Brandon Flowers has revealed he is questioning how much longer he wants to continue making music, telling The Times in an interview published 4 August 2026 that he is "really going through it right now."

The Killers frontman, 45, said he gets sick without fail whenever he finishes a tour and that he thinks of Mick Jagger, asking himself what keeps the Rolling Stones singer getting on stage. He also told the paper that his father, who has never had any money, is happier than he is. Rolling Stone

The remarks arrive weeks before the release of Thrasher, Flowers' country-leaning solo album, due 21 August. Recorded in Nashville with producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, the record features session players David Rawlings, Bruce Bouton and Charlie McCoy — musicians rooted in Americana and country traditions. Flowers has already shared the songs "Paradise" and "Plans," the latter filmed live at RCA Studio A in Nashville. He told The Times that although his musical focus is the American heartland, "you can never take the synth pop out of me."

A North American tour in support of the album begins 1 September in Phoenix and closes 6 October in Las Vegas, the city where Flowers grew up and first worked in the service industry. His first job on the Las Vegas Strip was bussing tables at Spago in Caesars Palace. He went on to work at a French brasserie and a golf course, and told The Times he loved the service industry — as a teenager, he aspired to be a valet, with his end goal to work at a nice place like the Bellagio.

Flowers has spoken about the album in recent weeks, appearing on Chris Evans' Virgin Radio UK show on 8 July to discuss what the station described as the "raw vulnerability" behind Thrasher. Consequence

The interview also touched on the period after the Killers' debut, Hot Fuss, propelled the band to fame in the mid-2000s. Flowers said he found doing interviews difficult at the time, and that the band played 250 shows for their first record, causing personal relationships to disintegrate. He told The Times it was not until 2019 that he realised good art is its own reward; before then, he had wanted to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Flowers has not announced a firm decision to stop. He framed the question as ongoing — how much longer, and whether the answer he finds is enough to keep him on stage.