2011年4月15日优酷娱乐播报：Keane乐队“忙里偷闲”专赴音乐厅赏民乐 贝斯手玩性大发当场学琵琶

来源：http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjU4OTQ5NzY4.html

首次现身内地的英国著名乐队Keane(基因乐队)在4月14号下午，专程来到中央民族音乐厅，欣赏古老而美妙的中国民乐。看着台上的演奏，几人不时发出赞叹。在排练休息的时候，Keane饶有兴趣的上台与乐队成员交流。热情的队员为他们演奏了几首风格迥异的民乐，Keane在仔细倾听的时候还随着拍子打节奏，看来中国的民族音乐对他们很是吸引。

形状独特的民族乐器勾起了Keane的兴趣，听完演奏队员的解说后，贝斯手竟然拿过琵琶亲自上阵，打算与乐队合奏一曲。一转头又看见二胡，非让队员拉上一首，不知道听得如痴如醉的Keane会不会在回到英国后，把中国的民乐元素融进自己的音乐里，让中西音乐碰撞出精彩的火花。

2011年4月21日环球时报评论：“仅限邀请”遭猛击，Keane期待能在中国开演

China concerts planned after disappointment at Brits’ invite-only bashes
[22:50 April 21 2011] By Jiang Wanjuan
来源：http://life.globaltimes.cn/entertainment/2011-04/647375.html

From the Great Wall to the Forbidden City and Tian’anmen Square, British band Keane checked the capital out like most other foreigners who had just arrived to a new country – but when they played at two performances in Beijing last week, the Chinese audiences singing along reminded them that they were no strangers here.

It was the first time that the popular rock band had set foot on the Chinese mainland, where thousands of fans had listened to their music since middle school and were keen to see them live – but oddly they chose to do so only at invitation-only performances. The band played a brief set at the exclusive (and much-vaunted) Burberry launch party before playing a second, weekend gig at Beijing’s Tango-Star Live club, yet another private party; this time to celebrate the eighth birthday of local radio show Hit FM.

“I was surprised when I heard of Keane’s performance in China. I started to listen to their music five or six years ago,” said 25-year-old Su Lang, who was fortunate enough to win tickets to the event from the popular CRI channel. “If you listen to British pop, or British rock, there is no way you can skip Keane.”

Although the band has definitely won mainstream success with sales STET 10 million, their piano-led melodies and resistance to the traditional electric guitar sound has set them apart from other commercial bands and perhaps, to some extent, explains their success.

“Music is what’s most important and everything else take second place. If the music is good, then you can do whatever you want,” drummer Richard Hughes told the Global Times, before making a pointed reference to Lady Gaga. “You can be very creative, getting carried into a ceremony in an egg or wearing ridiculous clothing. [But] if you can bring some originality into it, then fashion or whatever can [go] along with it too.”

It’s been two years since their last studio album, Perfect Symmetry – not counting 2010 EP Night Train – and Hughes suggested it might be another year’s wait hence for their fourth.

“We don’t think it will come out this year… maybe next year,” said Hughes.

“As soon as you have a deadline, you start to make mistakes. We are just trying to get the music finished first and then worry about the release.”

Keane performed most of their hit songs at Hit FM’s party, such as “Everybody’s Changing” and “Somewhere Only We Know” in an otherwise short 40-minute performance. The fully packed club saw around 1,000 fans singing, cheering, screaming and sweating in the relatively small venue. The fans consisted of an almost equal mix of female and male youngsters, but also spotted among the crowd was a middle-aged Chinese man losing himself in the music.

Lead singer Tom Chaplin expressed surprise to find so many fans in China, unaware of the thousands more, perhaps, watching over the Web and blogging about how excited and disappointed they were. But maybe Chaplin’s informal promise of a future concert served as a comfort for them.

“This will be the first of many, many visits to this amazing country,” Chapman told the audience. “We have had an incredible treat in China. We hope to come back and play some more next time.”

2011年4月19日中国日报现场回顾：Keane歌迷爱现场演出

Keane fans love it live
Updated: 2011-04-19 08:47 By Chen Nan (China Daily)
来源：http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2011-04/19/content_12352015.htm

Keane is a band to watch – as was evident at its debut show in Beijing on Saturday night.

Pointing a finger toward the crowd at Starlive, the lead vocalist Tom Chaplin sang, “But everybody’s changing. And I don’t feel the same”, as more than 1,000 fans sang and chanted. It was a moment of mutual affirmation.

“We didn’t expect you would sing along with us,” Chaplin said, addressing the crowd. During the one-and-a-half-hour performance, he sang nearly 20 songs from their previous massively successful albums. Some of the standout moments of the night were heart-tugging anthems, including This is the Last Time, She has No Time and Bend and Break.

Keyboardist, pianist Tim Rice, drummer Richard Hughes, bassist Jesse Quin, and Chaplin closed the night with the hit song, Somewhere Only We Know.

“We will come back soon,” Chaplin said, waving goodbye to fans.

