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September 2009 part 1
From: Ronan's twitter page
Great Gig last night at O2. Really enjoyed it. Performed new single for first time went down well I think. Mike Rutherford joined me Awesome
12-09-2009
O2 Rockwell photos of Ronan
First photo of the event on gettyimages.
there are photos from backstage and on stage.
12 september
Duet with Stefanie Heinzman
On the new deluxe album of Stefanie called “Roots to Grow” is a duet with Ronan Keating.
The song is called: “Ain’t now mountain high enough.”
You can hear a snipped on:
Amazon.
And next to downloading it on amazon you can also download it from:
7digital.de
Musicload.de
11 september 2009
From: Ronan's twitter page
Rockwell Gig tonight at the O2. R
11 september 2009
Ronan in Bristol
THERE will be few dry eyes in the house when Ronan Keating takes to the stage in Bristol in March.
The Boyzone frontman will be performing tracks from his album Songs For My Mother, a collection of tunes from his childhood in Ireland, dedicated to his late mother, Marie.
Ronan will croon his way through traditional folk songs Wild Mountain Thyme and Carrickfergus along with covers of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Elvis hits.
Die-hard Ronan fans will not be disappointed though, as the star will also perform some of his greatest hits.
He will be appearing at the Colston Hall on March 2 at 7pm.
Tickets, costing £30, can be obtained by calling 0117 922 3686 or via www.colstonhall.org
From: The Weston Mercury
11 september 2009
From: Ronan's twitter page
Shooting video for new single. At rockwell Gig in O2 tomorrow. R
10 september 2009
From: Ronan's twitter page
Hope ya all managed to get tickets for the Solo tour kicking off in UK in Feb. Can't wait. R
09 september 2009
Cat and Ronan host Guinness party
Cat Deeley and Ronan Keating are to host Guinness' 250th anniversary party, it has been announced.
Roots Manuva, Paolo Nutini, The Magic Numbers, OK Go and White Belt Yellow Tag have also just been added the bill for the Arthur's Day celebrations at St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin.
The bill already includes Sir Tom Jones, Estelle, Razorlight, Sugababes and Kasabian.
Black Eyed Peas, The Enemy, Mystery Jets, Reverend And The Makers, The Kooks, Jamie Cullum and David Gray are also among the acts performing at venues around Dublin and across the world to celebrate Guinness' 250th anniversary on September 24.
Sir Tom said: "I would think it'll be a good party. I enjoy a pint of Guinness so I've got to take my time, I've got to remember that I can't drink too many of those Guinnesses before I sing!"
The Arthur's Day celebrations kick off in Dublin at 17:59pm on September 24 and will travel to cities around the world including Lagos, Yaounde, New York and will finish 24 hours later in Kuala Lumpur, with celebrations taking place in pubs throughout the world.
Guinness lovers including Sir Bob Geldof, Guy Ritchie, Jerry Hall, Lizzie Jagger and Sophie Dahl will also raise a pint of the black stuff on Arthur's Day at 17.59pm Dublin time, in toast to the family's achievements.
As part of the celebrations The Guinness Company has pledged to donate six million euros to the Arthur Guinness Fund to help individuals with skills and opportunities to deliver a measured benefit to their communities.
::To win VIP tickets to the live gig, text 'Arthur' to 81759, or go to www.guinness.com
From: Metro
8 september 2009
Boyzone star to go on tour
RONAN KEATING will be taking to the stage in February and March 2010 on a UK tour to showcase classic tracks from his album Songs For My Mother released in March this year as well as performing some of his greatest hits.
Songs For My Mother went to No 1. in the UK and Ireland, and is a beautiful and evocative collection of songs that Ronan remembers his mum listening to throughout his childhood. All of the songs on the album were carefully selected by Ronan and so have a special place in his heart. Along with traditional folk songs such as Wild Mountain Thyme and Carrickfergus, the album includes tracks by revered musicians such as Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Elvis, as well as Ronan’s version of Joshua Kadison’s song Mama‘s Arms, a song that helped Ronan through his grieving for his mother Marie.
To date Ronan has released five solo albums, three of which went straight to number one. Ronan is listed in the Guinness Book Of Records for being the only artist ever to have 30 consecutive top 10 singles in the UK chart, having beaten the likes of Elvis. With two sell-out world tours under his belt, an Ivor Novello and BMI songwriting awards, an autobiography, a role as ambassador for Christian Aid and sales in excess of 22 million albums across the globe, Ronan’s lengthy and triumphant career shows no signs of slowing down just yet.
In 2007 Ronan got back together with his chart-topping band Boyzone. 2008 and 2009 saw the band conquer the charts again and sell-out two arena tours. After the success of these tours, Ronan is looking forward to getting back out onto the road
His lengthy and triumphant career shows no signs of slowing down just yet. A dedicated fund-raiser, Ronan and his family set up The Marie Keating Foundation in memory of his late mother, which funds mobile cancer awareness units in Ireland.
Ronan ran his first London Marathon in 2008 to raise money for Cancer Research UK completing his second in April this year. February 2009 saw Ronan join his friend Gary Barlow climb Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief raising over a staggering £4 million.
Don’t miss seeing Ronan Keating live at the New Theatre Oxford on Tuesday, March 16.
Tickets are priced at £31 and will be available from today, (September 4) at 9am via the venue box office, the 24 hr Ticket Hotline 0870 735 5000, and online www.bookingsdirect.com. They can also be purchased from Ticketmaster on 0844 847 1585 or by visiting the theatre website, www.newtheatreoxford.org.uk (phone and internet bookings subject to booking/transaction fee).
From: Henley Standard
7 september 2009
On the run Gardai's marathon stretch for charity
The boys and girls in blue are going on the run in Chicago -- but it's all in a good cause.
The 'Great Garda Run 2009' will take place in Chicago on Sunday, October 11.
A total of 150 officers, who are all paying their own way to the Windy City, will run the Chicago Marathon in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation.
Participants will be joined at the event by Ronan Keating and former world champion Eamonn Coghlan.All members of the team will personally fund all expenses incurred in the trip and every cent raised will go directly to the cancer charity.
The 150 officers are aiming to raise over €250,000 which will be used to purchase, resource and maintain a cancer mobile information unit to aid the early detection of cancer.
In last year's Great Garda Run, 85 officers ran the Paris Marathon and they raised more than €115,000 for the charity Goal.
From: Independent
7 september2009
Ultratravel silent auction
A French lunch for four, with return jet and helicopter transfers; three nights at The Plaza Hotel in New York; five nights in Dubai... Place your bid in our silent auction for the trip of a lifetime - and support the Marie Keating Foundation charity at the same time.
Following their mother Marie’s death in 1998, singer Ronan Keating and each member of the Keating family promised that they would do everything they could to bring an end to breast cancer. They committed to provide all women and their families with the necessary information to prevent cancer or to detect it at its earliest stages, with their collective aim to “enlighten not frighten".
The Marie Keating Foundation is the realisation of a family’s dedication – it is a promise to themselves in action. Through three mobile information units, the foundation’s dedicated nurses have enlightened almost 100,000 people about the causes and risk factors of breast and other cancers. “Men Keeping Fit” is now a successful annual campaign and has significantly raised awareness among men of testicular and prostate cancer. The foundation also finances other areas: the refurbishment of hospital oncology waiting rooms, to make them more comfortable for patients; a comfort fund for those in financial difficulty as a result of their illness; and education at schools to teach young people about cancer and its prevention.
Ronan Keating at the 2009 Ultra's (The annual Ultratravel awards) spoke about the aims and goals of the foundation, which provides its services free of charge. Ultimately, it would like mobile units to be available to everyone. Which is why Ultratravel has asked travel companies to donate luxury holidays for a silent auction, to help raise funds for the charity. The 21 lots are listed here.
How to bid and what to bid for go to the site from the Telegraph
We are inviting you, our readers, to bid for these fantastic holidays, erring, we hope, on the generous side. To take part, send us your bid, stating very clearly which item number you are bidding for, how much you are bidding, your name, address, email address and telephone number, to
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. The winning bid for each lot will be the highest received by the Marie Keating Foundation by midnight on October 30 2009.
From: Telegrapgh
4 september 2009
Ronan Keating will play the BIC on Mother's Day
RONAN Keating has provided the perfect gift for Mother’s Day next March by announcing a show at the BIC on March 20.
Tickets go on sale on Fridaymorning for the concert in which the former Boyzone singer will showcase tracks from his most recent album, Songs For My Mother as well as performing some of his greatest hits.
Ronan, who lost his mother to breast cancer in 1998, recorded his album in just two days shortly before Christmas. It’s a collection of songs that Ronan remembers his mum listening to throughout his childhood. Along with traditional folk songs such as Wild Mountain Thyme and Carrickfergus, it includes tracks by revered musicians such as Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Elvis, as well as Ronan’s version of Joshua Kadison’s song Mama’s Arms, a song that helped Ronan through his grieving.
The album also features a new version of Ronan's hit This Is Your Song, which he originally wrote for his parents and included on his chart-topping 2002 solo album, Destination
From: Bournemouth Echo
3 September 2009
ITV1 to test out musical tribute format for series
By Robert Shepherd
Amanda Holden and Ronan Keating will front a new music tribute format from ITV1 that could become a series.
Celebrating The Carpenters is a 60-minute primetime pilot from CPL and Universal Music’s inhouse production arm, Globe Productions, with modern acts from different genres playing their own interpretations of The Carpenters’ songs. The event will be shot in front of a studio audience.
The show is being made in collaboration with Richard Carpenter, who will offer musical advice to the new acts about the task they are asked to undertake. If Celebrating The Carpenters is a success, the format could be turned into a series, with different artists’ music subjected to modern cover versions.
Acts already confirmed to appear include Jamie Cullum and The Feeling, and the show is expected to go out towards the end of this year to coincide with the 40th anniversary of The Carpenters’ first LP.
From: Broadcastnow
3 September2009
New Tour For Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating will be taking to the stage again early next year, showcasing tracks from his album Songs For My Mother, as well as performing some of his greatest hits.
Dedicated to his mum, Songs For My Mother is an evocative collection of songs that Ronan remembers her listening to throughout his childhood. The album went to No 1. in the UK and Ireland when it was released in March 2009.
Ronan's tour kicks off on February 19th in Glasgow. He will then visit Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Oxford, Nottingham, Sheffield and Bournemouth. The tour closes in Blackpool on March 21st.
Tickets are on sale at 9:00am, this Friday 4th September.
To buy Ronan Keating tickets or for further information about Ronan Keating tour dates, see his page on Ents24.
From: Ents24
2 September 2009
Get Your Tickets Now!
From: Ronan's official site
As we announced yesterday the pre-sale is now live!
Tickets on sale.
You can get your tickets over at seetickets.com before they are on general release on Friday!
2 september 2009
Ronan Keating set for Aberdeen concert
GIG: Ronan Keating is set to play a concert at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
SINGING superstar Ronan Keating is coming to Aberdeen.
Ronan Keating will play a concert at the P&J Arena at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre next February.
Brian Horsburgh, managing director of Aberdeen’s AECC, said: “I am sure Ronan and Boyzone fans will be delighted to hear he is returning to Aberdeen.”
Tickets are expected to be snapped up for the concert on February 24 in Aberdeen when they go on sale this Friday.
In 2008 Ronan Keating and the reformed Boyzone had a sell-out arena tour – which included a concert at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
From: Evening Express
01 September 2009
Aberdeen gig for Ronan Keating
singer will perform at aecc
By Stephen Christie
IRISH singer Ronan Keating, who has had worldwide success as a solo artist and with chart-topping boy band Boyzone, will take to the stage in Aberdeen next year, the Press and Journal can reveal.
Organisers predict the gig, scheduled for February 24 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre’s Press and Journal Arena, will sell out fast.
Keating, who was reunited with Boyzone in 2007 after an earlier split, has released five solo albums, four of which went to number one in the UK chart. His latest album, Songs for My Mother, was released in memory of his mother Marie, who died of breast cancer in 1998.
AECC managing director Brian Horsburgh said last night: “I am sure Ronan and Boyzone fans will be delighted to hear Mr Keating is returning to Aberdeen.
“He always proves to be popular and I am confident fans will be thrilled to hear he is touring again.”
Keating is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for being the only artist ever to have 30 consecutive top 10 singles in the UK chart.
He has also won Ivor Novello and BMI songwriting awards and published an autobiography.
During his career, the 32-year-old has sold some 22million albums across the globe.
The Aberdeen gig follows a long line of leading musicians who have graced the P&J Arena stage this year, including Snow Patrol, Neil Young and Lionel Richie.
Tickets for Keating’s concert cost £30 plus a booking fee and go on sale on Friday. They will be available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk
From: press and journal
01 september 2009