
SISTIC also said that The Killers "deeply apologizes to their fans and hopes to reschedule their shows in these cities soon."
They were set to perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium this Sunday on January 24, 2010.
In the meanwhile, full refunds - inclusive of the S$3 SISTIC booking fees - will be made through the original mode of payment.
For credit card purchases, refunds will be automatically credited back to the same card.
For those who purchased tickets with cash or NETS, they can present the physical tickets together with their NRIC/passport/FIN card at the SISTIC box office at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
However, those who purchased tickets from SISTIC's overseas Authorised Agents should contact them directly for further details.More information will be released at a later time.
For more information, call the SISTIC Hotline at (65) 6348 5555.
Something I stumbled upon on the Wiki:
ControversySince going platinum, the band have incited a few rivalries, most notably with The Bravery and Fall Out Boy, who are both labelmates (Island Records). Flowers has said that these bands are riding on the coattails of their success, to which Bravery frontman Sam Endicott replied by calling Flowers "a little girl" and a "kid in a wheelchair".[59]
Additionally, in an article of NME, Flowers claimed Fall Out Boy was hogging the A&R man both bands share, setting off Fall Out Boy's bassist Pete Wentz.[60] However, after Wentz commented on the rivalry on his blog in September 2005, he offered a virtual cease-fire.[60] Flowers has since apologized to The Bravery, Fall Out Boy, and Panic at the Disco, saying "I'd like to take it all back - these people are just doing what they want to do, just like I am," and said that he was "not proud of" his actions.[61]
After the band fired him in May 2005, former manager Braden Merrick filed a $16 million (£10,000,000) breach of contract suit in federal court in Los Angeles against the band in February 2006. He claimed that the band simply stopped paying him his reported 25% service fee (from the band's annual gross income) for a contract that Merrick claimed ran through 2007. The Killers swiftly filed their own breach-of-contract counter suit, alleging Merrick's poor management had cost the band millions. The lawsuit was dismissed on October 9, 2009 following a settlement reached by both parties. Merrick is now a partner at a new music label, Bright Antenna.[62]
