LIVE EARTH 2007

On 2007, Keane participated on one of the most incredible festivals for a good reason: The Live Earth. Here are a couple of videos from the show.

1. Somewhere Only We Know

2. Is It Any Wonder?

3. Bedshaped

RICHARD´S JAPANESE PHOTOBLOG

tokyo narita airport / saturday / 1000

just wandered past a sign at immigration that says we hope to see you again - i couldn't agree more. it's been a really fun, albeit brief, trip to japan, and i can't wait to come back for summer sonic. it's going to be a lot of fun.

we had a great dinner with lots of friends at gonpachi - apparently it's a place that inspired one of the scenes in kill bill. the food was fantastic, even for a veggie!

no pics, i'm afraid - my camera is heading to the hold. i've got most of series 5 of the shield to watch, plus most of breaking bad series two (series one was the best thing i've watched in a long time).

3D IN HD

On April the 2nd, Keane made History taking part in the first successful broadcast of a live music event to the web, 3D TV and 3D digital cinema.

Keane, Live 3D gig from Abbey Road from Inition on Vimeo.
Yes, reach for your 3D glasses again, because we're very pleased to offer you Keane's 3D show from Abbey Road in high definition quality. Enjoy! (It may take a little while to load, but it should look great when it does.)

RICHARD´S JAPANESE PHOTOBLOG

tokyo / friday / 2145

i've got to be quick because we are going out for dinner in a few minutes...

the show was ace - what a way to end an all-too-brief tour. but like tom said, we'll be back here in the summer, and i can't wait. i really want to go to the yamaha drums factory (in osaka) next time, too. here are some pics from our trip on the shinkansen (bullet train) earlier.


hi-tech, though i think it looks a bit like a duck.

a very rare pic of tom not pulling a face - we like to let the train take the strain!

note - it's right on time!

oh, and one from soundcheck... sorry jesse!



tokyo / friday / 1845

another long travel day to get to osaka, via tokyo. i can't stand flying, and jet star didn't do anything to change that. it was a pretty bumpy flight, but i managed to find a tokyo snowglobe in the airport (i've been collecting them from different places we play since we released perfect symmetry). i think i have around 20 already.

the osaka show was good - a really hot and sweaty rock show, and a really great crowd. jesse will spend the next ten years regretting not buying the white 1975 fender precision that we saw in the shop around the corner from the gig. window shopping in japan is one of life's great pleasures - there is so much random stuff here that you just don't see in the uk. i bought a frog lunch box for my niece, and some matching frog chop sticks, plus about a million stickers. jesse got some cool headphones - panasonic HP-HTX7. he says they are great, but have a bit of a hump at around 300 hertz. i have no idea what he's talking about, but i can't wait to hear the remix of black burning heart that he is working on!

as i write, i'm sat on the shinkansen, heading to tokyo at high speed, tilting as we go around corners, but as smooth and quiet as any train i've ever been on. i love this country. i just bought breakfast to take away for the train, and my coffee was stood in a special holder to stop it falling over in the bag, and the kind lady who made it had put a little piece of tape over the hole in the lid so it didn't spill while i was carrying it. we got on the train (which arrived exactly on time) and left our suitcases for the staff to pack away. i'm sitting in a seat that is nicer than jet star business class, with a wet towel to wipe my face and hands, and 8 radio channels to choose from. just noticed that it's a heated seat too, just in case. the seats have a power supply, in case you want to charge your phone or laptop, and there's a sign that asks you to turn your mobile phone to silent. i'm not a smoker, but there's a smoking room for those who want a cigarette, just like the smoking area on the platform at the immaculate station. the countryside is beautiful - quite rugged hills and forests with small fields and paddies carved into them wherever it is flat.

ok, we are in tokyo now. here are some pics from osaka. i've got more to upload from today, but we are on in 25 mins and i've got to warm up.





osaka

crazy apartments?


superheroes

mannequins, japan-style








lamp-post design



tim is the navigator



jesse's udon noodles. they were "quite nice and very filling"

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RICHARD´S AUSTRALIAN PHOTOBLOG

tokyo / friday / 1749

brisbane was a lot of fun. i left my camera at the hotel so borrowed jesse's and took a couple of pics that i'll upload as soon as i get them.



this place was opposite the studio in brisbane:




here are a few more pics from sydney. we spent the last day in a studio trying to get the tracks we've done with k'naan finished. lots of bass, piano and vocals. tim seems to enjoy dreaming up backing vocals that are ridiculously high, so we had soon shredded our voices. the tracks are sounding great. not sure what we're going to do with them yet, but it's really good to just be doing them for music alone, and we'll worry about the rest of it later.



tom and i went to see steve coogan in the evening - a very amusing trip through several of his comic creations, and we caught up with him after for a few drinks. he's a lovely man, and has a few good magic tricks up his sleeve too.



the world's most famous harbour?
me

can't beat a sign with a double meaning!

