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Kotisivultani (breakoutbootlegs.cjb.net)
 
14.07 2004 - Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland. As many people know there are quite a few big bands that come to Finland. I saw that there was going to be a band called Keane playing in Tavastia. I read on the internet that Keane is very famous in the UK and that the music could is a bit like Travis and Coldplay. That made me wanna know more about the music so I grabbed a few mp3z from the net and I liked what I heard so I went out and bought the album. This was only 1 week before the gig. The day came and Keane was going to be playing in Tavastia. I pretty much knew the setlist and the lyrics to the songs so it felt like I would have been listening to Keane for a much longer time. They came on at 11.15 pm. and started the set with "Can’t Stop Know", which was a really great song to start the set with. The melodies in every song is very beautiful so you just have to love the whole album. The set followed with the next single "Everybody’s Changing". Then "Your Eyes Open", "Sunshine" and "Bend And Break", which was in my opinion one of the best songs that evening. "We Might As Well Be Strangers" was next and I don’t like that song as much as the other ones for some reason. After that Keane played a song called "Snowed Under", I’m such a new Keane fan that I’m not aware of that song, must be a b-side. Before the next song "She Has No Time" Tom talked about liking a girl that didn’t feel the same about him so a band member wrote the song and it’s very personal and important to Tom. Then the band announced that they were going to play the last song of the evening, that got a lot of buuuuus because the crowed was really amazing and enjoying themselves. The "last" song was "Somewhere Only We Know", which is the best song of the album and I use to play it around with the piano, amazing song. After people screaming their lungs out the band came back on stage and played another b-side?! Called "Allemande" without the drummer. Tom was really jumping around and we looked to be really worn out during the break between the songs. He looks a lot "bigger" on the picture on the album cd sleeve, I guess he’s been jumping around a lot on gigs after that. Then Keane played "This Is The Last Time", which was in the top three that night, very impressive performance and the crowed was loving it. The last song that night was "Bedshaped". The gig was only 55 minutes long and I guess they don’t have material for a longer set so I’m really happy about the setlist. After the gig I got the setlist from the stage and before I knew it I was talking to the drummer about British football and Manchester United and stuff. My friend said to him that he loves the song "Bend And Break" and the drummer said that they have been thinking about releasing it as the next singe in the UK, we’ll see. Then I talked a few words with the singer. I was looking for the last member of the band to get all the autographs on both the ticket and the setlist but I didn’t find him. Just when I was heading out of the door I saw him talking to some girl, I lent a pen and got my setlist and ticket completed. I talked to him a bit about many bands who never come to Finland and he said that the gig was amazing and the guys really hadn’t any idea that anybody knew them over here. I also said that I loved Coldplay and Travis and we talked a bit about them. Then promised to come back as soon as possible. I’m really happy about the gig and the autographs and that I got to talk to the guys but I’m a bit disappointed in leaving my camera at home, I would have got some sweet pictures. I’m sure that this band is going to be huge or at least I hope so.