Ronan Keating has revealed the heartbreaking reason why there won't be a Boyzone 30th anniversary reunion tour.
The Dubliner said the hit boyband never got used to performing as a foursome after tragic Stephen Gately died in 2009. The 33-year-old was found dead from a congenital heart defect in Spain.
The remaining four members continued to perform for nine years before calling it quits in 2018 with the album Thank You and Goodnight. As we approach their 30th anniversary, rumours have been floating around about a reunion tour featuring Ronan, Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham, and Keith Duffy.
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But Ronan, 45, said: "We had 25 great years, we went out on a high. We wrote the last chapter ourselves. For me, the band finished when Steven passed away - [it] never felt the same again, and we went on and did it for a while but it never felt the same."
He added that finishing the way they did after 25 years of performing was "the right thing". He told MailOnline: "We went out on a high, we had five great nights at the Palladium."
Speaking about his fellow bandmates, Ronan said they were "his brothers" and he didn't want to "tarnish" that. "I don't go back and flog something that doesn't feel right," he said.
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