The Killers too was clearly a part of a ‘promotional tour’, but they made it so much more. There single at the time The Man kind of fitted with football mantra of individual brilliance:
I’m the man
I’m the man
I got gas in the tank
I got money in the bank
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man
I got skin in the game
Headed to the hall of fame
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man
Although I think that there maybe a little bit of tongue in cheek to bravado of that song, but let’s just leave that aside.
They captured the Australian audience with a powerful rendition of Midnight Oil’s Forgotten Years:
The choice of this track to me was edgy. It had a political bent that worked. Something that felt authentic with some of The Killers’ other efforts.
Lastly, Brandon Flower’s nouse to allow Jack Riewoldt to sing Mr. Brightside was perfect:
For a moment, Riewoldt lived out many people’s dream to not only win a premiership, but belt out a rock classic on stage with the actual band. Even if the guy on the mixing desk was thrown a curve ball, I am not sure anyone really cared.