[Source: NME.com] The Killers’ Brandon Flowers has confirmed he is set to release his debut solo album.

The news comes after a mystery countdown clock appeared on their website – TheKillersMusic.com, which had left fans speculating since earlier in the week.

As previously reported, Flowers had denied he was leaving the group to go solo, but the Las Vegas band have confirmed they are now on “hiatus”.

More information on Flowers’ debut solo album is expected to be announced shortly.

Meanwhile, The Killers’ drummer Ronnie Vannucci is set to release an album with members of Mumford and Sons, Keane and Noah And The Whale, under the name Mt Desolation.