New informations:
As we could understand, the singer Annie Lennox (very know with the hit "Sweet Dreams") recorded Keane's song "CLOSER NOW" but with a different name "Patterns Of Life".
She says that this album "I`m very proud of these songs. They are timeless and have become `classics` in their own right."

Font: http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=5871

Hey.
We're sorry for being so away from here.

But we return with SO MANY news...


Finally Keane released their new single "Spiralling" which you can download it for free directly from their (renovated) official site keanemusic.com
The lyric of Spiralling you can find here

After many especulation, after many things the real truth is that Keane are getting better and better, are more adults, and left definetly the "Under The Iron Sea" dark era.

Welcome to the new colourful, positive and Perfect Symmetry ERA!

Q. Tell us about The Barn.
A. http://www.keanemusic.com/data/mp3/2738_tom%20answer%209.mp3

Well, The Barn is a kind of little haven of various musical instruments and people who are related to Keane, or in Keane... its a little place that we've set up. I mean, the whole process of recording is just, y'know... going to a studio, especially if you go abroad, is obscenely expensive - and in some ways is lovely and its nice to go away together on a bit of a jolly, but The Barn is basically a very easy and good place to go to get stuff done quickly and in our own time. And we love it there, we love hanging out there and we've got everything we need - and its sort of a mid-point for all our homes, so we can all sort of convene there whenever we need to get things done. I guess its just a simple easy way of getting us all together and getting our heads together... and also I guess, an easy place for Tim and Richard to store their multitude of ridiculous instruments that they don't need, that they seem to keep buying hehe... and my one microphone, which sits there on its own and feels rather lonely!

vocabulary: "a jolly" in this sense is probably best thought of as going off on a holiday with your mates for a good time.


font: keanemusic.com and official forum

TIM'S SERENITY

Q. Have you enjoyed making this album?
A. Audio

I have enjoyed it hugely, actually! It was interesting, we had Jon Brion, who's an American producer/genius musician sort-of guru kinda bloke, and he came to Paris when we first started on the main part of recording.. and he said "Go and listen to those Bowie records and Beatles records that you love and just listen to the sense of fun that the people who made those records are having!" - and I think we thought "Well y'know... We've gotta make sure that translates onto this record". And it really has I think... there's a lot of fun stuff - I mean, y'know its not a joke record, its not a kind of parody or anything of Keane... its a very serious and thoughtful record, I guess, but at the same time the sound of it, sonically, its a lot more fun and I think the reason is because we were having a lot more fun. We wanted to get involved in all kinds of crazy percussion and backing vocals and y'know, using instruments that we wouldn't have dreamed of using before... and I think y'know, part of that was just that we'd had a break, we feel so much closer as a unit now, we had such a good time touring in 2007 that it just... it just made us feel sort-of alive again as a band and so, y'know I just think... well, its ironic because I think we wanted to, with the second record we said that we wanted it to be a record that made us feel alive again after sort-of finding touring getting a bit kind of... well, touring became a bit of a drag, it became something that went on too long and that we weren't enjoying. But in the end, Under The Iron Sea just became a very dark and upsetting record - I mean, I personally think a very good record, but not a particularly pleasant experience to make. Y'know, I guess that happens in the life of a band, there are times and there are records that get made where those things happen - but this whole process has been completely different. We've been away to Berlin a couple of times, we've been away to Paris together, we've been up at our barn together and its that togetherness and that feeling that we're all kinda pulling in the same direction - and we're excited about making music again and doing it in a fun way. Its really infected this record with that sense of fun, and for me its been by far and away the most enjoyable record-making process I've had with Keane, and I think that probably could be said for the others as well.

more in www.keanemusic.com

What Tom says:
Sometimes there might have been up to a hundred vocal takes that we did, but actually y'know, the final few we'd have picked one where we've gone "That whole vocal is pretty much bang on, its pretty much perfect". Its nice to have that because you get a sort of sense of continuity through the song... y'know, if you listen to a very poppy band, you know that the lyrics were composite takes that had come from 20 or 30 efforts at it and they may not have that sense of soul and continuity to them. But we really wanted to make sure that we got that with this album and so it did sort of end up that I suddenly hit a sort of "rich seam" of vocals and that was towards the end of the recording process. SO, most of them have got a feeling of "one take wonder" - I was pretty pleased with the way I was singing the songs by the end.

http://www.keanemusic.com/data/mp3/2727_t6.mp3

CURATE A NIGHT FOR WAR CHILD


This will be the name of the Keane's DVD about their live gig's for War Child.

This DVD will show more artists than Keane, for example, Lily Allen, The Magic Numbers, Pet Shop Boys, and Guillemots.

