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Infobox musical artist| name = Keane| image = Keane2009.jpg| caption =Keane performing live in Washington D.C , United States in 2009. From left to right: Tim Rice-Oxley , Jesse Quin , Tom Chaplin , Richard Hughes (musician)|Richard Hughes | image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias = The Lotus Eaters (1995-1997)
Cherry Keane (1997)| origin = Battle, East Sussex|Battle , East Sussex , England| genre = Piano rock , alternative rock , post-Britpop , New Wave music|New Wave cite news| url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-10-14/news/0810140611_1_tom-chaplin-perfect-symmetry-keane | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Keane finds 'perfect' balance | date=14 October 2008| years_active = 1997–present| label = Island Records|Island , Interscope , Fierce Panda | associated_acts = Mt. Desolation , Jesse Quin & The Mets, K'naan | website = url|www.keanemusic.com| current_members = Tom Chaplin
Tim Rice-Oxley
Richard Hughes (musician)|Richard Hughes
Jesse Quin | past_members = Dominic Scott
Keane are an English alternative rock band from Battle, East Sussex|Battle , East Sussex , formed in 1997. The group currently comprises Tim Rice-Oxley ( piano , Backing vocalist|backing vocals ), Tom Chaplin ( Lead vocalist|lead vocals , guitar ), Richard Hughes (musician)|Richard Hughes ( Drum kit|drums , Percussion instrument|percussion ) and Jesse Quin ( bass guitar , Percussion instrument|percussion ), who first played with the band in late 2007 during the concerts of the single The Night Sky. Their original line-up included founder and guitarist Dominic Scott , who left in 2001.

Keane achieved mainstream success with the release of their debut album , Hopes and Fears , in 2004. The album won multiple awards and was the second best-selling British album of the year. Their second studio album , Under the Iron Sea , continued the band's success, topping the album charts in the UK and debuting at number-four on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 chart. Their third album, Perfect Symmetry (Keane album)|Perfect Symmetry was released in October 2008. In May 2008, both Hopes and Fears (number 13) and Under the Iron Sea (number 8) were voted by readers of Q (magazine)|Q magazine as among the best British albums ever, with Keane, The Beatles , Oasis (band)|Oasis and Radiohead the only artists having two albums in the top 20.cite web|url= http://www.keanemusic.com/keane-biography.php|title=Keane official site: Biography|accessdate=5 August 2008 Their fourth record, Night Train (EP)|Night Train , was released in May 2010, debuting at number 1 on the UK Chart and at number 25 at Billboard 200 US chart.

Keane are known for using a piano (or a synth ) as the lead instrument instead of guitar s, differentiating them from most other rock bands.cite news|last=Youngs|first=Ian|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3363889.stm|title=Sound of 2004 winners: Keane|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=7 August 2008 | date=9 January 2004 The inclusion of a distorted piano effect in 2006 and various synthesisers were a common feature in their musiccite web|url= http://www.nme.com/news/keane/22621|title=Keane explain their new sound|work=NME.com|date=28 March 2006|accessdate=19 August 2006cite web|last=Odell|first=Michael|url= http://keane.at/articles/041.htm |title=The Shore Thing (Annotated)|work= Q Magazine |date=1 May 2004|pages=48–52|accessdate=24 May 2007|postscript= |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061013211302/ http://keane.at/articles/041.htm |archivedate = 13 October 2006 that back then combined the piano rock sound used during their first album and the more electronic sound which developed on the second and third albums. Since the start of their career, the band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide.cite web|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hfx2|title=Night Train EP Review|work=BBC Music|accessdate=14 May 2010 From their album Perfect Symmetry (Keane album)|Perfect Symmetry in 2008, they included the electric guitar, making the sound of the band much more varied, but not leaving aside the traditional piano.

History


Early years and formation (1995-97)


Rice-Oxley's brother — also called Tom Strangers (DVD)|Strangers , Keane DVD autobiography. — is a few months younger than Chaplin, who was born in March 1979. Their mothers became friends, as did Chaplin and Rice-Oxley. Tom Chaplin's father David was the headmaster of Vinehall School in Robertsbridge , East Sussex , (owned by Chaplin's family) for 25 years,cite web|url= http://www.vinehall.info/website/about/history.html|title=Vinehall School History|accessdate=22 July 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070618231118/ http://www.vinehall.info/website/about/history.html |archivedate = 18 June 2007 the school all three attended until the age of 13. They later attended Tonbridge School in Kent , where Rice-Oxley met Dominic Scott ; both of them discovered rapidly their liking for music. Richard Hughes (musician)|Richard Hughes , future drummer for the band, also attended Tonbridge. Chaplin had also learned to play the flute but none of them considered music as a proper career at the time.Cite document|last=Craic|first=Seamus|title=Keane: The Band|publisher=Artnik|date=31 January 2006|isbn=1-903906-64-4 (UK)|postscript=

