Collect Call From: The Killers
Posted Tuesday 12/09/2008 12:00 AM in
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By Mark Yarm, Photographs by Stephanie Sinclair
DAY 1October 22, 3:02 p.m.
Drummer Ronnie Vannucci phones from Vegas as he sets out on a month-long international tour.
“I sold a car this morning! My brother and I wanted to see what I could get for my old VW Beetle. I told the guy it was very rare—a ’59½, one of only 30 to come out of the plant before they switched to the official 1960 model. I sold it for 15 grand, and it’s only worth three. I drove away, then called him up and said, ‘Listen, I owe you 12 grand.’ We met back up, and I wrote him a check for $12,000. Right when he’s saying ‘What the fuck?’ I was out of there.
“Now my brother’s wife is driving me to the airport. The two mongrel kids you hear in the background are my nieces. My wife’s staying home—I got a girlfriend meeting me on tour … And now my sister-in-law is punching me for the girlfriend joke.”