More details about the dvd check this

Tracklisting/ Additional Info:
1. (From Now On All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers – Teddy Thompson
2. You Finally Said Something (When You Said Goodbye) – Teddy Thompson
3. Nobody Cared – Findlay Brown
4. Don’t You Know I Love You – Findlay Brown
5. Cold Hands (Warm Heart) – Brendon Benson & Keane
6. Tiny Spark – Brendan Benson & Keane
7. Love Me Like You – Magic Numbers
8. Integral – Pet Shop Boys
9. Being Boring – Pet Shop Boys
10. Smile – Lily Allen & Keane
11. Everybody's Changing – Lily Allen & Keane
12. Crystal Ball – Keane
13. Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
14. Under Pressure – Keane
15. Bedshaped - Keane

Bonus Material:
16. Guillemots - Trains To Brazil
17. Backstage: Interviews & behind the scenes footage with the performing artists.
18. Keane - The Night Sky - Original Music video [complete with 'Making-of' Footage]
19. War Child Stories

Release date:
Monday,15 September 2008

Price:
£ 14.99, USD 29.23, € 18.89

More details come here or discuss in the official Keane's forum

Leaving So Soon?

Today we'll publish a Keane's video compilation, that could really be a video, but here he goes.
The artist is named:"Locust".

Keane's Last Post

Q. If you're recording a lyric that Tim's written, do you have to fully understand that lyric before you sing it?
A. http://www.keanemusic.com/data/mp3/2721_tom%20answer%203.mp3 (audio)

What Tom answers:

You know what, I think probably yes, but I think I do anyway... I mean, my own interpretation is obviously important, or as important, but we know each other so well and all the stuff that we talk about sort of infects Tim's writing anyway - and y'know, we're quite passionate people and we get fairly het up, I think recently especially about kind of issues on the way we all act as human beings. I think everyone would probably, or most people would probably agree that its a fairly grim time in terms of humankind at the moment - we're sort of at a tipping point where I don't know and I don't think many other people know exactly where its going, and there's a lot of sort-of "philosophising" on the record and trying to sort-of work out who we are and what we should do next. And also just trying to explain some of the things that are happening around us and some of the crazy things that people seem to do... and what drives them to do those things, y'know - whether that's celebrity culture that we seem to have in our country, or (sigh) the lovely world of terrorism, corporations and superpowers. Those are things that we talk about, so they've infected the songs and from that perspective, I think I have a real grip on what Tim's written about and I would say they're songs that come from all three of us in a lyrical sense.

Vocabulary: Two notes on this one - in case non-English speakers are confused, "het up" is a phrase that means "worked up", to get annoyed or angry about something in a passionate way (at least that's the best translation you'll get from me when I'm just out of bed!). Also, when he says "... the lovely world of terrorism, corporations and superpowers", its said sarcastically... it doesn't come across when its transcribed.

Probably many of you had received KWN as I did, but i´ll post this great new here.

COMING TO A COFFEE TABLE NEAR YOU...

Hello again. We've got some exciting news for you, so we thought we'd drop you a quick line.


RICHARD AND ROB MAKE PHOTO BOOK!




We'll let Richard explain this one:

hi there everyone. i just wanted to tell you all about a book of photos that i'm putting together with rob, our lighting designer. as many of you will know, we've both put plenty of photos up on keanemusic.com over the last couple of years, and a few people suggested we put out a book. we thought that was a great idea! it's a collection of pics that we've taken over the last two years of touring, and should be published sometime in the autumn. there's a website with some sample images here: www.rnrkeane.com

we're still working away at the barn, trying to tie up a few more songs ready for mixing. it's sounding very alive and energetic, like a band in a room having fun.

richard

Tom's Blog and some photos








We'll try to make this more actualize =)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
(Dia Da Mãe - In Portugal)

Today Keane's gif is Jesse Quin (their colaborater in the new album) going down the
escalators and Tim and another guy (we think is Tom) stopping his "escape".
HILARIOUS!

See you soon, and we hope with more news about them.

Thanks!

Sorry !
With classes we don't have so much time to come here and post with quality.
But we decided to share with you this excellent and funny video, about KEANE! Of course.
This is a funny way to see their studium and how their work.

We promise we'll keep our blog more actualize.

See you and ENJOY!

If you have any sugestion for Keane's Third album, send us an email or a leave us a comment.

KEANE DETAILED INFORMATIONS ABOUT THEIR THIRD ALBUM

First, all the credits go to a Keane fan Chris Flynn who wrote everything you'll see here.
This text is based in Keane quotes,interviews and posts in their official site.
Once again, this wasn't wrote by us but by a Keane's fan called Chris Flynn.

Album title - Song titles mentioned - Black Burning Heart, Playing Along
(falsely quoted as Playing Away) , Perfect Symmetry, 'YHTMA'
Written - February 2007 onwards
Recorded - February 2008 onwards
Recorded at:
+ le Studio de la Grande Armée, Paris, France - 11th February to 23rd February *.
+ Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany - 4th March onwards
Produced - Jon Brion (Paris), Stuart Price (Berlin - from 14th March)
Additional personnel - Jesse Quin (bass)
Mixed -
Label - Universal (Island / Interscope)
Latest quoted release date - 'late September 2008' (31 December 2007).

- Details: -
14 March 2008 - Tim - keanemusic.com - message
+ Stuart Price has arrived to work on the sessions in Berlin.
+ "Richard's massive '80s drum sounds"
+ "[We] are agreed that the more tasteless and uncool we can make our music the
better, and that only when you lose the fear of breaking the unwritten rules of musical
etiquette can you make a really great album."

