411 Mania — Seven stories for seven days: Aerosmith, The Killers, Adam Lambert, Jay-Z/"We Are The World 25", Jimi Hendrix/"Rock Band", Sevendust, and A7X/Dream Theater. And some video game mash-ups, just for kicks. more info

Rolling Stone — The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers’ mother Jean passed away on February 11th following a two-year battle with brain cancer, the Las Vegas Journal-Review reports (via Spinner). Jean Flowers was 64. In her obituary, she is credited with leading her... more info

AngryApe — Brandon Flowers is mourning the loss of his parent more info

Idolator — The Killers’ hiatus began a few concerts earlier than anticipated after the band announced they were canceling dates in Asia ans Australia due to “the severity of the illness of a close family member.” It was revealed today that frontman Brando... more info

NME — Band had cancelled Asian and Australian dates due to illness more info

Gigwise — She reportedly loses two year battle... more info

ContactMusic — THE KILLERS' recent concert cancellations have been explained - frontman BRANDON FLOWERS' mum has died after a two-year battle with cancer.Jean Flowers passed away... more info

Undercover, Australia — Jean Flowers, the mother of The Killers singer Brandon Flowers has passed away. more info

Guardian Music — The Killers got facial hair to connote lofty ambition, while Chris Martin grew something as amorphous on his chin as Coldplay's music. So who's next to ditch the razor?Blame it on the Maharishi. In August 1967 the Beatles, fried by pop, fame and LSD,... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — My favorite non-hipster band probably is The Killers. So I deliver the message that they are not breaking up, with a great big smile. When I last posted about the Las Vegas rock stars, it seemed like they were! So…it was comforting to see the follo... more info