Keane’s latest album ‘Strangeland débuts at number 1 in the UK Charts
Keane’s new album, ‘Strangeland‘, appeared at number 1 in the UK charts on Sunday – this is their fifth album to reach number one in the album charts, equalling Coldplay and Radiohead, and beaten only by The Beatles.
‘Strangeland‘ marks a highly successful return for Keane, the album has made the top ten around the world. It is their fourth studio album, and follows their other chart topping releases ‘Hopes & Fears’ (2004); ‘Under The Iron Sea’ (2006); ‘Perfect Symmetry’ (2008) and the ‘Night Train’ EP (2010)
As the Sunday Times’ Culture magazine stated, ‘Strangeland’s literate, piano-driven songs “pull the heartstrings with a strength that even a band as notoriously emotive as Keane have rarely managed before”. Or, as the Sunday Mirror put it, “It’s good to have Keane back”.
Said Keane frontman Tom Chaplin: “Eight years ago we set out on a pretty extraordinary adventure, happy in the knowledge that just releasing a record was enough for us as a struggling band! It’s a fairly surreal but lovely feeling to find that further on down the road we’ve now reached five out of five number one albums.
“Our bloody-mindedness and desire to keep on changing as a band seems to have kept us alive, as well as our incredibly loyal and dedicated set of fans – thanks to everyone who has supported us! We hope to see lots of you out on the road over the next year, after which I guess we’ll get back in the studio to try to make it six in a row!”
Keane are now set to continue their ‘Strangeland’ world tour (which has already featured sold out dates in Russia, America and Bexhill-on-Sea) with a string of sell out UK dates in May and June, before heading to North America and Europe. Full UK listings as follows:
Keane – UK live dates 2012
May 23 – O2 Academy, Newcastle SOLD OUT
May 24 – O2 Academy, Glasgow
May 25 – O2 Academy, Birmingham SOLD OUT
May 29 – O2 Academy, Leeds SOLD OUT
May 30 – O2 Apollo, Manchester SOLD OUT
June 4 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone SOLD OUT
June 5 – O2 Academy, Bristol SOLD OUT
June 6 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester SOLD OUT
June 8 – O2 Brixton Academy, London SOLD OUT
June 9 – O2 Brixton Academy, London
Keane will release their new single ‘Sovereign Light Cafe‘ on 16th July, through Island Records.
