Aug 17, 2006 • 1 min read

Keane cancel gigs, Tom's tired

Keane are cancelling three gigs, including Ibiza Rocks, T on the Fringe and Dublin, after Tom Chaplin said he was exhausted, though they will still play Pukkelpop and V Festival.

This just in, the boys from Keane are tired. I'm tired too. I've had three and half hours sleep since July. But am I cancelling editions of the CMU Daily? Am I pulling out of providing you with a daily burst of music nonsense? Of course not. We might be arriving in your inbox a bit late these days, but we're still here, even if the exhaustion means we move the Q Awards back a month through bad typing.

But Keane are cancelling three gigs because band member Tom Chaplin is "exhausted". They will still play Pukkelpop in Belgium tomorrow, and their V Festival gigs this weekend, but they won't be fulfilling their commitments to Ibiza Rocks on 23 Aug, Edinburgh's T on the Fringe on 30 Aug and a Dublin gig on 31 Aug. Instead they'll be, I don't know, getting some shut eye I guess.

To be fair, we wouldn't want Tom to make himself ill by fulfilling his touring commitments, so we shouldn't give him too hard a time. And all that repetitive warbling is probably very tiring. Anyway, here's what he's said on the matter: "I want to apologise to our fans, and I hope that everyone understands. Be assured that we will be back out there soon."

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