Tim Rice-Oxley On Soundcheck Telehit

YOUR PARIS/HAGUE PICTURES

As ever, you folks have come up trumps with lots of cracking pictures from Keane's festival shows in France and Holland at the weekend (although we're still waiting for some from last night's Swiss show). Click here to visit the Live Archive and check them out.

Keane about performing the Netherlands and the new mini-album

3VOOR12 DEN HAAG Susanne Kooijman
Monday 24th August



That the British Topband Keane will perform at the Beatstad Festival has not escaped many people. The inner city of The Hague is covered with posters of the three men. 3VOOR12 the Hague had an exclusive interview with Tim Rice-Oxley, songwriter and keyboardist of Keane.

Saturday, 29th of August, time for a new edition of Beatstad. The Festival at the Hague's Malieveld has managed to book Keane as the festival closer. The band itself look very much forward to the gig. “ We like to play in the Netherlands. To play for a large audience in the finale of Beatstad Festival, we think is ace. It moves us and we therefore consider it a great honour. The Dutch public was one of the first that really appreciated our music outside England. Our first show in the Netherlands we played in the Melkweg, in 2003 I believe. The Netherlands has always welcomed us with open arms, and the public always reacts to us with much enthusiasm and the music. ”

Keane is Ambassador of War Child. Part of the proceeds from ticket sales from Beatstad goes to a good purpose. “ War Child was one of the first to link good music to a charity. That appealed to us. But the most important thing is, of course, that I think it is unfair that children are victims of war. Children are always innocent in my view. ”

The band frequently plays in sold out stadiums to often wild fans. They are not however burdened by nerves. "There's always a little bit of nerves, but doing a festival we feel it more. There the visitors don't know you that well. That keeps it exciting for us. ”

On the latest album, ‘Perfect Symmetry ’, the band took a new path. "The album is very philosophical. And more positive than the last two albums, I am pretty proud of that. The texts for this album came very naturally. We just looked around us, at people and to the world. It is also an album about the love that we have for humanity. This is the vision we have on the world at this point in time. ”

Tim is the main writer of the band and has therefore already considerable hits in his pocket. "My favorite song in terms of text? [long silence] That is a difficult question. I think Spiralling. On the surface, it is a very dancable and poppy song, but the text is pretty deep, if that doesn't somewhat sound arrogant of me. I have taken a long time on this text, it is a pretty complex text. ”

In the back of his mind, Tim is occupied with the following album. “ I am trying to write, but we are still too busy touring. It would be nice if we could record the next album again in different countries. I found Berlin to be a very inspiring city, and I would like to go back there. It is important for us to sometimes have a change of environment. You meet new people and you can see new places. Before you know it you find yourself in a strange situation, like some weird pub at 4 o'clock in the morning. That inspires us. ”

Despite the fact that there won't be a new Keane album for a while, the band will however release a mini album at the beginning of next year. “ It will be an album with 6 or 7 songs. Somewhat larger than an EP, so we called it a mini album. There will be new songs on it, remixes and collaberations with other artists. We will be doing some promotion for that album in the spring next year. If it is picked up in the Netherlands, then we will probably come to the Netherlands as well for some promotion."

Life is treating Tim well at the moment. His role in the band suits him just fine. “ I feel very happy when I see a sea of people that enjoys our music. Smiling and crying people, and that you yourself are in the moment, then we really have the time of our lives. I love that feeling. It does give you a useful feeling, that we have a sense of purpose in life. We know what the difficulties are to see a band live. The costs and travel and, therefore, we appreciate the fact that people pay to see us. It continues to surprise me always. ”

The band still has a couple of weeks of touring to do, with shows in Switzerland, Russia, America and Canada. Then there will be some peace and quiet for the band members. “ We will however go back into the studio and the mini album is also coming up. But it is good to go back to the real world, to reality. I love being with my family and friends. Nice to play some guitar. Perhaps I am shortly going to live in America for a couple of months. But I often have other mad plans, which does not mean that they will all come true ”!

Keane will close the Beatstad Festival . The band's gig will start at 10 p.m..

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TOM CHATS TO NMETV

Another day, another great video interview from V Festival. This one features Tom chatting to NMETV. Click here to check it out (sadly, the embed doesn't seem to work on km.com).

