{"id":2002351,"date":"2023-08-16T11:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-killers-apologize-for-bringing-russian-onstage-in-country-russia-invaded-in-2008\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T11:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:36:33","slug":"the-killers-apologize-for-bringing-russian-onstage-in-country-russia-invaded-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-killers-apologize-for-bringing-russian-onstage-in-country-russia-invaded-in-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"The Killers apologize for inviting Russian onstage in country invaded in 2008."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-killers-apologize-for-bringing-russian-onstage-in-country-russia-invaded-in-2008%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Killers Apologize for Controversial Concert Moment<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Killers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  recently found\u200d themselves in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gaetz-defends-his-decision-to-criticize-rep-cheney\/\" title=\"Rep. Gaetz defends his decision to criticize Rep. Cheney\">hot water<\/a> after inviting a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Russian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  fan\u2062 onstage during a concert in Georgia, a country at the crossroads of Eastern \u2062Europe and West Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Georgia, a former Soviet state, was invaded by Russia in 2008 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counting-down-the-10-most-important-battles-in-us-military-history\/\" title=\"Counting Down The 10 Most Important Battles In US Military History\">gained independence<\/a> in 1991. \u2063Lead singer Brandon Flowers faced backlash from\u2064 the audience, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concertgoers<\/a> even walking out of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the concert, Flowers addressed the crowd, saying, \u201cWe don\u2019t know the etiquette of this land \u200dbut \u2064this guy\u2019s a Russian. You OK with a Russian coming up here?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After playing a song, Flowers continued, \u201cYou can\u2019t recognize if someone\u2019s your brother? He\u2019s not your brother? We all\u2063 separate on the borders \u200dof \u2062our countries? \u2026\u2064 Am I not your brother,\u2063 being from America?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The audience responded with a mix of cheers and boos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flowers then emphasized, \u201cWe\u2019re here together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t want it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-should-slowly-back-away-from-ukraine\/\" title=\"GOP Should Slowly Back Away from Ukraine\">turn ugly<\/a>,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd I see you as my brothers and my\u200c sisters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The band later issued an apology \u2063on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-kind-of-a-jerk-carlson-mocks-implosion-of-2-gop-hopefuls-during-interview-with-beck\/\" title=\"Carlson ridicules downfall of 2 GOP candidates in chat with Beck\">social \u200cmedia<\/a>, stating, \u201cGood people of Georgia, it was never \u2063our intention to offend\u200d anyone! We have\u2063 a longstanding tradition of inviting\u2064 people to play drums and it \u2063seemed \u2062from the stage that the initial response from the crowd indicated \u2064that they were okay with tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-killers-apologize-for-bringing-russian-onstage-in-country-russia-invaded-in-2008\/\" title=\"The Killers apologize for inviting Russian onstage in country invaded in 2008.\">audience participation member<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mfuAf2I8xb\">pic.twitter.com\/mfuAf2I8xb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Killers (@thekillers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thekillers\/status\/1691561689882484827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200b15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The statement also acknowledged that their\u200b comment about the audience being &#8220;brothers\u2062 and sisters&#8221; could be misconstrued and apologized for any\u200b offense caused. They expressed solidarity with the Georgian\u2062 people and expressed a\u2064 desire to return in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While\u2064 some commenters emphasized the power of music to unite people, others remained unimpressed \u200dby the band&#8217;s \u200dapology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRead the Room. Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. Russia \u200cstill occupies territory in Georgia. You completely insulted your audience. I don\u2019t think they should ever invite you back,\u201d one account <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nataliew70\/status\/1691566302064726322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">replied<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Killers apologized for inviting a Russian fan onstage during a concert in Georgia, a country at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and West Asia. Georgia, a former Soviet state invaded by Russia in 2008, gained independence in 1991. 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