“If U2′s Bono is a spiritual hero like God in heaven, then Keane are angels. Their music is so British and the singer’s voice is so beautiful,” said Liu Bo, 25, a fan.

Compared with the band’s first show in Beijing a week ago, a commercial event for Burberry, its performance on April 16 was “much more musical, which allowed us to feel the crowds and do the music”, said Rice, who is the band’s main songwriter.

“We hadn’t done a live show for four months and it was really exciting to see the crowds here in Beijing.”

The trio – Rice, Chaplin and Hughes – began making music together as teenagers. They were found by Fierce Panda Records’ founder, Simon Williams (who also discovered Coldplay), in 2003 and offered a contract. That led to the debut album Hopes and Fears, in 2004, which catapulted Keane to world fame, selling almost 6 million copies and picking up many awards.

“We didn’t expect all this success. For us, it was great enough to put our first album out and release it,” Rice said.

The second album, Under the Iron Sea, topped the UK’s album charts. The third album, Perfect Symmetry and fourth, Night Train, are loaded with songs the four musicians from Battle, East Sussex, created between gigs, showing yet another sonic swerve, but staying close to the heavily piano-based sound which has earned them the name “the band with no guitars”.

“It was an accidental success in some ways. Because we didn’t have a guitarist at the beginning and I am good at piano,” Rice said. “It was a surprise to find that things work out without guitar.”

The band played in 28 countries and regions in 2010, from Russia, Australia and Columbia, to South Korea and Lebanon.

“We are always absorbing the influences from all around,” Rice said. “We would head to studios and work on tracks any time there was a gap in our schedule. That’s what we love.”

2011年4月21日环球音乐国际部日记：Keane在北京——愉快的一周

Keane in Beijing – An Amazing Week with Keane
2011-04-21 15:01:07
来源：http://site.douban.com/widget/notes/2279574/note/146674836/

Dear all,
It is our great honor to have talented band Keane in town for their 2 shows and promos in Beijing last week. Here’s the full story:
Keane arrived in Beijing, China on the afternoon April 11th, Monday to start their first visit ever to China. On April 12th, the band went to Great Wall to shoot Burberry Acoustic Session. (Burberry Acoustic Session is the special campaign from the brand for this year. The brand invited young bands all over UK to record the acoustic versions of their singles. They want to build a much younger and cooler brand image through this campaign.) They recorded “Somewhere Only We Know” for this session. The video is streamed on Burberry.com and Youku.com.

On April 13th, the band did an amazing mini-concert for Burberry event in Beijing. Near 800 celebrities and guests showed up at the event. Keane totally lit up the venue. Almost everyone sang along with the artists. The concert was live-streamed by Burberry.com and their other video website partners. It’s also live-streamed by their ‘Burberry Retail Theater’ system to over 50 retail stores all over the world. It’s probably the most exciting fashion brand event of the year so far.

After an exciting night with fans, arranged by UM China, the 3 band members from Keane went to visit National Traditional Orchestra of China on the after of April 14. As contemporary western musicians, the band members also very interested in traditional Chinese music and instruments. They watched the rehearsal, interacted with China musicians. The musicians from NTOC played a short jam session for Keane and introduced traditional Chinese instruments to them. All the band members were really fascinated by beautiful traditional Chinese music.

At night, Universal Music China took the whole tour party to dinner at a traditional Chinese restaurant. During the dinner, the band met Sa Dingding, our Chinese artist from Universal China. They talked about a lot of things on music, including the possibility of collaboration in the future. After the dinner, they toured Nan Luo Gu Xiang, an old Beijing Hutong (alley).

The band took a day-off on April 15th. On the afternoon of April 16th, the band went to HitFM, the host of their send showcase in Beijing for a two-hour promo session. This promo session includes: photo call, group interview, 1-on-1 interview and 30-minute live radio show. 15 media attended at the press junket.

After the press junket at Hit FM, the band went to the venue of Hit FM 8th Anniversary showcase venue. Before the show, they met the winners of Keane Album Artwork Design Campaign on Douban.com. This event was held by Universal Music China International Department on Douban.com. Douban group for Keane is the biggest online Keane fan base in China. This campaign encouraged the fans to recommend album cover artworks for Keane. The winners would get the access to the showcase. Top 3 winners could meet the band face to face at the backstage. This campaign got 400+ uploads within 3 weeks.

9:30 pm April 16th, Keane played on Hit FM 8th Anniversary Showcase. 1500+ fans showed up. And the venue was totally packed. Both the artist and fans enjoyed the show a lot. All the audience were looking forward to see them again in China. Before the event, over 7000 fans send application text to Hit FM for the tickets. 200 CDs are sold out on site.

