“Ah Brother how I miss you.”
Ronan Keating has paid tribute to former Boyzone bandmate Stephen Gately on the 14th anniversary of his death.
The Irish boyband star passed away at the age of 33 in his home in Port d’Andratx, Mallorca in 2009. It was later revealed that his death was caused by an undiagnosed heart condition.
On Instagram, Keating shared a montage of old photos of himself and Stephen together with an emotional tribute in the captions.
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“Ah Brother how I miss you,” read the caption. “14 years passed and it’s like you’re still here because of the music. I just imagine you are still in north london loving life Hanging with Phil the butcher and pat the baker.
“I do wonder what you would make of it all today. You had such a definite idea of what we are, who we are and when someone was a total waffler. Love ya Pal miss ya every day.”
Ronan Keating pays emotional tribute to Stephen Gately
Alongside bandmates Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch, Gately and Keating rose to prominence in the early 90s after they responded to an ad placed by Louis Walsh looking for the “Irish Take That”.
By the late 90s, Boyzone were one of the biggest boybands in the world, going on to sell millions of albums globally with hits like ‘Words’, ‘No Matter What’ and ‘Baby Can I Hold You’.
Spanning their time as a band, Boyzone had six UK No.1 singles and nine No.1 singles in Ireland.
Splitting in 1999, Boyzone made a touring comeback in 2007, two years before Gately’s death. They once again returned as a four-piece for a seventh and final album in 2018, called ‘Thank You & Goodnight’.
Keith Duffy has since teamed up and toured with Brian McFadden of Westlife as BoyzLife.
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