GLOBAL COOL INTERVIEWS

Hey folks. Here are the Global Cool interviews with Tom and Rich which we mentioned in the live blog on Sunday...

Singles Disc 4

1. Jealeous Guy
2. Disco 2000
3. Karma Chameleon
4. She Has No Time (Acoustic)
5. Staring At The Ceiling
6. 1925
7. Pot Of Gold (All I Was)
8. Everyday People (Live)
9. These Days
10. Mother Mary
11. Snowed Under (Acoustic)
12. The River (Live)
13. Morsel
14. Cast No Shadow (Live)
15. Summer Dreaming
16. Under Pressure (Rhythms Del Mundo)
17. Rubbernecking (Rare Version)

17) Rubbernecking (Rare Version)

I come to
There will be no more drowning
Help, colourless and cowering
You should understand me
When you're understanding

And through all the tears
Should you be alone

Right back, I hope he will pull through
Stand back, first aid is useful
You should understand me
How was I so stupid?

And through all the tears
Should you be alone
After all the tears
Should you be alone

Yes, there's going to be a drowning
Yes, there's going to be a drowning

Half wasted
Face painted
Hold my hand

There will be no more
Please move along
There will be no more
Please move along, oh

16) Under Pressure (Rhythms Del Mundo)

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

Bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah

That's o-kay!
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out!
Pray tomorrow takes me higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Do do do bah bah bah bah
O-kay
Chippin' around
Kick my brains round the floor
These are the days
It never rains but it pours
People on streets
People on streets

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out!
Pray tomorrow takes me higher higher higher
Pressure on people
People on streets
Turned away from it all
Like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
But it's so slashed and torn
Why why why?
Love love love love

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love give love give love?
Give love give love give love give love give love?
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves under pressure
Under pressure...
Pressure...

15) Summer Dreaming

We are sorry. There are currently no lyrics for this song. We will add them as soon as we can.

14) Cast No Shadow (Live)

Here's a thought for every man
Who tries to understand what is in his hands
He walks along the open road of Love & Life
surviving if he can

Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
Chained to all the places that he never wished to say
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
and as faced the sun he cast no shadow

As they took his soul they stole his pride
As they took his soul they stole his pride
As they took his soul they stole his pride

Here's a thought for every man
Who tries to understand what is in his hands
He walks along the open road of Love & Life
surviving if he can

Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
Chained to all the places that he never wished to say
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
and as faced the sun he cast no shadow

As they took his soul they stole his pride
As they took his soul they stole his pride
As they took his soul they stole his pride

And as he faced the sun he cast no shadow

13) Morsel

We are sorry. There are currently no lyrics for this song. We will add them as soon as we can.

12) The River (Live)

I come from down in the valley
where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
when she was just seventeen
We'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress

That night we went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we did ride

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
that sends me down to the river
though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
my baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride

11) Snowed Under (Acoustic)

There's a cold voice on the air
You've been looking everywhere
For someone to understand your hopes and fears
Well i've thought about that for many long years
So i walk through mansers shaw
I don't see you anymore
We love to think about the way things were
But the time has come and i'm glad it's over
I don't know why i waste my time
Getting hung up about the things you say
When i open my eyes and it's a lovely day
You know sometimes i feel like i'm
Getting snowed under with the things you say
When i open my eyes and it's a lovely day
Now you think that you're alone
So you make your way back home
I'd love to greet the weary traveller
But your time has gone and i'm glad it's over
I don't know why i waste my time
Getting hung up about the things you say
When i open my eyes and it's a lovely day
You know sometimes i feel like i'm
Getting snowed under with the things you say
When i open my eyes and it's a lovely day
I don't know why i waste my time
Getting hung up about the things you say
When i open my eyes and it's a lovely day
You know sometimes i feel like i'm
Getting snowed under with the things you say
When i open my eyes and it's a lovely day

10) Mother Mary

We are sorry. There are currently no lyrics for this song. We will add them as soon as we can.

9) These Days

We are sorry. There are currently no lyrics for this song. We will add them as soon as we can.

8) Everyday People (Live)

Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah

There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee

Oh sha sha - we got to live together

I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag l'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah

There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee

Oh sha sha-we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes for different folks

7) Pot Of Gold (All I Was)

We are sorry. There are currently no lyrics for this song. We will add them as soon as we can.

