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7. … but at least his amps are cool

Keuning's backline for Day & Age was a combination of Fender Hot Rod Devilles and a David Gilmour Hi-Watt. "Six weeks into Sam's Town I bought these Hi-Watts – the David Gilmour 100-watt signature series head and a Hi-Watt cab – and I used them on the rest of the record," he explains. "Some Fenders sound great, but they're a little more thin. This had a wider frequency, or that's what it felt like to me."

8. Sam's Town actually exists

Sam's Town Hotel And Gambling Hall in Las Vegas

Having 'done' British indie on Hot Fuss, the Americana themes of The Killers' second were hammered home by a title referencing the Sam's Town Hotel And Gambling Hall in Las Vegas (despite the strict anti-fluttering stipulations of Brandon's Mormon faith).

"Pimps and gypsies – terrible tippers" Ex-bellboy Brandon Flowers

9. Brandon once worked as a bellboy

Finally – an explanation for the waistcoats, the obsequious grin and the tendency to snap to attention when a bell rings (well, maybe not the last one). He recalls: "We used to get pimps going to the hotels. They'd promise a good tip as you loaded the car, but never would. Pimps and gypsies – terrible tippers."

10. Dave Keuning hates power chords, loves solos

"I don't like simple Ramones power chords" Dave Keuning

"I don't like simple Ramones power chords," he says, "and folk music – it's just D, G and C. I don't like to play like that. I prefer chords that have more flavour." Meanwhile, his favourite solos are Everything Will Be Alright from Hot Fuss, Read My Mind from Sam's Town and Losing Touch from Day & Age.

11. Brandon is not just a pretty face/voice

Well, mostly. But he does play a mean Fender Jazz on For Reasons Unknown.

Rate his chops here.

Has anyone else got even better Killers facts?