Ronan and Duster for charity football match

Boyzone’s Ronan Keating has announced that he will be joining band mate Kieth Duffy (Duster) at One Directions Niall Horan’s charity football match. The match will raise money for Irish Autism Action (IAA), UK charity Heart and Minds Challenge and Leicester City Foxes Foundation.

Niall re-tweeted the conformation that Ronan will be joining his team

© @niallofficial

The match will take place at King Power Stadium, home of Leicester City Football Club on Monday 26^th of May when his team takes on Piers Morgan team.

Already confirmed to be joining Niall on his team are bands mates Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne, Olly Murs,Robbie Fowler, Rod Stewart, Irish football legend Jason McAteer and ambassador for IAA Keith Duffy, with the full team line up due to be announced in May.

“I am very excited to host my first charity football match with myself and my band mates Liam and Louis looking forward to giving Robbie Savage a run for his money”, said Niall Horan, “I feel very privileged that I am the position to be able to raise a significant amount of money for Irish Autism Action which is based in my home town of Mullingar.  I am also delighted to also raise funds for UK based Heart and Minds Challenge and the Leicester City Foxes Foundation on the day.  I have no doubt that the mix of celebrities and sporting legends will provide great fun and entertainment for the crowd attending,” he said.

Tickets are available from Ticketmaster priced £15.

Are we ready for Boyzlife?

We can not contain out excitement about these rumors that we woke up to. Boyzone and Westlife are set to put all their Irish charms together and form a super group just like Busted and McFly announced last year. McBusted are about to start their 35 date arena tour.

©ITV /Rex

Retro Pop thinks a Boyzlife or maybe even a Westzone would be  more popular.

Boyzone’s Shane Lynch spoke to the star ”We’re talking about  forming a band with Westlife right now. It’s something we’ve  spoken about for the future.”

Westlife went their separate ways after their farewell tour in 2012, after selling over 45 million records worldwide which spanned a career for over 14 years. Since Shane Filan and Kian Egan have released solo albums. Mark Feehily is said to be working on new music and a book. While Nicky Byrne is now a radio presenter with his own show RTE 2fm.

Meanwhile Boyzone are still going strong and last year celebrated their 20th anniversary with a new album and arena tour.

So we ask you would you like to see these men all together on one stage because Retro Pop sure would.

Watch the boys perform No Matter What together on a tribute to the late Boyzone member Stephen Gatley

Westlifer Kian joining Boyzone on the road

It has been revealed that former Westlife star Kian Egan will support fellow Irish boy band Boyzone on some of their summer dates.

  

Kian will take to stage during Boyzone’s Forest Live events in Sherwood Pines Forest, Delamere Forest, Thetford Forest and the Westonbirt Arboretum.

Kian tweeted his excitement:

I'm so happy to say I will be playing with @theREALboyzone on their Forest Live tour this summer! Tickets on sale now http://t.co/kXUBuJF2nm

— Kian Egan (@KianEganWL) March 31, 2014

Kian said of his special guest appearance: “I am really looking forward to these gigs and of course it’s going to be a lot of fun to be out on tour with the boys!”

The live dates are as follows:

June 12 – Sherwood Pines Forest, Nr Edwinstowe, Notts
July 6 – Delamere Forest, Nr Northwich, Cheshire
July 11 – Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk
July 18 – Westonbirt Arboretum Nr Tetbury, Glos

Kian Egan recently reached the top 10 in the UK album chart with his debut release Home.

Watch the video for Kian Egan’s debut single ‘Home’ below:

 

Our Editor rubbing shoulders with the A List

So as our new feature we will be featuring photos of you guys and retro pop favorites. If you want to feature Facebook, tweet or email us details can be found on the contact us page  🙂

Firstly here is our lovely editor Jenny with the hunky Kieth Duffy,

Jenny described ” this was during  my part time job before I moved to Birmingham. I was so nervous and shaky when i saw him. Major teenage girl moment”

Boyzone new video

Boyzone have released the video for new single Who We Are taken from their latest album BZ 20. The video is one of simplicity and focuses on the boys recording the song and having fun. Seen the boys laugh and joke with each other made us at Retro Pop feel all warm inside. For their ages the boys are still looking hot hot hot. Watch the video below

Boyzone regret touring so quick after Stephen’s death

©shanelynchlife ‘Boyzone on current tour’

Boyzone have admitted that they were

we were all very emotionally unstable admitted Mikey.

Band member Stephen Gately passed away from an undiagnosed heart condition in October 2009. The Irish boy band consisting of Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch now admit that touring so soon after loosing their ‘brother’ Stephen was wrong

Mikey told the mirror: “We did a tour about two and a half years ago, our first tour after Stephen passed away, and we were all very emotionally unstable. We hadn’t grieved correctly at all. It was quite awful to be honest with you.”

Speaking on an ITV special – Boyzone at 20: No matter what the boys all admitted that they now felt in the right place to perform and tour with Stephen but also admitted that

we will always be a 5 piece

Boyzone on Reunion tour in 2008