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Nineties boy band Boyzone get candid in 'atypical' documentary

January 28, 2025 2:00 pm

[ Source : Reuters ]

Thirty years on from its creation, members of the Irish boy band Boyzone reunite to recount their journey to fame in a new documentary series.

The three-part “Boyzone: No Matter What” tracks the group’s beginnings from open auditions in Dublin in 1993 to the extreme highs and lows over the next three decades.

“We didn’t have social media in the ’90s. This is our way of showing people what our life was like behind the scenes,” said lead singer Ronan Keating, as he attended the documentary’s premiere in London alongside members Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch.

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“With any story you need a start, a middle and an end. After 30 years, we have that now. That’s why this was the time for us to tell this story. It’s not an easy watch. It’s harrowing, it’s difficult, it’s upsetting. There are times when it’s fun and there’s laughter. It’s not a typical boy band watch,” Keating said.

The five-member group was put together by pop impresario Louis Walsh, who took out newspaper adverts to find Ireland’s first boy band.