[2] Both had a passion for music, and they formed a band named Citizen Kane, after the eponymous movie, and began putting on performances for small audiences.

They were eventually discovered at a Hague cafe named De Paap by talent scout Henkjan Smits, who introduced them to manager Edwin Jansen and helped them sign a recording contract with BMG.

[1] With their name abbreviated to Kane, the band rounded out the lineup with guitarist Tony Cornelissen, bassist Aram Kersbergen, and drummer Cyril Directie.

[1] Kane won the 2000 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dutch Act, beating Anouk, BLØF, and Krezip.

[6] In November 2000, the band performed a U2 cover set for the Marlboro Flashbacks tour, which was released on a live album named With or Without You.

[9] In August 2005, Kane scored their second number-one hit, with the title track "Fearless", which was dedicated to Woesthoff's cousin, who was suffering from kidney disease.

[15] On 28 June 2008, the band played the largest show of their career at De Kuip in Rotterdam, in front of 42,000 people.

It was also performed live with actress Carice van Houten in January 2010 on a televised broadcast to raise money in relief of the Haiti earthquake.

In a statement on their website, the band wrote: "We said what we wanted to say, longer than we dared to predict, with more support than we ever hoped to dream.

[1] Despite their commercial success, Kane received poor reviews from music critics, who disliked the band's "bloated rock" sound and Woesthoff's "growling" vocals.

[25] De Volkskrant compared Kane to a Dutch version of the Canadian rock band Nickelback in terms of their reputation.