Boyzone singer Shane Lynch has announced he has quit the band – and showbusiness – for good.
But the Dubliner insisted there was no fallout with band members Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and Ronan Keating because of his decision.
The 56-year-old said: “I won’t be performing with them again.
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“They might not know exactly. I haven’t gone to them saying, ‘Boys, I’m not coming back to the band.’ I’ve just been very open that I’m out of the industry – music, TV and everything.”
“It’s not like I got a phone call to ask, ‘What are you doing that for?’ We’d no plans to do anything anyway,” he said.
“They can absolutely crack on without me. I love the boys, so I’ll watch them. Don’t be gutted.”
Shane made the revelation during his final episode of Pilgrimage on the BBC, which sees him and six other celebrities undertake a trek across northern Portugal to Fatima.
He said he was “done” with the “repetitive lifestyle”.
“I think for me there is certain head spaces in life we all need to transition to. You can’t just become an adult and be the same adult for the rest of your life,” he said.
“My life for 30 years had been one particular Shane Lynch from Boyzone, and I’m done with that. Everything I’ve done up to this last TV show was the same repetitive lifestyle.
“I don’t want to do that anymore. It’s as simple as that.”
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