In 1993, while studying at University College, London for a degree in classics , Rice-Oxley managed to form a rock band with Scott, and invited Hughes to play drums. The band, named Lotus Eaters started as a cover version|cover cover band|band , playing songs by the members' favourite bands, including U2 , Oasis (band)|Oasis , and The Beatles , and rehearsing at home.

After listening to Rice-Oxley's piano playing during a weekend at Virginia Water , Surrey in 1997, Chris Martin invited him to join his newly formed band Coldplay . However, Rice-Oxley declined because he did not want to leave The Lotus Eaters , stating, "I was seriously interested, but Keane were already operational and Coldplay's keyboard player idea was dropped." Because of Martin's offer, and although Hughes and Scott were originally opposed to it, Chaplin joined the band in 1997, taking Rice-Oxley's place as vocalist and adding himself as the Classical guitar|acoustic guitar ist. Chaplin's recruitment also marked a change of name from The Lotus Eaters to Cherry Keane , after a friend of Chaplin's mother, whom Rice-Oxley and Chaplin knew when they were young. She took care of them and would tell them to go for their dreams.cite news|url= http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2006/0602/3490107056TK0206KEANETEXT.html|title=Keane Edge|work= The Irish Times |year=2006|accessdate=19 August 2006|date=6 June 2006 At her death from cancer ,cite web|url= http://www.keanemusic.com|title=Keanemusic - Tom Chaplin's blog, 28.06.07|accessdate=7 July 2007, she had left money for Chaplin's family. Chaplin commented: "I used some of the money to see me through the harder times with the music." The name was shortened to Keane soon afterward.cite news|last=Chapman|first=Tegan|url= http://www.greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/327/2/|title=Keane man on success, songs and Steve Lamacq|publisher=greatreporter.com|date=13 January 2005

Chaplin departed for South Africa in the summer of 1997 to work as a volunteer during his gap year . Chaplin's early experiences there would later be reflected in the band's position for the Make Poverty History campaign. Returning a year later, in July 1998, following a meeting with friend David Lloyd Seaman, Hughes' first words when the band picked up Chaplin at the airport were, "we've got a gig in ten days." With original material, Keane made their debut live appearance at the " Hope and Anchor, Islington|Hope & Anchor " Public house|pub on 13 July 1998. In this same year, Chaplin went to Edinburgh University to study for a degree in art history . However, he later quit his degree and moved to London in order to pursue a full-time musical career with his friends. After their debut performance, the band went touring London's pub gig circuit throughout 1998 and 1999.

Early releases and Scott's departure (1997-2003)


In late 1999, and without a record deal , Keane recorded their first promotional single (music)|single , " Call Me What You Like ". Released on CD format through Keane's own label, Zoomorphic , it was sold after live performances at the pubs where Keane used to play in early 2000. Only five hundred copies were printed.cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/disco/zoo_call.htm|title=Keaneshaped on "Call Me What You Like"|accessdate =16 September 2006 The track, however, can be found on the internet. The band have declared they are not against fans sharing tracks unreleased on CD, such as the " Keane discography#More Matey|More Matey " and " Keane discography#Emily|Emily " demo tracks. Chaplin has commented "they most likely see those recordings as an interesting extra to get hold of and I don't see it causing any damage. If it was the album we have coming out leaked early, then I'd probably feel differently."cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/disco|title=Keaneshaped - Discography|accessdate=12 September 2006 The EP was reviewed by Bec Rodwell from eFestivals who listed " Call Me What You Like#Closer Now|Closer Now " as the best song of the record.cite web|author=Bec.|url= http://www.efestivals.co.uk/misc/reviews/keaneEP-010525.shtml|title=Keane : "Call Me What You Like" EP Review|work=eFestivals.com.uk|date=25 May 2001| accessdate = 12 September 2006

Four months after the "Call Me What You Like" re-recording session in February 2001, their second single, " Wolf at the Door " was released. Only fifty hand-made copies are known to have been made, using unlabelled CD-R s.cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/disco/zoo_wolf.htm|title=Keaneshaped on "Wolf at the Door"|accessdate=4 August 2006
Both singles are considered highly valuable collectors' items by fans. In particular, "Wolf at the Door" has been known to be sold for over Pound sterling|£ 1000 on eBay .

