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April 2010
KEATING TOLD HE CAN'T DRIVE JAGUAR TO VENICE, TAKES THE TRAIN INSTEAD
BOYZONE star RONAN KEATING has missed out on a race to Venice, Italy from London in a classic Jaguar sportscar - because the owner wouldn't let him get behind the wheel.
The Irish singer helped launch a car versus train race across Europe on Thursday morning (29Apr10) - between a 1956 Grand Prix Jaguar D-type and the Orient Express.
Keating had to settle for a seat aboard the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express train, which is favoured to win the race to Italy, after he was told driving the car would not be an option.
Before the train left Victoria Station, the singer said, "I asked (to drive it) but they wouldn't let me."
The car's owner, Jonathan Turner, will share the responsibility of getting the car to Venice ahead of the train with Octane magazine editor Robert Coucher, who organised the race.
Both the train and the classic car are expected to arrive at their destination on Friday evening
From: Express
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30 april 2010
Ronan Keating launches Venice race
Ronan Keating has helped launch a London to Venice car versus train race.
The Boyzone star sat in the rain in an open-top 1950s Grand Prix Jaguar D-type car just before the race began from London's Victoria station.
Then the star moved off to join other passengers on a Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express train that will try to reach Venice before the D-type arrives.
Asked if he would have fancied driving the car to Venice, Ronan replied: "I would have loved to do it. I asked but they wouldn't let me."
Ronan posed for pictures with the car's owner, Jonathan Turner, who will be sharing the driving on the journey to Venice with Robert Coucher, editor of Octane magazine which has organised the race.
With its engine roaring, the D-type moved off from the station forecourt just a few moments before the Orient-Express train began its journey.
The Jaguar will have to get to Venice by 5.56pm on Friday to beat the train.
The D-type, built in 1956, was driven at Silverstone that year by Mike Hawthorn who became motor racing world champion two years later.
From: Google
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29 april 2010
From the official twitter:
Duster and I playing for man utd on sat at old Trafford. Youser. Can't wait. It's for sport relief. R
29 april 2010
From the official site:
Sport Relief Football Match
Ronan and Keith will be taking part in a special Sport Relief football match at Old Trafford on Saturday 1st May. They'll be playing alongside Olly Murs, Tinchy Stryder and a number of football legends. There are still tickets available to buy and you can find out more information HERE.
29 april 2010
Ronan helps launch Orient challenge
Boyzone star Ronan Keating got wet, wet, wet as he helped launch a London to Venice car versus train race.
Keating sat in the rain in an open-top 1950s Grand Prix Jaguar D-type car just before the race began from London's Victoria station.
Then the star moved off to join other passengers on a Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express train that will try to reach Venice before the D-type arrives.
From: Google
29 april 2010
From the official site:
Ronan kicks off Orient Express Challenge
Ronan was at the starting line of a special race between the Orient Express and a 1950's Jaguar D-Type Race Card in London today. The car and train were going head to head, in a 30 hour race from London to Venice and Ronan was there to wave the car off this morning.
The race is part of a challenge set by Octane Magazine and commemorates similar challenges which took place in the 1930's.
29 april 2010
Ronan helps to launch car versus train race
Boyzone star Ronan Keating has helped launch a London to Venice car versus train race.
Keating sat in the rain in an open-top 1950s Grand Prix Jaguar D-type car just before the race began from London's Victoria station.
Then the star moved off to join other passengers on a Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express train that will try to reach Venice before the D-type arrives.
Asked if he would have fancied driving the car to Venice, Keating replied: "I would have loved to do it. I asked but they wouldn't let me."
Keating posed for pictures with the car's owner, Jonathan Turner, who will be sharing the driving on the journey to Venice with Robert Coucher, editor of Octane magazine which has organised the race.
With its engine roaring, the D-type moved off from the station forecourt just a few moments before the Orient-Express train began its journey.
The Jaguar will have to get to Venice by 5.56pm on Friday to beat the train.
The D-type, built in 1956, was driven at Silverstone that year by Mike Hawthorn who became motor racing world champion two years later.
From: Google
29 april 2010
From the official twitter:
Hi all. My blackberry broke. Back on line now. Hope all well with ya. Love is a hurricane is on radio now. Lovin the video also. R
28 april 2010
Ronan Keating has auditioned for role in The Hobbit, prequel to Lord of the Rings
RONAN Keating has revealed his next ambition - to be a hobbit. He's even auditioned for a role in the upcoming fantasy movie, but is waiting to hear.
