The Killers played ‘Uncle Johnny’ for the first time in eight years last week (August 16) during their Las Vegas residency – check out footage of the moment below.
It comes after the band kicked off their Las Vegas residency last week. The band are performing their classic 2004 debut album in its entirety over 10 nights at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace to mark its 20th anniversary.
At the gig on August 16, Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci Jr. and Mark Stoermer ran through the 12-song ‘Hot Fuss’ tracklist, including live staples ‘Mr. Brightside’, ‘Somebody Told Me’ and ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’.
They also played ‘Uncle Johnny’, a track they last played live in 2016, and interposed a section of Elvis Presley’s ‘Burning Love’ with ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’.
Check out footage of the moment below along with the full setlist:
The Killers at The Colosseum, Caesars Palace – Set List August 16
‘Jenny Was a Friend of Mine’
‘Mr. Brightside’
‘Smile Like You Mean It’
‘Somebody Told Me’
‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ (with a snippet of Elvis Presley’s ‘Burning Love’)
‘Andy, You’re a Star’
‘On Top’
‘Change Your Mind’
‘Believe Me Natalie’
‘Midnight Show’ (with ‘Luck Be a Lady’ cover intro)
‘Everything Will Be Alright’
‘Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll’
‘Sam’s Town’
‘Enterlude’
‘Read My Mind’
‘Caution’
‘Runaways’
‘Uncle Jonny’
‘A Dustland Fairytale’
‘Human’
‘Bright Lights’
‘When You Were Young’
The Killers had previewed their glitzy new Vegas stage set up in the official video for their recent new single, ‘Bright Lights’.
The single arrived almost a year after The Killers’ previous track, ‘Your Side Of Town’, and reunited all four original members of the band. In 2021, The Killers told NME that they may all regroup on their next record for the first time since 2017’s ‘Wonderful Wonderful’.
Last summer, however, Flowers revealed that he had scrapped a new Killers album.
In December 2023, the frontman told NME: “The goal has always been to get all four original members to take ownership and be proud of what we’re doing, but it’s so difficult with all four of us living in different cities.
“It’s not impossible. It’s weird to be talking to you about it, but I’d definitely like to do that.”
This summer, the band embarked on their UK and Ireland ‘Rebel Diamonds’ greatest hits tour – including a six-night residency at The O2 in London. They also made headlines during the latter after pausing the show to watch England’s semi-final victory at the Euros.
Talking with NME about the moment in July, Flowers said: “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. You can’t really make anything happen like that. It was a lot of luck.”