6) 1925

Caught the last train out of here
It's now 1925, english gardens I see
Laid out as there meant to be
Find a penny pick it up
You can't get much more than love
Walk the streets in the pouring rain
Crowding on the returning train
I turn back time
A life design
That will a fight
It's the human right

Caught the last train out of here
It's now 1925, english gardens i see
Laid out as there meant to be
Find a penny pick it up
You can't get much more than love
Walk the streets in the pouring rain
20 numbers on the turning train
I turn back time
A life design
That will a fight
It's the human right
I turn back time
A life design
I turn back time
A life design
I turn back time
A life design
I turn back time
A life design

5) Staring At The Ceiling

Things will seem much better in the morning light
Love will be much easier to own
Things will look much better in the pale sunlight
We can be together like before

You just need time to forget
You just need time to explain
You just need time to forget yourself again

You're lying on the floor and
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before


Remember when you held someone for the first time?
Remember when this fire was all we had?

Now you want life without death
And you want love without pain
But you want time to go back and start again

You're lying on the floor and
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before
Thinking of your old friends
And waiting for the feeling
Waiting for the old burning feeling to return


These days, you don't know who you are
These days, you don't know where you are
These days, we don't know who we are

So meet me by the road
Where we used to go
You're lying on the floor and
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before, seen before
Waiting for the phone call
And waiting for the feeling
Waiting for the old raging feeling to return

4) She Has No Time (Acoustic)

You think your days are uneventful
And no one ever thinks about you
She goes her own way
She goes her own way
You say your days are ordinary
And no one ever thinks about you
But we're all the same
And she can hardly breathe without you

She says she has no time
For you now
She says she has no time

Think about the lonely people
Then think about the day she found you
Or lie to yourself
And see it all dissolve around you

She says she has no time
For you now
She says she has no time
For you now
She says she has no time

Lonely people tumble downwards
My heart opens to you
When she says

She says she has no time
For you now
She says she has no time
For you now
She says she has no time

3) Karma Chameleon

Desert loving in your eyes all the way
If I listen to your lies would you say
Im a man without conviction
Im a man who doesnt know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green

Didnt hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say
That my love was an addiction
When we cling our love is strong
When you go youre gone forever
You string along
You string along

Every day is like a survival
Youre my lover not my rival
Every day is like a survival
Youre my lover not my rival

Im a man without conviction
Im a man who doesnt know
How to sell a contradication
You come and go
You come and go

2) Disco 2000

Well we were born within one hour of each other.
Our mothers said we could be sister and brother.
Your name is deborah, deborah.
It never suited ya.
Oh they thought that when we grew up,
Wed get married, and never split up.
We never did it, although often I thought of it.

Oh deborah, do you recall?
Your house was very small,
With wood chip on the wall.
When I came around to call,
You didnt notice me at all.

I said lets all meet up in the year 2000.
Wont it be strange when were all fully grown.
Be there at 2 oclock by the fountain down the road.
I never knew that youd get married.
I would be living down here on my own on
That damp and lonely thursday years ago.

You were the first girl at school to get breasts.
Martyn said that yours were the best.
The boys all loved you but I was a mess.
I had to watch them trying to get you undressed.
We were friends but that was as far as it went.
I used to walk you home sometimes but it meant,
Oh it meant nothing to you,
Cos you were so popular.

Deborah do you recall?
Your house was very small,
With woodchip on the wall.
When I came around to call,
You didnt notice me at all.

I said lets all meet up in the year 2000.
Wont it be strange when were all fully grown.
Be there at 2 oclock by the fountain down the road.
I never knew that youd get married.
I would be living down here on my own
On that damp and lonely thursday years ago.

Oh yeah,
Oh yeah.

Ah do you recall?
Your house was very small,
With wood chip on the wall.
When I came around to call,
You didnt notice me at all.

