NEW YORK (Interscope Records) - Oh sure,
Keane has captured UK hearts. Their debut CD, Hopes and Fears, was the No 2 best selling record of 2004 in the UK. Brit writ biggies like Q and The Daily Mail named it Record of the Year. Hell, NME even went and compared them to Radiohead, which is tantamount to canonizing over there these days.
So here they come a-wooing, glowing accolades in tow. The latest honor was an invitation onto the storied stage of Saturday Night Live. Tim, Tom and Richard astounded a national television audience with their inspired performance and maybe paused to play with host Paris Hilton's dog.
Those in TV land were not wholly unsuspecting, as the word of Keane has spread. Hopes and Fears recently went gold stateside. Rolling Stone exclaimed, "Hopes and Fears contains more hooks than most pop groups manage in their careers." And The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, and many other U.S. mags plopped Keane in their Top 10 of '04 lists.
Keane just embarked on a sold-out trip through America. Those who've seen them know the demeanor on stage: just as the songs rise up into sunray-stitching gorgeousity, they seamlessly dip down to remind you that they're just girl-bewildered lads like you, well until they soar right up out of all those woes again, which is why you'll stick with them.
A few bouts with hype-skeptical people in places like Cleveland, OH and Milwaukee, WI will do nothing but toughen Keane's resolve to keep doing what they've been doing since their first single - bringing beauty to the bars, one 2,000 mile long melody at a time.
4/30/2005 Empire Polo Club Indio, CA , United States
5/2/2005 Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, AZ , United States
5/3/2005 House of Blues - Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV , United States
5/6/2005 Berkeley Community Theatre Berkeley, CA , United States
5/8/2005 Roseland Theatre Portland, OR , United States
5/9/2005 Paramount Theater Seattle, WA , United States
5/10/2005 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Vancouver, BC , Canada
5/12/2005 Abravanel Hall Salt Lake City, UT, United States
5/13/2005 The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO , United States
5/15/2005 Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO, United States
5/17/2005 Northrop Auditorium Minneapolis, MN, United States
5/18/2005 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI , United States
5/19/2005 Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL , United States
5/22/2005 The Scene Pavilion Cleveland, OH , United States
5/24/2005 Taft Theatre Cincinnati, OH , United States
5/25/2005 Egyptian Room Indianapolis, IN, United States
5/27/2005 St. Denis Theatre Montreal, QC , Canada
5/28/2005 Massey Hall Toronto, ON , Canada
5/30/2005 Fox Theatre Detroit, MI , United States
6/3/2005 Penn's Landing Philadelphia, PA, United States
6/4/2005 Bank of America Pavilion Boston, MA , United States
6/7/2005 Radio City Music Hall New York, NY , United States
6/9/2005 House of Blues - Myrtle Beach North Myrtle Beach, SC, United States
6/11/2005 Music Midtown Atlanta, GA , United States
6/12/2005 Saenger Theatre New Orleans, LA, United States
6/14/2005 Hard Rock Live Orlando Orlando, FL , United States
6/15/2005 Revolution Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
6/17/2005 Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, TX , United States
6/18/2005 NOKIA live at Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX, United States
