For the first time in almost ten years, three of Boyzone’s four living members have reconnected.
As documentary Boyzone: No Matter What comes to Sky, Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, and Shane Lynch have stepped out as a group once again as their “harrowing, emotional” trip down memory lane premieres in London this evening. The red carpet love-in reportedly featured Mickey Graham.
Five Dublin boys were thrown from their daily lives and destined for stardom when Boyzone was born in 1993. Under manager Louis Walsh’s direction, the boy band amassed swarms of fans all over the world and sold 25 million records worldwide.
Nine years after bandmate Stephen Gately passed away, they celebrated their 25th anniversary with a tour and an album, but they split up after playing their final Irish concert in Dublin that year. Their first public appearance together in almost seven years is tonight’s red carpet reunion.
As we now understand all too well, however, that degree of fame comes at a price. For the first time in 30 years, the four surviving Boyzone band members – Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, and Mikey Graham – are opening up about their personal journeys in three-part documentary series Boyzone: No Matter What.
With never-before-seen archive footage, emotional interviews, and even reflections from those close to the late Stephen Gately, who died in 2009, the series tells the honest tale of one of the most-loved Irish boy bands. Speaking about the documentary, Ronan admitted earlier this week: “It has been harrowing at times. Very emotional. And fun, too.
We went through all of this content over the years, and I mean, there is some fantastic footage available for Saturday morning Live and Kicking TV shows and all of that. We spent two years making this movie and getting here, but it was well worth the wait. There were times when I thought: ‘ I’m making a mistake making this film’.
“I don’t really want the world to see the mistakes we made and the people that, maybe, at times, we were behind the scenes. That wasn’t pretty. However, I realized that telling the truth was necessary. That’s why it is the film that it is. It’s incredibly honest, incredibly tough to watch at times, and upsetting, very upsetting – every time I watch it I’m a mess. But I’m proud of it”.
After a long, documented feud with Ronan over the years, Louis Walsh appears in the documentary and shares his side of the story. Asked how he feels about watching his estranged manager share his thoughts, Ronan explained: “I guess I appreciated his honesty, that he didn’t come guarded, you know?
” He let his walls down, he told the truth, and as did I about this situation, about the situation between Louis and I. You know, I miss him. I miss him in my life. Without Louis, I wouldn’t be where I am because of him. He was a father figure to me. The difficulties he faced in front of him, and how he persevered to make Boyzone succeed despite the ridicule of others.
*Boyzone: No Matter What comes to Sky Documentaries and NOW on Sunday, February 2.
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