Because of the limited success Keane had at this time, Scott decided to leave the group a month after this single was released in order to continue his studies at the London School of Economics|LSE .cite web|url= http://www.keane.at/staring/website-old.htm|title=14/11/01 entry|work=Keane.at| accessdate = 19 September 2006 Before this, in November 2000, Keane had been invited by record producer James Sanger to his recording studio at Les Essarts, France , where the band recorded a number of tracks from August to November 2001, including " Bedshaped " and " This Is the Last Time ". It was during these sessions that the idea of using a piano as lead instrument began to emerge. Sanger received a shared credit for four songs that appeared on Keane's debut album Hopes and Fears , including the song " Hopes and Fears#Sunshine|Sunshine ", the only one composed there.cite web|last=Cashmere|first=Tim|url= http://www.undercover.com.au/idol/keane2004.html|title=Keane Undercover Music Interviews| accessdate =19 August 2006

The remaining members of the band returned to England in November 2001. Soon after, they signed to BMG to publish their music, but at this time they did not have yet a recording contract .
2002 was a hard year for Keane. All recording or live performances were stopped and Scott's feeling of going nowhere was starting to tell on Rice-Oxley and Chaplin.

In December 2002, Keane returned to performing live. Luckily for the band, one gig at the Betsey Trotwood in London was attended by Simon Williams (writer)|Simon Williams of Fierce Panda Records , the same man who had discovered Coldplay years previously. Williams offered to release the first commercial single by the band. This release would be " Everybody’s Changing ", which Steve Lamacq went on to name single of the week on Lamacq Live on 19 April 2003; the CD Single was released on 12 May 2003.cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/disco/fp_ec.htm|title=Discography - Everybody’s Changing (Fierce Panda)|work=Keaneshaped.co| accessdate =4 August 2006

As a result of the attention created by this release and because of the strong live reputation they had built up through constant UK touring, a bidding war for the band ensued between major labels.cite web|last=Hoyle|first=Wayne|url= http://www.virtual-festivals.com/artists/article.cfm? articleid=981|title=Keane Interview|date=14 April 2004| accessdate = 4 November 2006 The band decided to sign with Island Records in the summer of 2003. After first being attracted to the band by the considerable industry buzz then surrounding them and from hearing "Everybody's Changing" on the radio, the Island A& R, Ferdy Unger-Hamilton, told HitQuarters that he wanted to sign them after hearing the five songs “Everybody’s Changing”, “This Is the Last Time”, “She Has No Time”, “Bend and Break” and “Somewhere Only We Know”, saying that: "every one of them was brilliant ... they had a fantastic live show but even if I hadn't been able to see them live, I would have tried to sign them anyway."cite web |url= http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3? page=intrview/opar/intrview_Ferdy_UngerHamilton_Interview.html |title=Interview With Ferdy Unger-Hamilton |publisher= HitQuarters |date=21 March 2005 |accessdate=18 April 2011 According to Unger-Hamilton, Keane chose to sign with Island because they got on well with the A& R and were convinced that he did not want to change them in any way.

The band released "This Is the Last Time" on Fierce Panda, in October 2003, as the final release on that label.

Hopes and Fears (2004-05)


With the release of their first major single, Keane began to achieve recognition in the United Kingdom and the United States, where "This Is the Last Time" was released and remained as the only single sold there until "Crystal Ball" in late 2006.
In January 2004, Keane was named the band most likely to achieve success in the coming year in the BBC's Sound of... (BBC poll)|Sound of 2004 poll; additionally, this year is popularly referred to as one of the best years for new British music.cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3369355.stm|title=Sound of 2004 music poll revealed|date=9 January 2004| accessdate =10 September 2006 | work=BBC News

A month later, Keane's first release on Island was " Somewhere Only We Know ", which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart in February 2004. On 4 May, a re-release of " Everybody’s Changing " followed and featured new cover and b-side s; it reached number four in the UK Singles Chart.

Keane's debut album , Hopes and Fears , was released on 10 May 2004 in the UK, just a day before the band started their first Hopes and Fears (tour)|world tour . It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and went on to become the second best-selling British album of the year. It has been certified Music recording sales certifications|9x platinum in the UK.

