1. Thomas Oliver Chaplin was born on 8 March 1979 and is an English musician, best known as the co-founder and lead singer of the British alternative rock band Keane.
18 Facts About Tom Chaplin
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Thomas Oliver Chaplin was born in Hastings, East Sussex, to Sally and David Chaplin OBE, a month apart from future bandmate Tim Rice-Oxley's brother, called Tom.
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Tom Chaplin's father was headmaster of Vinehall School in Robertsbridge, so both friends were schooled there along with Richard Hughes, who would later be their bandmate.
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Tom Chaplin attended the University of Edinburgh, prior to dropping out to pursue a career in music.
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Tim Rice-Oxley invited Tom Chaplin to join the band as an acoustic guitar player.
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Tom Chaplin was invited to join the band by Rice-Oxley, after he finally convinced the other two, in 1997, when the name The Lotus Eaters was changed to Cherry Keane, after a friend of Tom Chaplin's mother.
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Tom Chaplin worked at a publishing company where his chief responsibility was to carry boxes.
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On 6 September 2016, Tom Chaplin announced he would be playing eight intimate solo shows across the UK in October 2016.
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On 13 October 2017, Tom Chaplin announced that he had recorded his first solo Christmas album, entitled Twelve Tales of Christmas, to be released on 17 November 2017.
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In January 2022, Tom Chaplin appeared on the third series of The Masked Singer as "Poodle".
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Tom Chaplin uses a Hammond XK2 organ for "Hamburg Song" and "Nothing in My Way".
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Tom Chaplin played guitar on Keane's third album, Perfect Symmetry and has been the lead guitarist in live shows for the album.
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Tom Chaplin plays three different Fender Telecaster guitars: one red, one white and one light blue.
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Tom Chaplin has a daughter born on 20 March 2014 and a son born in 2020.
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Tom Chaplin is a keen golfer, supporter of Ipswich Town and of the England cricket team.
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On 22 August 2006, Tom Chaplin stated that he was receiving treatment for drug addiction problems.
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Tom Chaplin said people began to give up on him, and his wife once told him she loved him in case she never saw him again.
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Tom Chaplin stated that the past 12 months had been the happiest of his life with his wife and daughter.