Billy the crowd-surfing pensioner at The Killers Old Trafford gig hailed "The Man"

He was the daring crowd-surfing pensioner who almost stole the show at The Killers' huge Manchester gig on Saturday night - and 'Billy' has now been hailed by fans as "The Man". Frontman Brandon Flowers halted the show at the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground to leap off the stage and check that 'Billy' was OK when he got dropped to the ground.

Now, the MEN can reveal that silver-haired 'Billy' is actually Doug James, 67, from Sale. His son Barry has confirmed that he's doing OK despite a bit of a bash to the head after his adventurous crowd surf on Saturday night.

But his rock 'n' roll stunt has been praised by thousands who attended the gig on Saturday night. And The Killers themselves have now tweeted his picture with the caption: "There's no age limit for rock 'n' roll".

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Many commenting on the MEN Facebook page have now hailed him "The Man" - a fitting title given The Killers' famous tune of the same name. Sarah Steen added: "Billy is living his best life, we should all be more like Billy."

Videos of the moment have been circulating on social media, where 'Billy' aka Dougie is first seen leaping into the crowd, just as the band launched into their cover version of Joy Division's Shadowplay. But as he surfed towards the stage, he appeared to slip to the floor which Brandon spotted from the stage.

Brandon said: "Who dropped the guy, who dropped him? Is he OK? Let's just take care of him, his head is bleeding a little bit." Brandon leaped down off the stage to meet him, gave him and hug and was seen asking him repeatedly "are you sure you're OK?"

As the crowd started to chant "Billy, Billy, Billy," Brandon made his way back up to