29 February 2008 - Richard - keanemusic.com - message
+ The band left France after two weeks, with "five tracks <...> well on the way".
+ Jesse Quin is recording basslines (previously played bass at Union Chapel and Warchild
gigs in November 2007)
+ One of the new songs is titled 'Playing Along' as opposed to 'Playing Away'
+ Song title mention: 'YHTMA' (may be an abbreviation).
Discuss In The Official Forum

15 February 2008 - Tim - keanemusic.com - message
+ The band spent "3 weeks working on songs in Sussex" (presumably the barn).
+ "We're now in Paris recording".
+ Jon Brion is working on the sessions in Paris.
Discuss In The Official Forum

23 January 2008 - Richard - keanemusic.com - Q&A
+ "I guess I might sing on the record".
Discuss In The Official Forum

18 January 2008 - Tom - keanemusic.com - Q&A
+ "There's a new song called 'Perfect Symmetry', which is the best song that Tim has
ever written. A true classic and also a song for our times. I can't wait to start singing
it to you lot out there. You won't be disappointed."
Discuss In The Official Forum

31 December 2007 - Feature - Q Magazine, February 2008
+ "currently being written in a converted barn in Sussex."
+ More than 20 songs for possible inclusion.
+ Aim to finish recording in late summer, with a view to September release.
+ Possibly released as 4 EPs.
+ Tim affirms the benefits of "throwing things down quickly".
+ Tim: "...There's something to be said for having a minimalist approach: just drums,
bass and voice."
+ Tom: "Some of them have a very classic feel. These could have come off a Talking
Heads album. Or a U2 record from the '80s. Or a classic Bowie record."
+ Tom: "Perfect Symmetry sounds like something off [Bowie's 1973 album] Aladdin
Sane."
+ Song titles mentioned: Black Burning Heart, Playing Along (quoted as Playing Away),
Perfect Symmetry.
Discuss In The Official Forum

6 August 2007 - Richard - keanemusic.com fans interview
+ "We've got some time in our barn, the HQ, which we're going to spend working on
stuff in advance"
+ "We've said in the past that we don't want to just churn out records that are the same"
+ "Maybe we'll try something that's as empty as possible. There's certainly elements of
that that you could experiment with. You could try and be more minimal in your approach
with instruments and try to get a bit more funk in there. We'll see! Or it might just be a rock
album – you know, I don't know."
Discuss In The Official Forum

15 June 2007 - Tim - Planet Sound - interview
+ "Yes, [Tom]'s writing quite a bit. But, more importantly, we're trying to pool our
resources creatively. It's not the basic writing, it's getting in a room, taking a basic
form and having input."
+ "What are the new songs' lyrics like?
Quite philosophical in places. I've just written a song I'm very pleased with which is
about small-town America, it's quite a rant. I'm not a big fan of its religious small-minded
nature. There are a lot of good things about small-town US, like the community feel, but a
lot of appalling things too."
+ "How do the five winning songs sound?
Quite a variety, which is why it's hard to say too much. It's very early days. Some take a
direct line from Under The Iron Sea, a song like Leaving So Soon. The other side of the
songs is newer. One is very, very different. It's more of a Kanye West vibe. It's fantastic,
it's got some great stuff in it, a very exciting piece of music. The name of it keeps changing."
Discuss In The Official Forum

12 April 2007 - Tim - keane.fr - interview
+ "Tom wants to try one of our news songs as a kind of a duet, a bit like 'Two Of Us' by
The Beatles, so we'll see how that sounds!"

3 April 2007 - Tim - keanemusic.com - interview
+ "Well, we've actually spent the last four days working on new songs, which has
been pretty exciting. <...> It's good to be playing together, working songs up in an
organic way rather than just layering them in the studio. <...> They're sounding
really great."
Discuss In The Official Forum

20 February 2007 - Tom - keanemusic.com interview
+ "Tim made a compilation of about 15 or 20 songs."
Discuss In The Official Forum

* Jesse posted a picture of an empty studio room to Flickr taken on 23rd February.
Tim's posting on the 15th suggests the band were in Paris on the Monday, so
we can assume the sessions were between 11th and 23rd.

(Wrote by Chris Flynn)
: Portuguese version click here

Latest photos:

2008-03-21 11:51:00 2008-03-20 09:24:00 2008-03-19 19:01:00 2008-03-19 11:41:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

To blogmaster, Ana Catarina. Today is her birthday (almost in the end)

And I only wanted to wish her the best in her life, with many Keane, but also friendship, love and everything great!

I know, she is a great person and she is more than perfect, because she is one of my best friends!

Thanks for everything Ana!

And thanks for everything, you've done for this blog and our forum and especially, what you've done for me!

Keane Lastest Photos





Still waiting for more news about Keane and their Third Album =)

Until that moment we just have to wait... And wait... And wait...

Tim's Last Blog

Tim wrote about Berlin.

Let's check





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TOM'S BIRTHDAY

Thomas Oliver Taylor Chaplin, was born in East Sussex, England in March 8, 1979.