I said lets all meet up in the year 2000.
Wont it be strange when were all fully grown.
Be there at 2 oclock by the fountain down the road.
I never knew that youd get married.
I would be living down here on my own,
On that damp and lonely thursday years ago.
Oh what are you doing sunday baby.
Would you like to come and meet me maybe?
You can even bring your baby.
Ohhh ooh ooh. ooh ooh ooh ooh.
What are you doing sunday baby.
Would you like to come and meet me maby?
You can even bring your baby.
Ooh ooh oh. ooh ooh ooh ooh. ooh ooh ooh ooh.oh

Keane's Rap Sheet

Tom and Richard interview at V Festival

Absolute Radio interview at V Festival 2009

Tom interview at V Festival 2009

MUG NEW BANNER

The moment your tea has been waiting for...

BACKGROUND

TOM'S OASIS COVER VIDEO

Cast No Shadow - V Festival from keaneofficial on Vimeo.

A little treat for you, which we filmed at Chelmsford on Sunday night. Enjoy!

ps - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher posted this on his Twitter page yesterday: "Respect to those bands who covered Oasis last night, even though I might of given some of you shit in the past..." :-)

BANNER: NEW MUG

Click to check it out in the Keane Shop

KEANE BLACK & SILVER TOUR BACKDROP MUG

£8.00

Mug featuring a silver & white triangles print that is based on the band's current touring stage backdrop.

WATCH THE ABSOLUTE SESSION

Hey folks. Here's the video of the Absolute session which the chaps did in Chelmsford yesterday afternoon. Ah, happy memories...

(If the above video isn't working for you - you can also try watching it on Absolute's site by clicking here)

V FESTIVAL LIVE BLOG: DAY TWO

10.57pm: We're on our way home now, as are the band. Tim definitely spoke for the others when he told us tonight was "amazing". Thanks again for all your emails and comments - they've been great to read. Head back to km.com this week for more pics and vids from this weekend. And with that, we'll bid you a weary but happy goodnight.

10.34pm: He did it! An acoustic cover of Oasis's Cast No Shadow, with many thousand V folks as backing singers. Considering he only started practicing is earlier, we're very impressed. Now it's Under Pressure and then a quick dash away (to hopefully beat some of the departing traffic). We'll try to post at least once more before we call it a day. It's been fun hasn't it?

10.26pm: The band are playing Bedshaped (don't worry, one more to come...) and Tom's just told the crowd this has been one of the most exhilerating Keane shows ever.


Now, will Tom play his cover before the final song...

10.22pm: The view from the other side, during a stomping Crystal Ball

10.13pm: They're playing Perfect Symmetry as we type this. Still our favourite on the album. Such a tune.

10.07pm: We're quite proud of this one...

That was during Is It Any Wonder, which "went off" (as they say). Tom is properly fired up this evening. ANd the crowd seem pretty darn excitable too.

9.54pm: And here's how it was looking from out the front during Spiralling (ooh!)


MaryAnn asks if the set is shorter than the usual Keane gig. Yes, the band are doing 80 minutes tonight, which is a wee bit less than they would at their own show.

Oh, and nobody has guessed the cover yet - but some of you have got very close (right band, wrong song). We'll definitely film a bit if Tom does it...

9.41pm: Here are some pics from the show so far. Cracking atmosphere out there. "Let me tell you, this is an immense feeling standing on this stage in front of you people tonight," says Tom, just before This Is The Last Time.





9.25pm: They're on and the crowd are loving it. There's always something special about the last show of a festival weekend and this looks like being no exception. We can hear the crowd screaming along to Everybody's Changing from back here. It's gonna be a good 'un.

By the way, lots of you have been emailing to ask how many emails we've had this weekend. 534 at last count. Thanks for keeping us company.

9.10pm: Yes! We have wi-fi in a little room just behind the stage. Re-sult.

8.56pm: Quick one - Aline Shinzato has asked for a clue to the song Tom was practicing. OK, it's by an English band and it was released in 1995...

8.54pm: Six minutes til we have to dash to the stage - and we've got to pack up all our stuff before then (having learnt last night's lesson), so we'll make these the last ones before stage time. By the way, thanks to all of you who've been emailing ontour@keanemusic.com saying how much you've enjoyed the live blog. We're glad.


8.50pm: "Last live blogging, can't remember when that was, you kept on telling us Keane are working on an 80's cover and you told us to guess the artist... have you ever revealed the answer? I can't remember!" Gita, Israel

Ah yes, that was Karma Chameleon. But, it's a different one tonight.

