Hot Fuss Tour

The Hot Fuss Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American rock band The Killers. It took place between 2003 and 2005 to support the band's first studio album, Hot Fuss, which was released in June 2004. The tour was enduring with the band playing well over 300 shows in a two-year period.

Hot Fuss Tour

World tour by The Killers
Associated album	Hot Fuss
Start date	November 19, 2003
End date	October 13, 2005
No. of shows	181 in North America 114 in Europe 5 in Asia 5 in Oceania Total: 305
The Killers concert chronology
Hot Fuss Tour (2003–2005) Sam's Town Tour (2006–2007)

Synopsis

In late 2003, shortly after being signed by UK independent record label Lizard King and a successful string of performances in London, The Killers announced that they would be touring the UK supporting British Sea Power. During the first half of 2004 they continued playing support slots; opening for Stellastarr on both their UK and US tours and Morrissey on two dates in the US. They also made appearances at South by Southwest & Coachella Festival.

The band began their first ever headline tour in Portsmouth, England on May 23, 2004; Initially the band were headlining small venues which held no more than 1,000 people, by the end of the tour they were regularly selling out venues with capacities of over 5,000. The band supported by Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party & The Futureheads headlined the NME Awards Tour in early 2005^[1] and also supported U2 on three stadium dates of their Vertigo Tour. The Killers were joined by British Sea Power for the final leg in North America; bringing the tour full circle, the final show took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on October 13, 2005. In total they played 305 shows spanning four continents and eighteen different countries.

Support acts during the tour included Louis XIV, Surferosa, The Departure, Ambulance LTD, Blood Arm, The Zutons & Tegan & Sara.

Stage setup

Frontman and keyboardist Brandon Flowers emblazoned his keyboard stand with rhinestones after learning that David Bowie was coming to one of the band's shows at Irving Plaza in New York City, this started a tradition of Flowers' keyboard stands being decorated differently for each tour.^[2]

Festivals

The Killers played a number of well received festival sets in the summer of 2004, among these was a performance in the New Bands Tent at Glastonbury Festival. The following year the band were offered the chance by Michael Eavis to headline the Sunday night of Glastonbury after original headliner Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer. They declined the offer however, stating that they did not feel they had earned the right to headline the festival yet and instead went on to play in their scheduled sub-headline slot on the Friday night. Despite almost losing guitarist Dave Keuning whilst travelling there (after the band 'accidentally' left him at Fleet services.) the performance was praised by many.^[3][4][5]

Live 8

On July 2, 2005, The Killers performed on the London stage of the Live 8 concert, performing "All These Things That I've Done". The band (all dressed in white) were joined by a gospel choir. Later that day Robbie Williams incorporated the song's refrain "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" into his own performance.^[6]

Personnel

• Brandon Flowers – lead vocals, keyboards
• Dave Keuning – guitar, background vocals
• Mark Stoermer – bass, background vocals
• Ronnie Vannucci Jr. – drums, percussion, background vocals, keyboards (on "Everything Will Be Alright")

