Video: UNICEF and The Killers: Goodnight, Travel Well

Packaged at the tail-end of an album whose entire prior mood was based in upbeat pop thrills, Day & Age 's near-seven minute album-closer "Goodnight, Travel Well" felt too long, too broody and too dull in this context, a deflating punctuation to all the bright and shiny going-ons that preceded it. When taken in apart from it's trackmates though, the Killers ' song immediately stands tall as an extraordinary monument, powerfully communicating the internal anguish and feelings of powerlessness that arise when one is forced to deal with the uncompromising reality [...]

What starts off as a romantic tryst at a swanky hotel becomes a look at the dark and seedy underworld of sex trafficking...and it's a Killers video! The Killers teamed up with UNICEF and MTV to release a video featuring the band's song "Goodnight, Travel Well" that doubles as an anti-sex trafficking PSA. UNICEF released the statistic that every year 1.2 million children are sold into bondage and 80% of them are involved in sexual trafficking. The video is set to air on MTV UK and The Killers released a statement regarding the [...]

The Killers teamed up with UNICEF, MTV EXIT, and the US AID to create this full-length David Slade-directed "Goodnight, Travel well" anti-sex trafficking clip. It works on one level as a video for the Day & Age track, but was created "to raise awareness about sex trafficking," not the Killers. As UNICEF notes: There is almost no country in the world now that isnt affected by human trafficking in some way, said UNICEF Chief of Child Protection Susan Bissell. The statistics are staggering. More than 1.2 million children are being trafficked each year and nearly 80 [...]

The Killers' new video for "Goodnight, Travel Well" was produced in conjunction with UNICEF and MTV EXIT in order to raise awareness of human trafficking and sex slavery around the world. The clip starts off seeming like it's portraying two young lovers meeting in a splashy hotel, then pulls back the curtain further and further to reveal the squalid, horrific conditions that brought one-half of the couple to the rendezvous point. Clip after the jump. Brandon Flowers and Co. are the second band to participate in this project, which [...]

The Killers have contributed their support to UNICEF to raise awareness the issue of sex trafficking. Their song "Goodnight, Travel Well" is featured in a brand-new video that will start airing on MTV around the world today. We are deeply shocked and appalled that women and children are forced into such exploitative situations," said a spokesperson for The Killers in a press release. "We hope that through MTV's efforts, and this powerful video, millions of people across the world learn about this tragic form of modern-day slavery." The video for 'Goodnight, Travel Well' has the potential [...]