Keane heads to America

LOS ANGELES (Interscope Records) - Sailing on the success of their chart-topping debut album, "Hopes and Fears," British rock trio Keane hits the shores of America this fall, taking their piano-driven sound to cities across the U.S. "Hopes and Fears" has just been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, the UK's most prestigious album award.

Not surprisingly, Keane is also making waves in America. The video for outsider anthem and first single "Somewhere Only We Know" has been voted onto the air in MTV's "viewers pick" competition. The guitar-free group is also profiled in Rolling Stone's "New Faces" section (those faces belonging to singer Tom Chaplin, pianist Tim Rice-Oxley, and drummer Richard Hughes).

Since releasing the EP "Everybody's Changing" on independent label Fierce Panda in 2003, Keane has attracted attention for their powerful and clutter-free sound. At the fore is Chaplin's impressive voice, which Time Out calls "a soaring, coruscating shiver-inducer" and The London Sunday Times describes as "a beguiling blend of Harry Nilsson, Eric Carmen, Chris Martin and Fran Healy."

Keane will leave a wake of satisfied music lovers in the following North American cities:
6-Sept - Vancouver, CAN - Richards on Richards
7-Sept - Seattle - Showbox
8-Sept - Portland - Berbatis Pan
10-Sept - San Francisco - Bimbo's 365 Club
11-Sept - Los Angeles - Avalon
12-Sept - San Diego - Brick by Brick
14-Sept - Denver - Gothic Theatre
15-Sept - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
17-Sept - Minneapolis - The Quest
18-Sept - Milwaukee - Rave Bar
19-Sept - Chicago - Park West
21-Sept - Toronto - The Guvernment
22-Sept - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
25-Sept - Mexico City - Salon 21
27-Sept - Philadelphia - Theatre of Living Arts
28-Sept - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
29-Sept - New York - Irving Plaza
1-Oct - Montreal - Le Spectrum
2-Oct - Boston - Avalon