The Killers celebrate Independence Day and perform with fan as they kick off residency at The O2 in London

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The Killers kicked off their residency at The O2 in London last night (Thursday July 4), where they invited a fan on stage to play drums on ‘For Reasons Unknown’.

Check out footage, photos, the setlist and more below.Supported by Travis (who covered ‘Somewhere In My Heart’ with Brandon Flowers in Glasgow earlier this week and told the crowd to expect a stadium show packed into an arena from the headliners), the Las Vegas band took to the stage with an emotional opening for their first of six nights at The O2.With a fitting speech for a tour promoting their latest greatest hits album ‘Rebel Diamonds’, Flowers spoke of the band’s rise to success through “confidence, by shouting affirmations in the mirror”“You’ve got to give the world irrefutable proof that you are who you say you are,” he began, before their burst into the title track from second album ‘Sam’s Town’. “We’re The Killers – and we’re a great rock ‘n’ roll band.

Here let me show you.”Responding to a number of signs in the crowd, Flowers gave the audience the option of having drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr play drums on ‘For Reasons Unknown’, or to invite a fan up to get behind the kit.

Going much more smoothly than it did when they did the same at Reading 2023, this time the fan-assisted rendition went down a storm thanks to ‘Jenny from London’.A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)While not making reference to the UK’s General Election, he did mark the night in the US calendar. “Tonight’s a celebration,” he said at one point. “It’s July4 .