The Killers are coming to the Hunter Valley.
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The band responsible for anthemic songs like Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me will perform at the vineyard on December 17.
"It's brilliant that we've been able to secure a international act for Hope Estate," an excited Michael Hope, owner of Hope Estate, told the Newcastle Herald.
"The Killers haven't played Hunter Valley wine country before."
The crowd singalong to Mr. Brightside at Hope Estate will, no doubt, rival that of any previous touring artist hosted by the vineyard.
This will be the band's first time back on our shores since their 2018 Australasian tour, which included 10 sold-out arena shows.
The Killers' nine-date Imploding The Mirage Tour 2022 celebrates their chart-topping studio album of the same name.
The tour kicks off at Auckland's Spark Arena then travels to Christchurch Arena, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Peter Lehmann Wines in the Barossa Valley, Perth's RAC Arena, Geelong's Mt Duneed Estate, Rod Laver Arena and Hope Estate, wrapping up at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena.
The Killers first burst onto the scene in 2004, topping Australian charts and going double platinum with debut album Hot Fuss. Since then the band have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, amassed more than 393 million streams and have sold more than 1 million albums (and counting) in Australia alone.
They have headlined all of the world's top festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza and Glastonbury, and received multiple Grammy nominations, American Music Award nominations, MTV Video Music Awards and NME Awards.
Earlier this year while touring was still on hold due to the ongoing pandemic, The Killers released their seventh studio album - the quieter, character-study-driven album, Pressure Machine. The resulting record is an aural document of growing up - and living - in the American south-west, told from a myriad of perspectives.
"The big thing about this concert is not just the economic impact or people being employed," Hope continued.
"For me it's the feelgood factor. The positivity.
"People will be able to say 'You know what? We're all getting over the funk of the past 18 months. Life is coming back to normal. It's time to get going, to stop looking backwards and start looking forward'."
