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Keane review – note-perfect return with added emotional wallop

TikTok phenomenon Somewhere Only We Know inspires much hugging and joy, but the band led by a revived Tom Chaplin are more than just a one-hit wonder

After the chart-steamrollering success of their 2004 debut album Hopes and Fears, singer Tom Chaplin’s drug and alcohol addiction meant things had gone badly awry by the time Keane took an “indefinite hiatus” 10 years ago. With his rake thin physique, short grey hair, Rishi Sunak length trousers and voice that soars into the choruses, Chaplin owns the stage as effortlessly as if he was in front of his bedroom mirror. Written by pianist Tim Rice-Oxley in his parents’ front room, the song remembers a special place in childhood and, as thousands sing it here, has clearly become a source of comfort and joy to a multitude of others.

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