21 Facts About Boyzone

Boyzone were an Irish boy band, created in 1993 by talent manager Louis Walsh.

In 2012, the Official Charts Company revealed the biggest selling singles artists in British music chart history, with Boyzone currently placed at 29th and the second most successful boy band in Britain, behind Take That.

Boyzone have had six UK No 1 singles and nine No 1 singles in Ireland.

Boyzone made a comeback in 2007, originally with the intention of just touring.

Boyzone went on tour in late 2018 to celebrate their 25th anniversary.

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Boyzone played through 1994 in pubs and clubs all over Northern Ireland before PolyGram signed them up in 1994 and released the cover version of the Four Seasons' hit "Working My Way Back to You", featuring Graham and Gately on lead vocals.

Boyzone had their first UK No 1 single, a cover of the Bee Gees' hit "Words".

Since the song was recorded by Meat Loaf, Boyzone shared the stage with him to perform the song during his 1998 live concert in Dublin.

On 5 November 2007, Keating confirmed that Boyzone would reunite for a special appearance on the BBC's annual fundraiser, Children in Need, performing a medley of hits, although had not yet commented on the possibility of a new tour or album.

On 14 November 2007, it was reported that all five members of Boyzone were to begin a UK tour in May, which would be their first in seven years.

On 16 November, Boyzone made a comeback appearance as part of Children in Need on BBC1 in the UK, with an Irish and UK tour announced for June 2008.

On 29 August 2008 Boyzone played alongside other acts such as Sandi Thom and Scouting For Girls at an event in Blackpool to switch on the Blackpool Illuminations, an annual event in the town.

In 2009, Boyzone played their Better Tour, which was the last tour to feature Gately.

Four surviving Boyzone members were originally going to release the new album in mid-2010 with a summer tour following the album, but the album was released in March 2010 which was earlier than planned.

One song was written by singer-songwriter Mika, who has claimed that the new song he wrote for Boyzone is the last one which will feature Gately's vocals in which he and Keating shared the vocals and originally the song would have led to Ronan singing first then Stephen would sing the second part prior to that, the song was released as their fourth studio album on 8 March 2010.

Boyzone performed "No Matter What" with Kym Marsh on an ITV programme called Coronation Street: The Big 50, broadcast on ITV1 on 10 December 2010, but Graham was not present due to other commitments.

Lynch said in an interview on ITV1 show Loose Women that Boyzone will be releasing a new album and be touring in 2013 which will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band forming.

Boyzone released their new studio album BZ20 in November 2013 and it sold 200,000 copies in the UK, peaking at number 6 in the UK charts and number 7 in the Irish charts.

On 17 July 2014, it was announced that Boyzone would be releasing a sixth studio album called From Dublin To Detroit, a 12-song album with covers of motown hits.

Boyzone toured the UK in late summer of 2017 along with 4 outdoor dates in Chelmsford City Racecourse, Derby County Cricket Ground, Hastings Pier and Windsor Racecourse.

Keith Duffy announced in March 2017 that Boyzone had a signed a contract with Warner Music for an album and an arena tour.