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The Killers burned through a stripped-back version of their recent song “Caution” on Monday’s Ellen. The quartet, whom Ellen DeGeneres introduced as “one of [her] favorite bands,” played the song remotely. Frontman Brandon Flowers alternated between piano and synthesizer, soaring to the high register of his voice on the pre-chorus. …

The Killers paid tribute to one of their formative influences, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, by playing an explosive cover of “American Girl” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday. The Killers romped through Petty’s single, filling Cleveland’s Public Hall with clipped, rollicking …