KEANE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS FOR THE SUN

Enjoy these acoustic sessions that Keane did for The Sun :)

Spiralling


Everybody's Changing


Stop For A Minute with K'naan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PERFECT SYMMETRY!!

Hiya guys!!

Yes! We're also celebrating the 1st anniversary of Perfect Symmetry!! YAY for that! Everybody pick his album and go to listen to it all day!


Maybe you have watched the following vids but here there are in case you want to refresh your Keane's knowledge :D

The Making Of Perfect Symmetry - go here

The Berlin Files (they are 11 vids so make sure you watch them all!)



A Tim interview :D



Have a perfect symmetrified day! (sp ?)

Isaxx

MONTREAL PICS AND VIDS

Hiya guys!

News for this week, just some pics and vids from the Montreal gig.
The following pics were taken from the OB.









Here there are some vids:

Sovereign Light Café :)



You Don't See Me



This Is The Last Time



Under Pressure



Somewhere Only We Know

RICHARD'S PHOTOBLOG

From KM.com,

Richard says: "getting pretty good at the drums - there seems to be no end to his skills!" and I agree with him :D

KEANE PILLOWCASES ARE BACK!!!

From KM.com,

We're very pleased to announce that the legendary A Bad Dream pillowcase is back in the Keane online shop, featuring Tim's hand-written lyrics to the song on a crisp 100% cotton pillowcase. It's also joined by a new pillowcase featuring the Bedshaped lyrics (do you see what we've done there?!). You can buy one for £10 or both for £15. Click here to check them out in the Keane Store.

What's more, if you buy either pillowcase before midnight (UK time) on Monday, August 3rd, you'll be entered into a draw to win Tim's hand-written lyrics, as used for the pillowcase designs. (If you buy the A Bad Dream pillowcase, you'll be entered into the draw to win those lyrics; if you buy Bedshaped, you'll be entered into the draw to win those lyrics; and if you buy both, you'll be entered into both draws.)

Like everything in the Keane store, you can buy the pillowcases wherever in the world you live (and the lyrics draw will be open to purchasers wherever they are).

I've always wanted one of them! Why they do this kind of things when we're in world's crisis! T-T
What should I do? a) Sacrifice by not going to The Killers gig and buy one Tim's handwritten pillowcase or b) Go to The Killers gig very happy cos one of my fav bands visit Peru and forgetting about the pillowcase and Tim's handwriting.

Life is hard.

Q AUGUST 09 - CASH FOR QUESTIONS

Hi guys!
Remenber Q magazine's contest for Cash for questions for Keane? It is been released now. Thanks to manu59 who has kindly uploaded his scans.

It's much better if you give a click on them for a better resolution and for reading the Q&A's of the fellas.

Enjoy it!

T IN THE PARK - PART 1

This time is for sharing some material about Keane at the T In The Park Festival...

Some vids uploaded by *Pixie* from the OB:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YGV9PRCT
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J3UWQ81W
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XVCQMG0S
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZY3MWL53

Setlist:
'The Lovers Are Losing'
'Everybody's Changing'
'Bend & Break''A Bad Dream'
'This Is The Last Time'
'Spiralling'
'Nothing In My Way'
'Is It Any Wonder?'
'Again And Again'
'Perfect Symmetry'
'Somewhere Only We Know'
'Crystal Ball'
'Under Pressure'
'Bedshaped'

I'll updated this as soon as I get more new material *wink*

DUBAI PICS AND VIDS

Enjoy! :D


We Might As Well Be Strangers


Somewhere Only We Know


Everybody's Changing


Bend And Break (Timmy in action!!)


Perfect Symmetry

KEANE IN DUBAI

Taken from Time Out Dubai (to read the whole article click here)

"Well, starting off gingerly, the other two members of the band do actually have names – Tim Rice-Oxley (a rather lovely name, at that), their composer, bassist, and pianist, and Richard Hughes, their drummer. It is this man, Richard Hughes, who has been assigned with revealing whether Keane really do cut the mustard, as we speak to him ahead of their first ever Middle East show in Dubai this Wednesday.

While Hopes And Fears secured their pigeonhole as Britain’s masters of the piano rock ballad, Under The Iron Sea went darker with distorted piano sounds (and picked them up a strong Mexican following, intriguingly), now Perfect Symmetry introduces rock guitars and a relatively sunnier sound. But will they ever leave behind their signature piano sound? ‘We’ve never been a band that just has an idea for the sake of it, like “let’s stop using the piano!”, “Why?” “Oh, because it’s an idea”,’ he explains. ‘But if the piano doesn’t suit the songs then we won’t use it. So yeah, I can foresee a time when we have a record that doesn’t have piano on it. It’s entirely possible" (oh noooo!! I love the piano guy!)

Keane as mustard

If each member of the band was a certain type of the golden condiment, which would they be? Richard explains.

Richard: ‘I’m definitely wholegrain mustard. I’m a vegetarian, so I love it.’
Tom: ‘He’s English mustard. Tom likes a Sunday roast lathered in the stuff.’
Tim: ‘Tim would be Dijon mustard then, purely by default'

MICHAEL JACKSON, MINI ALBUM AND MORE...

From The National by Charlie Hamilton taken from here (Thanks Jill for the news!!)

DUBAI // The British chart-topping band Keane today spoke of their sorrow at learning of the death of Michael Jackson, the day after a lavish memorial service was held for the pop icon in Los Angeles.

The award-winning trio, who play their debut gig in the UAE tonight, told of how Jackson had been a powerful musical influence and how they were still mourning his loss.

