Ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi nesithupha yomlando ophumelelayo, iqembu laseBrithani Keane umemezele ukuthi kuzothathwa ikhefu elingapheliyo. Ama-alamu aqhamuke kule mpelasonto edlule ngesikhathi iphephandaba laseBrithani lishicilela ukuthi leli qembu selizogqashula ekugcineni. Ngemuva kwalokho abamele uKeane baveze ukuthi akukhona ukwehlukana okucacile, kepha ukuthi amalungu abo anqume ukuthi ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu elandelayo, bazohlaba ikhefu ukugxila kumaphrojekthi abo bodwa, esimweni somculi uTom Chaplin osebenza i-albhamu yakhe eyedwa, noTim Rice-Oxley ozinikele endimeni yakhe yokuba ngumbhali wengoma yabanye abaculi.
Isikhulumi esisemthethweni se Keane Ngezitatimende zakhe ezisemthethweni uyaqinisekisa mayelana neqembu ngokwezwi nezwi ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto: "UKeane uzothatha i-hiatus njengeqembu ukuze amalungu alo akwazi ukwenza imisebenzi yawo yobuciko". Umcimbi olandelayo ohlelwe yiqembu ubanjelwa kwiwebhusayithi esemthethweni yaleli qembu, ikhonsathi ezoba ngo-Okthoba 25, nokushicilelwa kwe-albhamu yokuhlanganisa. 'Okuhamba phambili kukaKeane' kaNovemba 11.
UKeane wasungulwa ngo-1997, futhi phakathi nale minyaka eyishumi nesithupha yomlando bathengise amakhophi ayizigidi eziyi-11 emhlabeni wonke futhi bakhipha ama-albhamu amane e-studio: 'Amathemba nokwesaba' (2004), 'Under the iron sea' (2006), 'Perfect Symmetry' (2008) kanye 'neStrangeland' (2012), okwakuyinombolo yokuqala ekuthengisweni kwe-UK ngonyaka odlule.
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