• Tom's Life and Career

David Chaplin and Sally Taylor, had a baby on March 8,1979, with a name. A few weeks before Tim Rice Oxley's brother, also called Tom. He started a beautiful friendship with both that remains today.
His father was Vinehall School's headmaster in Robertsbridge, so both friends studied there.
With Rice-Oxley, Tom attended Tonbridge School.Here they met Richard Hughes and Dominic Scott (an original member who left the band in 2001).During his time at Vinehall School, Tom acted in several school plays and was part of the school's choral group.
In 1995,Tim, Richard and Dominic started their first band "The Lotus Eaters". It was a cover band that played U2,Oasis and Beatles at Sussex pubs.

• Keane

Tom was invited to join the band by Tim in 1997, when the name "The Lotus Eaters" was changed to "Cherry Keane". Later "Cherry" was removed from the name. The name was used to represent eternal friendship since the band members all knew who Cherry Keane was.

In July 1997, Tom went to South Africa for his gap year, during the rest of the band were preparing themselves for a gig. When Richard went to take Tom a year later, on July 3 1998, his first words were, "We've got a gig in ten days." This would be the band's first performance at the Hope & Anchor pub on July 13 1998. Chaplin then began studying for a degree in art history at the University of Edinburgh, before leaving to pursue his music career in London.

Tom shared a flat with Tim in Stoke Newington and they tried to get money for rehearsal time. Tom worked at a publishing company where his chief responsibility was to carry boxes.

With Scott in the line-up as the lead guitarist, Chaplin had to play the acoustic guitar. Since Scott left in 2001, he primarily takes lead vocal, but also plays the organ on "Hamburg Song" during some live gigs, as well as a distorted piano for newer songs on their second album. He also took part in Band Aid 20's re-recording of Do They Know It's Christmas? in November of 2004 doing a solo on the line "feed the world", something that hadn't been done on previous versions where all artists sang.

• Drug rehabilitation

On August 22 2006, Tom Chaplin revealed that he was receiving treatment for alcohol and drug abuse problems. He left the Priory Clinic in London on October 6 but is still receiving treatment.

• Equipment

Chaplin 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.

He also has been playing the acoustic guitar in songs like "Your Eyes Open" since the 2006 UK tour, and during 2007 an acoustic solo of "Broken Toy".

• Known Compositions

"Call Me What You Like"
"Closer Now"
"The Silence Of An Alien"

• Keane Songs Dedicated to him

"Hamburg Song" : About Rice-Oxley's hopes to be still a friend for Chaplin.
"Broken Toy" : About Chaplin's indifference.
"Thin Air" : Though not declared, strong lyrics make it obvious.
"Maybe I Can Change" : Written by Rice-Oxley with forgiveness lyrics for Chaplin and one of the songs written the latter.

SPECIAL EDITION:
'WHY TOM MAKES US SO HOT?' http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=DQsvtNtP9gY

Happy Birthday Tom!

Tom is a movie maker?

Well. We can say yes he is. A amateur,but he is!

We saw the video and it's very simple but we laughed a lot during those six minutes of pure british comedy.

It has a french title, because Keane are in Paris, recording their new album.
"Keane Allant Acheter Des Claviers"
> Keane Going To Buy the Keyboards

in the beginning it says: 'Un film de Tom Chaplin' > A Movie by Tom Chaplin.
After it says: 'Keane Allant Acheter Des Claviers' Quinze Fevrier 2008 > Keane Going To Buy the Keyboards February 15th 2008

Well now Tom's work of art!




http://rapidshare.com/files/94020540/YouTube_-_Keane_Allant_Acheter_Des_Claviers.avi.html

(Thanks Lora - portuguese forum)

The last Keane's post

Armoire Electrique = Electric Cabinet

During this days, this will be Keane's posts. So we continue expecting their new site!

If you have attention, go to keanemusic.com as you can, they change the template colour sometimes, we've seen green,pink,red,grey and today blue!


Thanks for watching

A Video Of Keane 'To Entertain You'




We hope you like!

New VISUAL

As A Keane's fansite, we're glad to say that Keane decided to change their Site visual. During this days you'll only see a simple post (as you can check in their site).

They're,now, in Paris recording their album with a great producer Jon Brion and we are expecting more news!

In their newsletter, they say that this 'new' visual isn't forever and it's a provisory thing! So keep your eye here and in Keanemusic. Yes,we'll change our visual too

In Another Youtube Trawl

This is a very simple and silly idea.

With the video of 'Everybody's Changing', using "a Mexican song from Los Palmeras called 'Bombon' - bombon is like marshmallow".

Keane's Interview For 'ManiaTV!'

Tim answers to Fans Questions

"My question is this: There're some bands that have a clear objective (like does Bono with U2 for example)...With your music, in general do you have an aim? Why do you do music?"
JiMe from Argentina
Tim replies: That's a big question. I love writing songs because it enables me to express thoughts and ideas and feelings that I seem to be incapable of expressing in any other way. I think the same is true of the band as a whole - when we play together we seem to be able to say something more powerful than any of us could say as individuals. It's a magical thing about being in a band. So that in itself is enough really. However, we've always admired people who consciously use their music to deliver a message of some sort. There are many great examples, from the protest songs of the 60s to the rave music of the 90s. Over the last few years we've become better at deliberately articulating specific ideas in our songs - 'Is It Any Wonder?' for example, or 'A Bad Dream', or even something like 'Atlantic'. That's really exciting for us. You have to be careful not to let the process become too contrived, or you'll lose the soul of the music. But for me probably the best thing about being in a band is hearing that one of our songs has had some kind of profound impact on someone, especially when it's someone on the other side of the world who speaks a different language and has a completely different experience of life. I can't explain how that works, but it's an incredible feeling and I suppose that's why we "do music".

