Battle Born World Tour
The Battle Born World Tour is the fourth major concert tour by American rock band The Killers, in support of their fourth studio album Battle Born, which was released in September 2012. The tour included the band's biggest show to date at Wembley Stadium. It also saw them visit new territories including Russia, Ukraine, China and South East Asia. The tour was the 43rd highest grossing worldwide during 2013.[1]
Associated album
July 19, 2012
August 21, 2014
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- 74 in North America
- 69 in Europe
- 11 in Asia
- 7 in Oceania
- 6 in South America
- 167 total
Wembley Stadium[edit]
On June 22, 2013 the band headlined Wembley Stadium,[10] it was their biggest show to date with 69,745 people in attendance.[11] At the show, the band performed a new song that was written specifically for the night titled 'The Wembley Song', the song namechecked various bands who had headlined both the old and new stadium, and also made references to the 1966 World Cup Final and the old stadiums famous Twin Towers.[10] The final verse of the song explored the band's career to date ("From Dave's Apartment to Wembley").
Later that night the band headed across town to play a surprise set at the 600 capacity The Garage, London.[10] Fans were let in on a first-come, first-served basis and the setlist consisted of a mix of hits and more obscure tracks that the band rarely play live. The band had done a similar thing in El Paso the previous month. Both shows were professionally filmed by director Giorgio Testi, a video of the 'Wembley Song' was posted on the band's official YouTube channel and they have hinted that more footage from the show may be released at some point.
Critical reviews were positive, Mark Beaumont in The Guardian gave a 5 star review calling it "A night the stadium league got a whole lot brighter, and lightning struck London twice".[10] In a glowing write-up Gigwise stated "their 23-song strong set feels like every good Wembley gig should: historic".[12] In another good review the Evening Standard remarked "The Killers seemed genuinely thrilled to be here, especially as their career first burst into life in London".[13]