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00:00THE END
00:11OK, so we're rolling.
00:13Five, four, three, two...
00:16Hi, I'm Steve.
00:17How are you doing? I'm Mike.
00:18I'm Shane.
00:20I'm Keith.
00:21And I'm Ro.
00:21And we're boys on.
00:22We'd like to thank you, our fans, for owning us the best group.
00:26See you later.
00:32Louis Walsh promised us the sun, noon and stars.
00:38And boy, did he do that.
00:43Everything changed. It became bigger and bigger.
00:48Everything we did worked.
00:50Every single we released, every album we released,
00:53every ticket we put on sale sold.
00:56And we're selling sex media at the end of the day on stage.
00:58Young girls with hormones, you know, going through puberty and adolescence.
01:03And it's exciting to see five lads jumping around the stage.
01:06And you don't want to break that illusion.
01:08It wasn't possible for Stephen to be a gay man in a boy band in the 90s.
01:15I was covering up his sexuality all the time.
01:19And I was pretending he was straight.
01:21Absolutely.
01:22And at night time, we got a picture with a pretty girl.
01:24I put him in there and say he was going out there.
01:27And he went with it.
01:30You see all the girls coming back? I just jumped in.
01:33We were saying hello to them.
01:36He was quite happy going along with what he was doing.
01:39Go away. I'm doing an interview. Go away.
01:43I don't think he would have come out himself, you know, of his own will. No.
01:50The push and pull of fame, the constant scrutiny.
01:56The band, it got more and more intense.
02:00Relationships broke down.
02:02Resentment started within the band.
02:06That was the beginning of the end.
02:40The pop group Take That have confirmed they're to split up after three years of success,
02:45including seven number one hits.
02:47The band's record company has set up a special phone line to counsel distraught fans.
02:52When Take That split, we thought we'd won the bleeding Super Bowl, I think,
02:57because, you know, we were nipping away at their heels so much.
03:01I mean, we were the Irish type that. We looked up to them boys.
03:04There was a shift in gear for us. When Take That decided to call it a day,
03:10you know, the fans needed somewhere to go.
03:13There's no doubt our audience grew.
03:20It was a big year for the band, yeah. It was a huge year successfully.
03:23Love Me For A Reason was number two.
03:25All the singles after that floated around,
03:27but it wasn't until Words, the first single on the second album,
03:30that we went number one.
03:34It's only words
03:36And words are all I have
03:39To take your heart away
03:43Sharing the stage with the Bee Gees was a big moment for us.
03:45I remember this dreamy realisation that there I was,
03:50stood on the same stage, singing with these icons.
03:55That was mind-blowing, that was, you know.
03:59Ladies and gentlemen, boys out. Thank you.
04:03We were kind of the biggest boy band in the world at the time.
04:05It was a pretty big deal.
04:07After that, it went crazy.
04:17The success of it all was so much that you literally couldn't walk down the street without being noticed.
04:30It was absolute fame. It was everywhere, everywhere you looked, everywhere you went.
04:39We didn't get any media training or any sort of training.
04:47Kind of made it up as we went along.
04:53It can be dangerous, you know, there's pitfalls in that.
04:59Looking forward to a Scotch.
05:07I was a showbiz journalist from 95 to 2008.
05:13For me, it was Get The Splash, which is the front page.
05:16That's all I cared about. That was the Holy Grail.
05:23I think it's over 50 splashes, front pages I got.
05:26Which is a lot.
05:27I'm not obviously bragging, but I'm quite proud of what I did.
05:30What were you known for?
05:33I don't know. I think a lot of people have got various words for me.
05:36But to be honest, I just got stories.
05:39The show was gossip and obviously the majority was pop at that time.
05:43Because it was the charts are a huge thing.
05:48We were losing to the sun every week, almost every day.
05:54It was a really unrelenting war of attrition between the sun and the mirror.
06:00You were always trying to work out their next move or what their next interview was or what story they
06:05got.
06:06Boyzone became my biggest obsession.
06:10Money is no obstacle.
06:14Everybody was on the payroll.
06:16Security guards at clubs.
06:19They told me stuff.