2011年4月20日搜狐音乐专访Keane：不介意和Coldplay比较

专访英国乐队Keane：不介意和Coldplay比较
作者：朱尔摩斯 2011年04月20日16:58
来源：http://music.yule.sohu.com/20110420/n306155959.shtml

Keane，这支从英国小城巴特勒成长起来的乐队，从上世纪90年代末组建开始就一直被歌迷和媒体们拿来与Coldplay作比，虽然同为一线乐队，但被拿来互相比较依然有些许的尴尬。在这次采访中，Keane面对Coldplay的问题并不避讳，不仅大方谈论Keane和Coldplay的渊源，还开玩笑的吹捧了一下自己乐队的键盘手 Tim。在旋律上，Keane几乎可以与同是以旋律见长的Coldplay媲美，更因为他们舍弃吉他，以钢琴为主导乐器的乐队配置，让他们在英国同时期乐队里异常独特，至今依然是各大音乐节的抢手乐队。

要不是Hit Fm的8周年庆典，这场Keane的音乐大餐恐怕只有为数不多的一些时尚人士可以享用，京城再一次在这样的机会面前显示出了自己帝都的优越性，外地的歌迷在网络上的各种羡慕和懊悔在他们错失Bob Dylan后又一次的爆发。

虽然这不是一次纯粹的Keane巡演，但这场演出肯定对内地的演出市场起到一定的刺激作用。当天晚上因为Keane而变得拥挤的糖果三层，内地演出商不会无视这样的水准，Keane的中国巡演相信也不会再是歌迷们的长久意淫。

搜狐音乐：这是你们第一次到中国，也是第一次到北京，有什么感想？

Keane：当然这是一次非常棒的经历。非常荣幸我们能来到中国，因为并不是有那么多的西方乐队能得到在中国演出的机会，所以我们觉得这是对我们的一个嘉奖。自从我们来到中国， 就受到中国主办方的细致招待，不好意思太劳驾大家了。

搜狐音乐：在北京这几天都去了哪里？

Keane：长城！我们很小的时候就知道它，在百科全书上有长城的不少照片，我们不知道是否可以有一天能亲眼看到长城，当我们站在上面的时候有些让我们不可思议，而且我们的导游也很专业很详细。我们还在长城上玩了一个不插电版的《Somewhere Only We Know》，在长城上演奏那感觉太奇妙了！我们还坐车去了北京一些有特色的地方转了转，还去了中央民族乐团参观，在那里看到了好多我们从来没见过的乐器，听到了很多没听过的音乐，在他们的排练室里听到的音乐太迷人了。还去了天安门广场和故宫，那些古代建筑非常壮观，我们很高兴我们在这里演出的同时还能游览这些地方。

搜狐音乐：Keane刚成立的时候，Coldplay的主唱Chris Martin还邀请过Tim为他们弹键盘，而且你们签约的第一家唱片公司Fierce Panda，他们的老板就是Simon Williams，他曾经就是Coldplay，有没有这回事儿？

Keane：这是一个很长很长的故事，我们很了解Coldplay, 两支乐队的关系也不错，之前我们还一起演出过好几次，这确实是一件很久远的事情了，当时我们两支乐队都还很年轻，差不多是96年97年的时候吧，Tim的键盘弹得非常好，我们一点都不惊讶Chris对Tim做出邀请。Tim可以胜任任何一支乐队，所以他最富有，我甚至认为他如果在Coldplay都是那个最富有的人。

其实发掘Coldplay的人是Caroline Elleray，最早也是她签下我们的。当然Simon的厂牌也非常酷，而且他人也非常友善。

搜狐音乐：你们曾经和日本的乐队Yellow Magic Orchestra有过合作，他们在日本是一支传奇乐队，这个合作是怎么发生的？

Keane：对，我们翻唱了他们一首歌，（You’ve Got to Help Yourself）。他们的音乐很酷，我们也知道他们在日本的影响力相当大。当他们在伦敦演出的时候，Tim和Jesse去看了他们在伦敦的演出，回来后就说告诉我们必须翻唱一首他们的歌，因为实在太棒了。

搜狐音乐：新专辑现在是什么情况了？

Keane：我们只能说，我们正在做这件事。对于目前已经创作出来的那部分我们都非常满意，我们又开始回归创作了，我们想让这张专辑更简单，并且能有一两首大家都特别喜欢的大热歌曲。我们不能保证说今年就能出来，我们估计得明年吧。我们都不着急，也没有谁给我们定一个期限，我们会认真的做音乐人该做的。

搜狐音乐：一些歌迷在网上说你们正在变成一支电子流行乐队，因为你们上一张专辑比之前的所有专辑都更电气化。真的是这样的吗？

Keane：是吗？但其实我们之前的专辑都用了不少电子乐，我们有首歌叫《Everybody’s Change》应该是我们最电子化的歌了，可能是鼓的节奏变化不多，钢琴也很少，所以可能让大家觉得我们有些电子吧。但是我们一直都在保持歌曲的流行度。

搜狐音乐：你们现在已经是一线大团了，能给我们推荐一些新乐队么？

Keane：The Vaccince，他们的专辑非常棒。还有Wild Beasts，好像是谢菲尔德的乐队，是么？我记不起来了。

（采写：朱尔摩斯，图：李伯男）