Fifteen minutes into Keane's rehearsal and their front man, Tom Chaplin, suddenly walks off stage. The band have run through just two tracks from their third album, Perfect Symmetry, when, mid-way through their third number, the singer pulls out his in-ear monitor, climbs off the stage and walks purposefully towards the doors of the sound-proofed room. But, if you're among Keane's loyal army of fans, fear not. Chaplin's band came close to splitting in 2006 after he quit the Japanese leg of the world tour for their second album, Under the Iron Sea, and went into rehab. Today, though, there's a rather less dramatic reason for his exit. When the singer gets to the back of the studio, he turns and watches his bandmates, keyboard player Tim Rice-Oxley and drummer Richard Hughes. As the instrumental break from their 2004 hit, "Everybody's Changing", blasts from the room's industrial-strength speakers, Chaplin grins. Then, clearly satisfied with what he's hearing, he gallops back to the stage to belt out the chorus.
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