Watch Brandon Flowers debut new solo song ‘Diamonds On Black Velvet’ – cut from The Killers’ ‘Pressure Machine’

Brandon Flowers has debuted new solo song ‘Diamonds On Black Velvet’ – which was previously written for The Killers‘ ‘Pressure Machine‘. READ MORE: Brandon Flowers tells us about making his most personal album yet: “I’m finally ready to do this” The singer broke out the currently-unreleased track while performing at the O2 Apollo in Manchester as part of his solo tour, celebrating the release of his latest solo album ‘Thrasher’. That record sees the Killers frontman lean into a country music sound and provide a rare insight into his upbringing in Utah. Following an epic show at London’s Royal Albert Hall earlier this month, the tour has already seen Flowers break out a cover of The Coral‘s classic ‘Dreaming Of You’ in Bristol, and debut brand new track ‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find’. Now, he has used his gig in Manchester to preview another unreleased song called ‘Diamonds On Black Velvet’ – an epic, lovelorn song that has nods to artists like Roy Orbison. “Diamonds on black velvet, floating in her eyes/ Falling from her fingers, every moment lingers/ luminescent sky,” he sings in the tender opening verse, before being joined by backing vocalists for the grand chorus. “Lay me on the ...