Boyzone pay a touching tribute to Stephen Gately on their final album
Stephen Gately passed away in 2009
Earlier this year Magic Breakfast host Ronan Keating confirmed that Boyzone would be releasing their final album, and going on their final tour. Watch the moment below, when Ronan revealed that the news was broken before the band had wanted it to.
Now, the band has dropped the first single from their new album, they have also revealed some further details about, 'Thank You & Goodnight', including a very touching tribute to their late band member Stephen Gately.
Originally forming as a group of five, Stephen Gately very sadly passed away in 2009, leaving Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy and Mikey Graham to continue making music and touring.
Speaking to the Daily Record, Shane revealed that 'Thank You & Goodnight' would include some vocals from their late band mate saying, "Boyzone will always be five so it was important that as we said goodbye, we said it with him. We have a piece of Stevo on the album. It’s amazing. A bittersweet blessing without a doubt. It was just lovely to have him around. We miss him."
The vocals come from a song Stephen recorded before he died, which have now been made into a song on the album called 'I Can Dream'.
As well as including Stephen's vocals, 'Thank You & Goodnight', includes songs co-written by a number of well-known pop stars including Sam Smith, Gary Barlow and Ed Sheeran. Boyzone dropped the music video for their single 'Because' earlier this week and the video features a cameo appearance from none other than Ed Sheeran!
The video starts with the band performing in striking white suits, before cutting to the group singing along to their own song karaoke-style. The video then shows 'members of the public' singing along, including Ed Sheeran!
Boyzone formed in 1993, and shot to fame with their single 'Love Me For A Reason' back in 1994. Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, and Shane Lynch then went on to have a number of top 10 hits in the UK as well as several Number 1 albums.
Along with 'Thank You & Goodnight', which will be released on Friday 16th November 2018, Boyzone will be going on tour. Tickets for their 'Thank You & Goodnight' Tour are available to buy now from MagicRadioTickets.co.uk
JANUARY 2019
Belfast SSE Arena - 23rd
Dublin 3Arena - 24th
Glasgow SSE Hydro - 26th
Liverpool Echo Arena - 27th
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena - 29th
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena - 30th
FEBRUARY 2019
Leeds First Direct Arena - 1st
Manchester Arena - 2nd
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena - 4th
Brighton Centre - 5th
London The O2 - 7th
Birmingham Genting Arena - 8th
Bournemouth International Centre - 9th
You can catch Ronan Keating on Magic Radio every week day morning from 6am.