"In your songs, you talk a lot about getting older. Is there a reason for the similar topic among the songs, or does it just happen that this is?"
Rachel
Tim replies: I constantly have the feeling that I'm trying to catch up, that I'm running late for something very important in my life. I think that's partly because it took us so long to get any recognition as a band. We made a lot of sacrifices in our twenties in order to keep the band together, and so now we have the opportunities we have I constantly feel that I need to do as much as possible to make up for lost time, and that time is always moving too fast for me. I'm sure it's a pretty common sensation. Plus I feel very youthful and I live in fear of settling in some kind of resigned lethargy as I get older. I hope I'll be one of those mischievous old people who always acts like a teenager, and my kids will dread bringing their kids to see me because I teach them rude words and make them listen to old fuddy-duddy music (Aphex Twin, Radiohead, etc) at deafening volumes.

"Who is James Sanger? How did he get a writing credit on such songs as 'Bedshaped' and 'This is the Last Time'?"
Kara
Tim replies: It's a long story, and judging from the current discussion on the forum, one that's long overdue to be cleared up! James is what's known as a programmer - someone who specialises in adding interesting parts of one sort or another (usually beats and synth parts) to a recording. Back in 2000, before we had a record deal, we worked on some songs with a producer called Mark Wallis. If I remember rightly Mark was working on another project at the time, and had asked James to help out on that project.

Anyway, a few months later James came down to see us while we were doing our weekly rehearsal at Backstreet Studios on Holloway Road. He had recently bought a farmhouse in France with a view to building a studio there, and he asked us if we wanted to spend some time there recording. We were feeling pretty desperate at the time so it was a really exciting offer. We had agreed all this with him when we were a four piece guitar band, but a few days before we went out to France, Dominic (our guitarist) decided to leave the band. I remember we were very nervous about telling James because we thought he might change his mind about working with us, but we persuaded him
that it would be really fun to make a more electronic album, which was more his area of expertise anyway.

James knew we didn't have any money to pay for his time or the use of his studio so we cut a deal with him whereby we agreed to give him a percentage of the publishing royalties from any resulting recordings if they were released commercially. He would also receive a reduced royalty if the songs we worked on were released in a different form - ie not the versions we recorded with him in France. At the time we'd never made a single penny from any royalties, so it all seemed like a pretty good deal! Publishing royalties are the royalties paid to the writers of a song, and if you get a cut of the royalty it means you get credited as a songwriter. We worked on four of the 'Hope And Fears' songs at James's place in France, hence he is credited as a songwriter on those songs, even though they were all already completely written before we worked with him, and even though the versions on the record are massively different from the versions we did with him.

James helped us out immensely by giving us the use of his studio and equipment, and also by teaching us how to record music using a computer. The latter has been especially useful over the years, enabling us to record demos at home. We never released any of the recordings we made in France, but the four songs from H&F did include some parts that we wrote and recorded while at James' studio. They also include a few bits of programming that James actually did himself - eg the great drum loop that's tucked in under Richard's drums in 'Sunshine', that big fat kick drum on 'She Has No Time', and the cool bass sound in the middle eight of 'This Is The Last Time'.

Sadly James does tend to pop up on TV every few months claiming to have written lots of songs for us, invented the Keane sound, kicked Dom out of the band, or whatever, but I think that's just something you have to put up with when you have a bit of success! He helped us out when we needed a boost, and we'll always be grateful for that.

I told you it was a long story!

"Dear Tim. Can you tell me who is that person talking at the end of the song 'The Iron Sea' and what is he saying??"
Sharon-From Ecuador
Tim replies: Er, I'm pretty sure it's me. I remember listening to the individual track when I edited together the Magic Shop version of 'The Iron Sea', but I don't think you can really hear what I'm saying. At one point you can hear me singing a little Mellotron line from the end of 'Airbag' by Radiohead though.....there's a geeky piece of trivia if ever there was one!

"Tim - I've watched so many live videos of you guys and you get so into playing. It's like you lose yourself in the music. How does that feel?"
Yire
Tim replies: It feels deeply surreal. I think maybe I have to lose myself in the music because I'd be too terrified to play otherwise. If I ever thought about the fact that there are thousands of people watching me play, I'd probably freak out completely.

"Hi. There's a song of your last album that i like very much Atlantic. Everyday i saw the video clip of this music but i can't understand it very well. I really wanna know what's the true message you guys want to pass for us. Could you solve this problem for me? Thank you."
Nilo Daniel
Tim replies: You'd really need to ask Irvine Welsh, as he wrote and directed the video. I felt that he was picking up on the "fear of dying alone" aspect of the song. For me, the video is about mortality, about clinging on to worldly things even as the shadow of death creeps towards us. So a jolly little number.... but then you wouldn't expect anything else from Irvine. The man's a genius.

"Tim, why do you never talk on stage? Even Brendan Benson had to introduce himself and YOU although you were the host at the War Child gig in London."
Lena
Tim replies: I don't like the sound of my voice.

