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Keane’s Tom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley look back: ‘Long friendships are like a marriage. You have to adapt to each other’s madness’

The founding members of the band on early gigs, a magical brush with a Beatle, and being lifelong friends

I approached him and said: “I’m Tom, I’m in a local band called Keane.” He was very gracious and said: “Oh, great, I’ll go and buy your record from Woolworths.” The next time I saw him was at Live Aid. I can tell by the way I’m leaning on the log that I was still in my Top Gun era – Tom Cruise, topless volleyball and high fives, that sort of thing. Part of the fun was in the tussle with our parents, knowing if we pulled it off we’d have a whole night of watching The Goonies, eating choc ices and listening to OK Computer.

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