Oscar Wilde said that an artist has succeeded if people don't understand his work but they still like it. By that standard, the Police were a huge success. Their songs are universal — they're part of all of our lives. You hear them on both pop and classic-rock stations, and they'll be played on the radio in Germany 100 years from now. At the same time, everything they did was really smart and worked on a few levels; you could love a particular song, then realize a year later that you had totally missed the meaning.

Take "Every Breath You Take." It's a great trick — it's impossibly catchy, people play it at their weddings, but it's a stalker song. "Roxanne" is blatantly about a hooker — it's not about how Sting loves her and broke her heart, it's just about how she's a hooker. People don't realize how unique that is. All of us are lucky to have heard songs as good as "Message in a Bottle," "Walking on the Moon" and "King of Pain" on the pop charts. Sting already had a career and a degree when the Police made it; he wasn't afraid of sounding like a grown-up.

Normally, I'm against posting copy and paste articles, but since this isn't posted anywhere on the internet besides a Facebook page, I guess it's alright.
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*EDIT* Okay... So right after I add this, I find these two scans. The third page with the actual article is too large to upload here, so here's the image link:
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August 15, 2010


"[i]The Killers’ Brandon Flowers is a bundle of contradictions — as his solo project proves. Dan Cairns joins him for a drive As Brandon Flowers walks into the Eldorado casino, in Henderson, Nevada, the playlist blasting from the gambling hall's sound system shifts smoothly on to Mr Brightside, the Killers' biggest American hit. It's a coincidence, of course, but, as entrances go, the Killers front man's takes some...

If you get into his website you can hear a new preview from his new album, Flamingo!
Is it his first single? May be. The album is going to be released on September, but we'll be able to listen to his new single in only 3 weeks.
The first single, yet-to-be-named, doesn't have a specific date for its release, but many reliable sources affirmed it's going to be released by the end of June, or for his birthday.
We already know the name of three of his songs: "Hard Enough" (featuring Jenny Lewis), "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas", and "Crossfire" (it's rumoured this is going to be his first single, but this is not official)
Also, I've heard he'll be interviewed (in UK) when it's released.
I'm so anxious!