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Dream Come True: Fan Hops on Drum Set and Plays With Rock Band at Florida Concert

The Killers have made a habit of calling up fans from the audience to join them on stage.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA — A fan lived out the dream of young musicians around the world by playing drums on stage with The Killers in front of a live audience.

Nick Singer bought pit tickets for the rock band’s concert at the St. Augustine on May 8. He made sure to bring a sign with him into the pit.

The sign read: “I traveled 1500 miles to play [the song] For Reasons Unknown.”

The Killers’ lead singer Brandon Flowers noticed the sign and asked if Singer was up for it.

“So we put [For Reasons Unknown] on the setlist. Are you prepared to come up here and play it?”

Singer’s friend recorded the experience in a video he later posted on YouTube.

Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. posed with Singer for a selfie in front of the sold-out crowd of 4,000 after the song ended.

“That guy’s got ice water running through his veins,” Flowers said after Singer left the stage following an impressive performance.

A HEARTWARMING HABIT

Singer is not the first lucky fan to play “For Reasons Unknown” on stage with The Killers – the band has been making their fans’ dreams come true for years.

A 2018 Reddit thread asked: “Why do the killers always let someone else be the drummer for 'for reasons unknown'?”

“I think someone randomly brought a sign to one of their shows and it’s just been a continuous thing now. Crowd is electric during it too,” one response read.

At a Fort Lauderdale show in 2019, 17-year-old Jayson Verebay got the crowd of 35,000 spectators chanting his name.

“It was the most mind-boggling experience ever,” Verebay told The Rolling Stone, adding that he was “literally shaking.”

“This is something I’ve been dreaming about for a long time,” Verebay continued. “It was the most incredible experience and I’m still speechless.”

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