Lushington Entertainments is proud to announce Keane’s live dates in Hong Kong.
Keane are back. After over 8 million sales of Hopes And Fears (2004) and Under The Iron Sea (2006) combined, sold-out arena tours, awards spanning Ivor Novellos to BRITs, plus an undeniable collection of hits including Is It Any Wonder?, Everybody’s Changing, Crystal Ball and Somewhere Only We Know, one of Britain’s best-loved bands are about to surprise and thrill all over again.
Keane are known for using a piano as their lead instrument instead of guitars. The piano-rock band, comprising of Tom Chaplin on vocals, Richard Hughes on drums and Time Rice Oxley on the piano, is set to perform at the Hong Kong HITEC Star Hall on 11th August 2009.
Their first two studio albums, Hopes and Fears and Under the Iron Sea, achieved success in the United Kingdom upon release. Their multi-award-winning debut was the best-selling British album of 2004 and their sophomore sold up to 222,000 copies during its first week on sale in June 2006. In May 2008, both Hopes and Fears (#13) and Under the Iron Sea (#8) were voted by readers of Q magazine within the best British albums ever; Keane, The Beatles, Oasis and Radiohead were the only musical acts having two albums in the top 20.
"Spiralling", the first single from the album Perfect Symmetry, was available as a free download in early August 2008. This track reveals a different sound to that of both previous albums, and has hints of the vocal style of The Killers' Brandon Flowers, having Chaplin waver in and out of half notes. While Hopes and Fears majored on powerful piano-driven ballads, and Under the Iron Sea featured electronic rock and distortion piano sounds, "Spiralling" has more of a pop feel, using the electric guitar for the first time.
“Because we nearly lost it all, we nearly lost the band and we could have gone our separate ways,” says Tom Chaplin, “we had this reinvention as people. You know, ‘We might not have this, so we might as well enjoy it’. That affected everything that we did with this album.”
Indeed, Perfect Symmetry is the first Keane album to feature the musical saw, saxophone, vocals recorded through a drum. The album is their first self produced album through studio sessions in Berlin, Paris and London, with input from esteemed producers Jon Brion (Rufus Wainwright; Kanye West) and Stuart Price (Madonna; Les Rhythmes Digitales).
The album was released on 13 October 2008, and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 19 October. It also reached number 7 on the US Billboard 200. On December 2008 it was voted best album of the year by the readers, listeners and visitors of Q Magazine, Q Radio and Qthemusic.com. The song "Perfect Symmetry" was voted best track.
In November of the same year, they started their third world tour, the Perfect Symmetry Tour.
Keane is represented by Universal Music.
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