Brandon Flowers, the Killers frontman who volition execute Oct. 6, 2026, astatine Encore Theater astatine Wynn Las Vegas, is shown successful a photograph released successful conjunction with his upcoming solo album, "Thrasher." Photo by: Courtesy AEG Presents Las Vegas / Brandon Flowers
By Las Vegas Sun Staff (contact)
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | 10:30 a.m.
The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers volition execute Oct. 6 astatine Encore Theater astatine Wynn Las Vegas successful enactment of his caller solo album, “Thrasher,” the vocalist announced Tuesday.
Flowers, 45, was calved successful Henderson and spent portion of his puerility successful Nephi, Utah, earlier returning to Las Vegas to motorboat his euphony career. The one-night-only amusement is his archetypal quality astatine the venue. Tickets spell connected merchantability to the nationalist Friday astatine 10 a.m. PT astatine Ticketmaster.com. The amusement starts astatine 8 p.m.
The circuit supports “Thrasher,” Flowers’ archetypal solo medium successful much than a decade, owed Aug. 21 via Island Records. It is his 3rd solo album, pursuing “Flamingo” (2010) and “The Desired Effect” (2015).
Recorded successful July 2025 astatine Nashville’s RCA Studio A with producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, the medium features contributions from longtime Gillian Welch collaborator David Rawlings connected guitar, pedal alloy subordinate Bruce Bouton and 85-year-old harmonica fable Charlie McCoy, whose playing appears connected each 4 of Bob Dylan’s Nashville recordings.
The 10-track medium draws connected Flowers’ aboriginal years increasing up successful Nephi, reflecting connected however his begetter introduced him to state euphony artists specified arsenic Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve recovered my mode backmost to my father’s euphony — ‘country-Western’ (as helium called it) — and discovered that the stories I transportation truly consciousness astir astatine location successful the tegument of this beauteous American tradition,” Flowers said successful a statement.
“This is not maine moving distant from stone 'n' roll,” Flowers added. “I don’t privation to regenerate my aged songs. I simply recovered country for more.”
While state and Americana influences person agelong tally done his songwriting — astir prominently connected the Killers’ 2006 medium “Sam’s Town” and the band’s 2021 LP “Pressure Machine” — “Thrasher” represents his deepest dive into that territory yet. Songs connected the medium gully from Flowers’ household and friends, touching connected themes of loss, representation and beingness successful a tiny town, with 1 way paying tribute to a brother-in-law who died unexpectedly and different mining his extended family’s years moving successful Las Vegas casinos, according to a Universal Music Canada property release.
The pb single, “Plans,” is acceptable to merchandise Friday.
Flowers graduated from Chaparral High School successful Las Vegas earlier moving arsenic a bellhop astatine the Gold Coast and aboriginal co-founding the Killers with guitarist Dave Keuning successful 2001. The band’s 2004 debut, “Hot Fuss,” which produced the singles “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me,” launched the radical to planetary stardom.
The Killers’ eighth workplace medium is expected successful 2027.
The Encore Theater amusement volition beryllium presented by AEG Presents Las Vegas. For tickets and information, sojourn WynnLasVegas.com.
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