The Killers halt Emirates Old Trafford gig as Brandon Flowers checks on crowd surfing pensioner
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHalf way through a blistering set by The Killers at the packed Emirates Old Trafford it abruptly stopped. Vocalist Brandon Flowers was anxious that someone had fallen in the bobbing sea of bodies in front of him at the eagerly anticipated show.
A white-haired pensioner was pulled clear. Flowers asked the audience whether he should really be crowd surfing at his age, before dropping into the pit to check on his welfare and putting his arm around him to rapturous applause.
Back on stage the singer told us: "I said Billy what ya doin'?," Then in a decent stab at a Manc/Northern accent he told us the elderly fella's brilliantly forthright reply. Read more : Parklife Saturday pictures and review as 50 Cent, Jamie XX and Chase & Status take to the stage "He told me 'I'm enjoyin' me self", said Brandon to the delight of the audience.
And so too did the 60,000 others packing in to the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground on a huge night for the city. Rather fittingly, the song that was halted for said reveller?
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