"Hi Tim! I recently noticed that when you played 'We Might As Well Be Strangers' live, which is one of my favourite songs, you played it half a tone higher than on 'Hopes & Fears'. Is there any particular reason why you do it this way for gigs?"
Martin
Tim replies: The verses of the song are quite low for Tom's vocal range. On the record that gives them a nice intimacy, but when we came to play it live it felt like the verses were getting lost. Putting the song up a key meant Tom could project the melody a bit more, which is pretty crucial when you're trying to fill a big venue with delicate emotions.

"Hi Tim. Do you like the cover of your song 'Everybody's Changing' by Lily Allen?"
Cindy, Colombia
Tim replies: I love it. I find it very flattering when anyone covers one of our songs, but I particularly like Lily's cover. It's full of energy and really gives a new slant to the song. We played it in that sort of reggae/bluebeat style when we played it with her at the War Child show in November, and we all really enjoyed playing in a different style. It was quite refreshing for us as musicians just to do something different.

"Tim, in your opinion, which is the best song that you composed?"
Gabriela Kozakievich, from Argentina
Tim replies: I think probably 'Atlantic'. Or possibly 'Leaving So Soon?' Tom's convinced that the new songs we're working on are better than anything we've done before, so hopefully one of those is the best I've ever written.....I'll let you be the judge of that...!

"Have you ever felt like composing harder music and dressing up like KISS??"
Fatima
Tim replies: I wouldn't mind up a bit more dressing up I must admit. Putting on any sort of mask, real or imaginary, is a good way of freeing yourself up to do new things that you wouldn't normally do. As far as harder music goes, I always feel like I'm the only person on the planet who didn't go through some sort of hard rock/heavy metal phase as a teenager. I feel kind of embarrassed about it actually, as I feel I should be able to enthuse about Iron Maiden and Kiss an so on. I do like a good rock song, but I can't be doing with those interminable guitar solos where the notes get faster and faster and higher and higher. It's hard to take most rock music seriously once you've watched This Is Spinal Tap.

Keane Last Newsletter

Keane's last newsletter from 8th February 2008.

Keane-related videos (Youtube)

Doctor Who - Everybody's Changing

: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdmDIedst7o

sent in by an anonymous Keane fan,which features a young fellow "playing a few Keane Songs on my PVC Instrument".

: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmGp8isKCg

Keane Argentina makes a version of 'Under Pressure'

: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4NXU9BDF_M

Any video you want to share just send an email to the official keanemusic electronic address

RICHARD ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS

Keane's drumming dude tackles your Ask Keane posers...

Yes, following Tom's answers last week, we're back with more answers to the questions which you folks have sent in via the Ask Keane section of the Ezine. This time, it's the turn of Mr Richard Hughes to face your queries...

"Hi Richard! You toured around in 2007 very much! Aren't you tired?"
Markus
Richard replies: I'm very well thanks Markus. We had quite a long break at the end of the year (because we are so lucky) and had a chance to catch up on some sleep. In fact, we are feeling very good - we've just started on new tracks and it's been the most fun we've had in a very long time. The new songs are great fun to play, and we're all just enjoying hanging out in our studio, making a lot of very bad jokes. Tom's wearing our Argentina flag as a cape at the moment.

"Do you like video games or anime?"
Gerardo
Richard replies: Hi Gerardo. there are games consoles on most tourbuses, so I sometimes end up playing them, but I'm not very good, except the driving games which I really like! I've watched a few films such as Princess Mononoke, and loved them, but I'm not an expert on anime. I just asked Tim and it turns out I can't even say it right. He's very clever you know...

"Richard. Will we be hearing your voice on the 3rd Keane album? I think your voice is rather good. And you show such enthusiasm when you sing live."
Kaili Steele
Richard replies: Thanks Kaili. I've always trusted that enthusiasm is a good substitute for ability! I guess I might sing on the record - I did my first ever recorded vocals on 'Under Pressure' and it was really satisfying. I'll show the others your question and ask them when they stop laughing at me!

"Hi Richard. I want to know, when did you learn play the drums?"
Couty
Richard replies: Hi to you too Couty. The drums were often my favourite part of a song when I was growing up, so I guess I started listening to them a long time before I started to play - I think I was 17 when I began playing, but I loved it, and immediately started to play whenever I could. As soon as I had a kit at home I'd play for hours, putting on album after album on headphones and trying to play along. All the Britpop records from Blur, Oasis, Elastica, The Bluetones, plus Radiohead, as well as pretty much the entire Beatles back catalogue, Bowie...

"Dear Richard, thank you for your music. I have listened to your (high-hat) work on 'The Frog Prince' and I cannot figure out how you are doing it? It sounds awesome but you cannot be as fast as Kieth Moon 'bro. It would take a third arm to smack that snare. Is that particular sound dubbed? Thank you for your music and inspiration. You are awesome."
Frank
Richard replies: Wow, thanks Frank, that's unbelievably kind of you. I'd recommend the Keith Moon biog 'Dear Boy' in case you haven't read it. I thought the hats on 'The Frog Prince' were played live, two handed - you can hear that the first half of the song is just played because the hats aren't there whenever the snare is played. The tambourine was overdubbed and kind of disguises that, but it was played as a take. But... I've just dug out the CD and had a listen, and I'm not sure but I think there might be an overdubbed double hat on there towards the end of the song, but I imagine that would be from the demo that Tim will have programmed. To be sure we'd have to open up the Protools file and have a look. Sorry i can't remember for sure! Thanks for asking, though - I really enjoyed listening back to it.

