Brandon Flowers strikes multi-million cosmetics deal to coincide with the launch of his new solo album, ‘Tango.’
Executives at Sally Hansen, manufacturer of a thick orange fake tan popular with slags and rugby players the world over, are said to have chosen Flowers over contenders Peter Andre and bassist Pete Wentz, of US band Fall Out Boy, due to his fame on both sides of the Atlantic.
Long term rival,
Pete Wentz, is said to be highly emo-tional. For him, this may be the final straw in a feud dating back to 2005, when The Killers lashed out after becoming convinced that their A&R representative was being hogged by the angsty wieners, also signed to label Island Def Jam.
Tango, Brandon’s first solo venture, was released yesterday. Once more, the self-professed poet relies heavily on his Las Vegas roots to boost his lacking cool factor, the album opening with a track originally named ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’. Much like 50 Cent being shot nine times, if there’s one thing you know about Brandon Flowers it’s that he hails from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Another heavily marketed ‘fact’ about Flowers is that he is a Mormon, albeit famously selective in his adoption of the faith’s countless commandments. His solo album plunders predictably through a list of pious references.
This new deal, exposing his extreme indulgence in vanity, comes as no surprise. The singer’s album sleeve shows him heavily lathered in the terracotta tanning product he endorses, waiting in a hotel room like your average Haringey hooker.
President of the Mormon church, Thomas S. Monson, today launched a scathing attack on the cosmetics giant, branding the newly-signed contract "grotesque". Former bandmates of The Killers have advised the frontman "this no way to take out a hit". Flowers would appear to be caught in the Crossfire.
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