3D WEBCAST UP FOR AWARD!

From KM.com,

Keane 3D webast at Abbey Road from keaneofficial on Vimeo.

We're pleased to report that Keane's 3D webcast has been nominated for The Innovation Award at the UK Music Video Awards 2009. The awards take place on October 13th, 2009 at the Odeon West End in London and "recognise excellence in music video production by UK individuals and companies".

Check out the 3D webcast in all its glory above.

HOPES AND FEARS DELUXE EDITION!

From KM.COM,

We're very pleased to announce the full international release of a 2CD Deluxe Edition of Keane's first album, Hopes And Fears, on 9th November 2009.

In addition to the original tracklisting, this album showcases previously un-released and rare material including early demo Into The Light, recordings from the band’s earliest Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley radio sessions, the timeless B-side and fans' favourite, Snowed Under (from Somewhere Only We Know), and their debut self-released singles.

The sleevenotes have been penned by long-time supporter Steve Lamacq. In them, he describes the first time he saw them at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town: “There were only three of them but they sounded huge. They were independent of mind but definitely accessible”.

The 37-track Deluxe Edition is available to pre-order now from the Keane official store, for £14 (around $22 / €15).
We also have bundles containing the CD and a new T-shirt featuring the classic CP70 print. Plus, there is a very limited edition deluxe bundle, featuring the album, the T-shirt and a Hopes And Fears CP70 art print, signed by the band. Only 150 of these prints were made.

The full tracklisting of the Deluxe Edition is as follows:

CD ONE
1. Somewhere Only We Know
2. Bend And Break
3. We Might As Well Be Strangers
4. Everybody's Changing
5. Your Eyes Open
6. She Has No Time
7. Can't Stop Now
8. Sunshine
9. This Is The Last Time
10. On A Day Like Today
11 Untitled
12. Bedshaped
13. Somewhere Only We Know (Lamacq Live)
14. Bedshaped (Lamacq Live)
15. Bend And Break (Lamacq Live)
16. We Might As Well Be Strangers (Lamacq Live)
17. This Is The Last Time (Jo Whiley Live Lounge)
18. With Or Without You (Jo Whiley Live Lounge)
19. A Heart To Hold You (Jo Whiley Live Lounge)

CD TWO
1. Snowed Under (B-Side)
2. We Might As Well Be Strangers (DJ Shadow Remix)
3. Into The Light Demo (Unreleased)
4. Call Me What You Like Demo (Zoomorphic single 1)
5. Closer Now (Zoomorphic single 1)
6. Rubbernecking (Zoomorphic single 1)
7. Wolf At The Door (Zoomorphic single 2)
8. She Has No Time Demo (Zoomorphic single 2)
9. Call Me What You Like (Zoomorphic single 2)
10. Everybody's Changing (Fierce Panda single 1)
11. The Way You Want It (Fierce Panda single 1)
12. This Is The Last Time Demo (Fierce Panda single 2)
13. Bedshaped Demo (Fierce Panda single 2)
14. Allemande (Fierce Panda single 2)
15. Somewhere Only We Know (Live E.P. released 3/5/05)
16. We Might As Well Be Strangers (Live E.P. released 3/5/05)
17. This Is The Last Time (Live E.P. released 3/5/05)
18. Everybody's Changing (Live E.P. released 3/5/05)

PORTLAND PICS AND VID

Just to share with ya some pics from Portland!






and this very nice vid recorded by pointgard022
WARNING!: it's such a sexy vid!

TIM IN LILY ALLEN'S BLOG

This is what Tim has to say for Lily Allen's blog, let's read!!
To read directly from Lily Allen's blog go here!

Lily,

Greetings from the badlands of Canada, and apologies for the slow reply. Rather than ramble on at length about how I feel about the various aspects of this, I'll happily state that I support you in this movement and agree that we have to act now.

I also feel strongly that the most vital step at this moment is to ensure that 'the artists', whether FAC-related or not, present a united front and a simple message. Otherwise the old 'divide and conquer' routine will be meted out to us and the artist community will be fobbed off by the ISPs, labels and government.

For example, do you/we go in with the simple message that file-sharing is wrong; or that file-sharing on a large scale is wrong; or that file sharing is an inevitability and we should focus on finding new ways of making money from music and supporting new talent?

I guess your view is that the FAC (or at least the likes of Nick Mason and Ed O'Brien) have been leaning too much towards the latter, which I would agree is not a strong enough line to be taking. If your view is that any file-sharing at all is wrong, then I can't agree with that either.

For what it's worth my opinion is that the second of those options should form the basis of the clear message that the artist community delivers to the government. Judging by the proposed 'industry statement', the FAC as a whole is ready to deliver and support that message, and if there can be agreement between them and the rest of us as to how the ISPs should 'police' large-scale piracy, and how to ensure that this doesn't become grounds for an excessive erosion of civil liberties (as Matthew says below), then that would put the artist community in a really strong position. (It also seems obvious to me that legal action should be taken against sites that blatantly encourage large-scale file-sharing, cf Pirate Bay in Sweden etc. The 'reasons' for not doing this seem very flimsy, and this issue could easily be covered by new legislation.)

