“When I was a kid, I thought I had to choose between my brother’s Manchester records and my dad’s Nashville records. Walt Whitman said, 'I am large; I contain multitudes.' It’s a polite way of saying I can have New Order and Dolly Parton,” Brandon Flowers said at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on Tuesday night as he treated 3,500 fans to the best of both worlds on his ‘Thrasher’ Tour, underlining why he’s such a special artist.