The album has sold approximately five and a half million copies worldwide. In the UK, it stayed in the top 75 of the UK Albums Chart for 72 weeks, appearing again on its 115th week.cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/disco/haf.htm|title=Keaneshaped on Hopes and Fears |accessdate=25 May 2007

The band won two awards at the 2005 BRIT Awards in February; Best British album for Hopes and Fears and the British breakthrough act award, as voted for by listeners of BBC Radio 1 , Keane won the award in front of bands like Muse (band)|Muse or Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand . Three months after, Rice-Oxley received the Ivor Novello award for songwriter of the year.

As members of the Make Poverty History foundation, Keane performed "Somewhere Only We Know" and "Bedshaped" at the Live 8 concert, which took place in London on 2 July 2005. Keane are also patrons of War Child (charity)|War Child , and in September 2005, they recorded a cover version of Elton John 's " Goodbye Yellow Brick Road " to the charity album Help: a Day in the Life . Previously, the band also had recorded a cover of the Walker Brothers ' " The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore ", which was available as a music download|download -only track from the War Child website. It was later released as a Gramophone record|7" single as a gift to members of the Keane e-mailing list.cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/disco/sun.htm|title=Discography - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore|work=Keaneshaped.co.uk| accessdate =4 August 2006

Nineteen years after the 1985 version, Band Aid (band)|Band Aid (now called Band Aid 20 ) recorded a new version of " Do They Know It's Christmas ? ". Rice-Oxley and Chaplin both contributed vocals.

During the year, the band achieved minor recognition in the U.S. from their extensive touring, which culminated with a series of gigs as the opening act for U2 . The group were also nominated for a Grammy Award|Grammy in the Best New Artist category along with Sugarland (band)|Sugarland , John Legend , Ciara , and Fall Out Boy , but ultimately lost out to Legend.cite news|author= The Associated Press |url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2005-12-08-grammy-list-nominations_x.htm|title= Complete list of Grammy Award nominations (48th)|work= USA Today |date=8 January 2005; updated 8 February 2006| accessdate =25 May 2007

Under the Iron Sea (2006-07)


In April 2005, in the middle of the Hopes and Fears (tour)|Hopes and Fears tour , the band began recording their second album, Under the Iron Sea with producer Andy Green, who also worked with them previously on Hopes and Fears . The band later recruited Spike Stent|Mark "Spike" Stent for mixing duties. Recording took place in Helioscentric Studios, Rye, East Sussex , where Hopes and Fears was recorded. Additional recording was done at The Magic Shop Studios in New York. The band revealed the title of the album on 14 March 2006 by posting a handwritten note on their official website.

The album's release was preceded by the release of " Atlantic (song)|Atlantic ", a download-only music video and the lead single " Is It Any Wonder? ", which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart . The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 2007. The album had a worldwide release of on June 2006 and was at number 1 in the UK Albums Chart for the first two weeks of its release. As of|2007|05|22, it had sold more than 2,200,000 copies. The third single from the album was "Crystal Ball", whichaudio|tomoncrys.ogg|Tom Chaplin on "Crystal Ball" was released on 21 August 2006, and reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart. The fourth single from the album was " Nothing in My Way ", released on 30 October 2006, which received particular success on Mexican commercial radio , charting on Top 3 in 13 January 2007 and staying a month on that chart. The band released the single " The Night Sky " in aid of the charity War Child . The song is written from the perspective of a child about the war-torn devastation around them, and became available via War Child's official website on 22 October 2007 before going on general release on 29 October 2007. Jesse Quin played with Keane since the small tour of The Night Sky.

Even before the release of the album (in May 2006), Keane had started their Under the Iron Sea (tour)|second world tour that would promote the album. However, because of the extensive touring, on 22 August 2006, Chaplin announced he had admitted himself to a clinic for drinking and drug problems. This initially resulted in the cancellation of three gigs and postponement of their September US tour. The entire North American tour was later cancelled outright to allow continued treatment.cite web|url= http://www.keanemusic.com/news.php? action=get& id=1159& y=06& m=09|title=Keane cancel N. American tour|work=KeaneMusic.com|date=9 August 2006| accessdate = 8 September 2006 Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot As a result, the upcoming UK and European tours - scheduled for October and November 2006 - were considered to be liable for possible postponement depending on Chaplin's treatment. Chaplin then left the Priory Clinic in London on 6 October, although he continued to receive treatment. The tour reached for the first time South American countries ( Argentina , Chile and Brazil ) and saw the band's third visit to Mexico in late April with four dates, playing at the downtown zócalo in Mexico City, as well their first visit to Monterrey and Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara . On 7 July 2007, Keane played at the Live Earth concert, London|UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium , part of a series of gigs similar to Live 8 , to highlight the threat of global warming . They performed "Somewhere Only We Know", "Is It Any Wonder? " and "Bedshaped". The Under the Iron Sea tour was brought to an end with performances in Oporto , Portugal, and at the Natural Music Festival in El Ejido , Spain, on 3 August and 4 respectively.