“We are still pretty upset about [the death],” said the band’s songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley at a press conference ahead of the sell-out gig at the Madinat Arena.

“Growing up in the 1980s, he was a real influence. He was probably one of the reasons we got into pop music in the first place.”

The lead singer Tom Chaplin added: “He’s one of the few people who is going to be influencing music for about as long as pop music exists".

“Some one with that kind of talent and influence; it’s such a sad thing that a human life should end like that.

“When I was a kid, I wanted to be Michael Jackson. I used to practise the dances in front of the mirror.”

Rice-Oxley said the band, who are currently on a world tour promoting their third studio album, Perfect Symmetry, said they were told of the musician’s death while in Sweden about to perform a concert.

Chaplin said they were currently recording tracks during free time between concert dates and hoped to release a “mini-album” later in the year.

This is the group’s first visit to the Middle East and earlier this week Keane played a gig in Beirut.

They earned their reputation on the back of soft rock piano-led ballads such as ‘Everybody’s Changing’, ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ and ‘Is It Any Wonder’.

The band, which also features Richard Hughes on drums, won international acclaim for their first album Hopes and Fears in 2004, and their second, darker album Under the Iron Sea.

COPENHAGEN PICS AND CLEVELAND MP3

Some of the brilliant pics taken at Copenhagen, June 23th:





some vids...

Early Winter



Again and Again



We Might As Well Be Strangers



Oh! and I also want to share all the gig in Cleveland in mp3. Thanks to Matt 91 and mchambers1980 for uploading it. Click here to download.

RICHARD'S EUROPEAN PHOTOBLOG AND SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL MP3

From KM.COM,

Some new pics from Richard's European photoblog...

and now, some links to download the mp3 of Keane at Southside Festival at Germany.

Keane At Southside Festival- Germany

Setlist:

The Lovers Are Losing
Everybody's Changing
Bend and Break
Spiralling
This Is The Last Time
You Haven't Told Me Anything
Is It Any Wonder?
You Don't See Me
Perfect Symmetry
Somewhere Only We Know
Crystal Ball
Under Pressure
Bedshaped

Uploaded by RWLover here (full gig) and also by KeaneFan 90 here (splited songs)

DISCO 2000 COVER ON ISLAND50 COMPILATION

We thought you'd like to know that a new 3CD compilation celebrating Island Record's 50th birthday is released today. It features Somewhere Only We Know on the first disc, plus Keane's splendid new cover of Pulp's Disco 2000 on the third disc (we've added a clip above). If that wasn't enough Keane-related excitement, there's also a rather lovely Taio Cruz cover of Everybody's Changing.

You can buy the CD from Island's official shop by clicking here. Or, download the album, or just the Keane tracks, from iTunes by clicking here.

You can download the preview here.

UPDATE: We're trying to find out from the label whether fans outside the UK will be able to download the Disco 2000 cover. We'll let you know what we discover...

MORE PICCIES FROM USA AND PINKPOP

Let's continue enjoying some pics of Mr. Rice-Oxley (lack of Timmy news :()
However, Timmy girls know when Tim's b-day is soooo...be prepared to celebrate it. I'll do something especial...






and special thanks to RWLover who uploaded Keane's performance at Pinkpop Festival here

CITIES97 SESSION

Do you remenber Keane were in Cities97?? Well if you not or want to refresh your memory, check out the vids below...

Is It Any Wonder?



Somewhere Only We Know



The Lovers Are Losing

MORE FROM USA

yes!! more pics of Timmeh by truly fans and a vid of a song we all love because of some hot dance made by the person who is dedicated this blog.

KEANE KBCO ACOUSTIC SESSION

From KM.com,

Beth sends us this:

Hi everyone

I thought you'd like to see Keane at their radio session for KBCO in Boulder which went out live in the US on Wednesday. I figured it was a good opportunity to try out the new Flip video camera I bought at the airport on our way out to San Francisco last week.

However, I must apologise profusely for the terrible quality and my extremely unsteady hand. The studio was tiny and there certainly wasn't enough room for me to be in with the band putting them off so I filmed it through the window!

Hopefully my technique will get better over the next couple of weeks and by the end of it I'll be almost as professional as Tom is with his tour diaries...

It might be bad, but I didn't want you to miss out!

Beth

BethCam #1: Keane acoustic session for KBCO, Boulder from keaneofficial on Vimeo.

YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME ANYTHING

YAY! Here's one more song to the video section of Last fm. This one is amazing, just watch TTRJ and Jon Brion playing it and you'll fall in love with this special version.

If you want the songs or the vids, download it here. Thanks to RWlover.

YDSM - video, MP3

LITE - video, MP3

TITLT - video, MP3

TLAL - video, MP3

YHTMA - video, MP3

TOM'S MINI-DOC PART 4

From KM.com,

Yes, it's the final part of Tom's epic LA mini-doc, filmed on the band's trip to the States at the end of last year. Hit play above to watch it - and click the little HQ button to see it in high quality.

And while we've got your attention, check out some glowing live reviews from the lads' current US trip here and here.

Oh, and if you missed any of the previous mini-doc parts, you can watch them all below...

Some of my screencaps...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY WITH TIM plus mp3

This is for all the Keane fans who are mums and also for the Keane fans whose mums love listening to Keane like mine does.

This Is The Last Time at Largo, LA....this one is so cute and lovely cos it has the style of TITLT demo (Tim's singing)

Love Is The End at Largo, LA



The Lovers Are Losing at Largo, LA



*edit: You can download now the mp3 of Keane Live At Murcia here:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/l7kelx

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7LE8I9VY

Thanks Uma from KA!