RICHARD'S NORTH AMERICA PHOTOBLOG

From KM.com,

House of Blues / Las Vegas / 1057

we've had a great first few days of the tour. i'm gonna post the photos from the stage in Oakland and LA (and they'll soon become clickable, hopefully), and various other bits from the last few days. I woke up at 5AM, just as we parked up in Las Vegas, so i went out for a wander with my camera - it was already ridiculously hot (i guess we are in a desert), but the light was amazing as the sun came up. forecast is 42 degrees C / 107 F today.

Spot Tim waving!

RICHARD'S FOREST TOUR PHOTOBLOG

From KM.com,

Home / Friday / 0930

sorry for the very late final update, but i didn't have internet access at home until yesterday. now, after a day of pointing a satellite dish at various parts of the sky, i finally do! the last forest show was great - a natural amphitheatre at Cannock Chase - a great atmosphere, another sunny day and gorgeous sunset. then we headed off to Glastonbury to take part on the 40th birthday party - it was really nice to see so many familiar faces there, and it looked (and sounded) like everyone had fun. the singing along to our cover of U2's With or Without You was ridiculously loud. With a bit of luck we'll be able to see them play there next year. So here are a few final photos - thanks so much to everyone who came along to a show, or has taken the time to look at the blog!

i know this photo looks a bit wonky, but it is lined-up straight (look at the trees!) - the whole backstage at Cannock was on a slope, but it didn't stop Tim busting out the acoustic...

anf this pic is not by Richard but it was posted by km.com on twitter... worth it!

RICHARD'S FOREST TOUR PHOTOBLOG

From KM.com,

Saturday / 0726

More pics, as promised...

Birmingham Academy

Westonbirt Arboretum

Long-time friend of the band (he saw us at the Astoria a long time ago) Mr Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall came to see us (see http://www.rivercottage.net). It turns out he's been to Raasay and knows Paul, the guy who runs my favourite blog on the planet: http://lifeattheendoftheroad.wordpress.com/ Small world!






Cannock Chase / Saturday / 1555

RICHARD'S AMERICAN PHOTOBLOG

From KM.com,

RICHARD'S PHOTOBLOG

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

RICHARD'S LATIN AMERICA PHOTOBLOG

From KM.com,

Belo Horizonte / thursday / 0250

RH: alex. artist; photographer; long-term keane collaborator. where are you right now?
AL: I'm in Brazil. I am in Tim's hotel room with you, Jesse and a [possibly slightly] drunken journalist. As. You. Do.

RH: cool. why do we have the pleasure of your company?
AL: Cos I am here to take lovely photos of your time in brazil, and if you have your way with me, as you have tonight, make me drink irresponsible amounts of alcohol on a school night.

RH: sorry about that. it's tim's fault, as usual. So what kind of glamorous evening have you had? presumably something pretty amazing?
AL: Yes of course. Y'know, the usual faces. What can I say about those that you and they haven't heard before? Oh, how we laughed... No, for me the highlight was 24 hours of travel to wind up in a Brazilian strip mall riding on Tim's back trying to joust someone off Jesse's shoulders after a wee dram or two. Erm, or something like that. Did I mention I love these guys? Oh dear. Oh dear me very much. I should be working or sleeping but I don't know where I am.

RH: on that note, i'm gonna post a couple of pics that i took on the way back, and say g'night. see you tomorrow, folks!