"What is your favorite Beatles song?"
Abby
Richard replies: I really love 'Revolver', and in particular the drums on 'She Said, She Said'. I think it's amazing, and may well be my favourite song. Ringo is such an amazing drummer.

"Richard, do you ever develop your own film and photos, or do you get them done for you? I was wondering if you enjoy time in the darkroom as much as you do snapping pictures?"
Eva Barrett
Richard replies: Hi Eva, I have developed some black and white pics in the last year, but I don't do it enough! I haven't got a darkroom at home but I hope to soon. I have a polariod pinhole camera which love - you get the pics pretty much instantly, but that's as close as I've come to it recently.

"This question is for Richard. I always laugh much when I read what you write, because you seem to be really funny!! How do you keep your good mood even with the pressure and the long time away from family??"
Maria Isabel Nobre
Richard replies: Thanks Maria! I'm glad you enjoy the blogs. Hanging out with my pals is a pretty good lifestyle and tends to keep the mood up. We have a great touring party of band and crew, and often the other bands on a tour are great to hang out with too. It's really the most amazing lifestyle we have, even though we are sometimes away from home more than we would like. It doesn't really compare to doing a real job, so I can't complain! I think the bottom line is that we are idiots at heart and enjoy laughing at pretty much anything.

"Hello, I would like to know what's the name of the font you use in 'Under The Iron Sea', 'cause I really like It..."
Tom Cappiello
Richard replies: Hi Tom. I don't know but I have it somewhere on my computer - I wonder if we can make it available as a download if people want it - erm, can we, clever Keane internet people?! Hello? Anyone out there?
[Great idea Rich, we'll ask... - km.com]

"Richard- somewhere i read that you were a fan of Tegan and Sara, what's your favourite song of theirs?"
Charlotte
Richard replies: Hi Charlotte. I am a fan, and was lucky enough to go into the studio where Chris Walla and Jason McGerr were recording drums for their most recent album, 'The Con', and I love the recent single 'Back In Your Head' - it's definitely worth checking out. I think they are fabulous, and yet they are so rarely on the radio. I think it was our excellent production manager, Ant, who pointed me in their direction and I am very grateful. He has good taste!

"How was your New Year 's Eve? How did you celebrate it?"
Wendy Stavig
Richard replies: Hi Wendy, it was great, thanks. I stayed at home. I hope you had a nice time wherever in the world you were. I have to admit that I don't really get the whole celebration thing, I just feel that with every year that passes we are getting further and further into what I once saw as "the future", where things were supposed to be better, but (and here comes the rant, so stop reading if you don't want to hear it)... we are still at war, America is getting ever more like an empire, and less like the way Americans I've met want it to be, yet the checks and balances that are built into the constitution are not being used, and the rest of the world is just looking on in horror, powerless or too scared, or too poor and oppressed to say anything. It's now 6 years since the first prisoners (some of them children as young as 13) were taken to Guantanamo, for example, and they still languish there. The USA and UK continue to spend untold billions and trillions on an illegal war, having already killed an estimated 150,000 to 1 million Iraqis - I wonder if George Bush, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown think all those people are better off dead than they were under Saddam Hussein. Equally tragic is the ongoing loss of life and limb for the "allied" troops - the thousands of soldiers killed, injured and affected, many of whom are injured because of inadequate resources to do the job, and then come home to find inadequate healthcare. How can our governments be so uncaring? Meanwhile, our new prime minister has actually done little to suggest anything more than a continuing obedience to American decisions (despite what he may claim to the contrary) and our media basically chooses not to report it. All I can do is try to become more informed, and that's where Amnesty International; Truthdig; Democracy Now; the Bill Moyers journal; Alternet; Human Rights Watch; the Center for Constitutional Rights and a million other organisations come in, and is the reason we put on the War Child shows last year. My over-riding thought as we entered 2008 was that we could do so much better than this.

KEANE ARTISTS (competition)

Well.. A few times ago, Paty had the idea to create a special competition.
In this special competition everyone can participate and the idea of it is anyone who want to share their arts of Keane, includes drawings,paints,poems,EVERYTHING is avaiable!

But we have some rules:
-Only Keane are avaiable, you can make something about the three guys or only with one of them but Keane have to be there
-Ofensive and critics for Keane aren't avaiable, this is a competition for people who like Keane and want to show their passion with their arts
-You have to send your arts (more then one but not more than 7), with your name and country for our email keanefas@hotmail.com
-You have to sign your arts with your artistic or real name but if any of your arts are without name you won't except it
-Everything is avaiable as we've said, drawings,paints,poems,photography,anything is avaiable!

Keane and 'Everything About Keane!' are waiting for you!

We start with a special girl called Samantha, from Brazil (check the Fan Of The Month)


Here are her arts



















- Keane_The Collage















- Tom (1)




















- Tom (2)

- Keane (the three)

See you soon Keane Artists! and KEANE LUCK!

