About Tom Chaplin
Thomas Oliver Chaplin (born 8 March 1979) is an English musician who is the co-founder and lead singer of the alternative rock band Keane. == Early life == Thomas Oliver Chaplin was born in Hastings, East Sussex, to Sally and David Chaplin OBE, in the same hospital as future bandmate Tim Rice-Oxley's brother, also called Tom. Their mothers met when they gave birth in the same hospital, allowing Chaplin and Rice-Oxley to form a friendship that endures today. 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. With Rice-Oxley and Hughes, Chaplin then attended Tonbridge School. Studying there, they met Dominic Scott (who was a founding member of Keane but left in 2001). During his time at Vinehall, Chaplin acted in several school plays and was part of the school's choral group. He also played the flute while at school. Chaplin attended the University of Edinburgh, where he studied art history for a year before dropping out to pursue a career in music. Meanwhile, in 1995, the trio of Scott, Rice-Oxley and Hughes started their first band, The Lotus Eaters (not to be confused with the 1980s chart band of the same name).
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