Set list

Sample setlists

November 22, 2003 – Cardiff, Wales   "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" "On Top" "Somebody Told Me" "Smile Like You Mean It" "Mr. Brightside" "Under the Gun" "Midnight Show" April 5, 2004 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada   "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" "On Top" "Mr. Brightside" "Smile Like You Mean It" "Somebody Told Me" "Andy, You're A Star" "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" "Midnight Show" "All These Things That I've Done" October 4, 2004 – New York, United States   "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" "On Top" "Mr. Brightside" "Smile Like You Mean It" "Change Your Mind" "Andy, You're A Star" "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" "Somebody Told Me" "Under the Gun" "All These Things That I've Done" February 19, 2005 – London, England   "Mr. Brightside" "Smile Like You Mean It" "Change Your Mind" "Where is She (Soft Surrender)"^[1] "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" "Andy, You're A Star" "Under the Gun" "Somebody Told Me" "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" "Midnight Show" "On Top/Time"^[2] "All These Things That I've Done" June 24, 2005 – Glastonbury Festival, England   "Somebody Told Me" "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" "On Top" "Under the Gun" "Smile Like You Mean It" "Andy, You're A Star" "Midnight Show" "All The Pretty Faces"^[3] "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" "Mr. Brightside" "All These Things That I've Done" October 13, 2005 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" "On Top" "Somebody Told Me" "Midnight Show" "Believe Me Natalie" "Change Your Mind" "Under the Gun" "Smile Like You Mean It" "Andy, You're A Star" "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" "Mr. Brightside" "Everything Will Be Alright" "Moonage Daydream" (David Bowie cover) "All These Things That I've Done" Notes 1 ^ "Where is She (Soft Surrender)" was a new song performed by the band, as of 2021 a studio version has yet to be released. 2 ^ "On Top" with Pink Floyd's "Time" segued on to the end of it. 3 ^ "All The Pretty Faces" was a new song performed by the band, it went on to be released as a b-side to "When You Were Young" and also appeared on 2007's compilation album Sawdust and Guitar Hero 5. Tour dates Date City Country Venue Other Info Europe November 19, 2003 Nottingham England Rescue Rooms Opened for British Sea Power November 20, 2003 Leeds Joseph's Well November 21, 2003 Lincoln Bivouac November 22, 2003 Cardiff Wales Clwb Ifor Bach November 23, 2003 Leicester England Princess Charlotte November 24, 2003 High Wycombe The White Room November 25, 2003 Northampton Soundhaus November 26, 2003 Reading Fez November 27, 2003 Colchester Arts Centre November 28, 2003 Birmingham Birmingham Academy 2 November 30, 2003 Coventry University of Warwick December 1, 2003 London The Garage December 3, 2003 Barfly @ The Monarch North America January 29, 2004 New York City United States Bowery Ballroom Opened for The Stills Europe February 11, 2004 London England Notting Hill Arts Club Headlined February 13, 2004 Hammersmith Palais Opened for Jet February 14, 2004 Institute of Contemporary Arts Headlined North America February 25, 2004 Las Vegas United States Ice House Lounge Headlined Europe February 27, 2004 Leeds England The Cockpit Opened for Stellastarr February 28, 2004 Sheffield The Leadmill February 29, 2004 Leicester Princess Charlotte March 1, 2004 Glasgow Scotland King Tut's Wah Wah Hut March 2, 2004 Birmingham England Birmingham Academy 2 March 3, 2004 Manchester Hop & Grape March 4, 2004 London Electric Ballroom March 5, 2004 Shepherd's Bush Empire Opened for Gary Numan March 6, 2004 Bristol Fleece & Firkin Opened for Stellastarr March 7, 2004 Portsmouth The Wedgewood Rooms March 9, 2004 Cambridge Polytechnic University March 10, 2004 Nottingham Rescue Rooms March 11, 2004 Sheffield Fez Club March 12, 2004 Cardiff Wales Barfly March 13, 2004 Bath England Moles Club March 14, 2004 Brighton Freebutt North America March 18, 2004 Austin United States South by Southwest @ The Caucus Festival March 19, 2004 Stubbs BBQ Opened for Stellastarr March 20, 2004 Dallas Tree's March 21, 2004 Houston Rhythm Room March 22, 2004 New Orleans The Parish March 24, 2004 Jacksonville Imperial Club March 25, 2004 Atlanta Cotton Club March 26, 2004 Richmond Alley Katz March 27, 2004 Baltimore Fletcher's March 29, 2004 Washington, D.C. Black Cat March 30, 2004 Philadelphia The Khyber March 31, 2004 New York City Irving Plaza April 1, 2004 Portland Space April 2, 2004 Cambridge Middle East Cafe April 3, 2004 Burlington Club Metronome April 5, 2004 Montreal Canada Cabaret Music Hall April 