In early October, http://www.concertlive.co.uk Concert Live announced they were releasing a limited edition 9-CD set of every Keane live performance in the UK during October 2006 under the name Keane Live 06 .

Perfect Symmetry (2008-09)


Main|Perfect Symmetry (Keane album)listen|filename=Keane-Spiralling.ogg|title="Spiralling"|description=The first single release from Perfect Symmetry . Intro sample.
In a March 2007 video interview, Chaplin and Hughes spoke of wanting to take a more "organic" approach on album three, but played down suggestions about the use of guitars, referring to them as "a fun part of the live set" at present; however, the cover of " A Bad Dream#She Sells Sanctuary|She Sells Sanctuary ", became the first song recorded since "The Happy Soldier" (2001) to feature the instrument.cite web|url= http://www.stv.tv/content/out/music/display? id=opencms:/out/hotnow/music/keane_interview |title= Keane Interview|format=Video|work= STV (TV network)|STV |accessdate=14 March 2007 Photographic updates to the Keane website also implied the use of guitars in the album's recording sessions.

Jesse Quin joined the band since this album as permanent studio and live member. He plays the bass, percussion, guitar, synths and backing vocals.

On 31 July 2008, Keane's website was changed to display a timer counting down to 4 August, the date set for the release of " Spiralling ", the first single from the album, which was available as a free download until 11 August. While Hopes and Fears majored on powerful piano-driven ballads, and Under the Iron Sea featured electronic rock and distortion piano sounds, "Spiralling" has more of a pop feel, using synthesisers for the second time, and electric guitar for the first time.

On 25 August 2008, Keane appeared as studio guests on BBC 6 Music with Steve Lamacq where three of the new songs from Perfect Symmetry (Keane album)|Perfect Symmetry were played for the first time: "Spiralling", "The Lovers Are Losing", and "Better Than This".

The song "Love Is the End" was also aired on a Portugal|Portuguese radio station where the DJ referred to the song as being "The Lovers Are Losing" leading some to believe that the song was accidentally played. The song "Love Is the End" also contains the musical saw which Rice-Oxley had referred to in a note on the band's website.

The album was released on 13, October 2008, and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 19 October. It also reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart.

On December 2008, it was voted Best Album of the Year by the readers, listeners and visitors of Q Magazine, Q Radio and Qthemusic.com.cite web|url= http://promo.q4music.com/q4music/qbestof2008results/Keane.shtml |title=QTheMusic.com, Best Albums of 2008, number 1 |publisher=Promo.q4music.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 The song "Perfect Symmetry" was voted best track.cite web|url= http://promo.q4music.com/q4music/qbestof2008results/tracks.shtml |title=QTheMusic.com, Best Tracks of 2008 |publisher=Promo.q4music.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04

In November of the same year, they started their third world tour, the Perfect Symmetry World Tour .

On 2 April 2009, Keane became the first band ever to broadcast a live show in 3-D film|3D . It was filmed at Abbey Road, the site of the world's first satellite broadcast (by The Beatles). Keane fans were prompted to buy 3D glasses along with the new 7" single, "Better Than This", or also to hand-make their own glasses. The show is available to watch on Keane's official site in high definition.

During the 50th anniversary of Island Records , Keane also recorded a cover of Pulp's "Disco 2000", which was released on the Island Records 50 years anniversary album.

On 17 September 2009, in Thunder Bay Ontario, Keane performed a brand new song called, "Sovereign Light Cafe".

Night Train EP (2010)


On 10 May 2010, Keane released a new EP entitled Night Train (EP)| Night Train which, on 16 May became their fourth number 1 album in the UK. Night Train was recorded during the Perfect Symmetry World Tour . The Night Train EP could be considered a studio album, because it has 8 new songs. The band first named this record as a Mini-album, then that changed to an EP. In an interview, Tim Rice-Oxley said that Night Train is "pretty much an album".

