Artists About Artists 2026

THE KILLERS’ Frontman BRANDON FLOWERS About His Heroes NEW ORDER

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20 October 2026

“We met New Order for the first time at the NME Awards
in 2005. We were starstruck. And then I was in the bathroom,
I was at the urinal and their singer Bernard Sumner steps up
next to me and he started singing our song ‘Somebody Told Me’ in my ear. I was 23, it was surreal. That’s so out of this world to have that happen. It was incredible.”

The Killers actually got their name from a fictional band called The Killers, with their
name emblazoned on the drum kit in the video clip of New Order‘s song Chrystal from 2001. When a young Brandon Flowers saw the clip, he decided to baptize his new band The Killers.

MADONNA About PRINCE

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9 October 2026

“I had dinner with Prince once, and he was just sipping tea,
very daintily. I was stuffing food down my face and I was like ‘Aren’t you gonna eat?”. And he didn’t. I have this theory about people who don’t eat. They annoy me. It’s something about being in control.”

Source: The American Songwriter

IGGY POP About NINE INCH NAILS

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6 October 2026

“Nine Inch Nails is often called ‘industrial’. But I actually
here a lot of funk. Just listen to “Closer” and the foundation could be Stevie Wonder or George Clinton. Listening to Nine
Inch Nails feels like hearing the truth, so it get you abit closer
to God.”

Full feature in Rolling Stone.