First Listen: The Killers’ Tradition Of Christmas Songs Continues With “Boots”

Brandon and crew at The Killers have once embraced the holiday spirit with another amazing Christmas song. “Boots” is available now at iTunes, in conjunction with (RED)™ and all proceeds from the Christmas single go directly to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.

This is the band’s fifth Christmas single to benefit (RED) and their only recorded music released in 2010.

A video for the song, directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite), will launch on World AIDS Day – December 1st – exclusively at Starbucks.com/Share. Starbucks will contribute five cents to the Global Fund for every view the video receives.

“ (RED) is an organization that we’re proud to help support.
” Brandon Flowers “Our Christmas single with (RED) is one of our traditions as a band,” says Brandon. ”We didn’t want to let it fall by the wayside just because we’re on hiatus; this cause is too important.”  “(RED) is an organization that we’re proud to help support, and we’re thrilled that Starbucks will be hosting our video for charity this year as well.”

About The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases.

Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the dominant financier of programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with approved funding of US$ 19.3 billion in 144 countries. To date, programs supported by the Global Fund have averted more than 5.7 million deaths through providing AIDS treatment for 2.8 million people, TB treatment for 7 million people, and by the distribution of 122 million insecticide-treated bed nets for the prevention of malaria worldwide. The Global Fund provides nearly a quarter of all international financing for AIDS globally, as well as three-fifths for TB and malaria. (RED)™ is the Global Fund’s largest private sector contributor. For more information visit theglobalfund.org.

You can buy “Boots” on Amazon or iTunes.