Under the Iron Sea Tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Under the Iron Sea Tour


caption =
artist = Keane
dates = May 2006 - August 2007
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 33

Under the Iron Sea Tour is the unofficial name given to the second tour made by English piano rock band Keane after the release of their second album "Under the Iron Sea".

History

The tour began in June 2006, shortly after Keane concluded a successful stint opening for the third leg of U2's Vertigo Tour. Buoyed by the fact that Keane was judged in a U2 fan poll to be the second best supporting act in the band's history (trailing only The Pixies and well ahead of the likes of Lone Justice and Little Steven), Keane approached the Under the Iron Sea Tour with a newfound aggressiveness. No longer attempting to somehow minimise the band's simple instrumental lineup, Keane instead highlighted it both visually and in terms of sound. The "Daily Mirror" reported that not since Elton John in the 1970s had a performing band so willfully promoted piano as a replacement for guitar in the concert scheme of things.

In particular, on this tour Keane emphasized the percussive nature of the piano, since they had discovered during the U2 shows that the piano sound echoed off the back walls of arenas, giving it a delayed, doubling sound effect that made further dense the group's sound. So for the Under the Iron Sea Tour, the group's sound crew added a delay element into the processing of the piano mic pickups, thereby reproducing that arena effect in the band's smaller-sized venues when headlining.

Since Chaplin entered rehabilitation on 22 August 2006 it was suggested the tour shouldn't be continued until early 2007. However, after Concert Live's announcement of release special edition CDs of every remaining 2006 Keane live performance in the UK, it was believed Chaplin had actually left the clinic. He came out on October 6.Keane made their "comeback" concert in Hull Arena(since Chaplin entered rehabilitation)on Tuesday, 17 October 2006.

In early December 2006, Keane announced that they would play five shows in the North American West Coast in January 2007. It's been strongly suggested they'll also visit Mexico and South America, latter for the first time with dates in Chile, Argentina and Brazil.

The "Under The Iron Sea" tour was finally ended with performances in Oporto, Portugal, and at the Natural Music Festival in El Ejido, Spain, on August 3 and 4 respectively.

Set list

Keane's set list on this tour changes constantly. Additionally, "The Frog Prince" is often omitted.

#"The Iron Sea"
#"Atlantic"
#"Put It Behind You"
#"Everybody's Changing"
#"Bend and Break"
#"The Frog Prince"
#"Nothing in My Way"
#"A Bad Dream"
#"This Is the Last Time"
#"Hamburg Song"
#"Somewhere Only We Know"
#"Is It Any Wonder?"
#"Try Again"
#"Leaving So Soon?"
#"Bedshaped"
#"Crystal Ball"

New Set List

#"The Iron Sea"
#"Put It Behind You"
#"Everybody's Changing"
#"Leaving So Soon?"
#"We Might as Well Be Strangers"
#"Nothing in My Way"
#"Bend and Break"
#"Try Again"
#"Your Eyes Open"
#"Hamburg Song"
#"Can't Stop Now"
#"The Frog Prince"
#"A Bad Dream"
#"This Is the Last Time"
#"Broken toy"
#"Somewhere Only We Know"
#"Is It Any Wonder?"
#"Atlantic"
#"Crystal Ball"
#"Bedshaped"

External links

* [http://themusiczine.com/live.php?id=111 TheMusicZine Tour Review]
* [http://www.keanemusic.com Official Keane site]
* [http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk Keaneshaped]
* [http://www.keane.at/searchgig.php Keane.at Live Archive]
* [http://www.keane.fr/concerts.php Keane.fr]
* [http://www.keane.fr/journal.php Keane.fr - Fan reviews]
* [http://www.keane.fr/galerie.php?cat=fans Keane.fr - Fan Live Pictures]