The Kills

MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009

HEY HO. TOUR PICTURES.

SORRY I HAVEN'T POSTED ANYTHING IN AWHILE. DIGGING THROUGH MY RESERVES, I
THOUGHT, WHY NOT SHARE SOME OF THESE TOUR PICTURES? WE DID AN AMERICAN TOUR WITH THE
HORRORS FOR A MONTH A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND THEN I GOT BUSY AND FORGOT TO PUT THESE UP.
HOPE YOU LIKE THEM. I DO. THIS TOUR WAS PRETTY FUCKING INSANE. VERY FUN TO HAVE A GANG
SO LARGE, AND BANDS ON THE BILL THAT LOVED TO PLAY MUSIC AND LOVED TO TOUR AS MUCH
AS WE DO. SORRY THERE AREN'T MORE IMAGES HERE, BUT I MUST KEEP SOME THINGS FOR MYSELF.
AND THE FUTURE. HOWEVER, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, THIS WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST TOURS
I CAN REMEMBER EMBARKING ON. I ACQUIRED A LOT OF BRUISES. A CRACKED SKULL. AND A BROKEN
NOSE. i.e.; WE HAD FUN. WE TRAVELED THE FULL OF AMERICA, AND DID 3 DATES IN CANADA. WE HAD
A GREAT CREW, TERESA, NICK, NEESH, JOE, PHIL AND PHIL AND NOLAN WHO I'M THANKING BIGTIME,
RETROSPECTIVELY. IT WAS A WONDERFUL LAST TOUR FOR MIDNIGHT BOOM. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU
WHO CAME TO THESE GIGS. THEY WERE WILD AND WONDERFUL BECAUSE OF YOU. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
CAUGHT OUR FINAL 4 GIGS, THE KILLS AND THE HORRORS WENT ON STAGE TOGETHER IN THE ENCORE
AND PLAYED A VERSION OF "BABY PLEASE DON'T GO" BY JOHN LEE HOOKER. IT'S ON YOU TUBE AND
HOLDS A LITTLE INSITE AS TO WHY I GOT SO MANGLED. SICK. OK OK. MORE SOON. I GOT SOME
BEIJING AND AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND FOR YOU NEXT, DISPARAGING THE TIME LINE BUT, OH WELL. LIVE ON.
X VV
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2009

ALISON'S BRA SOLD ON EBAY. SCAM. YOU LOSE. I LAUGH AT YOU.

FOR THE EBAY WINNER WHO WON MY SUPPOSED BRA, BLUE WITH FLOWERS ON....GUESS WHAT?! ONE OF YOU'S A HUSTLER AND ONE OF YOU'S A CREEP.
YOU'VE BEEN RIPPED OFF 223$! PLUS SHIPPING. CONGRATS! THE DUDE THAT SOLD IT TO YOU LIED TO YOU. SOMEONE IN THE CROWD THREW THAT THING AT ME AND I PROMPTLY KICKED IT BACK OFF THE STAGE. THING BELONGS IN THE TRASH AND IS OBVIOUSLY WORTHLESS, UNLESS YOU NEED A BRA. AND MAYBE YOU DO. SEND THAT HUSTLER HIS DIRTY BRA BACK. GET YOUR CASH BACK CREEP... AND BUY SOME RECORDS OR SOMETHING.... - ALISON MOSSHART

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009

LA ROUTE DU ROCK FESTIVAL

we're playing la route du rock festival in france on saturday 15th august. festival on from 14th - 16th august, with loads of bands including the horrors, my bloody valentine, peaches...

all info you need...
http://www.laroutedurock.com

see you there xx

MONDAY, JULY 20, 2009

ROLLING STONE, COVERS, PHOTOS...

hey
we got filmed in our hotel room in new york, for Rolling Stone and it's up now!
acoustic covers of 'kissy kissy' and 'crazy'

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/16/dead-weathers-mosshart-goes-acoustic-with-the-kills-for-rolling-stone/#

we also recorded a cover of Frank Sinatra track 'Willow Weep For Me' for i-Tunes special release 'his way, our way'. it's up on i-Tunes now, and other bands up there covering some of his tracks, go check it out.

and finally, really cool piece in BlackBook, with lots of photos when we dropped by their office during our last tour

http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/sudden-death-the-kills/8181

(one of the photos... below)

enjoy x

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009

DEAD WEATHER

The Dead Weather (featuring Alison Mosshart, Jack White, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence) are releasing their new debut album Horehound TODAY!

You can check out videos and songs from the album via their explore page (http://horehound.warnerreprise.com) or via their facebook application (http://apps.facebook.com/thedeadweather).

Both include links to download a free mp3 of “Treat Me Like Your Mother.” If you haven’t checked out the controversial Jonathan Glazer video for “Treat Me Like Your Mother” visit the band’s youtube channel  (http://youtube.com/thedeadweathertv) to see it along with tons of other videos and live clips.

There are 6 GOLDEN TICKETS hidden within albums of Horehound. Find one and you will win an expense paid trip to Nashville, TN to tour the famous Third Man Records.

Good luck!

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009

hello everyone
a quick note to everyone who came to the boulder gig at the fox theatre last night....
sorry i left i the stage earlier than planned. my lungs closed and suddenly i couldn't breathe. it happened repeatedly for the rest of the night. fits of choking. spent a good three hours at the hospital trying to stop choking. not the kind of night i had planned! thank you to all of you who were concerned.
i really appreciate it! i will be fine! x x x vv

MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009

BIT OF AN UPDATE...

hey everyone...

we've just ended a lovely trip to new zealand... we played wellington and auckland and had an absolute blast. thank you to all of you who came out to the gigs and to julian for looking out for us, despite all our cruel jokes. new zealand is so beautiful. my only regret is that we didn't have longer there... and didn't race speed boats or 4-wheelers and didn't jump off the space needle. at least we'll have something to do next time.

we're in australia now... the gold coast to be precise, but we leave for brisbane in a few hours. previous stops include two days in sydney...
which were... uh... a little difficult. i suppose 8 days straight of flights isn't contributing to a solid state of mind... but we played our first v festival show and i found the sunlight to be rather damning and ill suited to my time on stage. luckily the shuttle buses to the hotel ran regularly. i hate the sun. have i ever told you? sure thing i have.

however, the gold coast was a good gig. it was dark. totally dark and i felt human again. let's hope the same goes for melbourne and perth. if i was a witch i would have taken care of this long ago.

anyway, we're out here looking forward to our own gigs in melbourne, brisbane and sydney. so if you are around these parts and fancy a club show (a real show), then come out. we'll have fun.

all for now.

xxx v