The Killers Release New Christmas Album 'Don't Waste Your Wishes' on iTunes

By: Nov. 21, 2016
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For the last 10 years, The Killershave ushered in the holiday season with a much-anticipated Christmas single via Island Records, with proceeds going to support (RED)'s fight against AIDS. This year, to celebrate (RED)'s 10 thanniversary year,The Killerswill be releasing"Don't Waste Your Wishes", a Christmas album featuringtheir ten previous Christmas singles and one brand new song.

The album will include a brand new song,"I'll Be Home for Christmas", which isa moving rendition of the classic track in whichBrandonshares hischildhood memory of learning the meaning behind the song fromhis 4th grade teacher, Mr. Hansen. Brandon accompanies Mr. Hansen ina touching duet of the standard.

The album will be available on iTunes fromNovember 18 th,just in time to load up your Christmas playlists and get into the holiday spirit! To ensure maximum impact in the AIDS fight,The Killers, Island Records and iTunes will donate all of their respective proceeds from the purchases of thealbum and its trackson iTunesin the United Statesto the Global Fund, the recipient of (RED) funds, as they have done forTheKillers'Christmas tracksevery year thanksto the time and talent generously donated by everyone involved in the making of the album. The album will also be available as alimited edition CD,beginningDecember 9 th, through The Killers' websiteand 100% of worldwide proceeds from the sale of the CD will go to the Global Fund.

The Killershave created a special website for the new album, which will host the full catalogue of Christmas videos from the past 10 years including"Joel the Lump of Coal,"which featuresJimmy Kimmelvoicing Santa Claus, andThe Killers'unofficial "Santa Trilogy" of singles"Don't Shoot Me Santa,""I Feel It In My Bones"and"Dirt Sledding"PRESS HEREto explore.

Since 2006,The Killershave donated 11 tracks to (RED), and are the only band to have donated a Christmas track every year for the last decade.With the release of the new album,"Don't Waste Your Wishes", The Killers' will have raised more than $1 million for the Global Fundthe recipient of all (RED) monies-since the release of their first (RED) single.

Don't Waste Your Wishestrack listing:

  1. "A Great Big Sled" feat. Toni Halliday
  2. "Don't Shoot Me Santa" feat. Ryan Pardey
  3. "Joseph, Better You Than Me" feat. Elton John & Neil Tennant
  4. "Happy Birthday Guadalupe!" feat. Wild Light and Mariachi El Bronx
  5. "Boots"
  6. "The Cowboys'ChristmasBall"
  7. "Feel It In My Bones" feat. Ryan Pardey
  8. "ChristmasIn L.A." feat. Dawes
  9. "Joel The Lump Of Coal" feat. Jimmy Kimmel
  10. "Dirt Sledding" feat. Ryan Pardey & Richard Dreyfuss
  11. "I'll Be Home ForChristmas"feat.NedHumphreyHansen

Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20161121/441701

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