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Keane

July 2024

  • Chris Martin of Coldplay on the Pyramid stage on Saturday night

    The big Glastonbury 2024 review: the Last Dinner Party justify the hype, Dua Lipa nails it and Coldplay go over the top

    From K-poppers Seventeen to performance artist Marina Abramović, via Cyndi Lauper and Little Simz, it was one of the most diverse editions yet. But the real fireworks came with a band who have taken things to another level

May 2024

  • Tom Chaplin of Keane at the First Direct Arena.

    Keane review – note-perfect return with added emotional wallop

  • Tom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley in 1988

    Flashback
    Keane’s Tom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley look back: ‘Long friendships are like a marriage. You have to adapt to each other’s madness’

December 2023

  • ‘With no gatekeepers and no formula, it’s chaos’ … clockwise from top left, Ryan Guldemond of Mother Mother, Helen Marnie of Ladytron, Miguel and Keane.

    ‘We’re on TikTok? What’s TikTok?’ The forgotten bands going supersonic thanks to gen Z

    Ageing acts that can’t even get radio time are going viral – and finding themselves playing arenas or even soundtracking Ukrainian resistance. But how do you follow up a hit no one can explain?

September 2019

  • Keane
2019 press publicity portrait
Credit: Alex Lake

    Keane: Cause and Effect review – even a jaunty indie quartet can have a mid-life crisis

  • Keane Perforn At Virgin MegaStore<br>NEW YORK - JUNE 24: Keane, (L-R) Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes pose for a photo following a performance at Virgin MegaStore June 24, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

    How we made
    Keane: how we made Somewhere Only We Know

December 2017

  • The class of Christmas 2017 (clockwise from top left): Elvis, Gwen Stefani, Hanson, Cheap Trick, Tom Chaplin and Sia.

    Christmas album of 2017? It's beginning to look a lot like Elvis

  • Haunting intensity … Tom Chaplin at the Royal Festival Hall.

    Tom Chaplin review – indie's evergreen choirboy serves up a chilly festive set

October 2017

  • Theresa May and Florence Welch, who criticised the use of her music at the Tory party conference.

    Music blog
    'Such a sad event': why musicians hate the Tory party conference

    Florence Welch and Calvin Harris have objected to their music being used at the Tory conference – the way Keane and the Dandy Warhols once did, too. It’s not surprising, given the tin-eared way the Tories twist song meanings

October 2016

  • Tom Chaplin

    Tom Chaplin: The Wave review – tender songs from former Keane frontman

December 2015

  • Charlotte Church (l) and Skepta

    #NotInMyName: musicians react to UK decision to launch airstrikes in Syria

    Singer Charlotte Church, Queen guitarist Brian May and grime artist Skepta among those opposed to military action against Isis in Syria

January 2015

  • 'Bohemians 4 Soho' occupy 12 Bar Club on Denmark Street - London

    Music fans flood in as squatters throw open doors of Soho live venue

    Activists calling themselves Bohemians 4 Soho occupy bar in central London, which has been shut up ahead of redevelopment

December 2013

  • Coldplay Headline 'Under 1 Roof'

    Coldplay/Under 1 Roof – review

    Rizzle Kicks, Robbie Williams and Lily Allen were among the stars who joined Coldplay for this variety-style charity show, writes Caroline Sullivan

November 2013

  • Darcey Bussell: why Top Hat is my Christmas treat

    The dancer has to go cheek to cheek with Fred Astaire. But how do other stars spend Christmas? Richard Curtis, Stephen K Amos and more reveal all

  • The four band members laugh heartily on a leather sofa

    Music blog
    As Keane bow out in Berlin, I pray it's not for good

    Unbearable as it is for Sophie Heawood to contemplate, the release of a greatest hits album by the band from Battle could mark their split

  • The Creases

    This week's new tracks
    The Creases, 2 Chainz, Keane: this week's new tracks

    The Creases | 2 Chainz | Keane | Skream Feat Sam Frank | Cher Lloyd

October 2013

  • Keane and Lily Allen

    Shortcuts
    The John Lewis Christmas advert: music to the public's ears?

    Alexis Petridis: Rumours that Lily Allen will be singing Keane for the department store's TV ad are unconfirmed, but it sure isn't going to be using a song by an extreme metal band

January 2013

  • Miguel performs at La Gaite Lyrique in Paris

    The week in music
    Miguel to Muse: the week in music - in pictures

  • The Temper Trap album artwork

    Best Art Vinyl Award for 2012 - in pictures

October 2012

  • Crazy pop merchandise: pixies cycling jersey

    Shortcuts
    One Direction toothpaste and other odd merchandise – in pictures

    The boy band has just launched a range of toothbrushes and toothpaste with Colgate. From Pixies cycling gear to AC/DC wine, it's just the most recent example of some very, very strange pop merchandise

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