The issue of how to generate money going forward seems sketchy at the moment, and presumably if we're hoping to license music to the ISPs in a TV/radio style then that would again be a matter of legislation. This doesn't appear to be covered by the current statement and is obviously pretty vital. Maybe it needs to be one step at a time - I can see the sense in that. On the other hand, it seems like this could be the moment for sweeping change that includes new licensing rules for ISPs.

Anyway, that's more than enough from me. Hopefully by articulating my thoughts I'm not merely repeating what you already think, but either way I'm with you.

See you soon,

Tim

RICHARD'S CANADIAN PHOTOBLOG

Tim's appearance in Rich's photoblog!! I personally love the second one! he's looking at me directly into my eyes!!! waaa!!!


Tim found this great little bar / restaurant in Sudbury - http://www.laughingbuddhasudbury.com/. it was great, and had a huge selection of beer. and sweet potato fries with banana ketchup (delicious).

SOVEREIGN LIGHT CAFE MP3 HQ

I'm so in love with Keane's new song that it seems pretty remarkable to mention it lately in my blog. Here's another good vid I found:



and of course Mart from the OB managed to get a better mp3, which you can listen here!!! It's well worth it!!! try it!!

SOVEREIGN LIGHT CAFE + LYRICS

Here's the same version but with better quality! Performed live in Kitchener, ON. September 19, 2009.
If you wanna download the mp3 of the vid below just click here!

LYRICS:

I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns

I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
When we thought about things we were gonna do
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too

Go down to the rides on East Parade,
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
Or I'm turning back home and I'm walking away
I'm a better man now than I was that day

Go down to the rides on East Parade,
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café

I wheel my bike off the train,
Up the North Trade Road,
Look for you on Marley Lane
In every building, every streetlight
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?

You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
You can get a big house and a faster car
You can run away boy, but you won't go far

Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
Watch night going down on the Sovereign Light Café
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café

La la la la la la la laYeah,
I'm going where the people know my name
La la la la la la la laYeah,
I'm going where the people know my name

SOVEREIGN LIGHT CAFE

Keane performing new song "Sovereign Light Cafe" Live at the Community Auditorium Thunder Bay in Sept. 17th.

It's such a beautiful and lovely song!!

Enjoy,

Isaxx

PS. You can download the mp3 here!

KEANE AT THE MOUNTAIN 103.7

For those who haven't heard the interview...btw, they played The Lovers Are Losing, Spiralling and Somewhere Only We Know. This was recorded for The Mountain 10/09/09

YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY

Yes, this time Keane surprise us with a new cover from The Beatles called "You've got to hide your love away". This was recorded during the KINK Live Lounge Performance (Portland / 9-9-09)

Enjoy it,

Isaxx

P.D.- If you want the mp3 of the song just send me an email ;)

FANS' VIDEO INTERVIEW PART 2

From KM.com,

Here's part two of Andrew and Chris's interview with the band - featuring your questions.
Click here for part one (or watch it below)

(Big thanks to Chris and Andrew for doing it)

Podcast interview pt 2 from keaneofficial on Vimeo.

these are some of my screencaps from pt2! enjoy them!!

FANS' VIDEO INTERVIEW PART 1

From KM.com,

Hello everyone,Podcasting duo Chris and Andrew from Beyond the Iron Sea here again. As you might recall, a little while ago Keane offered us the chance to put some of your questions to them in very special fans' video interview. We plucked out the best of your emails and took them along to the V Festival, where we cornered the band in their baking-hot dressing room for a grilling (almost literally). You can see the results above!

This is only part one, so don't panic if your question isn't answered this time - look out for the rest of the interview soon.

Chris and Andrew

and here it is!!

Podcast interview pt 1 from keaneofficial on Vimeo.

these are some of my screencaps. I fucking love Tim's face reaction to Tom's law! That's epic!!! can't wait for the second part and feel so bad for not sending my question on time LOL

TIM INTERVIEW BY 3VOOR12

How could I have missed it?! Anyways, I decided to publish it for the ones who didn't read it :D This is the first time Tim confirms about the mini-album. Remenber Tom talked about it in a past interview.

3VOOR12 DEN HAAG Susanne Kooijman Monday 24th August (more here)

That the British Topband Keane will perform at the Beatstad Festival has not escaped many people. The inner city of The Hague is covered with posters of the three men. 3VOOR12 the Hague had an exclusive interview with Tim Rice-Oxley, songwriter and keyboardist of Keane.

Saturday, 29th of August, time for a new edition of Beatstad. The Festival at the Hague's Malieveld has managed to book Keane as the festival closer. The band itself look very much forward to the gig. “We like to play in the Netherlands. To play for a large audience in the finale of Beatstad Festival, we think is ace. It moves us and we therefore consider it a great honour. The Dutch public was one of the first that really appreciated our music outside England. Our first show in the Netherlands we played in the Melkweg, in 2003 I believe. The Netherlands has always welcomed us with open arms, and the public always reacts to us with much enthusiasm and the music.”

