Hopes and Fears Tour
| Tour by Keane | |
Promotional poster for Keane's second gig at Mexico City, with The Bravery as the opening act.
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| Associated album | Hopes and Fears |
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| Start date | 7 March 2004 |
| End date | 14 October 2005 |
| Legs | 8 |
| No. of shows | 116 81 in Europe 32 in North America 3 in Asia |
| Keane concert chronology | |
The Hopes and Fears Tour was the first tour embarked on by English piano rock band Keane after the release of their debut album Hopes and Fears.
Following a series of successful live performances since 1998 and one day after the release of Hopes and Fears, Keane started a promotional tour for the album, debuting at the Forum in London on 11 May 2004. The tour started to become more serious, with hundreds of people attending the gigs. They soon went to North America, visiting for Canada and Mexico for the first time, where they had gradually become popular. The tour continued throughout 2004, playing several times in the United States and Europe.
In October and soon after, Rice-Oxley composed "Nothing in My Way" (also called "Nothing in Your Way") and "Hamburg Song", both of which were included in the set list, leading Chaplin to play the Hammond organ for both songs.
The idea of filming a documentary arose in 2005 and Ed Roe, an early fan of Keane, was in charge, so they decided to film during the summer of that year, when they were touring the USA. They continued playing during August and September in the USA (returning once to Mexico) to finally close the tour with the opening acts for U2's Vertigo Tour during October. The Strangers DVD containing the documentary was released on 15 November 2005.
The set list was changed constantly. Only "Can't Stop Now" and "Bedshaped" remained as the first and last respectively. The first set lists also included the B-sides "To the End of the Earth" and "Allemande". "On a Day Like Today" was not played during all gigs but mainly British ones.
After Rice-Oxley composed "Nothing in My Way", "Hamburg Song", and "Try Again", these were included on the set list for the gigs.
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