British band Keane to tour U.S. in '24 for 20th anniversary reissue of debut album 'Hopes and Fears'

Hopes and Dreams, the debut album by British pop/rock band Keane will be released as a special remastered version on May 10, 2024, exactly 20 years after its initial release.

In celebration of this special anniversary edition, the band will play a handful of UK dates including London’s 02 Arena on May 10, officially kicking off their world tour on April 1 in Mexico City.

Keane reaches the U.S. in September 2024, including shows at LA’s Greek Theatre, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. 

For full routing and to sign up for ticket presale code, go to keanemusic.com. Presale is next Wednesday; general on sale is next Friday. 

Hopes and Fears set records upon release on both sides of the Atlantic. As one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history, selling over 2.5 million in the UK in its first year, it went platinum here in the U.S. (shipping almost 2 million units). The album locked in the #1 position on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, propelled by their classic songs “Somewhere Only We Know” and “Everybody’s Changing” which claimed the #2 and #6 spots on Billboard Adult Alternative chart respectively. Eventually, it sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

As a testament to the band’s long-standing legacy, “Somewhere Only We Know” has enjoyed a recent revival on Tik Tok, going viral in Indonesia which lit the spark for a global renaissance of the track which currently clocks up two million Spotify streams a day. In the past 12 months, it has become Island Records’ biggest selling single, having been streamed over a billion times so far.

Next year’s tour will celebrate Keane’s acclaimed body of work from their debut Hopes and Fears to their 2019 studio album Cause and Effect.

Lead singer Tom Chaplin says: “I remember standing by that amazing old mixing desk at Heliocentric Studios where we made Hopes and Fears, listening to an early mix of ‘Somewhere Only We Know.’ I had this feeling that we’d come up with something that had an extra bit of magic. Making music is so often a process full of doubt…but on this occasion there was something undeniable about what we’d created. Clearly, a lot of people felt the same when the album came out!”

Founding band member and songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley said: “When I think about these songs, I still picture us playing them in little rooms in pubs around the UK. I remember how exciting it was watching the crowds start to grow. Those songs opened the door to another dimension for us; everything that has happened in our lives since then was born out of that moment. It’s an incredible privilege for us that people are still listening after all this time."