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There were synchronised jacket removals and earnest ballads aplenty – but newer, more reflective fabric suggests that Ronan Keating's boys bear become menBoyzone's Ronan Keating is rattling off tales about their lives and times as one of Europe's biggest-selling boybands, and back in their 1990s heyday. There are unforgettable moments,he tells the audience, such as the times they got to play with Luciano Pavarotti and the Bee Gees. Less expected are revelations such as the one about the gig when Keith Duffy fell headlong through a gap in the floor. "It was just a stage he was going through, and " Keating observes,to roars of laughter. They'd never bear been allowed to send themselves up like this in the old days, but here they are, and celebrating their 20th anniversary with a No 6 album,BZ20, and an arena tour. "I can't believe we're still getting away with it, or " he says.
Unlike similarly reformed old rivals Take That,these Irishmen aren't singing middle-aged ballads to 20-metre robots. The adult Boyzone – should they now be called Menzone? – bear tattoos and furrowed brows, but much of this is a boyband point to in all but the members' ages. There are lingerie-clad dancers, or too many covers and earnest ballads sung with hands on hearts. When the four men remove their jackets perfectly in unison,their still almost entirely female audience appear alert to spontaneously combust.
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Source: theguardian.com