The Boyzone singer auditioned for a role in upcoming fantasy movie The Hobbit – based on the JRR Tolkien novel of the same name, a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy – and is still waiting to hear back.
He said: “I don’t think I'll get the role of the hobbit. But I would like to take on roles which nobody would expect. I don’t want to be reduced to love stories. I’d like to try dark, edgy roles. I need a challenge.”
Keating – who has three children, Jack, 11, Marie, nine, and four-year-old Ali, with his model wife Yvonne – is even considering leaving his native Ireland to live in Los Angeles to pursue his big screen dream.
He added: “If it goes well with the movies we might be there more often. So far I planned to go there for holidays with my family in summer. But we return in September and the kids go back to school in Ireland. But we'll see.”
Although he is ambitious to break into acting, Keating has no plans to quit music and is loving working with Boyzone again, who were rocked last October when member Stephen Gately died suddenly.
Keating told website freundin.de: “My future definitely lies in the music business. I will continue to work as a solo artist. But I‘m now in a situation where I can take a break from my solo career. I don’t want to eliminate that possibility but currently Boyzone is my priority. I just love to work with
From: Herald Sun
26 april 2010
Boyzone’s Ronan Keating wants to move to Los Angeles and Hollywood
Famous Irish band member Ronan Keating of Boyzone has a new fever in his head for Hollywood and is also auditioning for the movie ‘The Hobbit’. Reports say that he even has plans to shift to Los Angeles to complete his dream.
The singer told the press the other day, “If it goes well in the movies then we might be going there quite often. So far we planned to go there for the summer holidays with the family
, but then by September we return back Ireland and then the kids go back to school.”
Asked about what would happen to Boyzone, he replied and said that music is his first priority and would continue to work as a solo artist. But as of now he thinks that he can save some time off from the band
and work on something else, as he wants to use this opportunity, but Boyzone is on the top of his list and he just loves to be with the guys.
From: Filmy fair
24 april 2010
Boyzone Singer Ronan Keating Wants to Move to Los Angeles – He’s Got the Hollywood Bug
Ronan Keating, singer in Irish boy band Boyzone, has got Hollywood fever after auditioning for “The Hobbit.” Reportedly, he is considering even moving from Ireland to Los Angeles so he can pursue his dream!
“If it goes well with the movies we might be there more often,” he said. “So far I planned to go there for holidays with my family in summer. But we return in September and the kids go back to school in Ireland. But we’ll see.”
What would this mean for Boyzone? Ronan says his first priority is the band.
“My future definitely lies in the music business,” he told freundin.de. “I will continue to work as a solo artist. But I‘m now in a situation where I can take a break from my solo career. I don’t want to eliminate that possibility but currently Boyzone is my priority. I just love to work with the guys.”
From: Current Movie reviews
24 april 2010
Keating eyes dark, edgy 'Hobbit' role
Ronan Keating has apparently auditioned for a role in The Hobbit as part of his quest to move into the movie industry.
The Boyzone singer is still waiting to hear back from the producers behind the two-part Lord Of The Rings prequel.
Keating said: "I don’t think I'll get the role of 'The Hobbit'. But I would like to take on roles which nobody would expect. I don't want to be reduced to love stories. I'd like to try dark, edgy roles. I need a challenge."
The father-of-three told freundin.de that despite his acting aspirations, he is still committed to Boyzone. "I just love to work with the guys," he said.
Director Peter Jackson recently confirmed that both Hobbit scripts have been delivered to MGM and the Guillermo del Toro project is currently in the budgeting stages.
From: Digital spy
24 april 2010
Ronan Keating's Hobbit Ambition
Boyzone singer Ronan Keating has revealed he recently auditioned for a role in upcoming fantasy movie 'The Hobbit'.
Ronan Keating wants to be a hobbit.
The Boyzone singer auditioned for a role in upcoming fantasy movie 'The Hobbit' - based on the J. R. R. Tolkien novel of the same name, a prequel to the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy - and is still waiting to hear back.
He said: "I don't think I'll get the role of the hobbit. But I would like to take on roles which nobody would expect. I don't want to be reduced to love stories. I'd like to try dark, edgy roles. I need a challenge."
