Killers to Manager: No $3 Mil For You!

16. And just out of curiosity Dizzle, who did you look most forward to playing on SNL last year?

Posted at 12:01AM on Dec 18th 2007 by equal opportunity offender

17. Click on the link where it says "void their management contract" and you can see The Killers' side to the story. It's pretty obvious why their former manager's lawyer is using TMZ, since he sure as hell doesn't seem to have a case.

Posted at 4:12AM on Dec 18th 2007 by amen

18. From the band's petition, it sounds like the manager a) wasn't licensed in California, which has pretty strict legal requirements and b) he took money from their label while he was supposedly representing them. That's two major issues. Also, from reading the petition, the manager tried to charge them for booking interviews and live radio appearances, from which the band would receive no income. Concert bookings are one thing; publicity is another.

Hope the Killers win this.

Posted at 8:37AM on Dec 18th 2007 by brenda

19. THE MOST OVERATED BAND IN THE WORLD! HOW MANY ALBUMS CAN YOU MAKE WITH ONE SONG?

Posted at 11:21AM on Dec 18th 2007 by Whamo

20. BELOW IS THE BEST COMMENT EVER THANK YOU FOR THAT! :)
I HOPE THEY WIN TOO. THE MANAGER IS A DEGENERATE.

Quote: 18. From the band's petition, it sounds like the manager a) wasn't licensed in California, which has pretty strict legal requirements and b) he took money from their label while he was supposedly representing them. That's two major issues. Also, from reading the petition, the manager tried to charge them for booking interviews and live radio appearances, from which the band would receive no income. Concert bookings are one thing; publicity is another.

Hope the Killers win this.

Posted by brenda

Posted at 7:50PM on Dec 18th 2007 by Jenny

21. boo tmz!

Posted at 4:41PM on Dec 19th 2007 by lisa

22. tmz needs to tell the other side of the story. dont make the killers look bad!!!! because i know why all this is going on. get youre story straight!

Posted at 1:15AM on Dec 20th 2007 by daniel

23. Hey TMZ, not enough going on in the celebrity world this week that you have to pick on the only good rock band out there these days?! If you halfway knew anything you'd know that they are holding his money for good reason. Did you even read the petition that you posted on your site? Come on, I'm no lawyer but it seems loud & clear to me that The Killers are right. This guy was being such a sleezy manager. He doesn't deserve to be paid for services that he didn't do. And to that lawyer at the end that says Braden Merrick is the one that made The Killers famous...uh, I don't think so buddy, I believe that Brandon Flowers writes those beautiful songs & that is what has made them famous!

Posted at 6:08PM on Dec 20th 2007 by prettyinpink

24. The Killers Are Frickin Awesome.

Posted at 5:10PM on Jan 4th 2008 by Poppy

25. Merrick's attorney, Howard King, is representing Margaret Cho in a similar suit against me, her former manager and business partner. In our case, however, he is HOPING for that "Hail Mary" pass from the Labor Commissioner that will allow her to pocket the commissions she owes me.

Our suit goes in front of the Labor Commissioner on Feb. 20 at 8:30 am. All my pleadings are on a blog I created here: margaretchoandme.blogspot.com.

Posted at 5:53PM on Jan 18th 2008 by nomorecomics4me

26. I absolutely love The Killers and no matter how boring one finds this piece, I loved it because they are quite a private group and we never get to see too much of them! Hopefully they can work this out!

Posted at 2:39PM on Jan 19th 2008 by Kellz*