06:20Drivers, coke loom attendants.
06:23All sorts.
06:23A lot of it was they were cheating on people or whatever it was.
06:26But they did it.
06:27So we wrote it.
06:32Most of the times Lewis said write what you want.
06:35There were times when he said don't write certain stuff but 99% do what the hell you want.
06:47We're doing okay.
06:49We're doing okay so far.
06:52I'm trying to be honest with you.
06:55I got to know Ralph Singh very well and he would come to Ireland to see me and get stories
07:00of me.
07:00He needed stories.
07:02I needed press.
07:03It worked for both of us.
07:05He would call me up.
07:06I would give him everything on the group and we would, you know, we kept the badge in the papers
07:11basically.
07:14I've respected him a lot.
07:16We had a good relationship.
07:18Louis would tell me, oh, just don't put this in.
07:21And I said, okay, fine.
07:22But then you owe me one.
07:23Or the other way around or, you know.
07:25And that's how it was done.
07:39Stephen was just absolutely living the life that he had dreamt.
07:42The fans absolutely adored him.
07:44They loved him to bits.
07:49Love the way you love me.
07:54He seemed anxious.
07:56I think he might have been a bit lost or worried about, like, what people might think of his sexuality.
08:02He had to watch himself all the time.
08:04Like, everything had to be in secret, you know.
08:10The papers didn't know he was seeing someone at the time.
08:13Bonjour, je m'appelle Lee.
08:17Bonjour, je m'appelle Elon.
08:24I used to be in a boy band called IMIACT.
08:27Half British, half Dutch.
08:29We were a boy band, like Boyzone.
08:36We managed to become the biggest boy band in Germany.
08:42We needed someone.
08:47Yeah, probably the same audience Boyzone had.
08:51It was a big secret that I'm gay, you know.
08:56Me hiding my sexuality as well was quite a difficult thing.
09:03I always felt like a Mickey Mouse in Disneyland, you know.
09:07I mean, in Disneyland, it's not allowed to take your head off, because once you take your head off, the
09:11whole magic is gone.
09:12And that's how I felt as well.
09:14If I really show who I am, then people won't like me anymore.
09:19Me and Michael's best friends. Look at us.
09:21We look great, for example.
09:23They look wonderful together.
09:27When I met Stephen for the first time, I was on the airport in England, and on the same flight
09:32was Boyzone.
09:34And that was the first time we sort of met, and the moment he looked in my eyes and I
09:39looked in his eyes.
09:40And I thought, wow.
09:41Yeah, blue eyes, very, very sweet face.
09:46Almost like love at first sight.
09:54It was very difficult to start a relationship then, with somebody who's traveling all the time, you know.
10:00Kaylee, get away from me before I break your hand.
10:02No, you won't.
10:04It's very, very difficult keeping up a relationship with anybody.
10:07You're never in the one place at the one time.
10:10You're traveling so much.
10:13I tried to call him with my credit card in the airplane and stuff, and he tried calling me.
10:17You know why I made a lot of phone calls on the telephone last night?
10:22How am I going to take them?
10:24They were two years ago, so no iPhones and stuff then.
10:28Do I have to stay here and go to prison?
10:33Steele was dating Eli for quite a period of time.
10:37We knew Eli well. He used to call on the tour bus.
10:40There was lots of moving pieces around to try and, you know, make it happen that they were there and
10:46they could be together.
10:47This person goes in this car and this, you know, making sure that they got some time together.
10:53We were so, like, used to hiding our sexuality, but slowly we started getting friends in and my friends introduced.
11:02I introduced Stephen to them.
11:06I went over to Ireland, met Michel, his family, stayed with his family, used to go to the pub, drink
11:12a Guinness and stuff, you know.
11:13And that was the nicest, just experiencing normal life, you know.
11:19I remember Stephen being very excited and telling me, oh, I've met somebody and I think this is the, this
11:25is definitely the real thing and I'm absolutely mad about him.
11:31Sometimes I used to look at him and wish I was as happy as he was.
11:37Okay, he might have lived in a certain amount of fear.
11:41But he didn't show that, he didn't show that because he almost didn't believe that was possible for anyone to
11:49come in and take, strip him away, strip that away from him.
11:52I guess he was almost in a bubble of covering and he thought that was impenetrable and was soon to
12:00find that it wasn't.
12:10Somebody came to the Sun, was selling the story that, um, that Stephen was gay.
12:17Somebody sold him out.
12:19Somebody sold Steele out.
12:22Who was it that sold the story?
12:23I can't tell you.
12:24I know you're going to push me on it, but I can't say any more than that.
12:26I really can't.
12:28Do you know the circumstance of how Rav came to getting that story?
12:32No, I don't. I don't know, I swear. I swear to God.
12:37I didn't want Rav to write anything.
12:40His editor was put under pressure to do it.
12:43And if the Sun didn't do it, the Mirror were going to do it.
12:46Or somebody was going to do it.
12:48I think we were flying somewhere and this meeting had to happen before we flew away.
12:53We were all brought into a room and we didn't know why.
12:57We knew there was something going on with Stephen because he was very upset, but we didn't know why.
13:02He knew he told us that the press were going to write a story about Stephen if he didn't come
13:07out as a gay man.
13:10How do you see it?
13:11Well, I think in a way, if he was forced, he was forced with him from his inner circle, not
13:16the Sun.
13:17So we did the best we could, but he was forced by somebody he knew, not us.
13:27He wasn't ready for that.
13:29The poor little fella, he was so afraid, so scared.
13:34And I think we as a band too were like, whoa, what's this going to do for us?
13:38I know how scared he was.
13:40It's awful.
13:43It was fucking horrible.
13:44Like, it was horrible for Steele.
13:49Stephen went to ground, locked himself in his room.
13:55We didn't know what was going to happen.
14:02I want to understand, you know, how big a deal was it for you, for the paper?
14:06Yeah, can I have some more water?
14:08Can I have some more water?
14:09Yeah, of course, will you?
14:10Sorry.
14:12It's all right, I just need to, because my mouth's getting dry.
14:18I mean, it was a big thing.
14:19I mean, it's huge.
14:21I had so many phone calls to drive about it.
14:25We knew we could trust him a certain amount.
14:29Not totally, but we could do it our way.
14:33That phone call we always feared was finally happening.
14:36I think Stephen and me were very nervous about it.
14:41I was worrying so much.
14:43You know, sleepless nights, worrying, panicking.
14:46You know, it was a hard time.
14:50And I remember just putting my arm around him and just saying to him,
14:53listen, you know, we'll still be here.
14:56You're not going to lose us.
14:58But he was very concerned as to what damage it would cause us as a band.
15:09He felt like I'm put in a position that I have no choice, you know, but to do it.
15:15Stephen was only 23 years old when he was outed by the newspapers.
15:22Did any part of you feel uncomfortable about writing the article?
15:26No. I never felt uncomfortable at all.
15:29I'm not.
15:30I'm a celebrity journalist. I have to write it.
15:32It's a show business. That's my job, you know.
15:37I actually have the newspaper and I'm wondering if I can show it to you.
15:40Oh, yeah?
15:46I was fucked, man.
15:56I was fucked.
15:57Boys on stairs, Stephen Galey has chosen The Sun to make his courageous announcement.
16:01Fuck you.
16:02You didn't fucking choose.
16:10Sorry. Sorry.
16:21It's just a bit difficult.
16:28Just seeing all that again.
16:31What does it bring back for you? What does it, kind of, the stress of it?
16:36Yeah.
16:39Yeah, I suppose just, just everything he went through.
16:46You know, it was very, very difficult for him.
16:51It's horrible for him.
16:54Heartbreaking.
16:56That paper doesn't show any of the truth in what he felt or what was going on.
17:02Awful.
17:03Fuck me. It was awful.
17:04It was a terrible time for him.
17:08Oh, you got the full paper.
17:10Oh, my God.
17:11Boys on Stephen, I'm gay and I'm in love.
17:13Oh.
17:14He's talking.
17:14It's a great picture.
17:16World exclusive.
17:17Wow.
17:19I love it.
17:21Page 22, 23.
17:23This is when the song was big.
17:25And it's, it's the lead story.
17:28Wow.
17:30It's good to see it.
17:32And he got the front page.
17:34What's Louie's role in this as the manager and the kind of press manipulator?
17:37I don't know.
17:41Wasn't, wasn't seen.
17:44Wasn't anywhere around.
17:46I was trying to protect him all along.
17:47I thought, well, it's going to come out anyway.
17:51And Stephen might be happier.
17:55Well, good morning to you.
17:56Hi. Morning.
17:56If you haven't heard, boys own Stephen Gately has come out.
17:59He's said that he's not ashamed of being gay.
18:01Why should he be?
18:02And he thinks it's time to be honest and tell everybody.
18:04Mind you, we hear that, as usual, the poor lad wasn't given that much of a choice in the timing
18:08of that statement because another newspaper had kindly decided to out him themselves.
18:12I thought they'd all said they wouldn't do that anymore.
18:21Shortly after, the headlines in the newspapers, we had to play into 100,000 people in Hyde Park.
18:30Obviously, with all the press that we're getting lately with certain members of the group and stuff, it's quite difficult.
18:34You know what I mean?
18:35That would be Stephen you're talking about, isn't it?
18:36Absolutely.
18:37Stephen's kind of keeping a bit of a low profile.
18:39We were all just concerned about Stephen's well-being and his happiness.
18:43He was our brother.
18:46But Stephen was concerned about the reaction that the fans would have to him being gay.
18:52I didn't know which way it was going to go.
18:54Whether it was going to go negative or whether it was going to go positive.
18:57And I, you know, always think of the worst.
18:59THE REGAN
19:06Yeah!
19:08Jordan!
19:10Yeah!
19:12Yeah!
19:13Woo!
19:18I don't see you in myiĆ§Ć£o
19:33It was a very pleasant surprise for everybody when the reaction was so positive.
19:39The fans embraced him. That's what really carried him.
19:44The love they showed him was powerful. It was amazing.
19:49There was nothing but messages of love and support.
19:53You know, the burden of a lifetime was lifted off his shoulders, and he was free to be who he
20:00truly was.
20:01No matter what they tell us
20:05No matter what they tell us
20:11No matter what they tell us
20:15Even after he came out, he was still the favorite one, and he was still the one that everyone wanted
20:20to marry
20:20Even though they knew he was gay
20:26Everything went well
20:28Sports been amazing from all directions male, female, young, old
20:33At the end of the day, it's about giving hope to other people, and I hope that I have done
20:38that, you know
20:42It should be your own decision
20:44And I know because the story got offered, it wasn't our own decision in the beginning
20:50But the biggest gift we got was freedom
20:54Freedom is such a beautiful thing, what we all deserve, you know
20:59And in the end, we were not hiding a horrible secret, we were hiding love
21:08Before we perform it, I'd just like to say a big thank you to everybody out there
21:16For making By the Breast our latest, greatest hits album, number one
21:19And today it's gone right back into the charts at number one again, so thank you very much to all
21:27of you out there who bought it once again
21:31And also a big thank you for making this record our sixth number one
21:35This is You Needed Me
21:39I mean, we were big for a minute, and we did all right, you know
21:46The six months after Steele came out, it was crazy
21:49It was absolutely crazy
21:51How are y'all, I'm Ro, and we're Boyzone
21:53I'd like to say a big hello to all our fans in Southeast Asia, we're looking forward to seeing you
21:57soon
21:57Your single would drop in the country that you weren't expecting, and go, holy god, right, it's just after breaking
22:01there
22:01We've got to get the boys over there
22:05I love you, oh my god
22:07Coming from where we came from, very humble beginnings
22:11And all of a sudden being catapulted into this super stardom
22:15Travelling in private jets around the world, staying in five star hotels
22:18We filled in a lifetime of memories in six years
22:22Once we conquered one country, we went to the next country, and we grew there
22:27We're going under the tunnel over to the island of Hong Kong
22:31Right now we're underneath the water
22:33I don't remember anybody really looking out for us, apart from Mark Plunkett
22:39I was hired to look after them as tour manager
22:43With the band day in, day out, you know, 50 weeks of the year, you know, we saw everything together
22:52Boyzone at the Peak would be one of the biggest bands in the world
22:55It really was like Beatlemania
22:57I remember one time, they literally shut the airport down
23:00There were so many girls there
23:01We just could not move
23:03We just couldn't get them out of the airport for about half an hour
23:05It was crazy
23:07The engine was in full flow
23:11Trips out to Southeast Asia and Australia, South America and Europe
23:17It became nuts just the amount of travelling we did
23:20You could see everyone was getting tired
23:23The pressures of stardom, the pressures of touring, family pressures, do start to take its toll
23:29At some point, something goes bang
23:3399 was probably the too big for our Boots tour
23:35We'd lost the run of ourselves at this stage, this is it, we couldn't have got any bigger
23:41As it got bigger, it became harder to keep them happy
23:45Because they wanted more, and they wanted more time off
23:50At its peak is a grueling time, grueling time, there's no mercy whatsoever
23:55We were all physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted
23:59We hadn't more than three weeks off in six years
24:02We were tired, we were tired, we were broken
24:08Very excited about the release, aren't we lads?
24:10Yeah, see?
24:12Show them how excited
24:13Yay!
24:16We had spent too much time together
24:18And with that comes difficulties
24:22You know, relationship difficulties between us
24:26You know, and maybe that was the start of
24:30Cracks
24:37What does Nick rhyme with?
24:39Cracks
24:40What does Nick rhyme with?
24:44Dickhead
24:48It's a difficult job being a manager
24:50They all had egos and they all wanted to be more famous than they were
24:55Ronan was the one I could depend on
24:57I knew if I needed something done
24:59Or if there was a gig somewhere that they didn't want to do
25:03I knew he would talk them into doing it
25:08I was the line of communication to the rest of the lads
25:13I was willing to be up earlier than anyone else
25:16To contact everybody, to make sure that the flights were booked, the taxis were booked
25:21Whatever it took
25:22He was managing the group kind of with me, you know
25:25He was making a lot of decisions
25:27I was talking to him almost daily on the phone about everything
25:31There was nothing I didn't talk to him about
25:37But I knew it wasn't going to last forever, boys aren't
25:40I knew the little girls that loved them were all grown up
25:43And they were going to find somebody else
25:54I remember we were touring South East Asia
25:58I used to get a bit homesick, we all did
26:00And if you had too much to drink you might get a bit teary eyed
26:02And ring home and reminisce and have a little cry on the phone
26:05And you know, your mum and dad would pick you up and put you back
26:08And I was talking to my dad and my dad was always brutally honest
26:11And he said, I think your days are pretty much numbered, son
26:14You better enjoy what you're doing
26:16And I said, how do you mean dad?
26:17He said, well, while you guys are over there
26:19Louis Walsh is all over the papers
26:21Putting auditions together for a new boy band
26:23At the time they were called IOU
26:26And then they changed their name to Westside
26:28And then ultimately to Westlife
26:32I thought, how will I promote Westlife?
26:36And I said, we should get Ronan involved
26:40We thought that's going to help with Boyzone fans
26:43Louis brought Ronan in as 50% manager of Westlife
26:46While Boyzone was still together
26:49You may have heard the band I'm in, it's Boyzone
26:51I've had so much crack being in a band
26:52That I've decided to manage my own band
26:54With Louis Walsh, so here they are
26:57How you doing? I'm Brian
26:58I'm Nicky
27:00Hello, I'm Shane
27:01Do you think the boys fell threatened by Westlife coming in
27:04And your attention to them?
27:05I think probably
27:07The boys were a bit threatened when they heard Westlife sing and all that, yeah
27:11But that's kind of natural
27:16I'm never going to say goodbye
27:18Cause I never want to see you fly
27:23I swore to you my love will remain
27:27And slip it all over again
27:30Westlife came as our support act on our arena tour
27:34Whenever you have a support act, your agent will secure what's called a buy-on
27:38Which is a significant amount of money for us, for the band
27:42From the record company of the support act, you get them on your stage
27:45But Westlife never paid on, they get on for free
27:48Which was a significant amount of money lost
27:51And that was down to the fact that they were managed by Louis and Ronan
27:55People were asking me to do things
27:59And some of the others weren't getting asked
28:02And it definitely created a little bit of animosity
28:04You could feel that
28:05Welcome back to the last MTV Europe Music Awards of the millennium
28:09Where you can't get tickets for love nor money
28:12Believe me, I was offered both on the way in
28:14Anyway, on with the show and here to present the award for best hip-hop
28:17I was pushing him to host the Eurovision, to do MTV Awards, to do anything that was going on TV
28:23I was always pushing him
28:24I knew he wouldn't let me down
28:26And I knew he would do a good job
28:29Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the lead singer of Boyzone, Ronan Keating
28:36I'm fine, how are you?
28:37Good, thanks
28:38I had learned through the years how to weed Ronan
28:43He had a lot of big ideas
28:45He always talked big
28:48You could see this guy was breaking away
28:50He was making new tracks
28:53I was just surprised that nobody else could see that
28:58Yes, you know, I maximized an opportunity
29:02I can get rid of these if you want
29:04I wasn't embarrassed or feel guilty, you know, because I was the one who was going out doing all the
29:09work
29:09So I worked hard and it paid off
29:18With that single word
29:21You can light up the dark
29:24Nothing at all was Ronan's first solo single
29:28Notting Hill was massive
29:29No matter who would sing it, that was going to be a hit
29:31Add Ronan to the mix, it's going to be a massive hit
29:34The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
29:40There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
29:45The touch of you
29:47It's called When You Say Nothing At All
29:48They ask me would I do it and I jump to the opportunity
29:50I think it's a fantastic opportunity for me
29:53Because it's my first solo record
29:55Fingers crossed it goes well
29:56You say it best
30:00When you say nothing at all
30:02I mean, it was incredible
30:04It was an incredible moment
30:06It was such a huge, massive record, globally
30:11It was just a catapult to go everywhere
30:13We promoted that song all over the world
30:16I got a taste for that on my own
30:19It's euphoric, that feeling that you've had that success on your own
30:24I think that's when, realistically, Polydor looked at that and thought, hang on a second
30:29They saw more future in Ronan than they did in Boyzone
30:32I can never explain
30:36What I hear when you don't say a thing
30:42He's on a bit of a solo buzz at the moment, you know
30:44Trying to get a bit of self-praise
30:47There's a sound trip going on there, don't mind that
30:49He'll land, he'll land soon, he'll land soon
30:51I think that was the first look at
30:56Ooh, how's this, how's this gonna work out?
31:11I think we were in, I think it was a hard rock cafe
31:15And we all ended up in a bathroom
31:17And when we all ended up in a bathroom together
31:19It was because we were being overcrowded
31:20Or we were being overcome by fans or people
31:23And we'd go in there to get away, to have a breather
31:26And we'd all look in the mirror and headbang like we're in a rock band
31:30It was just something that we did
31:31And we'd laugh and scream and I suppose release some of the energy of
31:35Of the realisation of our success
31:38It was like, you know
31:40And it was that moment when Ronan had voiced
31:43The idea of possibly taking from Christmas off for a year
31:48Ronan simply said, we're gonna take a break
31:51I was shocked
31:52But that sounded okay to me
31:54I needed a break
31:55For me, it was music to my ears
31:59Because I had had enough
32:02I just wanted out, you know
32:04I think it was more of a shock to me than anybody else
32:07I do remember feeling, you know
32:09I'm loving this, this is great
32:10This is, you know, I'm 26 years of age
32:12I'm a pop star, travelling around the world
32:14You know, I'm providing a great future for myself and my family
32:18I didn't, I didn't want to break up
32:21Nobody wanted to break up
32:24But everybody wanted a break
32:26It was, it's liberating
32:29Scary, fine, but it was liberating
32:31Everyone was ready for a break
32:32Just because they were so tired
32:34But then I think, you know, certain people knew exactly what they were going to do
32:39Others weren't quite as sure
32:40So I guess they'd be a bit more tentative, a bit more concerned
32:44We decided that we would fulfil our obligations in our diary until the end of that year
32:51We did a whole millennium tour, so there were shows across the UK and Europe
32:56They were massive, those shows
32:58You know something
32:58Yeah!
33:01Dublin!
33:04Good evening!
33:06Welcome to the last night of the Boys Down Tour
33:09At the end of the tour we played back home in the point that boat
33:12Let's try and make a one to remember
33:15And there was nine nights in a row
33:18And they put a plaque on the wall outside the venue
33:21Commemorating our success
33:22And there was a plaque beside us
33:23That would belong to U2
33:25Who had done seven or eight nights
33:26And we'd beaten their rock hard
33:39That probably was the pinnacle of our career
33:43Why would I want to give that up?
33:46To the eyes of a child
33:49Let the message roll
33:52Cause we're free
33:53Cause we're free
33:58Thank you so much for the last six years
34:00It has been unbelievable
34:01Thank you so much
34:05But we're not going anywhere
34:07We're not going anywhere
34:10We've all got some stuff to do on our own for a while
34:12But believe me
34:13Boyzone is stronger
34:15Than it's ever been before
34:19Good luck
34:19God bless you
34:29I was just looking forward
34:31To a break from it all
34:33And to get home and spend time with my daughter more
34:36The best bit Stephen for you?
34:39It was all the best bit
34:40It's kind of the best bit for her
34:42It was all great
34:44I don't think I could ever give up the business
34:46I love it so much
34:47The same with the rest of the guys
34:49See you
34:49How are you?
34:52See you all right?
34:55I don't know
34:55Still on a bit of a height to be honest
34:57I think tomorrow we'll tell all
34:59And then cry my eyes in
35:04Thanks everyone
35:06You know it was tough
35:07It was tough leaving the band
35:10There was a sense of guilt
35:12But excitement for me as well
35:18I had zero problem with him actually going on to do his own album
35:22I think there was probably a fear that he would never come back
35:27And if that happens, what am I going to do with my life?
35:30I think there was a lot of pain in the world
35:31But it was a lot of pain in the world
35:32And it was a lot of pain in the world
35:35And it was a lot of pain in the world
35:37And it was a lot of pain in the world
35:37You might recognize this next club
35:39He's usually got other boys with them
35:41But he's now on his own
35:42Yes, of course
35:43It's the wonderful Stephen Gaitley
35:57The boys and guys taking a break
36:00Stephen thought the attention is there
36:02I need to continue my success
36:05He loved being on stage and performing and stuff
36:08So he made a solo album
36:15He was very positive about his solo album
36:19He loved being able to put his own input
36:21You know, his own songs and writing his own songs
36:24He was absolutely delighted with it
36:28I'm just out doing my own album
36:29Hoping for the best
36:31Hoping that's going to be a success
36:33I've worked very hard on this album
36:35I spent a lot of time on it
36:37Spent a lot of thought
36:38And I wrote most of the songs myself
36:40And I've been heavily involved
36:41After being in Boyzone
36:43I mean, they had so many hits
36:44So the pressure was on
36:46I classed myself as one of the luckiest persons around
36:49But the soul of success everybody sort of expected to happen
36:53Didn't get as big as people hoped for
37:01He thought his childhood dream was over
37:07It was difficult for Stephen
37:09And you saw his mood change
37:13He always described Stephen as a little angel
37:19But the angel wasn't happy anymore
37:21And it was just too difficult to be together
37:27So we broke up
37:30I was heartbroken
37:33And he was heartbroken as well
37:38It was not that there was no love anymore
37:40I mean, I still love him now
37:44But sometimes it's just not possible to be together
37:51Our next guest remembers one of the most famous and prolific bands of the last decade
37:54They've taken a break from the band to team up with their own duet
37:57And they're here to tell us more
37:58Would you please welcome two old mates to the show
38:00They are Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy ladies and gentlemen
38:05Thank you
38:05Good morning
38:06Top of the morning to you
38:08Top of the morning to you
38:09We have got a clip of your brand new single, let's have a look
38:23We're all doing solo projects
38:27Trying to re-establish our identities as individuals
38:32So if you wonder if I want you
38:38Is it time to say goodbye
38:41I did release some music
38:45The record company were like
38:48Oh that's great, thanks very much
38:50We'll have a look at that alright
38:52Well what about you and boys only
38:54Are you doing anything else together?
38:56It was really a case of once the band was over
38:59So were you
39:01You know
39:04We went from going three countries
39:06Sometimes in one day
39:10To going nowhere
39:12And no cars turning up
39:13Nobody knocking on the door
39:15A free man
39:16But actually felt more jailed than ever
39:21Because he didn't have to be anywhere
39:22He didn't go anywhere
39:23I didn't go anywhere for months
39:25I stopped socialising
39:28I pretty much hid myself away
39:33For me, I wasn't sure where I was going
39:36I felt at the time
39:38That I was kind of left in the desert
39:41To die a tourist
39:43Because I didn't know what way to go
39:47I couldn't look after them all
39:50I had to pick who I wanted to work with
39:53And I picked Ronan Keating
39:54Because I just knew
39:55He ticked all the boxes, he works hard
39:57And I knew he had something special
40:01with me
40:02He couldn't look after them
40:21I asked those people
40:23He trusted him
40:24To die a tourist
40:27To die a tourist
40:31To die a tourist
40:43The juggernaut that was my solo career at the time
40:46was so big and moving so fast.
40:49It was almost like a next level that I had never witnessed before.
40:53We'll meet you now.
40:55I'm here with a single hopefully to challenge the number one spot tomorrow.
40:58Ronan Keating and loving each day.
41:01Ronan Keating.
41:04The chart successes, the respect, the kudos of people who are praising you and all that.
41:08It's just overwhelming.
41:10It's incredible.
41:18I was having more fun, more freedom.
41:22It's the best move I made I could have made.
41:24Absolutely.
41:34It's good to see you again.
41:35You too.
41:35It's been a year.
41:36Indeed it has.
41:37And a lot's happened at that time.
41:39Plenty, yeah.
41:39Solo career.
41:40Yeah, thank God.
41:41And what about Boys Zone?
41:46You know, a lot has gone on.
41:47I haven't talked to the guys in quite a while.
41:50So to be really honest, I don't think anything's going to happen.
41:52You think you and the group have split that?
41:55You know, I don't, I don't, I can't see it coming back together by no, by no fault of mine.
41:59What would, well, whose fault would it be?
42:00Well, you know, we all made a commitment.
42:04There's word coming through Louie, you know, the band want to get back together.
42:09And the guys are going, well, are you coming back?
42:10Are we making a record?
42:11What's going on?
42:14And me being sheepish about it and me being childish about it and me being scared, I just back away.
42:23I just back away from the lads and I back away from the commitment in the band.
42:31And I'm chicken shit.
42:32What do I do?
42:33I ignore the guys.
42:35I ignore them.
42:37Unfortunately, Rowan is happy enough without his friends from Boys Zone.
42:41And that's something I can't understand.
42:42You know, I know Rowan of Boys Zone.
42:45I don't know the Rowan of today.
42:46I really don't.
42:48I was probably a little bit envious and lost.
42:51Our friendship fell apart.
42:53And I kind of felt left behind.
42:56Rowan was being very successful.
42:58He was selling a lot of records.
43:00He was making Polo a lot of money.
43:01And they weren't going to let that stop.
43:03You can't blame him for that.
43:05It wasn't until a good year into that break that the realization came.
43:12Oh shit, this is over.
43:14And we ain't coming back.
43:26I got a phone call from Rowan telling me that Stephen was dead.
43:32And I said Stephen who?
43:34What do you mean?
43:36No, no, not our Stephen.
43:37No, no, not our Stephen.
44:07No, no, not our Stephen.
44:10No, no, not our Stephen.
44:15No, no, not our Stephen.
44:17No, no, not our Stephen.
44:17No, not our Stephen.
44:17No, not our Stephen.
44:17No, not our Stephen.
44:17No, not our Stephen.
44:18No, not our Stephen.
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