Ten-year-old band Keane have admitted that it feels ‘strange’ to be splitting up after a decade in the business. The group’s first hit ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ became a smash back in 2003, but last month they revealed that their new Greatest Hits collection would be their last work as a band.
Drummer Richard Hughes lamented to Digital Spy:
“Going forward, we don’t have any plans for the next thing. Tom’s been talking about doing a solo record for many years. I think he might do that next year. After that, I really don’t know what the future holds.
“It’s quite strange in that respect. We’re not planning any massive touring around this album. We’re doing a cinema streaming gig from Berlin that sounds fun, but apart from that there’s nothing massive in the diary.”
Keane are about to split (PR)
On the possibility of reuniting in the future, he explained: “Tom writes songs whether he likes it or not – it’s impossible to stop him.
“I’m sure he’ll carry on doing that and if there’s a point where we want to make another record then we’ll do it. At the moment, we don’t know what we’re going to do next.”
