WATCH: The Killers share moving Land of The Free performance
8 June 2020, 14:44 | Updated: 8 June 2020, 15:37
The Killers release moving version of Land of The Free
Their video sees frontman Brandon Flowers perform his emotive political track, which sees him playing the piano.
The Killers have shared a new moving performance of their Land of The Free track with new lyrics to reference the death of George Floyd.
The video on their official Instagram sees frontman Brandon Flowers dressed in black to sing the single, while playing a piano and flanked by two guitarists.
Watch the Las Vegas rocker's stirring performance above.
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It's not the first time Land of The Free has been shared by the band for a specific purpose.
The politically-charged track was originally unleashed by the outfit in January 2019, primarily as a response to the recent mass shootings, as well as the news of Trump building a wall between the United States and the Mexican border.
Taking to Twitter, Brandon Flowers doubled down on his message, writing: "On December 14 2012, I woke up, unlocked my phone, and, like so many others, saw the pleas to "Pray for Sandy Hook". The news was devastating."
#LandOfTheFree https://t.co/ZUuZESDFsy pic.twitter.com/7NvXCu49aH
— The Killers (@thekillers) January 14, 2019
The Killers frontman continued: "If there was a single moment that I mentally began to assemble "Land of the Free," that was it. In the months and years that followed, America would be hit with an onslaught of more mass shootings of innocents and too many examples of racial injustice to ignore."
He concluded: "I love my country. I know that these are complicated issue but whether you stand to the left, right, or straddle the line, you've gotta believe that we can do better.-Brandon Flowers".
Watch the official video for Land of The Free below:
The Killers - Land Of The Free
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If you would like to donate to or support the Black Lives Matter cause, here's some links you can visit below:
The official Black Lives Matter campaign
The George Floyd Memorial Fund
The Ahmaud Arbery Memorial Fund
The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