The songs "Stop for a Minute" and "Looking Back" feature Somali Canadian rapper K'naan . The EP also includes a cover of the song "You've Got to Help Yourself" by Yellow Magic Orchestra , featuring vocals by Japanese funk MC Tigarah . The song "Your Love" features Keane's keyboardist, Tim Rice-Oxley, having lead vocals.cite web|url= http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/consumer/viewemailcontent.pl? con=8270644& cmp=4625& act=117035& sec=b83a2124df37 |title=KWN |publisher=Zaphod.uk.vvhp.net |date=10 May 2010 |accessdate=2011-07-04 The song "My Shadow" was featured in the Season 6 '' Grey's Anatomy episode "Shiny Happy People".

Supporting the Night Train EP, the band began on the Night Train Tour . which started with a show in Brixton, London at The Fridge on 12 May 2010. It then took the band through a series of Forest Shows, The tour includes a homecoming show at the Bedgebury Pinetum, just outside the band’s hometown of Battle, East Sussex. Also a Festival appearances in Europe followed with a tour of the USA/Canada, concluding with an appearance at the Mile High Festival in Denver.

Fourth studio album (2011-present)


After the end of Mt. Desolation Tour (alternative project by Tim and Jesse), Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin joined with the other two members of the band to work on the pre-production of Keane's fourth studio album.

It was announced on 3 February 2011 on the band's official website that Quin had become an official member of the band. http://www.keanemusic.com/archive-comment.php? rnd=vKXsoaA7eXqdbWRDF0%2FHOq6RaRhsojPHgIE5AQmaC5Y%3D/ "Jesse Joins Keane". Retrieved 26 February 2011. He has worked with Keane since 2007.

On 28 March 2011, during a 50 fans questions interview, Tim Rice-Oxley said the following about the next album:

Sonically, I think it's probably close to Under The Iron Sea. I think there are elements of all three albums as you'd expect, but I think Under The Iron Sea had a very good balance of that really strong, emotional core but also some amazing soundscape and a lot of energy peeks and also some really intimate moments like Hamburg Song and Try Again. I think and I hope it's going to be a really beautiful-sounding record. One of the things I loved about Perfect Symmetry was songs like Spiralling that had a massive amount of energy, so I hope it'll have some of that too.


Keane played a concert in Beijing , China on 13 April 2011 at the invitation of the fashion company Burberry . The band also performed an acoustic session at the Great Wall of China . During that trip, Richard Hughes stated that the album might not come out until 2012 since they don't want to have any deadlines. Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin said the band's new album will be geared more towards rock and pop, while at the same time revisiting elements of their second and third albums.

On 29 July, Rice-Oxley stated that they had been working on 40 songs to finally narrow that number down to a shortlist of about 15. Rice-Oxley also said that they had agreed on a 'sound' for the album after lots of experimenting and that things were finally starting to feel right.

In September 2011, after a celebration concert commemorating Freddie Mercury 's birthday, Tom Chaplin said that the sound of the new album is geared to be more towards pop following the success of their third album, Perfect Symmetry .Dawson, Kim. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/209856/Keane-to-play-Freddie/Keane-to-play-Freddie "Keane to Play Freddie", Daily Star , 7 September 2011.

The band finished recording their fourth studio album on 12 January 2012 and are now mixing the record.

On 17 January 2012, a concert announcement was posted to the band's website. The announcement as stated:

'''To celebrate finishing their new album, Keane have decided to play a special show at a venue close to the band's heart: the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. The show is on Friday, 9th March 2012 and the band will unveil several brand new songs (alongside some old favourites). http://keanemusic.com/archive-comment.php? rnd=PmjptFTkIFNF%2FcJwMDlZGZsqCSILkl7dF9ZXplzGad4%3D

Due to the high demand, a second show was added and will take place 10 March 2012. The Hoodlums are set to support. http://keanemusic.com/archive-comment.php? rnd=J%2BrhQKkak2jreYwx19%2Fnan0FivdCBf7w1ifdUnPSPbc%3D

Collaborations


In late October 2006, Rice-Oxley collaborated with Gwen Stefani as a co-writer of the song " Early Winter ", released later in 2007 as a single, from her album, The Sweet Escape , as well as two more tracks. Stefani had been wishing to work with the band since 2005 and Rice-Oxley responded by saying "we might give it a go".cite web|url= http://www.keane.at/articles/154.html|title=Gwen Stefani eyes up Keane|accessdate=28 June 2007 Tom Chaplin collaborated with Rocco Deluca and the Burden on the song 'Mercy'. The band has also collaborated with Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan and Japanese Funk carioca|Baile Funk singer Tigarah on their EP Night Train (EP)|Night Train . In late 2009, Rice-Oxley collaborated with the Australian singer Kylie Minogue as co-writer of the song "Everything Is Beautiful", for Minogue's eleventh studio album " Aphrodite (album)|Aphrodite ", released in June 2010.cite news| url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/7854430/Kylie-Minogue-Aphrodite-CD-review.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Kylie Minogue: Aphrodite, CD review | first=Neil | last=McCormick | date=25 June 2010
The band also collaborated with dance artist Chicane (recording artist)|Chicane on a song titled "Wake Up", featured on the artist's 2008 best-of compilation.