Tom Answer to Fans Question

You can make a question to Keane in the EZINE section 'Ask Keane' of the official site.

Today Tom answer to the questions and in a few days we'll get Richard and Tim's answer for Keane (great and very personally) questions

Let's check them

"Dear Tom. My question is, how you do always have your voice so tuned?"
Romina
Tom replies: Practice and luck.

"Hi Tom! I wonder if you are related to Charlie Chaplin?"
Siri
Tom replies: So do I! Recently, I've become obsessed by a British TV series called "Who Do You Think You Are?" in which various famous people are helped by a genealogist to find out about their ancestors and the social history that surrounds them. It's often a very moving experience and something I've even considered doing on a private basis! Chaplin is quite an unusual name and although Charlie Chaplin spent a large portion of his life in America, he was born in England. Anyway, I'd be very interested to find out.

"Hi Tom, what is your favourite colour?"
Lauren
Tom replies: All of them. Kaleidoscopes make my brain go funny. Does that count?

"Tom - What is your favourite Keane song?"
Miri
Tom replies: There's a new song called 'Perfect Symmetry', which is the best song that Tim has ever written. A true classic and also a song for our times. I can't wait to start singing it to you lot out there. You won't be disappointed.

"Tom, is it true that you had (or have) a rabbit called 'Biffo'?
Ana Catarina
Tom replies: No. I have two ducks called Hannah and Wayne that potter around on my pond. There were originally five of them but I reckon my builders ate them when they were working on my house. My girlfriend has a miniature poodle (and no it doesn't have a stupid haircut) that I've grown to love. They're actually reckoned to be one of the most intelligent dogs of them all, although this unfortunately also makes him one of the most defiant, spoilt and arrogant dogs I've ever encountered. Those traits seem to have come to the forefront since I've known him. Every dog is like its owner etc… Somehow he seems to get away with it, though. Is that me or the dog? Who knows?

"Tom, what's the most important thing in your life?"
Esmeralda Duenas
Tom replies: It flits between cricket and golf. Followed by the wonderful people I have in my life. As you can tell, my priorities are as confused as I am.

"Tom, can you hold a note for 20.2 seconds (like Morten Harket does in 'Summer Moved On')?
Danielle
Tom replies: I met Morten Harket once and he's the healthiest looking man I've ever encountered. He probably has lungs like hot air balloons. How can I compete with that?

"Tom, I'd like to know how do you take care of your voice? I'm asking because I intend to be a vocalist someday and my biggest fear is to wake up without my voice in the day of a performance! Have it ever happened to you?"
Maria Isabel
Tom replies: My voice only really goes when I get a throat infection or a bad cold. Then there was the War Child gig in Manchester where I had a terrible stomach bug – voice was fine but the rest of my body was a mess. Normally though I'm very lucky that my voice seems to be pretty robust. I do a lot of warming up and I look after my body very well on tour these days…which really helps.

"Tom, what is your favourite football team?"
George Papadakis
Tom replies: Ipswich Town. Wouldn't die for them though. Mainly because they're a bit shit.

"Tom, I am from Costa Rica and I think you guys are amazing. I just wanna know, what do you do when you feel alone?"
Tiffany
Tom replies: Wow, that comes across as an extremely philosophical question. I feel that living in these times we have more distractions and more opportunities to communicate; and yet it seems like there's more loneliness and unhappiness than ever before. Solitude is fine so long as that's what you really want. I like spending time on my own but I don't like being stuck on my own with a lot of bottled up anxieties. My answer, for what it's worth, is to try to talk to someone if you feel alone, however hard that might seem. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the old cliché of "a problem shared is a problem halved" is very helpful. Whenever I feel alone, it's because I'm stuck with problems and parts of my personality that I don't particularly like. I've spent a fair amount of time over the last year or two trying to articulate those feelings to other people, especially the people closest to me. Anyway, before I start sounding like some awful pseudo-psychiatrist, I'll be on my way.


Lots of love to you all.


Goodbye. Tom

CHICKEN OUT!

Tim writes about the Chicken Out! campaign

Happy new year everyone. We're gearing up to start work in the studio next week, which is very exciting. Everyone's feeling great and the songs are coming together nicely.

In the meantime, here's a thought for the day. The three of us all have very strong feelings about animal welfare, and also about the ethics of sourcing and buying food generally. Someone I've found very inspirational because of his relentless campaigning in this area is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, so we're pleased to be lending our support to his excellent Chicken Out! campaign.

Maybe some of you saw the first episode of Hugh's TV show about battery-farming yesterday (it will be continued tonight and tomorrow). If you did I hope you'll agree that it was both deeply disturbing and inspiring.

If you agree with Hugh, and with us, that rearing animals in this way should be illegal - rather than being the standard practice of supermarket-supplying farmers - then please sign up for the Chicken Out! campaign by clicking the banner below.

We can also make a statement - and force an improvement in rearing practices - by changing the way we buy food (again, in this case chickens). Buy free range, preferably organic, chickens rather than cheap battery-farmed animals, and let retailers know that food sourced in such a brutal way does not appeal to shoppers in 2008.

See you all soon. 2008 should be a great year.

Tim