We were mentioned in Keane official site www.keane.at. ! We are very happy for the trust and we promise to put more effort and accuracy in what we write from now on.


The new:

31-Oct-2006 - The official site seems to bedown (for some users at least), but you can stillaccess the official forum via the direct link:http://217.154.142.24/keane/forum/index.php

Nothing In My Way, the third single from UTIS, was released yesterday in various formats (cd single, 7" and even as USB stick), the b-sides are Thin Air and Tyderian.You can order it from all decent online stores,download shops and traditional record storesof course.

30-Oct-2006 - Two live archive additions to2005 gigs: Jeff Pando lets us use his pics of the89x Birthday Bash/Detroit and Andy Guntonsent us his Hastings Observer review of the Hastings Beer Festival.Thanks a lot!

29-Oct-2006 - Just updated the two London gigsin the live archive and we now have setlists & picsfor the complete UK tour... although it took sometime because we had to change our database to holdmore than 20 songs. When we first discussed thedatabase size Keane were playing about 13 songs pergig and we couldn't imagine over 20 songs... well, howtimes change, at the Hull gig Keane played 21 songs!Anyway, now we have space for 30 songs andwe'll wait and see how far this will go ;-)Thanks to everyone who has contributed!

You can still vote for Keane at the MTV EMA 2006!Simply click here, choose your country & click on 'vote'.You can vote for Keane in two categories, 'Group' & 'Rock'.(thanks Stell for the reminder)

Ana Gouveia and Patricia Fernandes fromPortugal sent us the link to their (English) blog: http://www.keanefas.blogspot.com/ links section (on the site)

Well...

We're gonna publish the Keane's Biography,ok?

The band was formed in 1995, by Tim Rice - Oxley ( voice, bass guitar ), Dominic Scott ( guitar and voice) and Richard Hughes ( drums ).

In 1997, Tom Chaplin ( voice and guitar ) joined the other members.

At this same time, they introduced the keyboard as an instrument.

In the next year, they decided to change to London.

In February 2000, they published their first single “ Call Me What You Like ” and in June 2001 “ Wolf At The Door ”.

Due to the lack of success and musical differences, Dominic leaves the band.

After the shock and some time without concerts, time that the members took to think about the sound of the band, they went back on to thestage.

In December 2002, with no guitars and with the piano of Tim as the main instrument, they are invited to record for Fierce Panda label.

The results are the singles “ Everybody's Changing ” and “ This is The Last Time ”.

After the success of these hit singles, the band signs with Island Records in September 2003, and, in May of the following year, theypublish their "debut" album “ Hopes and Fears ”.

The second album “ Under the Iron Sea ” was published in 12 June 2006 worldwide.

Some curiosities....

About Rich Hughes:

• The song "Put It Behind You" was written for him.
• His favourite Keane song is "Bend and Break"
• He is a vegetarian
• His favourite colour is Blue
• "i love mushrooms and cheese, often together.";
• His favourite cheese "Gruyere"
• His favourite cookies "plain chocolate Hobnobs"
• His favourite drink Tom's smoothies!

His quotes:

• "(When asked about his personal life) I'm the drummer in Keane, why would anyone give a shit?"
• "To be fair to Tim, he had to work quite hard to persuade Dominic and I to let Tom join the band. I must admit, giving someone who's already the loudest person I know a microphone wasn't something I was particularly keen on. (about Tom Chaplin)"

His Instruments:

• Richard uses a white Marine Pearl Yamaha "Maple Custom Absolute Nouveau" kit (12" rack tom, 14" and 16" floor toms, 13" snare, 22" kick), with Sabian HHX cymbals: 14" groove hats, 21" dry ride and 18" crash; as well as a hand hammered 17" crash, a groove wedge and a tambourine. He also has used other kits for American tours, and a variety of 'shaker' percussion for acoustic shows.
• As of 2006, it appears the tambourine has moved to Richard's left, above a new third floor tom. There is also a new type of Yamaha drum mic (thanks Tom!).

About Tim Rice-Oxley:

• His great-great grandfather, great grandfather, grandfather, father, mother and brother are all medical doctors.
• His car is a silver Volkswagen Golf Mark
• His favourite color is green
• His favourite foods are Italian and Greek.
• His favourite Keane song is "Fly To Me".
• Tim is married in February 2005

His quotes:

• "I don't know whether Keane will survive" in Q Magazine

His instruments:

• Yamaha CP70 (Main Piano)
• Nord Lead 3 Synth (Synthesizer)
• Fender Precision (Bass Guitar)
• Apple Computer PowerBook G4 Titanium (For bass tracking)
• Apple PowerMac G5

Professional degree:
Classics

About Tom Chaplin:

He prefers to be called"Tom" Thomas Oliver Chaplin , like his bandmate, Timothy Rice-Oxley, prefers to be called "Tim".

Known compositions

• "Call Me What You Like"
• "Closer Now"
• "Maybe I Can Change"

His instruments:

• Uses a Hammond MK2 organ for "Hamburg Song" and "Nothing In My Way". Since May 2006 a Yamaha CP60M for the distortion piano riffs on "A Bad Dream", "The Frog Prince" and "Crystal Ball", is used.
• On stage amps and effects - Similarly to Tim, in 2006 Tom began to use a Fender "Twin" amp for keyboards; and a smaller effects rack (4 bays; 2 of which are Line6 Pod XT Pros).

Professional degree:
Art History (not graduated)

Tom and Richard are reported in the media to have girlfriends - sorry girls.

Hi!!!

We’re Portuguese, we’re Paty and Ana and we’re thirteen years old.
We decided to create this blog because we love Keane and we want that everyone who likes them knows everything we know about them...
We decided to write in english so that people from other countries understand what we write ...In the next post we’ll publish keane´s biography, but first we will have to translate because our biography is in portuguese ...

Kisses and Bye- bye,
Ana and Paty