The four men that make up The Killers have apparently never heard of "taking a break". Hot off the success of their third album, "Day & Age," the band is already working on their first DVD release and even an album of cover songs.
Drummer Ronnie Vannucci spoke with Billboard.com about the band’s future endeavors. "We're working on some ideas for what will be our first DVD," he says. "We've been kind of hounded about it for a while, and haven't really thought we were due for it yet, but I think it's time. I think we're approaching the moment of DVD mass hysteria." Vannucci also tells Billboard that the DVD is planned for release later this year.
Additionally, the band is also tossing around the idea of recording an album of cover songs. "
Yeah, that's happening,"
Vannucci says. "
We have a couple in the can but I don't know when the hell we'll get it off the ground to release it. But it's going to happen. I think it's a good thing for us to do. Let's say the shit hits the fan and it never gets released, it's at the very least nice to kind of study other people's music in the way songs are written or constructed."
He adds, "It's going to be one of those things that will be more fun for us than anybody else. I think it's still a while off but things move kind of fast with us and get cooking, so it could just be when we have a collection of songs for the press, we'll put it out there."
But that doesn’t mean the band is ready to call it quits with their current album, "Day & Age." The band is still touring in support of the album and is planning to release their third single soon, though according to Vannucci, the song will differ depending on where you live.
"It depends on what country you're in," he says. "That's the weird phenomenon about this album. We're realizing that other counties are picking their own singles. So in America, the next single will be 'A Dustland Fairytale,' but in the U.K., Europe and Australia, it's 'The World We Live In.' But Australia is also playing 'Losing Touch.' Spain is hip to 'I Can't Stay,' which isn't really a surprise. At first when we played it over here it was a little bit like head scratching. But who knows, it could all of a sudden turn around. 'Bones' was like that. Hell, the whole 'Sam's Town' record was like that. Now when we play 'Sam's Town' stuff, they freak out."
Report by David Lowe-Bianco.
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