A sixth-form student, 17, is selected from the crowd to perform with The Killers during their live gig, when she hoisted the banner to play drums
- Suffolk’s Grace Ellis describes the experience as ‘a shock’ but ‘unbelievable’
- He took his final AS-level exam in his sixth form in gig . it was a few hours ago
- Band fans applaud their performance at the ‘best of’ concert
A Sixth-Eastern played drums for American rock band The Killers at their sold-out concert just hours after finishing their AS-level final exams.
Last Thursday at 3 p.m., 17-year-old Grace Ellis of Worlingham, Suffolk, had completed her final exams at East Norfolk Sixth Form College in Gorleston, Norfolk, and headed to Carrow Road in Norwich City for her favorite band, The Killers. . Stadium.
She brought with her a banner that read, ‘Can I drum for reason unknown please?’ a. designed like Las Vegas Sign on to try and catch the eye of lead singer Brandon Flowers, who was born in . Happened in Nevada,
The indie band is currently on tour across Europe and moving forward with two performances in Ireland next week GermanyCroatia and Italy,
The band will return to the US later this year and tour the States and Canada before moving to Australia.
The college student finished her final exams and then hit the stage with her favorite band – The Killers
Grace Ellis, 17, came up with a homemade banner to grab the band’s attention – but said she was ‘shocked’ to be picked out of the crowd
Grace knew there was a tradition of inviting a fan on stage to play drums for The Killers’ 2007 hit For Reason Unknown.
Grace was aware of the band’s tradition of letting a fan join the group on stage for their hit song For Reasons Unknown, saying she had been rehearsing for weeks, in the unlikely event that she was chosen. .
But as the song began, Grace was shocked to see lead singer Flowers offer to take the stage.
‘it was incredible. I can not explain it. I am very grateful that I was able to do it and I was chosen to do it.
‘I still can’t believe it. It’s quite unbelievable,’ she said ITV News,
Grace, a giant van from the rock group, said: ‘Everyone was cheering on my name, it was wonderful.
‘I was still in shock, you can’t believe this happened.
‘Just being at the gig was a great way to end my exams and being able to play with them made it even better.’
And the drummer, who has been playing since the age of 11, was not the only one to enjoy her performance.
Earlier in the tour, The Killers performed at the Emirates Stadium in London. Pictured: Lead vocalist Brandon Flowers and lead guitarist Dave Keening
Grace had to use Ronnie Vannucci’s own drum kit, which also included his iconic personal sticks
Audience members said the concert was the ‘best’ concert of all time – which included other The Killers gigs.
Her college issued a supporting statement saying the 17-year-old was ‘innocent’ playing the drums.
Social media users also immediately jumped in to praise them, with one Twitter user posting: ‘As gigs go, TODAY eclipses everything I’ve ever seen – The Killers were amazing and Grace killed it. inserted.’
Another added: ‘Just like going to a concert again. The killers were great and the grace of the audience played it on drums!’
A third said: ‘How nice was the grace from the crowd on drums guys, wow! Actually seeing her play like this got me emotionally charged.’
Meanwhile a slew of users described the concert as the ‘best ever’, with dozens mentioning how amazing the sudden collaboration was.
Others asked if they would see him perform with the band again soon, and they said that he had made his hometown proud.
The Killers were formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by Brandon Flowers and Dave Keening.
After going through several short-term bass players and drummers in their early days, both Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vanucci Jr. joined the band in 2002.
His top hits include Mr Brightside, Human and When You Were Young.
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