LONDON, UK  [Tuesday Oct.31.2006]  /Mix103FM.com/ -- Keane had a close call last week when a heavy piece of lighting equipment crashed onto the stage during a UK performance.

The accident occurred an hour and twenty minutes into the show, forcing the venue to be evacuated.

An audience member said of the incident, "They started the encore and they had a big lighting rig on a stand which was lifted up into gantry. It got caught on another bit of equipment and it fell over down the back of the stage. No one got squashed or anything, but the band left the stage and an announcement was made saying everyone had to leave immediately due to health and safety."

Keane has recently returned to the road after the band's frontman, Tom Chaplin, completed a stint in rehab.

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