6, 2004 Toronto Mod Club Theatre April 7, 2004 Cleveland Heights United States Grog Shop April 9, 2004 Newport Southgate House April 10, 2004 Columbus Promowest Pavilion April 11, 2004 Detroit The Shelter April 13, 2004 Chicago Double Door April 14, 2004 Iowa City Gabe's April 15, 2004 Minneapolis 7th Street Entry April 16, 2004 Madison The Annex April 17, 2004 St. Louis Gargoyle Club April 18, 2004 Lawrence Replay Lounge April 19, 2004 Austin Saengerrunde Hall April 20, 2004 Denver Larimer Lounge April 21, 2004 Salt Lake City Liquid Joe's April 22, 2004 Boise Neurolux April 23, 2004 Portland Berbati's Plan April 24, 2004 Seattle Crocodile Cafe April 25, 2004 Vancouver Canada Richard on Richard April 27, 2004 Los Angeles United States Wiltern Theater Opened for Morrissey April 28, 2004 San Francisco Great American Music Hall Opened for Stellastarr April 29, 2004 San Diego The Casbah April 30, 2004 Phoenix Mason Jar May 2, 2004 Indio Gobi Tent @ Coachella Festival Festival Europe May 23, 2004 Portsmouth England Wedgewood Rooms Headlined May 25, 2004 Bristol Fleece & Firkin May 26, 2004 Liverpool Liverpool Academy May 27, 2004 Leeds The Cockpit May 28, 2004 Manchester Manchester University May 29, 2004 Birmingham Birmingham Academy May 30, 2004 York Fibbers June 2, 2004 Nottingham Rescue Rooms June 3, 2004 London Mean Fiddler June 6, 2004 Oxford Zodiac June 7, 2004 London HMV Shop Oxford Street June 8, 2004 Brighton The Zap June 9, 2004 Reading Fez Club North America June 10, 2004 San Diego United States Soma San Diego Opened for Stellastarr June 11, 2004 Mountain View Live 105 BFD @ Shoreline Amphitheater Festival June 12, 2004 Irvine KROQ Weenie Roast @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater June 17, 2004 San Francisco Popscene Headlined June 18, 2004 Portland Dante's June 19, 2004 Seattle Nuemo's June 20, 2004 Boise The Big Easy June 21, 2004 Sparks New Oasis June 23, 2004 New York City Mercury Lounge June 24, 2004 Rothko Europe II June 26, 2004 Pilton England New Bands Tent @ Glastonbury Festival Festival June 27, 2004 Glasgow Scotland King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Headlined June 29, 2004 Brussels Belgium Le Botanique June 30, 2004 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso July 1, 2004 Hamburg Germany Molotow July 2, 2004 Berlin Roter Salon July 3, 2004 Cologne Underground July 4, 2004 Rotterdam Netherlands Metropolis Festival Festival July 6, 2004 Colchester England Colchester Arts Centre Headlined July 7, 2004 Northampton Soundhaus July 8, 2004 London London Astoria July 9, 2004 Sheffield Leadmill July 10, 2004 Naas Republic of Ireland New Band Stage & Oxegen Festival July 11, 2004 Balado Scotland NME Stage @ T in the Park Festival North America II July 15, 2004 Salt Lake City United States Lo-Fi Cafe Headlined July 16, 2004 Toronto Canada Mod Club July 17, 2004 Chicago United States House of Blues Opened for Morrissey July 19, 2004 Kansas City Hurricane Headlined July 20, 2004 Oklahoma City Bricktown Live July 22, 2004 Dallas Tree's July 23, 2004 Houston Engine Room July 24, 2004 Austin Stubbs BBQ July 25, 2004 El Paso T Lounge July 26, 2004 Tucson City Limits Asia July 30, 2004 Naeba Ski Resort Japan Red Marquee @ Fuji Rock Festival Festival North America III August 16, 2004 New York City United States Bowery Ballroom Headlined August 17, 2004 Providence The Call Europe III August 21, 2004 Chelmsford England NME Stage @ V Festival Festival August 22, 2004 Weston Park August 23, 2004 London Kentish Town Forum Headlined North America IV August 26, 2004 Scottsdale United States Venue of Scottsdale Headlined August 27, 2004 San Diego San Diego Street Fair Festival August 28, 2004 (early) Los Angeles The Troubadour Headlined August 28, 2004 (late) August 29, 2004 Santa Ana Galaxy Concert Theater August 31, 2004 San Francisco Great American Music Hall September 1, 2004 Orangevale The Boardwalk September 3, 2004 Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom September 4, 2004 Victoria Open Air September 6, 2004 Seattle United States Bumbershoot Festival September 8, 2004 Winnipeg Canada West End Cultural Centre Headlined September 9, 2004 Minneapolis United States The Quest September 10, 2004 Milwaukee The Rave September 11, 2004 Chicago Metro Chicago September 12, 2004 Atlanta The Masquerade September 13, 2004 St. Louis Mississippi Nights September 14, 2004 Boston The Roxy September 17, 2004 Austin Austin City Limits Music Festival @ Zilker Park Festival September 18, 2004 San Bernardino Main Stage @ KROQ Inland Invasion September 19, 2004 Las Vegas House of Blues Headlined September 24, 2004 Fort Lauderdale Culture Room September 25, 2004 Tampa Masquerade September 26, 2004 Orlando The Social September 27, 2004 Jacksonville Jack Rabbits