The Cowboy’s Christmas Ball

Finally we have some news on this years Christmas Single for (RED). The single will be called The Cowboy’s Christmas Ball and as well as being available exclusively on iTunes as a download, it will also be part of a 6 track EP featuring all of The Killers’ Christmas singles to date. As usual all profits will go to the charity (RED) and the single will be released on 1st December to coincide with World Aids Day.

There will be a video to go with the song which will involve our boys dressed as cowboys and reportedly some robots as well!

The Cowboy’s Christmas Ball is an annual event in Austin Texas which will celebrate its 78th year in its current format this year.  It is named after a poem by William Lawrence Chatterton which was inspired by the original Texas Christmas frontier dance  in the 1880s. The poem was put to music in 1946 and is now performed annually at the ball. It was recorded in 1985 by Michael Martin Murphy (which you can hear below). So is this gonna be a cover, an original song based on the ball or something entirely different? We’ll found out on 1st December! First, here’s a picture tweet by The Killers from the video for Thanksgiving. Enjoy!