Night Train Tour
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The Night Train Tour was the fourth tour given by the British Band Keane, following the launch of the EP Night Train.

It started with a performance at The Fridge
The Fridge
The Fridge is a nightclub in the Brixton area of South London, founded by Andrew Czezowski, who had run the Roxy during punk music's heyday in 1977. It was originally started in 1981, in a small club at 390 Brixton Lane, and in 1982 above Iceland in Brixton Road with a radical decor that included...

 in Brixton, London and was followed with a series of sold-out shows in the English Forests. This was followed with shows at Festivals in Europe and a mini-tour of North America. During the North America Leg the band performed a new song called "Disconnected" that probably will be part of the band's fourth studio album.

Keane

  • Tom Chaplin
    Tom Chaplin
    Thomas Oliver "Tom" Chaplin is a singer, musician and composer, best known as the lead vocalist of the piano rock band, Keane.-Life and career:...

     - lead Vocals, electric guitar, organ, acoustic guitar, synths, backing vocals (“Your Love”)
  • Tim Rice-Oxley
    Tim Rice-Oxley
    Timothy James Rice-Oxley , is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as co-founder, the principal composer and pianist, backing vocalist of piano rock band Keane.-Life and career:...

     - piano, synths, electric guitar (“Clear Skies”), lead vocals (“Your Love”), backing vocals
  • Richard Hughes
    Richard Hughes (musician)
    Richard David Hughes is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the British piano rock band Keane. He is the eldest member of the band.-Biography:...

     - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jesse Quin
    Jesse Quin
    Jesse Joseph Quin is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bass and percussion player of the British rock band Keane. He is the youngest member of the band.-Life and career:...

     - bass guitar, synths, percussion, backing vocals

Opening acts

  • K'Naan
    K'naan
    K'naan , born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most...

     (UK)
  • The Helio Sequence
    The Helio Sequence
    The Helio Sequence is an American alternative rock band. They are a duo from Beaverton, OR, a suburb of Portland, OR signed to label Sub Pop. Their music environments are optimistic and uplifting with a dash of psychedelic...

     (UK, Ireland)
  • Everything Everything
    Everything Everything
    Everything Everything are a British indie band that formed in late 2007, originate from Newcastle, Kent and Guernsey, and reside in Manchester. The band rose to fame when they were revealed as part of the BBC's Sound of 2010 poll on 7 December 2009...

     (UK)
  • Pearl and the Puppets
    Pearl and the Puppets
    Pearl and the Puppets is a band from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire in the West-Central Lowlands of Scotland. The band comprises singer/songwriter Katie Sutherland , Blair McMillan , Gordon Turner , Scott Clark and Michael Abubakar .Sutherland's voice has been described as a being similar to...

     (UK)
  • Fran Healy
    Francis Healy
    Francis "Fran" Healy is a Scottish musician. He is currently the lead singer and main songwriter of the Scottish band Travis, having written nearly all of the songs on their six studio albums. He is based in Berlin, Germany...

     (USA, Canada)
  • Ingrid Michaelson
    Ingrid Michaelson
    Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including Scrubs, Bones, Grey's Anatomy The Big C and One Tree Hill, as well as in Old Navy's Fall 2007 Fair Isle and Opel's/Vauxhall's...

     (USA, Canada)

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
May 12, 2010 London
London
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UK The Fridge
June 7, 2010 London
London
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UK Lyric
June 10, 2010 Suffolk
Suffolk
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UK Thetford Forest
June 10, 2010 Kent
Kent
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UK Bedgebury Pinetum
June 15, 2010 London
London
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UK Roundhouse
June 16, 2010 Birmingham
Birmingham
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UK Academy
June 18, 2010 Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
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UK Westonbirt Arboretum
June 19, 2010 Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

UK Sherwood Pines Forest
June 21, 2010 Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

UK Barrowlands
June 23, 2010 Dublin Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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Olympia
June 25, 2010 North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
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UK Dalby Forest
June 26, 2010 Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

UK Cannock Chase Forest
June 27, 2010 Pilton
Pilton
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UK Worthy Farm, Glastonbury Festival
July 16, 2010 Lisbon
Lisbon
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Portugal
Portugal
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Super Bock, Super Rock Festival
North America
July 20, 2010 Oakland USA Fox Theatre
July 21, 2010 Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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USA Greek Theatre
July 23, 2010 Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
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USA House Of Blues
July 25, 2010 Houston USA Warehouse Live
July 26, 2010 Dallas USA House Of Blues
July 28, 2010 Chicago
Chicago
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USA Chicago Theatre
July 30, 2010 Toronto
Toronto
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Canada
Canada
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Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 31, 2010 Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

Canada
Canada
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Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts
August 3, 2010 Boston
Boston
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USA Bank Of America Pavilion
August 5, 2010 Baltimore
Baltimore
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USA Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 6, 2010 Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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USA Waterfront
August 7, 2010 Philadelphia USA Mann Center
August 10, 2010 Milwaukee USA Riverside Theatre
August 11, 2010 Minneapolis USA Ist Ave
August 13, 2010 Boulder
Boulder
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USA Fox Theater
August 14, 2010 Denver USA Mile High Festival
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