The glorious “The Lovers Are Losing” was an early highlight, boasting the rare appearance of an electric guitar onstage (Keane’s music used to revolve around keyboards and drums, then gradually incorporated bass). Chaplin strummed it, assisted by all the musicians on backing vocals.
Yesterday multi-million selling British band Keane won 'Best Video' at the Q Awards for their critically acclaimed horror movie music video for 'Disconnected', directed by The Orphanage and 2012 blockbuster The Impossible directors JA Bayona and Sergio G. Sanchez and taken from their Number 1 album 'Strangeland'.
Tom said,"It's great that a magazine like Q is still around to support a…
We (and directors J A Bayona and Sergio G Sanchez) just won the Q Award for Best Video! Massive thanks to everyone who voted, the most dedicated fans in the…
Here are Richard's hi-res crowd shots from Keane's recent shows in Beirut, Offenbach & Amsterdam (you can add your photos from the shows in our Live Archive). Click on the photos to see the full-size versions...
14.20: Right, it's time for km to head to the station to catch the train back to London, leaving the band here to play the Olympia show tonight. We'll leave you with a Tom's eye view of the venue. Thanks again for reading, commenting and emailing. See you for another live blog soon. Au revoir!
14.13: Here's the fellas in the dressing room just now (Tom's gone out for a wander)…
We're very excited to announce that we'll be crossing the pond for another tour of the US in January! Not only are we going to be visiting some familiar haunts but there are some new places to add to the apparently never-ending list of American towns we haven't been to…
We're very pleased to report that Disconnected has been nominated for Best Video at this year's Q Awards. Voting is open now (and you don't need to register). Please click here to vote. Thank…
Here are Richard's photos of the audiences at the band's performances at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival and Vancouver's Centre for Performing Arts. If you'd like to see the bigger versions, then click the images.
Returning to the road this Autumn, the group have unveiled a lengthy series of British shows. Running across November and December, the dates contain some of Keane's largest headline dates in this country.
To celebrate, the band have shot a number of exclusive live clips. Taking place in unusual locations, ClashMusic have been handed a performance of 'Sovereign Light Café' shot in a Sussex abbey.
We're very pleased to announce that Keane will celebrate the success of Strangeland with a nine-date UK and Ireland arena tour in November and December. Our special pre-sale with the best tickets for all shows begins at 9am BST on Wednesday, 8 August from tickets.keanemusic.com. The general sale then…
Q. What was your original concept for the video? A. The band wanted to shoot a video that featured the Sovereign Light Café - so Bexhill was always our destination. The idea for using the people of Bexhill came from coming across all the different wild and wonderful groups and clubs in the area. It really is amazing the variety of pursuits on offer and how…
On Thursday 16 August, Keane will play a special show for the Netherlands' radio station Q-music in Amsterdam. The show will take place at the Qube, and you can win tickets by tuning in to the station. Click here for more info. We'll also be running a contest on km.com to win some…