Keane retract Blur festival comments

Keane have insisted that their recent comments at T In The Park were not intended to start a feud with Blur.

Singer Tom Chaplin jokingly said "Who the f**king hell are Blur?" when they performed to a dilapidated audience due to a schedule clash with the reformed group.

"You would never ever hear us say a bad word about Blur. I mean I went to see Blur so many times before they split up," he told The Sun. "They've been a major influence on us as a band and I'm totally in love with them.

"So no, I don't want to create some kind of feud with Blur. As I've always said, we're not a band who slags other bands off - I'd rather celebrate the good things about music."

Chaplin also claimed that he sided with Blur during their mid-'90s clash with Oasis.

"I think, overall, given the body of work I would say I'm more of a Blur fan than an Oasis fan," he said.

"I know that there is an idea that somehow we've got this thing or this weird war of words going on with Oasis which isn't true."

Keane recently confirmed that they had collaborated with Kanye West on some new material.