Watch as fan joins The Killers on drums during Falkirk show
nme.comThe Killers were joined by a fan on drums at their Falkirk show last night (June 7) – see footage below.As is customary at many of the band’s gigs, a fan was picked from the crowd to sit behind Ronnie Vannucci’s drum kit to perform ‘For Reasons Unknown’.As he told BBC News, 28-year-old Kyle Grieve – who drums for local Edinburgh band Retro Video Club – was at both of the gigs in Falkirk, on Monday (June 6) and Tuesday.
At the first show, he held up a sign asking to play drums with the band. During the show, frontman Brandon Flowers pointed out the sign and said: “If you want to play on this stage, you have to mean business.”On the second night, Grieve returned with a sign simply reading: “Tonight I mean business,” to which Flowers said: “Let him come up.”Watch Grieve’s performance behind the drums for The Killers below.Guy from the crowd asked to play drums with The Killers and this is what happened (part 1) #thekillers #Falkirk #falkirkfc #drums #centralfm #falkirkherald pic.twitter.com/jmw726OmMr— Lewis Barbour (@L13WYB) June 8, 2022Reflecting on the opportunity, which he called a “dream come true,” Grieve told the BBC: “It’s all I ever wanted to do.
The Killers were my biggest influence, it’s because of them I took up the drums.“On Tuesday morning I had another wee practice at their songs, but I knew them all anyway.
When he [Flowers] invited me up on stage, my stomach sunk, I was just thinking ‘Is this happening?'”Grieve added: “He was shouting into the crowd asking me if I was Scottish and if I actually played.
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