Heartbreaking: Boyzone stars Ronan Keating pictured and Keith Duffy paid emotional tributes to late member Stephen Gately on Thursday ten years after he died.
Keith, 45, shared a throwback picture of himself with Stephen on stage, he penned: 'Chance made us Colleagues Love and laughter and fun made us best friends! Stephen died from natural causes at his holiday home in Port D'Andratx, Majorca, on October 10, , leaving fans around the world devastated. Tragic: Keith, 45, shared a throwback picture of himself with Stephen on stage, he penned: 'Chance made us Colleagues Love and laughter and fun made us best friends!
He tragically passed away after a night out with his husband Andrew Cowles while on vacation on the Spanish island - never waking up after going to bed. Talking to Sky News in , Ronan said of the night: ' We cried and we laughed and we could hear him telling us jokes and we could hear him answering back.
Devastating: Just one day before the funeral, the band had flown out to Majorca and travelled back to Ireland with Stephen's body following his tragic death. Death: Stephen died from natural causes at his holiday home in Port D'Andratx, Majorca, on October 10, , leaving fans around the world devastated pictured in I felt very proud, I felt very proud that he was our mate and he classed us as his brother Just one day before, the band had flown out to Majorca and travelled back to Ireland with Stephen's body following his tragic death.
Talking about the emotional flight, Keith said during the Sky News interview: 'There was, for those two and a half hours flying back, there was something about the five of us being together on that plane. Together: Talking to Sky News in , Ronan said of the night before Stephen's funeral: ' We cried and we laughed and we could hear him telling us jokes and we could hear him answering back. While Ronan added: 'When I walked into the funeral home I just crumbled, we all did.
I fell to pieces, it was there that I realised he was gone, really gone and that was very hard for all of us, for our families, our wives were with us thank God. Born in Dublin, Gately joined Boyzone in after answering an advert to audition for Ireland's first boyband. The group achieved international fame as well as six UK No. Stardom: Born in Dublin, Gately joined Boyzone in after answering an advert to audition for Ireland's first boyband pictured in the 90s.
The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO. Headlines U. Privacy Policy Feedback. Boyzone slept next to Stephen Gately's coffin the night before his funeral Share this article Share. Share or comment on this article: Boyzone pay tribute to Stephen Gately 10 years after his death e-mail 3. Comments 2 Share what you think. The band initially focused on their own take on classic songs and broke through to the UK with second single, Love Me For A Reason, in During their time in the charts, they scored eighteen top ten hits in the Official UK Chart with six UK hit singles - making them the second biggest boy band after Take That.
Boyzone's biggest hit was No Matter What released in which went on to sell three million copies worldwide, even breaking the Top 40 in America. Officially splitting in , the group have frequently got back together for landmark tours for fans - including the Back Again No Matter What tour in - the last time they'd perform as a five-piece before the tragic death of Stephen Gately.
He left The Voice Australia in - citing work commitments and his upcoming baby as his reasons for stepping down. Ronan married Yvonne Connolly in April and the couple had three children - Jack, Marie and Ali - they separated in He met his current wife Storm Uechtritz in August and the couple married five years later - their son Cooper Archer Uechtritz Keating was born on 26 April Stephen tragically died in at the age of years-old due to an undetected heart condition while in Majorca with his partner.
After Boyzone announced their split in , Stephen Gately became the first member to release solo music and his debut single New Beginning reached number three in Then you meet him and he goes 'I was only joking. Officially, Boyzone's reasons for stopping involve platitudes about "writing the end of the story ourselves". Behind the press release, however, is a group of surprisingly well-adjusted middle-aged men for whom a boy band is no longer the centre of their lives.
Only Keating has carved out a successful solo career in music. Duffy has been a regular on Coronation Street , Lynch drives for a motor racing team and appears on reality TV, and Graham works in music production.
So we're gonna enjoy it, and we will enjoy hanging up those boots. It's a new angle. As long as there's teenage girls, there's going to be boy bands. They have to have someone to scream at. Yet they are ambivalent when considering whether it is a good career path for a young, wannabe star.
But it's a hard road. At the end of our interview, a mother, who is in the same dance studio as us, brings her toddler over for a photograph. Boyzone gamely gather around, but the child starts crying and wriggling away.
Stay away," says Duffy. Now in their 40s, Boyzone's surviving members prepare to go out 'in a blaze of glory'.
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