September 28, 2004 Athens 40 Watt Club Europe September 29, 2004 Madrid Spain Sala Copérnico Headlined North America September 30, 2004 Carrboro United States Cat's Cradle Headlined October 1, 2004 Norfolk Norva Theater October 2, 2004 Philadelphia The TLA October 3, 2004 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club October 4, 2004 New York City Irving Plaza October 5, 2004 October 7, 2004 Boston The Roxy October 8, 2004 Montreal Canada Club Soda October 9, 2004 Ottawa Capital Music Hall October 11, 2004 Toronto The Opera House October 12, 2004 Detroit United States St. Andrews Hall October 14, 2004 Columbus Newport Music Hall October 16, 2004 New Orleans Voodoo Experience @ City Park Festival October 17, 2004 Houston Reliant Center Headlined October 19, 2004 Dallas Gypsy Tea Room October 20, 2004 Memphis New Daisy Theater October 21, 2004 Lawrence Granada Theater October 22, 2004 Denver Bluebird Theater October 23, 2004 Tempe Tempe Beach Park Festival Europe November 3, 2004 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg Headlined November 4, 2004 Paris France Festival Les Inrocks @ Zénith de Paris Festival November 5, 2004 Cologne Germany Gebaude Headlined November 6, 2004 Berlin Columbia Club November 9, 2004 Stockholm Sweden Kägelbanan November 11, 2004 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre November 12, 2004 Manchester England Manchester Academy November 13, 2004 London Shepherd's Bush Empire North America V November 19, 2004 Athens United States 40 Watt Club Headlined November 20, 2004 Tampa Masquerade November 21, 2004 Jacksonville Freebird Live November 22, 2004 Orlando The Social November 23, 2004 Fort Lauderdale Culture Room December 1, 2004 Toronto Canada Kool Haus December 2, 2004 Cleveland United States House of Blues December 3, 2004 Pittsburgh The Rock Club December 4, 2004 Fairfax George Mason University December 9, 2004 Seattle Deck The Hall Ball @ KeyArena Festival December 10, 2004 San Francisco Not So Silent Night @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium December 11, 2004 Los Angeles KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas @ Universal Amphitheater Oceania December 14, 2004 Perth Australia Metro City Headlined December 16, 2004 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre December 17, 2004 Melbourne The Palace December 18, 2004 Sydney Enmore Theatre December 20, 2004 Brisbane The Arena North America December 30, 2004 Las Vegas United States House of Blues Headlined December 31, 2004 Los Angeles Giant Village @ Downtown Los Angeles Festival Europe January 19, 2005 Newcastle upon Tyne England Northumbria University NME Awards Tour January 20, 2005 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Academy January 21, 2005 January 23, 2005 Nottingham England Rock City January 24, 2005 Birmingham Birmingham Academy January 25, 2005 Liverpool University of Liverpool January 27, 2005 Leeds University of Leeds January 28, 2005 Manchester Manchester Academy January 29, 2005 January 31, 2005 Norwich University of East Anglia February 1, 2005 Bristol Bristol Academy February 2, 2005 Brighton Brighton Dome February 4, 2005 Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange February 5, 2005 Southampton Southampton Guildhall February 6, 2005 Cardiff Wales Cardiff University February 7, 2005 Paris France Élysée Montmartre Headlined February 9, 2005 London England Brixton Academy NME Awards Tour February 19, 2005 (early) Headlined February 19, 2005 (late) February 20, 2005 Utrecht Netherlands Tivoli Headlined February 21, 2005 Strasbourg France La Laiterie February 22, 2005 Milan Italy Rolling Stone February 24, 2005 Zürich Switzerland Abart February 25, 2005 Vienna Austria The Arena February 26, 2005 Munich Germany Muffathalle February 27, 2005 Cologne Prime Club March 1, 2005 Hamburg Grünspan Club March 3, 2005 Barcelona Spain Apollo Asia March 6, 2005 Nagoya Japan Club Quattro Headlined March 8, 2005 Hiroshima Club Quattro March 9, 2005 Osaka Shinsaibashi Club Quattro March 10, 2005 Tokyo Liquid Room North America April 11, 2005 Tempe United States Marquee Theatre Headlined April 12, 2005 La Jolla RIMAC Arena April 13, 2005 Long Beach The Vault 350 April 15, 2005 Las Vegas The Joint @ Hard Rock April 16, 2005 Los Angeles The Wiltern April 17, 2005 April 19, 2005 San Francisco The Fillmore April 21, 2005 Portland Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall April 22, 2005 Vancouver Canada Vogue Theatre April 23, 2005 April 24, 2005 Seattle United States Moore Theatre April 26, 2005 Edmonton Canada Shaw Conference Centre April 27, 2005 Calgary Stampede Corral April 28, 2005 Spokane United States Big Easy May 2, 2005 Salt Lake City Kingsbury Hall May 3, 2005 Denver Paramount Theatre May 5, 2005 