Keane celebrate 20th anniversary with tour - including stop at Manchester's Co-op Live

Alternative rock band Keane are the latest performers to be unveiled for Manchester’s new arena Co-op Live.

The band will be performing in Manchester as part of a huge world tour marking the 20th anniversary of their debut album Hopes and Fears. Having sold over 2.5 million copies in the UK in its first year alone, the album features their classic hit Somewhere Only We Know.

The 2024 World Tour will feature six UK and Ireland arena dates, stopping off at Birmingham, Manchester, Bournemouth, Cardiff, London and Dublin. The band will also perform across Europe and America as part of the tour.

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On May 10, 2024, the band will release a special remastered version of the nine-tine platinum album exactly 20 years after its initial release. But before that, they’ll be performing in Manchester’s Co-op Live on May 5. Tickets will go on sale next week.

They will be supported by Wigan band The Lathums as well as The Sherlocks.

Speaking about the 20th anniversary of their debut, lead singer Tom Chaplin said: “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 added: “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