Jean Flowers, mother of Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, passed away last Thursday in Nevada after a two-year battle with brain cancer. She was 64.

Citing burnout, guitarist Dave Keuning recently told the Australian Associated Press that the Killer's gig at the Good Vibrations festival in Sydney, Australia, on February 13 would likely be the superstar quartet's "last shows for a while."

When asked if the break was permanent, Keuning replied, "not as far as I know."

In a week when the big news was the death of Michael Jackson, some of music's biggest stars were still making headlines: Chris Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna, Marilyn Manson discussed $200K drug budgets, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.Am's entourage exchanged words -- and, allegedly, fists -- with gossip b

With awesome late-night TV performances and epic new music videos, it appears the Killers are still focused on supporting their excellent 2008 release Day and Age<

This week, Jay-Z unleashed a new song, "D.O.A.," from his upcoming release, Blueprint 3 -- while the Killers premiered the epic video for Day and Age cut "A Dustland Fairytale." U2's Bono and the Edge talked about their involvement in the

Following last week's news that My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way is the proud new father to a baby girl, comes word of two more high-profile musical offspring on the way.