Keane To Open For U2 In North America

Keane will once again open for U2, this time on U2's 3rd leg of the Vertigo Tour in North America. They have been confirmed for dates in Boston and in New York during the month of October for a total of 7 shows.

Keane Covers Elton John

Keane will be covering Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" for the upcoming War Child charity album, "Help - A Day in the Life." War Child is a network of independent organisations working across the world to help children affected by war. Most recently, they have launched Warchildmusic.com which is a not-for-profit company that puts money earned from music downloads towards continuing their work in some of the world's most troubled regions. The songs will be recorded on September 8th and will be available for downloading the same day. An album will be available a few weeks later. Other artists on the album include Radiohead, Tom Waits, Bloc Party and Lucky Jim.

Keane Pulls out of Lisbon Gig

U2 played to a crowd of more than 50,000 at a soccer stadium Sunday night in Lisbon, Portugal which was their final European date on the band's "Vertigo" tour. Keane were set to open for them but were forced to pull out due to illness. Lead singer, Tom Chaplin, was ordered to be on bedrest for a full week by his doctor after he fell ill due to a serious throat infection. According to Keane's official website, the band were really disappointed to miss the gig since Lisbon is "one of their favorite places on earth." The site goes on to say that working with U2 was like a dream come true for this young band which may have made missing this particular show that much worse since the president of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio, presented the members of U2 with Portugal's Order of Liberty, one of the country's highest honors, in recognition of their work for humanitarian causes over the past 25 years. Lesser known band, Kaiser Chiefs filled in for Keane at the concert.

Bono & Tom

Tom and Bono seem to be enjoying each other's company at Live 8 on July 2nd. Keane will be opening for U2 during the end of their Vertigo Tour.

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