Musical style and themes


Tim Rice-Oxley and Dominic Scott were the main writers of the band's songs during their early years. When Scott left in 2002, Rice-Oxley became the main composer.cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/faq/#writes|title=FAQ - Who writes the songs? |work=Keaneshaped.com| accessdate =4 August 2006 However, Rice-Oxley credits the rest of the band on all compositions, so that royalties for song credits are shared.

The band has been known as "the band with no guitars", because of its heavily piano -based sound.Citation needed|date=March 2011 By using Delay (audio effect)|delay and distortion effects on their piano sound, they often create sounds that aren't immediately recognisable as piano. Rice-Oxley said during an interview in Los Angeles that they tend to think piano-related music is boring and what they really wanted to do was try something different. He referred to the piano as an odd instrument to form part of a rock band instrumentation, comparing it to The Beatles' set of instruments. Rice-Oxley's distortion piano has been key to most of Keane's multifaceted style, varying from Hip hop music|Hip Hop on "Dirtylicious" to house music|house on "Tyderian".

During their early years most songs were about love or broken relationships (most notably " Hopes and Fears#She Has No Time|She Has No Time " and " Hopes and Fears#On a Day Like Today|On a Day Like Today "). However, other themes — including the relationship between Rice-Oxley and Chaplin — have emerged in more recent compositions.Cite news|title=Keane, Hearts of Darkness|newspaper= Q Magazine |page=94|date=July 2006|postscript= Other themes have been explored; for example, " Is It Any Wonder? " and " A Bad Dream " are both about war.cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/faq/#about|title=Keaneshaped - FAQ - What are the songs about? | accessdate =5 October 2006 More recent themes have included the impact of being a celebrity in " Better Than This " and "Clear Skies" and criticism of religious violence in "Perfect Symmetry"

Keane have cited artists such as Rufus Wainwright ,cite web|author=now to post a comment& #33; |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_7COEI4vm1E |title=?keane dinner at eight?? |publisher=YouTube |date=16 July 2007 |accessdate=2011-07-04 U2 ,cite web|author=now to post a comment& #33; |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=SIeY5sWWNgM |title=?with or without you-keane?? |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 Nick Drake ,cite web|url= http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/faq/#influences |title=FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - http://keaneshaped.co.uk/faq |publisher=Keaneshaped.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 Blur (band)|Blur , Oasis (band)|Oasis , Depeche Mode ,cite web|author=now to post a comment& #33; |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=eTzQC9alliU |title=?Keane - Enjoy The Silence ( Depeche mode cover )?? |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 R.E.M. , Massive Attack , David Bowie , The Beatles , Paul Simon , Genesis (band)|Genesis , Radiohead , A-ha , The Cult , Simple Minds , Pet Shop Boys , Queen (band)|Queen , Blondie (band)|Blondie , Talking Heads and Michael Jackson as influences. "I guess it's classic song writing that is the main influence rather than one band in particular - we love people like Nick Drake who can convey so much emotion and write songs and albums that will be loved and cherished for many years - the things that will be in people's record collections for their whole lives."

Members


Current
  • Tim Rice-Oxley - piano, keyboards, synthesisers, electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals (1997–present)

  • Tom Chaplin - lead vocals, organ, piano, lead electric guitar, acoustic guitar (1997–present)

  • Richard Hughes (musician)|Richard Hughes - drums, percussion, backing vocals (1997–present)

  • Jesse Quin - bass guitar, rhythm guitar, electric guitar, synthesisers, additional percussion, backing vocals (2007–present)

  • Former
  • Dominic Scott - backing vocals, lead electric guitar (1997–2001)


  • Members timetable





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    Discography


    Main|Keane discography
    Studio albums
  • Hopes and Fears (2004)

  • Under the Iron Sea (2006)

  • Perfect Symmetry (Keane album)|Perfect Symmetry (2008)

