The Killers, performing at the Isle of Wight festival on 24 June Source: David Jensen/PA Images

AMERICAN ROCKERS THE Killers played to 20,000 delirious fans at Dublin’s RDS last night – a gig that lead to something of a universal conclusion.

They were loud. They were very loud indeed.

Is there anybody in Dublin at this point who cannot hear the killers? — Dan Heap (@Ohdannyboy77) June 26, 2018 Source: Dan Heap /Twitter

In fact, so noisy were the Las Vegas foursome, possibly best known for their debut album Hot Fuss from 2004, that people claimed they could hear them from across the capital.

You could hear them in Rathgar

In bed in Dartry and able to Shazam @thekillers from RDS! Free gig for the Dublin!!😬 — Betty Teteli (@BTeteli) June 26, 2018 Source: Betty Teteli /Twitter

And Brandon Flowers made himself known even further afield in Rathfarnham

Source: Twitter/Orla Hayes

Churchtown had soul, if not soldiers

Very sound of The Killers to put a set on in the RDS that I can listen to in Churchtown. Savage Waterboys cover of Whole of the moon just there! — Mike Ross (@MikeRoss03) June 26, 2018 Source: Mike Ross /Twitter

They even, possibly, made it over to the (Mr) northside of the city

That couldn’t have been The Killers (playing the RDS) that I could hear this evening in D3, all the way up on’t northside, could it?

Stuck on some white noise in toddler’s room to get him to sleep.

Is that possible? All the way across the bay? — Susan Daly (@BiddyEarly) June 26, 2018 Source: Susan Daly /Twitter

But, while a free gig on a summer’s day is something of brightside for many, those a bit closer to the concert weren’t all able to smile like they meant it:

The Killers concert in Donnybrook, over a kilometre away from my flat, is making the floor vibrate. How is this permissible/safe for attendees, @DubCityCouncil? I could actually hear the lyrics clearly at one stage. — Henry Roberts (@crepeseason) June 26, 2018 Source: Henry Roberts /Twitter

TheJournal.ie has contacted promoters MCD to get a handle on why this particular gig was so apparently earth-shatteringly loud. Although some seemed to think we have some nice-weather-related acoustical anomaly to thank:

The Killers over in the RDS are coming across loud and clear in my living room. Seems like this weather is giving all of Dublin a free concert. — Elvis McNick (@rob_mcnicholas) June 26, 2018 Source: Elvis McNick /Twitter

However, for those at the gig, one other thing is certain – the band were great, with a cover of The Waterboys’ Whole of the Moon seeming to have gone down particularly well.

Sounds like they were On Top form.