Ronan - who has three children, Jack, 11, Marie, nine, and four-year-old Ali, with his model wife Yvonne - is even considering leaving his native Ireland to live in Los Angeles to pursue his big screen dream.
He added: "If it goes well with the movies we might be there more often. So far I planned to go there for holidays with my family in summer. But we return in September and the kids go back to school in Ireland. But we'll see."
Although he is ambitious to break into acting, Ronan has no plans to quit music and is loving working with Boyzone again, who were rocked last October when member Stephen Gately died suddenly.
Ronan told website freundin.de: "My future definitely lies in the music business. I will continue to work as a solo artist. But I'm now in a situation where I can take a break from my solo career. I don't want to eliminate that possibility but currently Boyzone is my priority. I just love to work with the guys."
From: Contact music
24 april 2010
From the official site:
Behind the scenes of the new video!
With the exciting news of Boyzone's new single 'Love Is A Hurricane', released on 17th May, you can now take an exclusive look at the making of the brand new video!
Head over to tv3.ie right now and join the Boyz on set.
Keith talks about his first solo part in the single, Ronan discusses how the Boyz have been getting on and Mikey and Shane treats us to a special little dance...
21 april 2010
BOYZONE SHOW OFF NEW 'MANBAND' IMAGE
LET ME introduce you to the new and improved Irish manband Boyzone.
Yesterday I told you how the video to their hot new tune Love Is A Hurricane, out on May 17, was blowing the wind up my sails. Now see for yourself.
A naked Shane Lynch, 33, said: “We wanted the vid to be striking and powerful.
"We filmed it at Battersea Power Station in London as it was a really raw and urban backdrop for us to work with.”
I’m off for a lie down...
From: Daily Star
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21 april 2010
From the official site:
'The Tree of Seasons' - release news!
Stephen Gately was so close to finishing his first novel before his sad passing on 10th October 2009.
Stephen poured his heart into the fantasy novel 'The Tree Of Seasons' and sadly never got to finish writing the last few pages.
With the help of his close family and friends, Stephen's debut novel is now complete and will be available to buy from 13th May 2010 in the UK and Ireland.
As well as the Official Site for 'The Tree Of Seasons', the book now has it's own Facebook group that you can join and keep up with all the latest information.
20 april 2010
Ronan Keating will try it again in two weeks time.
Ronan Keating had to cancel his performance at X Factor because of the troubles for the flight traffic. In two weeks time the Irish singer will be again in the country and he hopes he can do his performance than.
Through Skype Ronan tells RTL Boulevard that he is happy with his unexpected free evening. It is nice weather outside and my kids are just back from school and we will have a barbecue in a little time.
Ronan doesn’t like it that he can’t perform at the X Factor and he hopes on a second change. Ronan: In two weeks time I will be again in the Netherlands to promote the new Boyzone album and I hope to perform than.
Friday and Saturday Ronan would have been in The Netherlands to perform, but because of the ash from the volcano a lot of Nord-European airports are closed and he couldn’t travel to the Netherlands. Next to a song in the X Factor he would have been in X De Leeuw
Translation by Cindy
From: RTL
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17 april 2010
From the official site:
'Love Is A Hurricane' Video!
The new video from your favourite Boyz had it's premiere over on The Sun online earlier today and we can't wait to hear what you think of it.
Boyzone's new video can be viewed over on the Video section on boyzonebrotheralbum.com from 1pm today.
'Love Is A Hurricane' will be released on 17th May - stay tuned for more information coming your way soon!
17 april 2010
Boyzone back with a Hurricane
BOYZONE get naked for their latest music video - and you can watch it here first.
Love Is A Hurricane sees KEITH DUFFY, MIKEY GRAHAM, RONAN KEATING and SHANE LYNCH strip nude inside Battersea Power Station.
The single, out on May 17, is the lads' first without tragic bandmate STEPHEN GATELY, who died last year.
Ronan told Bizarre: "We wanted to symbolise a re-birth with the video for Love Is A Hurricane as this is the first video and single without Stephen.
"We shot the video on a very cold day inside Battersea Power Station.
"The water was freezing but it was worth the pain for the finished result."