8.45pm: The band are all now warming up. They just ran through Here Comes The Sun, which we've not heard them play before. Sounded grand. But that's not the one Tom was practicing for tonight.


8.40pm: "It has just occured to me that there are more updates today than there were yesterday... Does this prove that the signal is a lot better today than yesterday?" writes Vanessa to ontour@keanemusic.com

Yes, yes and thrice yes.

8.39pm: 20 minutes until we head over to the stage by the way and they're on at 9.20pm...

8.37pm: Here's pointing at you folks...

8.34pm: Tom is still in the dressing room practicing a song. It's a cover. And he might be playing it tonight. We won't spoil the surprise, but we'll let you know what it is if/when he does...

8.07pm: Here in the dressing rooms compound, the sun is setting on a lovely day...

8.05pm: Oh, by the way - check this out, the all-new Keane mug, coming to the online store tomorrow...

8.01pm: We're back from dinner. We had a very nice roast beef thing with sweet potato mash. And a Portugese custard tart for pudding. Lovely. We got back to find Tom in the dressing room, practicing a song...

7.22pm: Right, we're off to get some dinner. See you soon...

7.13pm: We're just back from the acoustic Absolute show, which was really fun. It was in a tipi in Absolute radio's hospitality area and the crowd got *so* into it that the band ended up doing an extra song (they did The Lovers Are Losing, Spiralling, Everybody's Changing and a bonus Somewhere Only We Know). Here are some pics...




And here's Tom and Richard chatting to Absolute's Christian O'Connell afterwards...

6.17pm: "Question for you...are there any children at the V fest?"

Yeah, there are quite a few. Not as many as you'd get at Glastonbury or one of the really family-friendly festivals, but there are definitely some kids about.

6.16pm: "Oh, are we gonna be able to see the accoustic set?" Ema, Argentina

Not immediately, but it will apparently be online in the next few days. We'll let you know when....

6.10pm: Here's Jesse. A few of you have been emailing ontour@keanemusic.com to ask where he's been this afternoon. "I met up with my mum and my friends Phil and Will and my goddaughter. We watched a bit of Iain Archer and a bit of Biffy Clyro. And I watched the Proclaimers! Best band of the whole festival."

He's now doing a spot of last minute practice for the acoustic session, which the band are off to do soon for Absolute Radio (having just done an interview with GlobalCool.org)

5.59pm: Bet you thought we couldn't top Katy Perry in a golf cart. Well you're wrong. We've got a picture of Lady Gaga's back (as she walked past the dressing room).

Needless to say, we won't be giving up the day job.

5.55pm: We've got the final wicket and England have regained the Ashes from Australia. If you're English, this is very good (and very big) news. Hurrah! "Renders my ticket for the fifth day tomorrow rather useless," says Tom, "but it's fantastic."

5.43pm: We're in the tourbus with Tom listening to the cricket. England are one wicket from an astonishing victory over Australia. Amazing. Tom's hoping they can hurry up, as the band have an acoustic session to do soon...

5.18pm: Right, here are some pictures from our wander...

The V Stage - currently featuring Biffy Clyro

Rocking the tutu look

A bit hot for this weather

That black stuff on the floor is meant to prevent mud when it rains (as it often does at British festivals!). No such problems this year.

Three shots taken at the 4Music stage, where Keane are headlining later. Athlete were playing a very lovely set when we passed. For anyone who's been to V in previous years, you might notice that this is where the V stage used to be - they've swapped things around. But it looks as packed as it ever did!



Afternoon tea anyone?

Not surprisingly, ice cream is rather more in demand at the moment...

5.05pm: Blimey, and here was us thinking yesterday's site was big - this one is huge! Pics to follow shortly...

4.21pm: This just in to ontour@keanemusic.com from Charlotte, who is at the festival, in front of the 4Music stage, where Keane are playing:

"Much fun down here in the mosh pit. Still to survive the enemy. Wish up luck! Oasis cancellel. Shocker! X charlotte anna celine nicky.

And with that, we're off to take some pictures of the site...

4.16pm: The band are outside chatting to some journalists. It's actually cooler outside than it is in this dressing room, which seems to be slowly roasting us in time for dinner (with Yorkshire puddings and all the trimmings). Anyway, here are some more pics...