PΞRFΞCT SYMMΞTRY ΛDS

Evening fellas. We´ve promised you all we were going to found the ads for the lastest Keane CD, called `Perfect Symmetry´, a masterpiece. We´ve found the following videos:


And that´s all. Have a great night, please. More posts soon!

SHOWS FROM 2007

26 January 2007 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles - USA
27 January 2007 - Berkeley Community Theatre - San Francisco - USA
29 January 2007 - Roseland - Portland - USA
30 January 2007 - Paramount Theatre - Seattle - USA
31 January 2007 - Orpheum Theatre - Vancouver - Canada
22 February 2007 - BIC - Bournemouth - UK
23 February 2007 - NEC - Birmingham - UK
25 February 2007 - Nottingham Arena - Nottingham - UK
26 February 2007 - Cardiff International Arena - Cardiff - UK
28 February 2007 - Wembley Arena - London - UK
01 March 2007 - Wembley Arena - London - UK
03 March 2007 - Hallam FM Arena - Sheffield - UK
04 March 2007 - MEN Arena - Manchester - UK
06 March 2007 - Metro Radio Arena - Newcastle - UK
07 March 2007 - SECC - Glasgow - UK
13 April 2007 - Quilmes Rock 2007 Festival - Buenos Aires - Argentina
15 April 2007 - Vive Latino 2007 - Santiago - Chile
17 April 2007 - Credicard Hall - San Paolo - Brazil
18 April 2007 - Credicard Hall - San Paolo - Brazil
20 April 2007 - Claro Hall - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
24 April 2007 - Auditorio Coca-Cola - Monterrey - Mexico
26 April 2007 - Arena VFG - Guadalajara - Mexico
27 April 2007 - National Auditorio - Mexico City - Mexico
11 May 2007 - Gibson Amphitheatre - Los Angeles - USA
14 May 2007 - The Ogden - Denver - USA
16 May 2007 - Myth - Minneapolis - USA
17 May 2007 - The Riviera - Chicago - USA
19 May 2007 - State Theater - Detroit - USA
20 May 2007 - Cool Haus - Toronto - Canada
22 May 2007 - Olympia Theater - Montreal - Canada
24 May 2007 - Merrill Auditorium - Portland - USA
25 May 2007 - Fleet Bank Pavilion - Boston - USA
27 May 2007 - Tower Theater - Philadelphia - USA
29 May 2007 - 9:30 Club - Washington DC - USA
29 May 2007 - 9:30 Club - Washington DC - USA
30 May 2007 - Rumsey Playfield - New York - USA
10 June 2007 - Isle of Wight Festival - Isle of Wight - UK
15 June 2007 - Rockfest - Haugesund - Norway
24 June 2007 - Knowsley Hall Music Festival - Liverpool - UK
30 June 2007 - Werchter Festival - Werchter - Belgium
05 July 2007 - Red Rock Festival - Belval - Luxembourg
06 July 2007 - Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek - Amsterdam - Netherlands
07 July 2007 - Live Earth At Wembley Stadium - London - UK
15 July 2007 - Musilac Festival - Aix-les-Bains - France
19 July 2007 - The Point - Dublin - Ireland
21 July 2007 - O2 Arena - London - UK
03 August 2007 - Parque de Cidade - Oporto - Portugal
04 August 2007 - Natural Music Festival - El Ejido - Spain
31 October 2007 - Apollo - Manchester - UK
01 November 2007 - Brixton Academy - London - UK
28 November 2007 - Union Chapel (Little Noise Session for Mencap) - London - UK

UNDΞR THΞ IRON SΞΛ ΛDS

More promotional videos, but this time for the second Keane CD, `Under The Iron Sea´. Take a look folks!



We haven´t found any ad for `Perfect Symmetry´, actually. If we found any video, we´ll add it!

HOPΞS ΛND FΞΛRS ΛDS

Hello everybody in the world of Keane. Theese videos have just arrived from Youtube. Three excelent vids from the first Keane CD, `Hopes and Fears´. Check them out.



Ace.