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9 weird things that could happen during the Werner Herzog-directed Killers webcast

by Sam Sutherland

Humans / dancers and Mitt Romney’s favourite band the Killers have announced their participation in American Express Unstaged, a live webcast series that you definitely watched when Terry Gilliam directed the Arcade Fire’s stream from Madison Square Garden.

None other than Werner Herzog will be directing the Killers’ September 18 and 19 shows at the Paradise Theatre in the Bronx. But fair warning—knowing Herzog, shit is going to get weird when you tune in to the band’s YouTube to watch. Our sister site Pop Hunter has compiled a list of potential director’s notes, and here, 9 other weird things that could happen.

Chicken hypnosis

Full band performance hypnosis (like Heart of Glass, but with more anthemic disco songs)

With help from Errol Morris, Ed Gein’s mother’s corpse used for set dressing

Herzog is shot by that sniper (again), forced to vacate duties to Assistant Director

Iguanas on everything all the time.

Moves show to edge of active volcano

Soothes band and crew pre-show jitters by jumping into a cactus

Releases 11,000 rats (again) into the Paradise mid-set

Stops filming band and just monologues directly into camera about the overwhelming and collective murder of the jungle