The Killers’ frontman, Brandon Flowers, has gone on record to note that Morrissey is “still a king”, despite the prominence of his highly-criticised far-right views.
Over the last couple of months, Morrissey has undoubtedly been receiving more attention for his political leanings rather than his music.
After first publishing a bizarre interview on his website which saw him identifying with far-right politics, the former frontman of The Smiths appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon wearing a pin that supports the party, having been seen wearing the same pin during his New York residency.
While Anne Marie Waters, leader of the far-right For Britain party, thanked Morrissey for his support, the musician later learnt that his music was being taken off the shelves at the world’s oldest record store, before also releasing a statement hitting out at any far-right outrage.
Last week though, controversy reared its head again after Morrissey shared an interview conducted by his nephew, which saw him deny any claims of racism, but reaffirm his support of the alt-right, amidst questionable quotes such as “everyone ultimately prefers their own race.”
Now, The Killers’ Brandon Flowers has been dragged into the mess, noting Morrissey is “still a king”, even after being reminded of his questionable views.
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This weekend just gone, The Killers were one of the many bands who found themselves performing at Glastonbury. Not wanting to leave fans wanting, the group hooked up with the Pet Shop Boys and The Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr to cover tracks made famous by their respective bands.
In an interview with NME at the festival, frontman Brandon Flowers touched upon who he considers “kings” in the world of music, citing Marr’s former bandmate Morrissey as an example.
“Yeah, I have about fifteen kings. Liam [Gallagher] is one of them,” Flowers noted. “Don Henley, Peter Gabriel, Morrissey would be a king, Bono would be a king, Springsteen would be a king.”
After being reminded of the controversy that Morrissey has faced recently, Flowers raffirmed his belief, but admitted that he maybe should have let Moz off the list.
“He’s still a king,” Flowers claimed. “He’s unparalleled in what he’s achieved and his prowess and his lyrics and his sense of melody, it’s just incredible.
“I forgot he was in hot water though, so I shouldn’t have brought him up.”
In related news, NME also noted that The Killers are hard at work on their sixth album, which they noted could be a concept album, and could be released in 2020.
“There are close to thirty almost-finished songs so we’re going to go back and re-record them and find the line, find the symmetry and there, we’ll find the concept,” explained drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
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