Ronan Keating thinks it was a “mistake” for Boyzone to hold on with out the late Stephen Gateley.
Ronan Keating thinks Boyzone should not have continued with out Stephen Gateley
The ‘Image of You’ hitmakers shaped in 1993 and loved chart success earlier than splitting in 1999 and reforming in 2007, and whereas time after the reunion noticed the group expertise what was “in all probability the most effective time within the band”, tragedy struck in 2009 when the singer died from a coronary heart situation aged simply 33.
And Ronan admitted he thinks the band – which additionally included Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy and Mikey Graham – ought to have referred to as it a day for good then as a result of issues “by no means felt the identical once more”.
Talking on the Magic radio particular ‘When Harriet met Ronan – 30 years of Boyzone’ – which airs on Sunday (29.10.23) at 5.30pm – he stated: “For me that was the tip of the band all collectively and we in all probability ought to have simply referred to as it a day then, however we thought the fitting factor to do was to hold on in Stephen’s reminiscence.
“For me a mistake. The band by no means felt the identical once more. It at all times felt like one thing was lacking.”
The 46-year-old singer believes the group would have stayed collectively if Stephen hadn’t handed away, however thinks they’d have had extra frequent breaks to embark on solo ventures.
He stated: “I might say we wouldn’t have damaged up, however I believe we in all probability would have navigated issues in another way. We might have taken gaps, breaks, come again. Stephen and I loved singing collectively I do know that a lot so we might have executed one thing. I believe Boyzone would have continued.”
The ‘Life Is a Rollercoaster’ hitmaker admitted he and his bandmates nonetheless have not acquired over Stephen’s dying however they’re grateful they’ll at all times have their music to recollect him by.
He mirrored: “What makes me unhappy and harm greater than something is he had a lot residing to do, and he had a lot to take pleasure in.
“I bear in mind one thing that stays with me greater than something is Stephen actually beloved Disney and he was actually enthusiastic about seeing ‘The Princess and the Frog’ and he by no means acquired to see it. The film got here out a few weeks after he handed away and I could not watch the film. I nonetheless haven’t been capable of watch it to this present day…
“None of us have gotten over it however at the very least now we have the songs.”