Keane Fans

Great news for all of us Keane fans in the USA! For all fans on the west coast, Keane will be appearing at the Ellen show, and on Jimmy Kimmel in early december. They have also announced an intimate show, though the location of this one is still unknown (I have a hunch it’ll be in Cali though :P), we’ll let you know as soon as Keane releases that info.

Via KeaneMusic:

USA TRIP CONFIRMED
Yes, Keane will be heading to America at the beginning of December to perform on the TV shows of Ellen DeGeneres (Tue Dec 2) and Jimmy Kimmel (Wed Dec 3). The band are also about to announce a very intimate gig for the same week. Keep an eye on keanemusic.com today and tomorrow for all the details (and to buy tickets).

Good news for all of us international fans who haven’t had a chance to go to a Keane show recently! The band have posted that they will be adding all of their new Perfect Symmetry merch on their online store:

MERCH UPDATE
We’re pleased to announce that all the new Perfect Symmetry merchandise will be arriving in the official Keane online shop from 10am on Thursday (Nov 20th). This will include most of the items you’ve seen at recent gigs, plus some web exclusive lines. At the same time, a big sale will be kicking off, with up to 30% off merchandise from all three albums. There will also be free UK special delivery for all customers who spend over £40 in the store and £3 off shipping for world wide customers.

Yay a sale just in time for the holidays. Go and check out Keane’s online store! What is your favourite new item??

Hey guys here’s some info on a pretty cool contest Keane has going on… the first prize will win an Ipod Touch personalized with a special message by Keane, and the runner-up winners will get a posted and a copy of perfect symmetry.

Go to the contest site, or click on the image to go see more information on this contest! Thanks to Julian for the heads-up

Grace your computer screen with the most amazing wallpapers of Keane! I just found these Keane wallpapers online and thought you all might be interested… you definitely have to check them out. it’s a great way to always have Keane in your computer!

(Disclaimer! I didn’t MAKE this wallpapers. I found them online, and I’m merely showcasing them on my site.)

The official site has been updated with another blog post from the band. As the usual style, it’s written in small bits, with lots of pictures. Here are the written bits:

hi everyone, welcome to another blog! we’ll be putting up various bits and bobs over the next three weeks on the road in europe, starting with a photo i took around the back of the arena in antwerp after the show last night. i hope you like it.

richard

here are another couple of pics… tim’s world ten minutes ago, and another pic from last night - i’m never sure how rob and i end up in these places, but here we are having a chat whilst sat on a crane.

got to go for soundcheck. more later.

richard

evening all,

one more pic from last night, and a couple from the venue. can’t wait to see this place fill up.

richard, 18:45 tuesday

It’s the last song before the encore already.  My goodness time has flown this evening.

I’ve been out to watch a few of the songs - You Haven’t Told Me Anything is a personal fave of mine - it’s a good one for a bit of a dance. The visuals in Again And Again are very very cool.  There’s certainly lots to look forward to for those of you coming to a show soon.

Apologies from me for the lack of photographs.  Firstly they do not live up to the high standard of those taken by Richard and Rob and secondly my internet connection just won’t allow it (is that a bad excuse?).

Beth / 22:23

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And they’re off - starting with The Lovers Are Losing followed by Nothing In My Way.

From where I’m sitting in the “Tour Management Office’ (I’ve sneaked in with TM to the Stars Colin), it sounds mighty loud.  So much so the lights are rattling.

More later.

Beth

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Good evening

It’s an hour before tonight’s show in Rotterdam.  I’m going to attempt to update the site myself this evening! Here’s a photograph from yesterday’s sound-check as a little test.

See you

Beth / 19:52 Tuesday.

good morning from amsterdam. here are a couple of photos i took after everyone had left last night. thanks for making it a really great concert for us - you guys rocked.

richard / wednesday midday

thursday midday

we’ve headed north again, but i took these yesterday afternoon in amsterdam. spot the creepy detail in the burger shop…

richard

If you want to check out all the pics (very very cool, in usual Richard style!) go read the blog with the pictures at the Keane’s Site. We’ll keep you posted to see what else are the guys up to

In honor of well, the recent start of Keane’s Tour, let’s take some time to remember through these pics how amazing they are Live! If you want to share your live pics, please email me or just register and post

[Found all of these online!]

Finally, the last of the three Q&A sessions with Keane has been posted, and it’s Richard’s turn this time. He answered some very intresting questions about the upcoming tour, being busy, Troy Anthony Davis, and lots more.

Here a small excerpt of the interview:

Are you excited about the European tour?
I am yeah. It feels like you start properly when you get on a bus. I think we’re old fashioned in that way - we’ve got quite a traditional rock band ethos; when you get on the bus that’s when the tour begins. I’ve enjoyed doing all the different things we’ve been doing, but I can’t wait for this European tour. Obviously we’ll play a longer set, so hopefully we’ll be able to break out a couple more songs from the new record and maybe some of the earlier ones that we haven’t been playing in the last couple of weeks. That’s going to be really fun.

Are you going to be on the bus the whole time?
We always try to minimize flying and that applies to this tour as well. So unless our manager decides that we’re going to go and do The Letterman Show or something in the middle of it, then we’re on the bus the whole time until we get to Portugal. I think we fly back from there but that’s the only flight.

Are there any shows in particular that you’re looking forward to?
I think we’ve played quite a few of the venues before, but the whole thing should be really good. The last time we played in Lisbon, at the Coliseu, it was at the start of the tour a good few years ago now. It was absolutely amazing.  And we’re finishing up there this time. I’m anticipating that that will be a really celebratory show. But the tour should be great from start to finish.

Looking at the schedule, you finish the main part of the European tour then you get one day off then it’s the Little Noise Sessions then back out to Paris - it’s all go isn’t it?
Yeah, but that’s a good thing. I think we’d be worried if we weren’t doing lots of things. That’s why we played those last minute little gigs in the UK. We had a few days off and we were thinking we should be playing gigs - we should go and do some little shows.

To read the full interview, go to Keane’s Official Site.

Keane has announced a bit ago on their official site the support acts for their European Tour which starts, well, tonight!:

Hello again. Ahead of the first show of the European tour tonight, we’re pleased to be able to give you the full list of support acts for the shows - all of whom are local to the particular cities. They are as follows…

Antwerp
Barbie Bangkok
www.myspace.com/barbiebangkokmusic

Rotterdam
A Balladeer
www.myspace.com/aballadeer

Copenhagen
Small
www.myspace.com/smallatmyspace

Stockholm
Ingrid Olava
www.myspace.com/ingridolava

Oslo
Katzenjammer
www.myspace.com/katzenjammerne

Cologne, Berlin, Munich
Moke
www.mokemusic.com

Barcelona, Madrid
David Fonseca
www.myspace.com/davidfonseca

Lisbon
Rita Red Shoes
www.myspace.com/ritaredshoes

Don’t forget, if you’re going to a show, please email your one best picture to ontour@keanemusic.com (just one because otherwise our inbox gets clogged). We’ll post a selection of the best after each show.

I think it’s a great thing that they are supporting each city’s local music scene by deciding to add as a support artist only local acts What do you think?

In the UK, the BBC aired the show Electric Proms, where Keane performed and well, it was pretty good. I’ve found some videos online for the people who couldn’t see it on TV. The first video contains a small interview, the second one is Spiralling Check them out: