More about Keane!

Who are Keane?
Tom (Oliver) Chaplin - Vocals (8th March 1979)Tim (James) Rice-Oxley - Piano, keyboards, bass, backing vocals (2nd June 1976)Richard (David) Hughes - Drums (8th September 1975)
For general info about Keane and a biography, see Keanemusic.com. There's also a good feature at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3363889.stm.
Roots: They're from close to Battle, and have a studio based in Tim's dad's house, where they recorded "Everybody's Changing".

Where did the name come from?
As children, they were looked after by a lady named "Cherry Keane". This was eventually shortened to Keane.
TC: Why the name Keane?
Tim Rice-Oxley: We were sitting in this pub in Dublin waiting to play a gig and were told that we needed a name. We hadn't actually gotten round to choosing one at that point, it was just one of those things we kept putting off. Anyway, we were all reminiscing about this old lady who used to look after us when we were younger, her name was Cherry Keane. So in the end we decided to name ourselves after her. Later on we decided to drop the 'Cherry' part and just be known as Keane. We thought it was a magical name, we really liked it.

TC: So it has some significance then?
Tim Rice-Oxley:Yeah definitely. She was one of those people who really encouraged us to follow our dreams and do the musical stuff we loved rather than worrying about whether we were going to get 'proper' jobs. She was always really nice to us - even when we sounded completely awful! She has a special place in our hearts.

Source: http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/faq/#members