Hollywood Xbox 360 launch @ The Avalon May 7, 2005 Milwaukee The Rave May 9, 2005 Davenport The Col Ballroom May 10, 2005 Kansas City Uptown Theater May 11, 2005 Chicago Riviera Theatre May 21, 2005 Irvine KROQ Weenie Roast @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Festival May 26, 2005 Covington Madison Theater Headlined May 27, 2005 Columbus Promowest Pavilion May 28, 2005 Cleveland The Scene May 30, 2005 Detroit Fox Theatre May 31, 2005 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre June 1, 2005 Montreal Métropolis June 3, 2005 Philadelphia United States Electric Factory June 4, 2005 New York City Central Park SummerStage Festival June 6, 2005 Providence Lupo's @ The Strand Headlined June 7, 2005 Boston Bank of America Pavilion Festival June 8, 2005 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion June 10, 2005 Myrtle Beach House of Blues Headlined June 11, 2005 Atlanta Music Midtown Festival June 17, 2005 Birmingham City Stages @ Linn Park Europe June 24, 2005 Pilton England Pyramid Stage @ Glastonbury Festival Festival (sub-headlined) June 29, 2005 Cardiff Wales Millennium Stadium opened for U2 July 2, 2005 London England Live 8 in Hyde Park Charity concert July 3, 2005 Belfort France Eurockéennes Festival July 5, 2005 Chorzów Poland Stadion Śląski opened for U2 July 6, 2005 Berlin Germany MariaAm Ostbahnhof Headlined July 7, 2005 Hamburg Docks July 9, 2005 Balado Scotland Main stage @ T in the Park Festival July 10, 2005 Naas Republic of Ireland Main stage @ Oxegen July 13, 2005 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena opened for U2 July 14, 2005 Cologne Germany Prime Club Headlined July 15, 2005 Zurich Switzerland Abart July 17, 2005 Barcelona Spain Apollo North America July 20, 2005 Louisville United States Palace Theatre Headlined July 21, 2005 St. Louis The Pageant July 22, 2005 Indianapolis Murat Shrine July 23, 2005 Mount Pleasant Soaring Eagle Casino July 24, 2005 Chicago SBC East Stage @ Lollapalooza Festival July 29, 2005 San Diego Qualcomm Stadium August 9, 2005 Saint Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium Headlined August 10, 2005 Omaha Sokol Underground August 12, 2005 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre Festival August 13, 2005 Wichita The Cotillion Headlined August 14, 2005 Tulsa Cain's Ballroom August 15, 2005 Oklahoma City Bricktown Event Center August 17, 2005 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre August 18, 2005 Austin Stubbs BBQ August 19, 2005 Houston Verizon Amphitheater August 21, 2005 Tampa USF Sun Dome Europe August 26, 2005 Reading England Main stage @ Reading Festival Festival (sub-headlined) August 27, 2005 Leeds Main stage @ Leeds Festival North America September 29, 2005 Atlantic City United States Borgata Hotel and Casino Headlined with British Sea Power September 30, 2005 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater October 1, 2005 Staten Island Across The Narrows Festival October 6, 2005 Long Beach Convention Center Headlined with British Sea Power October 7, 2005 Las Vegas The Joint @ Hard Rock October 8, 2005 Mountain View Download Festival @ Shoreline Amphitheatre Festival (Headlined) October 12, 2005 Seattle KeyArena Headlined with British Sea Power October 13, 2005 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum TV Notable television performances May 20, 2004 United States Last Call with Carson Daly "Performed Somebody Told Me" June 4, 2004 United Kingdom Top of the Pops "Performed Mr. Brightside" June 4, 2004 United Kingdom Later...with Jools Holland "Performed Mr. Brightside & "Somebody Told Me" June 5, 2004 United Kingdom CD:UK "Performed Mr. Brightside" June 15, 2004 United States Jimmy Kimmel Live Performed "Somebody Told Me" & "Midnight Show" October 5, 2004 United States The Late Show with David Letterman Performed "Somebody Told Me" October 29, 2004 United Kingdom Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Performed "Somebody Told Me" December 1, 2004 United States Late Night with Conan O'Brien Performed "Mr. Brightside" November 13, 2004 United Kingdom CD:UK Performed "All These Things That I've Done" January 15, 2005 United States Saturday Night Live Performed "Mr. Brightside" & "Somebody Told Me" January 18, 2005 United States Total Request Live Performed "Mr. Brightside", "Smile Like You Mean It" & "Somebody Told Me" April 14, 2005 United States The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Performed "Mr. Brightside" August 28, 2005 United States MTV Video Music Awards Performed "Mr. Brightside" & "All These Things That I've Done" October 10, 2005 United States The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Performed "All These Things That I've Done" 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