The band get ready for their podcast video interview

It's Katy Perry being filmed in a golf buggy!

The fellas, chatting with some journalists outside the dressing room

4.05pm: Interview done - look out for the video of it on km.com at some point. It was very funny. A few of you have asked who Richard was cheering for in the grand prix - the answer is Jenson Button.

3.23pm: Andrew and Chris are here to do their podcast interview - the one you guys asked the questions for:

3.06pm: Richard's back from watching the Grand Prix. Barrichello won it. Rich tells us it was "a good race". And now it's his turn to do a Yamaha interview.

3.01pm: Tim is currently doing an interview for Yamaha's website. So we're trying to type this very quietly...

2.30pm: "How many people do you suppose are at the Festival today?" asks -L.

We just asked Colin and he says 85,000 people. Crikey.

2.26pm: The backstage area is abuzz with the news that Oasis have cancelled their slot tonight, as Liam Gallagher has laryngitis. Snow Patrol have taken their place. But, hey, you'd be better off watching Keane (who are on at the same time) anyway.

2.20pm: We made this little film during Bedshaped last night.

Mighty.

2.08pm: Here's Keane's production manager Ant, hard at work in the production room, which is in another portable office, next to Keane's dressing room. Ant's kids were up in Staffs yesterday. Impressive American Football skills.

2.05pm: "So you slept inside the bus, didn't you? How comfortable is it?" asks Ana in Colombia.

Yes, we did. It's very comfortable (if a little coffin-like), but we found it a bit hard to sleep when the bus was moving (it was properly rocking and rolling). Beth, though, is the other way around - she says that as soon as the bus reaches its destination she's "wide awake".

2.00pm: Lunch was chili con carne. It was lovely, but the catering tent is very, very hot indeed. It really is baking hot here today. There will be a lot of lobster-red festival goers by the time Keane take to the stage.

1.36pm: And here's Tim, struggling to get a mobile phone signal

Yes, that one will be in our arty gallery exhibition too. Right, we're off to get some lunch...

1.24pm: Here's Tommy!

1.05pm: Lali and Luli and Eve in Argentina ask if the internet connection is better here in Chelmsford than it was yesterday. Happily it is. Which means we've been able to download a picture of their natty Keane flag and post if here. We just showed Tim, who thinks it's "cool!"

It's Mama Mia now. You get the feeling Bjorn Again are helping to clear a lot of hangovers.

1.02pm: We're back over by the dressing room, which is near enough to the V Stage to be able to hear Abba tribute act Bjorn Again belting out SOS. Here's Richard, who's just left the management meeting a bit early to catch the start of the grand prix on the tourbus TV.

"I have a huge question : Where did you sleep during the night ? on Bus in park at V festival ?"
asks Ana Catarina , Portugal
We all slept on the bus as it drove between the two V Festival sites, in Staffs and Chelmsford. But km.com certainly slept much better once it arrived and we stopped bouncing around in our bunk!

12.57pm: Oh, and here's an amazing cross-stitch which was sent to us by Undral from Mongolia. We showed it to Tim last night just before the show and he was very impressed.

12.46pm: Right, let's see if we can respond to some of your many emails.

Ana Lorena asks if we saw Oasis around yesterday - yes, we saw both Noel and Liam, even though the band had their own compound within the dressing rooms area.

Aleksandra from Toronto, Canada was the first of many to point out that avocado is a fruit which can work well with burgers. Fair point. Meanwhile Adriana from Monterrey makes a case for pineapple in a burger. We're not so sure about that one. And Lara claims apple is nice with a burger, which is just wrong!

Jenni asks who woke up first (and guesses either Colin or Beth). We're pretty sure it was Colin, who was in the bunk opposite us and got up at about 8.30am.

And lastly, here's an amazing cross-stitch which was sent to us by Undral from Mongolia. We showed it to Tim last night just before the show and he was very impressed.

12.28pm: We've just been for a wee wander and the weather is even warmer than yesterday. It's properly hot out there. Here's the bus, lined up with lots of others...

Here's the back of the V Stage (the first act of the day is due on anytime now)

And here's Keane's backstage HQ, where the band have gone straight into a management meeting to talk about, um, important management things.

11.58am: A new day deserves a new page...