After the concert at the Black Sea Arena, The Killers released a statement:

“Good people of Georgia, it was never our intention to offend anyone! We have a longstanding tradition of inviting people to play drums and it seemed from the stage that the initial response from the crowd indicated that they were okay with tonight’s audience participation member coming onstage with us.

We recognize that a comment, meant to suggest that all of The Killers’ audience and fans are “brothers and sisters”, could be misconstrued. We did not mean to upset anyone and we apologize. We stand with you and hope to return soon”, - reads the statement of The Killers.