  • TBA (2012)


  • Extended plays
  • Night Train (EP)|Night Train (EP) (2010)


  • Songs in other media


    Year !! Title !! Type !! Song
    2004
    The O.C.
    One Tree Hill (TV series)
    Raise Your Voice
    Smallville
    '' Victoria's Secret
    2005
    '' Grey's Anatomy
    One Tree Hill
    2006
    Cold Case (TV series)>Cold Case
    The O.C.
    ESPY Awards
    The Lake House
    FIFA 07
    Madden NFL 07
    Scrubs
    SingStar Rocks!
    Lead Balloon
    2007
    TV series episode: " Idol Gives Back "
    Journeyman
    ''L'isola dei famosi 2007
    Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2
    Soy re mami
    Keinohrhasen
    No disparen al pianista
    " The Lovers Are Losing "
    Scrubs
    2008
    LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
    Paris
    2009
    Doctor Who Confidential
    '' He's Just Not That Into You
    Kyle XY
    Life
    One Tree Hill (TV series)
    TV series episode: "We Change, We Wait"
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
    "Pretend That You're Alone"
    2010
    Grey's Anatomy
    Melrose Place
    Mission London
    The Vampire Diaries
    2011
    Winnie the Pooh
    Glee
    CSI:New York


    Awards


    Year !! Award !! Category !! Country !! For
    2004
    2004
    2004
    2005
    2005
    2006
    2008
    2008
    2008


    See also


  • Keane discography

  • List of songs by Keane , a comprehensive list of all Keane songs (released and unreleased) including MIDI and Ogg|OGG music samples.

  • Live Earth

  • Make Poverty History



  • References


    Footnotes


    Reflist|2


    Books


  • cite book|last=Craic |first=Seamus |year=2006 |title=Keane: The Band |publisher=Artnik |isbn=1-903906-64-4


  • Mass media


  • cite web|url= http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/keane_spiralling_review_single_11102008_1506.aspx? preview=true |title=Keane - Spiralling (Island) |publisher=dailymusicguide.com |date=start date|2008|10|11|df=y

  • http://www.recordoverplayed.co.uk Keane gig and record reviews on Record Overplayed webzine, 2003- 2005

  • cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/news/keane/22621 |title=Keane explain their new sound |work= NME |date=Start date|2006|03|28|df=y |accessdate=17 July 2006

  • cite news|url= http://www.greatreporter.com/modules.php? name=News& file=article& sid=327 |work=Great Reporter |title=Keane man on success, songs and Steve Lamacq |last=Chapman |first=Tegan |date=start date|2005|01|13|df=y |accessdate=11 August 2006

  • cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/17450 |work= NME |title=The Darkness V Keane - It's War& #33; |date=Start date|2006|03|28|df=y |accessdate=12 August 2010

  • http://www.sonika.com.mx/ SONIKA*. Sonika 53: El triunfo del Indie: Keane o entre la suerte y el talento (August 2006). Retrieved 15 August 2006

  • cite journal|work= Q (magazine)|Q |date=July 2006 |title=Keane: Hearts of Darkness

  • http://www.stv.tv/content/out/music/display? id=opencms:/out/hotnow/music/keane_interview Keane video interview with stv.tv/music, March 2007

  • cite web|url= http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Interviews/keane-press-conference-130209-o2-arena-16022009-1242.aspx |title=Keane pre-gig Press Conference (13/02/2009) |publisher=dailymusicguide.com |date=start date|2009|02|13|df=y

  • cite web|url= http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/keane-o2-arena-130209-16022009-1248.aspx |title=Keane Live at the O2 Review (13/02/2009) |publisher=dailymusicguide.com |date=start date|2009|02|13|df=y

  • cite news |last=Heawood |first=Sophie |url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5982081.ece |title=Keane are cool at last: touring Brazil with the boys |work= The Times |date=start date|2009|03|27|df=y | location=London



  • Fansites


  • http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk Keaneshaped, discography and FAQs sections

  • http://web.archive.org/web/20080210011016/ http://www.keane.at/ Keane.at (annotated), news and old Keanology sections

  • http://www.walnuttree.saturdaisy.com The Walnut Tree, Biographies

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=aEK6Di3EMXs Cover of Bend and Break by Canadian singer-songwriter Jacob Moon (benefit single for Haiti relief)


  • External links


    Commons category|KeaneWikiquote|Keane|Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes and Jesse Quin
  • http://www.keanemusic.com/ Keanemusic & ndash; Official site


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