Keane is Ambassador of War Child. Part of the proceeds from ticket sales from Beatstad goes to a good purpose. “War Child was one of the first to link good music to a charity. That appealed to us. But the most important thing is, of course, that I think it is unfair that children are victims of war. Children are always innocent in my view.”

The band frequently plays in sold out stadiums to often wild fans. They are not however burdened by nerves. "There's always a little bit of nerves, but doing a festival we feel it more. There the visitors don't know you that well. That keeps it exciting for us.”

On the latest album, ‘Perfect Symmetry ’, the band took a new path. "The album is very philosophical. And more positive than the last two albums, I am pretty proud of that. The texts for this album came very naturally. We just looked around us, at people and to the world. It is also an album about the love that we have for humanity. This is the vision we have on the world at this point in time.”

Tim is the main writer of the band and has therefore already considerable hits in his pocket. "My favorite song in terms of text? [long silence] That is a difficult question. I think Spiralling. On the surface, it is a very danceable and poppy song, but the text is pretty deep, if that doesn't somewhat sound arrogant of me. I have taken a long time on this text, it is a pretty complex text.”

In the back of his mind, Tim is occupied with the following album. “I am trying to write, but we are still too busy touring. It would be nice if we could record the next album again in different countries. I found Berlin to be a very inspiring city, and I would like to go back there. It is important for us to sometimes have a change of environment. You meet new people and you can see new places. Before you know it you find yourself in a strange situation, like some weird pub at 4 o'clock in the morning. That inspires us.”

Despite the fact that there won't be a new Keane album for a while, the band will however release a mini album at the beginning of next year. “It will be an album with 6 or 7 songs. Somewhat larger than an EP, so we called it a mini album. There will be new songs on it, remixes and collaberations with other artists. We will be doing some promotion for that album in the spring next year. If it is picked up in the Netherlands, then we will probably come to the Netherlands as well for some promotion."

Life is treating Tim well at the moment. His role in the band suits him just fine. “I feel very happy when I see a sea of people that enjoys our music. Smiling and crying people, and that you yourself are in the moment, then we really have the time of our lives. I love that feeling. It does give you a useful feeling, that we have a sense of purpose in life. We know what the difficulties are to see a band live. The costs and travel and, therefore, we appreciate the fact that people pay to see us. It continues to surprise me always.”

The band still has a couple of weeks of touring to do, with shows in Switzerland, Russia, America and Canada. Then there will be some peace and quiet for the band members. “ We will however go back into the studio and the mini album is also coming up. But it is good to go back to the real world, to reality. I love being with my family and friends. Nice to play some guitar. Perhaps I am shortly going to live in America for a couple of months. But I often have other mad plans, which does not mean that they will all come true!"

Keane will close the Beatstad Festival . The band's gig will start at 10 p.m.

ROCK EN SEINE AND BEATSTAD FESTIVAL VIDS

I apologised for not been updating my blog lately so, in a way of make it up I found cool vids from Rock en Seine and the Beatstad Festival just for you. The problem is, you have to be fast to spot Tim :) but the quality is good.

Rock en Seine

Crystal Ball



Nothing In My Way



Perfect Symmetry



Bedshaped



Beatstad Festival

WARNING: THIS VID CAN CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS! (I'm still recovering)

Again and Again



Under Pressure



We Might As Well Be Strangers



You Don't See Me T-T (notice Tom made a mistake in the lyrics LOL who can tell which was?)



If you wanna download all the Keane performance at the Beatstad Festival just click here. Thanks to KeaneFan90 for uploading it! :)

This is the setlist for that video

The lovers are losing
Everybody’s changing
Bend and break
We might as well be strangers
Again and again
This is the last time
Your Eyes Open (Tom solo)
Leaving so soon?
Spiralling
Is it any wonder?
You don’t see me
Perfect Symmetry
Somewhere only we know
Crystal ball
Under pressure
Bedshaped

Have a nice weekend!

Isaxx

KM.COM GIVEAWAY: WIN A SIGNED SETLIST!

From KM.com,

Well, look what we just found tucked away in our laptop case! We'd forgotten that, just as Keane were about to take to the stage at V Festival in Chelmsford, we got Tim, Tom and Richard to sign a setlist from that night's show - to give away to you folks.

If you'd like to win it, simply send an email to competitions@keanemusic.com with your name and address, before 10am (UK time) on Friday, September 11th 2009. Only one entry per person, please. First one picked at random after the closing date will be sent the setlist (wherever in the world they are).

(Notice the lack of Cast No Shadow - which really was a last minute decision)

YOUR PARIS/ HAGUE PICS

From KM.com,

As ever, you folks have come up trumps with lots of cracking pictures from Keane's festival shows in France and Holland at the weekend (although we're still waiting for some from last night's Swiss show). Click here to visit the Live Archive and check them out.

Let's start with some I chose from Paris...

Now some pics from The Hague...

All the pics were taken from the Live Archive. Credits to the fans who took them :)