KEANE IN 3D ON YOUR PC
Hello again folks. It's been a busy start to the week for Keane news...
LIVE 3D WEBCAST ON APRIL 2ND
On 2nd April 2009 Keane will make history with the world's first ever live webcast in 3D. The band will record the live session at London's legendary Abbey Road Studios, the home of The Beatles' historic first ever satellite broadcast, and will feature live mixed graphics from world-renowned digital artists D-Fuse.
3D glasses are available from the brand new keanemusic.com shop with the 7-inch of the new single Better Than This, which is out on 16th March. We're also hoping to show you how to make your own 3D glasses, on keanemusic.com.
The audio from the gig will also be simultaneously broadcast live on- air on Absolute Radio. The show will then be available to watch on-demand via keanemusic.com afterwards.
KEANE TO PLAY ISLAND ANNIVERSARY SHOW
2009 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of Island Records, arguably the most prestigious record label in the history of British music - and also home to Keane. To mark this milestone the label is collaborating with Island founder Chris Blackwell to arrange the Island 50 festival. The Island 50 festival will kick off in May 2009 with 'ISLAND LIFE' – a week of live shows by Island artists past and present, which will take place at London's Shepherds Bush Empire. One of those shows will be headlined by Keane on 30th May. Also playing that night will be Tom Tom Club and Ladyhawke.
Tickets go on general sale from Island50.com and other agents from 9am on Friday 13th March. But we've managed to bag a special allocation of tickets for the km.com massive, which will be sold via a pre-sale, tomorrow (Wed) at 9am from here (that link won't be live until then).. This link is password protected until 9am tomorrow. After 9am tomorrow the link will work fine, until the allocation of tickets has sold out. Don't worry, no password is needed. If you miss out on that, sign up to the mailing list at Island50.com to be part of a further exclusive ticket pre-sale from 9am on Thursday 12th March.
AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN TOUR ANNOUNCED
We're extremely pleased to announce that Keane will be heading over to Australia and Japan in April to play a bunch of shows. They are as follows:
APRIL
Mon 13th - Fremantle, Metro
Thurs 16th - Melbourne, The Palace
Fri 17th - Sydney, Metro
Mon 20th - Brisbane, Tivoli
Thurs 23rd - Osaka, Big Cat
Fri 24th - Tokyo, Studio Coast
Tickets go on sale at the end of this week. Keep an eye on keanemusic.com for the links.
SIGNED BETTER THAN THIS 7-INCH CONTEST
There's still time to enter the contest to win a signed 7-inch of Better Than This, which we first told you about in last week's KWN. If you'd like to win it, simply email your name and address to competitions@keanemusic.com before Thursday 19th March.
That's about it for this week. But don't forget to keep checking keanemusic.com. for blogs and news from the band's current Latin American tour.
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