Thursday, March 28, 2019

Keane set to return with new album; announces tour dates!

This news definitely made my day. It is wonderful that one of England's greatest musical exports of the 21st century is set to return. I first caught Keane on the main stage at Coachella in April 2005 and was immediately floored; I purchased their debut album 'Hopes and Fears' the next day! Read my review of the band's 2009 concert in Anaheim here. I last caught Keane in concert in early 2013; read a short recap of that event here.



Keane To Release New Album
Summer Festival Dates Announced



Keane is officially back!


Keane performing in Southern California in January 2013.
Photo: Kim Kinsler
Keane, one of Britain’s best and most beloved bands, are currently putting the finishing touches to a brand new studio album, their first since Strangeland in 2012, set for release later this year.

A stunning recent appearance on the BBC’s Comic Relief, performing ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, sent fans on social media into overdrive. It was like they’d never been away.

After releasing two highly successful solo albums during Keane’s hiatus, frontman Tom Chaplin found himself meeting up with Tim Rice-Oxley, Keane’s songwriter and pianist, and listening to songs that Tim had planned on releasing as part of a solo project. Tom was incredibly moved by the honesty of the writing and knew immediately that he wanted to help bring these emotional songs to life.

“I thought it was the most personal, most vulnerable set of songs that I’d ever heard,” says Tom Chaplin, “and I was very drawn to that. It felt like a story that I could help articulate.”

Tom and Tim soon found themselves in the studio with their old mates, drummer Richard Hughes and bassist Jesse Quin, working on an album that they’re all extremely proud of.

Keane have already announced European festival appearances for the summer including a headlining appearance at Cornbury Festival July 6th and British Summer Time Hyde Park as special guests to Robbie Williams July 14thFull festival dates below:
June
9th - Hello Festival, Emmen, Netherlands

July
6th - Cornbury Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
14th - BST Hyde Park, London, UK (supporting Robbie Williams)
19th - MEO Marés Vivas, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
20th - Noches del Botanico, Madrid, Spain
21st - 4Ever Valencia, Spain

September
7th - Live On The Beach, Den Haag, Netherlands

More news and live dates will be announced in due course.
 

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