From: The Sun
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16 april 2010
Ronan Keating cancels X Factor and X de Leeuw
Ronan Keating should have been at two big TV programs this weekend, X Factor and x De Leeuw. Today there would have been the recordings for both shows. But because of the no flying, because of the ash cloud, Ronan can’t come to The Netherlands.
If Ronan will come later this season we don’t know.
From: Zappen blogs nl
16 april 2010
Ronan Keating not at X-Factor
Because of the volcano ash there are still no flights possible and that is the reason why Ronan Keating can’t be at the X-Factor show. Laura Jansen is going to replace Ronan Keating.
Laura replaced Waylon at the 3FM awards, because he couldn’t fly from England because of the ash cloud above the North Sea.
Ronan Keating will also miss the performance in the show X De Leeuw from Paul de Leeuw.
Translation by Cindy
From: RTL Boulevard
16 april 2010
From the official site:
X-Factor Appearance Cancelled
Sadly Ronan has had to cancel his scheduled appearance on the The X-Factor in Amsterdam due to the the recent airport closures.
Ronan hopes to return to Amsterdam very soon!
16 april 2010
Lucky winners
All smiles: two lucky Vodafone Blackberry users – Joelle Falzon and Ivan Cassar got the red carpet treatment for the Ronan Keating Concert. A limousine picked them up at their door and took both winners and their friends to the amazing concert. Ivan Cassar and his wife shared this experience together (in photo with Ronan Keating). The lucky winner described his Vodafone Blackberry smartphone as his ‘pocket office’ and thanked Vodafone for treating both himself and his wife as royalty.
From: The Malta Independent
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15 april 2010
From the official site:
New Single News
Love Is A Hurricane will be the new single from Boyzone, released on 17th May! Last month saw the Boyz debut this track on their ITV1 show, 'Boyzone: A Tribute To Stephen Gately' and soon after it became clear that this should be the second single released from their No.1 album, 'Brother'.
The new single was written by Gregg Alexander, who has previously lent his talents to the likes of Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Enrique Iglesias, Texas and Rod Stewart. We'll be bringing you much more info on the new single and video soon, so make sure you stay tuned to boyzonebrotheralbum.com.
13 april 2010
From the official twitter:
BZ Album at 2 in UK incredible thanx again. R
11 april 2010
From the official twitter:
Album still hanging in there at 2 Really amazing. R
Apr 9th 2010
From the official site:
Ronan talks about the tour and fan photos coming soon!
Ronan is now enjoying a well earned break in Dubai following the final date of his mammoth solo tour in Malta.
Ronan said of the tour on Twitter:
Thank you all so much for coming out too see the shows. It was by far the best solo tour I have ever done. R
For those of you lucky enough to catch the tour then you'll know how amazing the shows were and if you didn't manage to make it then fear not as we'll be adding some special fan photos from the tour very soon!
8 april 2010
From the official twitter:
Album Is 2 in midweek charts. Incredible can't believe its still hanging on After 5 Weeks. R
Apr 8th 2010
From the official twitter:
Thank You for buying the Album Brother and keeping us at 1 for another week. Incredible thanx again. R
Thank you all so much for coming out too see the shows. It was by far the best solo tour I have ever done. R
Apr 6th 2010
Ronan Keating arrives for tonight's concert
Ronan Keating, who is performing at the Malta Fairs and Convention Centre at Ta’ Qali this evening, arrived at Malta international airport this afternoon.
The Irish blue-eyed blond, joined Boyzone 17 years ago when he was 16. The band split in 2000 and Keating launched a successful solo career.
Ever since selling in excess of half a million copies with his first single, Keating has gone on to record a number of ballads and love anthems including Life Is A Rollercoaster, When You Say Nothing At All, Once Upon A Lifetime, If Tomorrow Never Comes and others.
His latest album, Songs For My Mother, is already a massive hit with fans and was recorded together with a band and a live orchestra in memory of his late mother.
To date Keating has released five solo albums, three of which went straight to number one. He is also 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 beat the likes of Elvis. He sold in excess of 22 million albums across the world.
Tonight’s concert kick’s off this year’s musical calendar with an evening featuring his most loved successes. Malta is the last stop in Keating’s Songs For My Mother Tour, which kicked off on November 5 with a performance to a packed hall in New Zealand. He also performed in Scotland, Ireland, England and Germany.
Keating has been brought to Malta by NnG Promotions.
From: Times of Malta
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3 april 2010