After my experience Saturday night at the Rib Cook-Off I was very hesitant to go back for another show on Sunday night. However, I have never seen Keane in concert so I decided to go and I'm so glad I did. Looking back I can't believe I even considered not going. When I first heard that Keane was playing at the Rib Cook-Off I was a little surprised. Keane is very popular in the UK and I thought they had a lot of fans in the US as well. In my opinion this band doesn't fit the description of the type of musical guests that usually perform at rib festivals. Keane is nothing less than incredible on stage. The performance was unforgetable to me.

This is one of those cases that the best thing for me to tell you is to go see them if you ever get the chance. For a moment I didn't even know where I was and it wasn't due to alcohol. Tom Chaplin's voice is so captivating that everything around you seems to disappear. All I could see and hear was him. I had to remind myself that I wasn't inside a club in England.

The band took the stage quickly and immediately started playing "The Lovers Are Losing". Tom Chaplin is so enthusiastic when he performs. He marched along to every single song. Some songs brought him to the ground while others had him standing on top of the piano.

I've always thought that Tom Chaplin's voice doesn't fit his appearancel. His voice is pretty powerful and he doesn't appear to be a very big guy. He looks very ordinary and I don't mean that in a bad way at all. Chaplin seems like he would be such a down to earth and friendly person. After every song he thanked the crowd and commented on how happy he was to be there. He even announced this was their first time playing a at a Rib Cook-Off. Chaplin interacted with the audience more than most artists I've seen. The fans seemed to enjoy this and responded by a heavy applause after every song.

A few of my favorite songs performed were "Crystal Ball", "Bend and Break", "Is It Any Wonder" and "Leaving So Soon?". The set list included fourteen other songs and a four song encore.

Half way through the set the band played "Early Winter", a song that was written by Tim Rice-Oxley (pianist for Keane) for Gwen Stefani. Stefani recored this song in 2006 for her album titled "The Sweet Escape". It's a beautiful song when sang by either Gwen or Keane.

I like Keane more today than I did yesterday and that's what makes a great concert! I'm hopeful that someday I'll be able to see them perform again.

Mat Kearney opened for Keane and put on a great performance as well. It was nice seeing two great performances back to back. Mat has a new album called "City of Black & White" that was just release on May 19th. He was nice enough to do meet his fans after the show and sign autographs.