Tim Keegan

Vocalist and principal songwriter with Departure Lounge since 1999, Keegan has recorded and performed with various bands and as a solo artist.

His first post-Ringo band was Homer, consisting of Keegan, Patrick Hannan (of The Sundays), Andy Metcalfe (of the Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians), Jake Kyle and Andrew Claridge.

Departure Lounge disbanded in 2003 and since then Keegan has worked on solo projects and has also appeared as guest vocalist on other artists' releases.

His first solo album, Foreign Domestic (recorded in Nashville, Paris and London) was released in 2007, receiving positive reviews in the British and French press.

His cover version of the Destiny's Child song "Survivor" appeared on the compilation albums La musique de Paris Dernière 4 in France and Tory Burch Foundation: Volume 1 in the US.

A second solo album, The Long Game (Label Of Love), was released in the UK in 2015 and featured Hitchcock on the track "Trouble Again".

Jetlag Dreams was re-issued on limited edition clear vinyl by Bella Union for Record Store Day in 2016. in September 2019 Departure Lounge reunited for live shows in Worthing, Brighton and London to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Out Of Here .