The Killers prepared a response for if England lost Euro semi-final during London gig: “We had scenarios planned”

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The Killers have discussed the viral moment where they paused a gig in London to screen England’s victory at the Euro 2024 semi-final, and revealed that they had also prepared for other outcomes to the match.The moment took place on July 11, during the Las Vegas band’s six-night residency at The O2 as part of their ongoing ‘Rebel Diamonds’ tour.Ten songs into their performance, frontman Brandon Flowers and co.

paused the concert to watch the clashing Euro semi-final with the O2 audience. After England secured a 2-1 victory, red and white streamers were fired to raucous applause, and the band dove right into ‘Mr.

Brightside’ to celebrate.Drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. also donned the England jersey for a portion of the show, and footage of the gig soon went viral on social media.Speaking to NME backstage at Mad Cool 2024 in Madrid, both Flowers and Vannucci Jr.

explained how the idea to show the match during their set arose.“I have a son who is 13 now and he is obsessed with what we call soccer and what you call football,” Flowers told us. “So I’ve gotten introduced to this new world, and we were watching all the matches so I was aware of what was going on and that led to this very important match between England and Holland.”A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)He added: “It happened to be going on while we were playing a gig, so we just wanted to do something special for the fans, and it ended up being something that timed out really well.